Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... Morris - The American Aristocrat - Paris observed from 1789 to 1792 , by a Founder of the American Confederation , PAGE 1 4 • · 11 SEC . V. - Morris at Paris from 1789 to 1792 - Preludes to the Revo- lution - Jefferson's Opinion on the ...
... Morris - The American Aristocrat - Paris observed from 1789 to 1792 , by a Founder of the American Confederation , PAGE 1 4 • · 11 SEC . V. - Morris at Paris from 1789 to 1792 - Preludes to the Revo- lution - Jefferson's Opinion on the ...
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... Morris , nor John Quincy Adams . Only to - day some sparks from its prism are thrown upon the pages of Prescott and Longfellow , of Washington Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this intellectual phenomenon ? In view of those ...
... Morris , nor John Quincy Adams . Only to - day some sparks from its prism are thrown upon the pages of Prescott and Longfellow , of Washington Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this intellectual phenomenon ? In view of those ...
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... there is something of the firm , neat , pressing argu- ment of Descartes ; impassioned eloquence and poetic imagi- nation are wanting to the whole three . SECTION IV . GOUVERNEUR MORRIS - THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT - 10 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... there is something of the firm , neat , pressing argu- ment of Descartes ; impassioned eloquence and poetic imagi- nation are wanting to the whole three . SECTION IV . GOUVERNEUR MORRIS - THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT - 10 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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Philarète Chasles. SECTION IV . GOUVERNEUR MORRIS - THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT - PARIS OB- SERVED FROM 1789 TO 1792 BY A FOUNDER OF THE AMERI- CAN CONFEDERATION . Imagination is not found either in Gouverneur Morris , a diplomatist , a ...
Philarète Chasles. SECTION IV . GOUVERNEUR MORRIS - THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT - PARIS OB- SERVED FROM 1789 TO 1792 BY A FOUNDER OF THE AMERI- CAN CONFEDERATION . Imagination is not found either in Gouverneur Morris , a diplomatist , a ...
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... Morris , whose fortune was considera- ble , whose social position excellent , desired to visit Europe . Washington gave him several letters to his friends , and charged him — a characteristic detail— " to buy him at Paris , a flat gold ...
... Morris , whose fortune was considera- ble , whose social position excellent , desired to visit Europe . Washington gave him several letters to his friends , and charged him — a characteristic detail— " to buy him at Paris , a flat gold ...
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