Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... liberty is established . He does not recall the memory of Athens and Rome , his own remembrances suffice him . He handled the interests of a nation which created itself a republic in spite of its metropolis , and which has also had its ...
... liberty is established . He does not recall the memory of Athens and Rome , his own remembrances suffice him . He handled the interests of a nation which created itself a republic in spite of its metropolis , and which has also had its ...
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... liberty ; instead of getting inflamed by the noisy logomachy of orators and writers ; instead of associating himself with that popular superstition , which , in six years , was to become an ardent fanaticism , our American , who goes to ...
... liberty ; instead of getting inflamed by the noisy logomachy of orators and writers ; instead of associating himself with that popular superstition , which , in six years , was to become an ardent fanaticism , our American , who goes to ...
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... liberty which you have acquired . " He replies obstinately , " This is not our American liberty . " M. de Lafayette shows him a copy of the celebrated " Declaration of the Rights of Man , " which he intends to read in the National ...
... liberty which you have acquired . " He replies obstinately , " This is not our American liberty . " M. de Lafayette shows him a copy of the celebrated " Declaration of the Rights of Man , " which he intends to read in the National ...
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... liberty is the violent fury for renovation , the blind and childish confidence of those who hope to found durable institutions on enthusiasm and phrases . You must turn to the memoirs of Morris , to see how a friend of Washington ...
... liberty is the violent fury for renovation , the blind and childish confidence of those who hope to found durable institutions on enthusiasm and phrases . You must turn to the memoirs of Morris , to see how a friend of Washington ...
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... liberty of their country . At last , his disapprobation became so thorough and so distinct , that the French republicans , annoyed by the presence of such a censor , solicited his re- call in 1794 , for Morris had replaced Jefferson as ...
... liberty of their country . At last , his disapprobation became so thorough and so distinct , that the French republicans , annoyed by the presence of such a censor , solicited his re- call in 1794 , for Morris had replaced Jefferson as ...
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