Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 7
... already a giant — which had no infancy , no child- hood , and whose maturity precedes its youth - not recog- nizing in their history any of those transitions from feeble- ness to virility ; any of those epochs , the chain of which ...
... already a giant — which had no infancy , no child- hood , and whose maturity precedes its youth - not recog- nizing in their history any of those transitions from feeble- ness to virility ; any of those epochs , the chain of which ...
Page 8
... already spoken of Franklin , type of the national genius ; consummate politician , subtle dialectician , a lover of the useful . His style has the qualities of his thought good sense , lucidity , benevolence , delicate and sportive ...
... already spoken of Franklin , type of the national genius ; consummate politician , subtle dialectician , a lover of the useful . His style has the qualities of his thought good sense , lucidity , benevolence , delicate and sportive ...
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... already done so . They have felt too long the heavy weight of royal authority . Now they look with pleasure upon what- ever can restrain or break it ; they seek a republic , but how will they sustain it ? France does not yet know all ...
... already done so . They have felt too long the heavy weight of royal authority . Now they look with pleasure upon what- ever can restrain or break it ; they seek a republic , but how will they sustain it ? France does not yet know all ...
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... already humiliated , abase her Aus- trian pride , devour her tears in silence , and all trembling , salute the people who disdain her ; when he hears nobles de- claiming against feudal tyranny , and observes the enormous power usurped ...
... already humiliated , abase her Aus- trian pride , devour her tears in silence , and all trembling , salute the people who disdain her ; when he hears nobles de- claiming against feudal tyranny , and observes the enormous power usurped ...
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... already saved his wife from death ; deliver the whole family . Pay the debt of your country . What greater service can any one render to his native land , than to discharge her obligations of gratitude ! Is there any severer calamity ...
... already saved his wife from death ; deliver the whole family . Pay the debt of your country . What greater service can any one render to his native land , than to discharge her obligations of gratitude ! Is there any severer calamity ...
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