Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... hand in hand with the chiefs of the French Republic . But these latter had gone so far in so short a time that Washington , Franklin , Morris , had been left behind . After being two or three times put upon the list of the " suspected ...
... hand in hand with the chiefs of the French Republic . But these latter had gone so far in so short a time that Washington , Franklin , Morris , had been left behind . After being two or three times put upon the list of the " suspected ...
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... hand- some Æneas and Anchises , which covered a large canvas . " You would do better , " said the American , " to ... hands of the Monarch , and in several very remark- able notes , gives him excellent advice which is never followed . A ...
... hand- some Æneas and Anchises , which covered a large canvas . " You would do better , " said the American , " to ... hands of the Monarch , and in several very remark- able notes , gives him excellent advice which is never followed . A ...
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... hands with Goldsmith . He will soon don the rose- colored buckram and jerkin of the seventeenth century . Do not wake him ; he dreams of losing himself in the sinuous alleys of the old city ; he is listening to the winds which whistle ...
... hands with Goldsmith . He will soon don the rose- colored buckram and jerkin of the seventeenth century . Do not wake him ; he dreams of losing himself in the sinuous alleys of the old city ; he is listening to the winds which whistle ...
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... hand , the organs of eventuality , locality , and individuality ( most employed by the romance writer ) start out , as it were , and detach themselves in bumps ; on the other hand , the organs of causality , comparison of objects and ...
... hand , the organs of eventuality , locality , and individuality ( most employed by the romance writer ) start out , as it were , and detach themselves in bumps ; on the other hand , the organs of causality , comparison of objects and ...
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... hand which traced them . The old Indian and his son are symbols of the savage life . Still more do I admire Longue Carabine , a being placed between the wilderness and civilization ; intermediate link between social 50 50 ORIGIN AND ...
... hand which traced them . The old Indian and his son are symbols of the savage life . Still more do I admire Longue Carabine , a being placed between the wilderness and civilization ; intermediate link between social 50 50 ORIGIN AND ...
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