Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... forests , those lakes which are seas , those rivers whose banks are too far apart to be seen , the manly virtues of the Puritans have grown ; but their imagination has rested mute . Problem of curious resolution . SECTION II . WHAT IS ...
... forests , those lakes which are seas , those rivers whose banks are too far apart to be seen , the manly virtues of the Puritans have grown ; but their imagination has rested mute . Problem of curious resolution . SECTION II . WHAT IS ...
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... forests ; nor of the plumes that fall from the golden - robed flamingo , nor of the desert flower , nor of the columns of wild rock which edge the Mississippi . What grace and nobleness he has belonged to this primitive and simple ...
... forests ; nor of the plumes that fall from the golden - robed flamingo , nor of the desert flower , nor of the columns of wild rock which edge the Mississippi . What grace and nobleness he has belonged to this primitive and simple ...
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... forests , chased the wild horse and the buffalo , slept in the open air by the camp - fire or in the Indian wigwam . This expedition . inspired a charming book . The recent Life of Mahomet and his Successors is not a very clever ...
... forests , chased the wild horse and the buffalo , slept in the open air by the camp - fire or in the Indian wigwam . This expedition . inspired a charming book . The recent Life of Mahomet and his Successors is not a very clever ...
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... forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the children of the wigwam and the calumet ; the progress of European art in the midst of these masterless solitudes ; the combat between son and father - of the ...
... forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the children of the wigwam and the calumet ; the progress of European art in the midst of these masterless solitudes ; the combat between son and father - of the ...
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... forest cabin ; a vulgar hearthside , a wreck floating in the distance , he forces you to read , by his perfect exactitude , his extreme truth ; and the description of a trivial object , without picturesque charms , will be to you more ...
... forest cabin ; a vulgar hearthside , a wreck floating in the distance , he forces you to read , by his perfect exactitude , his extreme truth ; and the description of a trivial object , without picturesque charms , will be to you more ...
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