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MARTIN TOUTROND;

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OF

MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

"Only a learned and a manly soul

I purposed her, that should with even powers
The rock, the spindle, and the shears control
Of destiny, and spin her own free hours."

BEN JONSON.

"Però che ogni diletto nostro è doglia
Sta in sì e nò saper, voler, potere ;
Adunque quel sol può, che col dovere
Ne trae la ragion fuor di sua soglia.
Adunque tu' lettor di queste note,
S'a te vuoi esser buono, e agli altri caro,
Vogli sempre poter quel che tu debbi."

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Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1852.

ENGLISH

OXFORD

LIBRARY

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CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

VII. NEW YORK.-JOURNALS, LETTERS, &c.