Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... Civilization in the United States , 260 SEC . IV . Third Era of North America - Vestiges of Puritan Fana- ticism - Mormons and Millerites - Catholics in the Valley of the Mississippi , . SEC . V. The Political System born of Tradition ...
... Civilization in the United States , 260 SEC . IV . Third Era of North America - Vestiges of Puritan Fana- ticism - Mormons and Millerites - Catholics in the Valley of the Mississippi , . SEC . V. The Political System born of Tradition ...
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... civilization of his native land . And what a civiliza- tion ! What a land ! So vast and wild an aspect ! So gigantic a nature ! There is something strange in this strife of our industries , of our arts , of our ideas , transplanted to a ...
... civilization of his native land . And what a civiliza- tion ! What a land ! So vast and wild an aspect ! So gigantic a nature ! There is something strange in this strife of our industries , of our arts , of our ideas , transplanted to a ...
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... civilization usually attaches to the literary profession . When Robinson Crusoe perceived the trace of Friday's steps upon the beach , he was not more astounded than the European public at the moment of learning from Cooper's romances ...
... civilization usually attaches to the literary profession . When Robinson Crusoe perceived the trace of Friday's steps upon the beach , he was not more astounded than the European public at the moment of learning from Cooper's romances ...
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... civilization , and speak of conquest ; the singularity of calm , pious , persevering heroism ; the names of Washington , Penn , Franklin ; for background the forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the ...
... civilization , and speak of conquest ; the singularity of calm , pious , persevering heroism ; the names of Washington , Penn , Franklin ; for background the forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the ...
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... civilization ; master of all around him , recognizing no master himself . King of his wilderness , he has no slaves . The passions , vices , virtues of society are to him unknown . Surrounding nature is grand , like himself . She has ...
... civilization ; master of all around him , recognizing no master himself . King of his wilderness , he has no slaves . The passions , vices , virtues of society are to him unknown . Surrounding nature is grand , like himself . She has ...
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