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G. You were going to say something of him as a writer . ... Writing prologues , epilogues , and epigrams , he said he considered as his trade ; and he was what a man should be always , at all times , ready at his trade .
G. You were going to say something of him as a writer . ... Writing prologues , epilogues , and epigrams , he said he considered as his trade ; and he was what a man should be always , at all times , ready at his trade .
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Upon Mr. Adams's arrival in Paris from the Hague , upon the business of the Peace , in 1782 , the Abbe de Mably's work , " on the manner of Writing History " was put into his hand . At the conclusion of that publication , the learned ...
Upon Mr. Adams's arrival in Paris from the Hague , upon the business of the Peace , in 1782 , the Abbe de Mably's work , " on the manner of Writing History " was put into his hand . At the conclusion of that publication , the learned ...
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... to Europe the most accurate drawings of these characters hitherto procurable , contends for their being alphabetical , and , to confirm his opinion , adduces no less than three different alphabets for the same kind of writing .
... to Europe the most accurate drawings of these characters hitherto procurable , contends for their being alphabetical , and , to confirm his opinion , adduces no less than three different alphabets for the same kind of writing .
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Contents
Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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| Title | North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4 |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2020 |
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