Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 22
... and in their closets they make men exactly suited to their systems ; but unluckily they are such men as exist nowhere else ; and least of all in France . I am more than ever persuaded that the form , which at 22 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... and in their closets they make men exactly suited to their systems ; but unluckily they are such men as exist nowhere else ; and least of all in France . I am more than ever persuaded that the form , which at 22 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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... exist from 1830 to 1848 , a mixed government , slightly aristocratic , very favorable to industry , giving but little latitude to the personal wishes of the Sovereign , en- suring extended supervision to the deliberative chambers , and ...
... exist from 1830 to 1848 , a mixed government , slightly aristocratic , very favorable to industry , giving but little latitude to the personal wishes of the Sovereign , en- suring extended supervision to the deliberative chambers , and ...
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... exist ; brick houses re- place the verdure ; the mason has chased away the gardener ; a rail - road has destroyed even the fresh grots of Hoboken . " What Irving has of inmost and truest , comes from these al- most Dutch souvenirs of ...
... exist ; brick houses re- place the verdure ; the mason has chased away the gardener ; a rail - road has destroyed even the fresh grots of Hoboken . " What Irving has of inmost and truest , comes from these al- most Dutch souvenirs of ...
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... exists in its majesty . The child of the wilderness rises and paints himself before you . He has neither ornaments nor dress . He is alone , apart , a stranger to all civilization ; master of all around him , recognizing no master ...
... exists in its majesty . The child of the wilderness rises and paints himself before you . He has neither ornaments nor dress . He is alone , apart , a stranger to all civilization ; master of all around him , recognizing no master ...
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... exist ; when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union , instead of being in a state of nature , is now more or less covered with villages , farms , and towns , where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard ; that ...
... exist ; when I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union , instead of being in a state of nature , is now more or less covered with villages , farms , and towns , where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard ; that ...
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