False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... human nature is liable ; and die , and become food for worms ; yet this happened with almost all nations , after the revolution of many ages . A man who had performed great actions , who had rendered important services to his country ...
... human nature is liable ; and die , and become food for worms ; yet this happened with almost all nations , after the revolution of many ages . A man who had performed great actions , who had rendered important services to his country ...
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... human weaknesses , but the most shocking vices , were attributed to these supposed divinities ; and the immortal gods , whose province they believed it to reward virtue , and punish crimes , instead of being themselves held up as ...
... human weaknesses , but the most shocking vices , were attributed to these supposed divinities ; and the immortal gods , whose province they believed it to reward virtue , and punish crimes , instead of being themselves held up as ...
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purity and perfection , were repre- sented as subject to human passions , and capable of committing the most criminal acts . POETS , historians , and design- ing or credulous people relate many marvellous stories of Mermaids ; and some ...
purity and perfection , were repre- sented as subject to human passions , and capable of committing the most criminal acts . POETS , historians , and design- ing or credulous people relate many marvellous stories of Mermaids ; and some ...
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... , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes. 26.
... , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes. 26.
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... human , half , or ( as the Centaur is represented ) more than half beast or brute . IT is probable many of my little teaders have heard of Jack Frost , Die The and his exploits of biting off toes Some person has fanci- and noses . fully ...
... human , half , or ( as the Centaur is represented ) more than half beast or brute . IT is probable many of my little teaders have heard of Jack Frost , Die The and his exploits of biting off toes Some person has fanci- and noses . fully ...
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