Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 39
... passed in the neighborhood and in the city itself ; " which at that time , " says an Ameri- can , " was little like a metropolis or even a city of Europe . " You still found an ingenuous morality in this growing city , where all the ...
... passed in the neighborhood and in the city itself ; " which at that time , " says an Ameri- can , " was little like a metropolis or even a city of Europe . " You still found an ingenuous morality in this growing city , where all the ...
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... passed in the midst of an active , commercial population , nor had he longed for living brooks which murmur through the heart of antique woods , nor of the deer that crosses them , nor of the colonist's lodge , nor of lakes with ...
... passed in the midst of an active , commercial population , nor had he longed for living brooks which murmur through the heart of antique woods , nor of the deer that crosses them , nor of the colonist's lodge , nor of lakes with ...
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... passed a good deal of his life in Europe , especially at Paris . In England , his frankness , austerity and clearly - ex- pressed republicanism and his national pride displeased . In America , the same puritan sincerity , his ...
... passed a good deal of his life in Europe , especially at Paris . In England , his frankness , austerity and clearly - ex- pressed republicanism and his national pride displeased . In America , the same puritan sincerity , his ...
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... primitive vegetation , he drew in with it that dignified self - respect , that consciousness of human energy which has never quitted him . Audubon was nurtured in love for nature . He passed 58 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... primitive vegetation , he drew in with it that dignified self - respect , that consciousness of human energy which has never quitted him . Audubon was nurtured in love for nature . He passed 58 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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Philarète Chasles. Audubon was nurtured in love for nature . He passed his life in the open air , at the foot of a tree whose branches were the home of the feathered people whose habits he came to study and which he never lost sight of ...
Philarète Chasles. Audubon was nurtured in love for nature . He passed his life in the open air , at the foot of a tree whose branches were the home of the feathered people whose habits he came to study and which he never lost sight of ...
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