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| | The American Revolution (William Prescott) |
 | | Prescott from the day of the publication of the "History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella." At least one of the Mexican editions of the "Conquest of Mexico" was garbled by the translator to suit the political and religious atmosphere of the country. |
 | | Prescott wrote memoirs of John Picketing and Abbott Lawrence, and in 1845 published, under the title of "Biographical and Critical Miscellanies," a selection of twelve papers from his articles contributed to the "North American Review" between 1821 and 1843, and a "Memoir of Charles Brockden Brown," originally published in Spark's "American Biography" in 1834. |
 | | Prescott had the advantage of the tragic annals of Llorente, the political disquisitions of Mariana, Sempere, and Capmany, the literal version of the Spanish-Arab chronicles by Conde, the invaluable illustration of Isabella's reign by Mr. |
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