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... Hopewell , Samuel Slick , Esq . , myself , and Jube Japan , a black servant of the Attaché . I love brevity - I am a man of few words , and , therefore , consti- tutionally economical of them ; but brevity is apt to degenerate into ...
... Hopewell , Samuel Slick , Esq . , myself , and Jube Japan , a black servant of the Attaché . I love brevity - I am a man of few words , and , therefore , consti- tutionally economical of them ; but brevity is apt to degenerate into ...
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... , as if they were wholly un- known to fame , and then leave them to speak for themselves . The Reverend Mr. Hopewell is a very aged clergyman of the Church of England , and was educated at Cambridge College SAM SLICK IN ENGLAND . 13.
... , as if they were wholly un- known to fame , and then leave them to speak for themselves . The Reverend Mr. Hopewell is a very aged clergyman of the Church of England , and was educated at Cambridge College SAM SLICK IN ENGLAND . 13.
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... Hopewell . I first became acquainted with him while travelling in Nova Scotia . He was then a manufacturer and vendor of wooden clocks . My first impression of him was by no means favorable . He forced himself most unceremoniously into ...
... Hopewell . I first became acquainted with him while travelling in Nova Scotia . He was then a manufacturer and vendor of wooden clocks . My first impression of him was by no means favorable . He forced himself most unceremoniously into ...
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... Hopewell , were well known and fully appreciated by the people of New York , who were anxious to testify their respect for his virtues , and their sympathy for his unmerited persecution , by a personal escort and a cordial farewell ...
... Hopewell , were well known and fully appreciated by the people of New York , who were anxious to testify their respect for his virtues , and their sympathy for his unmerited persecution , by a personal escort and a cordial farewell ...
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... Hopewell , " for a man that is wide awake and duly sober , I never saw one yet that talked such non- sense as you do . You said you understood me , but you don't , one mite or morsel ; but men are made differently : some people's narves ...
... Hopewell , " for a man that is wide awake and duly sober , I never saw one yet that talked such non- sense as you do . You said you understood me , but you don't , one mite or morsel ; but men are made differently : some people's narves ...
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