Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page vii
... literature and manners there . You will find here no pretension to direct the age , nor to preach new doctrines - a merit , by the way , sufficiently rare in these times . The Americans of the United States , last - born of the great ...
... literature and manners there . You will find here no pretension to direct the age , nor to preach new doctrines - a merit , by the way , sufficiently rare in these times . The Americans of the United States , last - born of the great ...
Page ix
... 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 American Planter - Jonathan Edwards , SEC . IV ...
... 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 American Planter - Jonathan Edwards , SEC . IV ...
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