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... historian . " For a writer of this class , " ob- serves an elegant critic , " must sustain the character of a wise ... historian as myself to relate them . For after all , gentle reader , cities of themselves , and , in fact , empires of ...
... historian . " For a writer of this class , " ob- serves an elegant critic , " must sustain the character of a wise ... historian as myself to relate them . For after all , gentle reader , cities of themselves , and , in fact , empires of ...
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... historian , while the poet and the historian were destined to record the achievements of heroes ! These , and many similar reflections , naturally arose in my mind as I took up my pen to commence the reign of William Kieft : for now the ...
... historian , while the poet and the historian were destined to record the achievements of heroes ! These , and many similar reflections , naturally arose in my mind as I took up my pen to commence the reign of William Kieft : for now the ...
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... historian , I possess over my reader ; and this it is , that , though I cannot save the life of my favorite hero , nor absolutely contradict the event of a battle ( both which liberties , though often taken by the French writers of the ...
... historian , I possess over my reader ; and this it is , that , though I cannot save the life of my favorite hero , nor absolutely contradict the event of a battle ( both which liberties , though often taken by the French writers of the ...
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