Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... Puritan " and " Calvinist " will strike the reader ; who is to remember that M. Chasles is a Frenchman , and that to a Frenchman Calvinism means simply " Protestantism , " of which the only form known in France is a modified Calvinism ...
... Puritan " and " Calvinist " will strike the reader ; who is to remember that M. Chasles is a Frenchman , and that to a Frenchman Calvinism means simply " Protestantism , " of which the only form known in France is a modified Calvinism ...
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... Puritan Colonists - First effort of Anglo- American Literature , SEC . II - What is Imagination ? -The United States want Histor- ical Perspective , not Greatness , . SEC . III . — Benjamin Franklin — Sir John Crevecœur — Letters of an ...
... Puritan Colonists - First effort of Anglo- American Literature , SEC . II - What is Imagination ? -The United States want Histor- ical Perspective , not Greatness , . SEC . III . — Benjamin Franklin — Sir John Crevecœur — Letters of an ...
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... Puritan Austerity - Judiciary Anecdotes , 157 SEC . IV . Politeness of the Democracy- " Yes , Sir " -Conversa- tion between two Hats , SEC . V. - English Exaggeration - Dialect - New Cities , . SEC . VI . Superstitious Regard for Public ...
... Puritan Austerity - Judiciary Anecdotes , 157 SEC . IV . Politeness of the Democracy- " Yes , Sir " -Conversa- tion between two Hats , SEC . V. - English Exaggeration - Dialect - New Cities , . SEC . VI . Superstitious Regard for Public ...
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... Puritan Fana- ticism - Mormons and Millerites - Catholics in the Valley of the Mississippi , . SEC . V. The Political System born of Tradition and Custom - Fe- derative Harmony - Dangers - Whigs and Democrats -Federals and Anti ...
... Puritan Fana- ticism - Mormons and Millerites - Catholics in the Valley of the Mississippi , . SEC . V. The Political System born of Tradition and Custom - Fe- derative Harmony - Dangers - Whigs and Democrats -Federals and Anti ...
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... PURITAN ANGLO - AMERICAN LITERATURE . IN 1630 there was seen in the harbor of Delft , in Holland , a little vessel of poor appearance and meanly equipped . It was called the May Flower . It was anchored in the harbor , waiting for its ...
... PURITAN ANGLO - AMERICAN LITERATURE . IN 1630 there was seen in the harbor of Delft , in Holland , a little vessel of poor appearance and meanly equipped . It was called the May Flower . It was anchored in the harbor , waiting for its ...
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