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... departments of the service . One of its smell of Cockneydom ; its slang and smartness ; its marked features , and one not to be found in any knowingness and insincerity , and find it delightful kindred work , is a complete list of every ...
... departments of the service . One of its smell of Cockneydom ; its slang and smartness ; its marked features , and one not to be found in any knowingness and insincerity , and find it delightful kindred work , is a complete list of every ...
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... department , probably , the most eminent living English author . His style is remarkably perspicu- ous , his ideas clear and distinct , and his mode of dealing with the subject thoroughly indicative of a mastery of its extremest ...
... department , probably , the most eminent living English author . His style is remarkably perspicu- ous , his ideas clear and distinct , and his mode of dealing with the subject thoroughly indicative of a mastery of its extremest ...
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... department of fiction , and is characterized by a reasonable con- formity to actual life , and by a pervading healthful- ness of tone . Perhaps in its unfolding of the plot there is too much prolixity . Four hundred solid pages are a ...
... department of fiction , and is characterized by a reasonable con- formity to actual life , and by a pervading healthful- ness of tone . Perhaps in its unfolding of the plot there is too much prolixity . Four hundred solid pages are a ...
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... department they have but few if any rivals among our other book publishers . Accordingly we find in their catalogue about sixty titles , embracing a large enumeration of general and special psalmody , in- cluding collections of Anthems ...
... department they have but few if any rivals among our other book publishers . Accordingly we find in their catalogue about sixty titles , embracing a large enumeration of general and special psalmody , in- cluding collections of Anthems ...
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... Departments , Accounts of Expeditions , Skirmishes and Battles ; also its Police Record of Spies , Smugglers , and Prominent Rebel Emissaries . Together with Anecdotes , Incidents , Poetry , Reminiscences , etc. , and Official Reports ...
... Departments , Accounts of Expeditions , Skirmishes and Battles ; also its Police Record of Spies , Smugglers , and Prominent Rebel Emissaries . Together with Anecdotes , Incidents , Poetry , Reminiscences , etc. , and Official Reports ...
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