Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page vii
... race , and founders of the federal republic of the United States , have conquered , in the civilized world , a place which does not permit the observer to pass them by in silence . For a scientific analysis of their institutions , I ...
... race , and founders of the federal republic of the United States , have conquered , in the civilized world , a place which does not permit the observer to pass them by in silence . For a scientific analysis of their institutions , I ...
Page xi
... Federals and Anti - Federals , • SEC . VI . - Mechanism and Strategics of Parties , Pride of Race , SEC . VII . - The Lowell Factory Girls - Boston - The Blacks— • 269 • 274 282 287 SEC . VIII . - Activity of the Country - CONTENTS . xi.
... Federals and Anti - Federals , • SEC . VI . - Mechanism and Strategics of Parties , Pride of Race , SEC . VII . - The Lowell Factory Girls - Boston - The Blacks— • 269 • 274 282 287 SEC . VIII . - Activity of the Country - CONTENTS . xi.
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Philarète Chasles. Here are soldiers , legislators , artisans , a strong , noble race sufficient for to - day . The first of her Franklin . Poets will be born , hereafter . writers is an artisan - legislator , it is SECTION III ...
Philarète Chasles. Here are soldiers , legislators , artisans , a strong , noble race sufficient for to - day . The first of her Franklin . Poets will be born , hereafter . writers is an artisan - legislator , it is SECTION III ...
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... races distinct in origin , char- acter , physiognomy , struggling for a puerile pre - eminence . Time has done justice to ... race , it is truc , being much softened by his natural good temper . With the Dutch , mingled the French Protes ...
... races distinct in origin , char- acter , physiognomy , struggling for a puerile pre - eminence . Time has done justice to ... race , it is truc , being much softened by his natural good temper . With the Dutch , mingled the French Protes ...
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... race . Cooper is Calvinist ; he tells a fact dryly , but with a pro- fundity and truth which fascinate the hearer . He searches no éclat in his descriptions ; he does not give colored or dark masses . He manages the whole so well ...
... race . Cooper is Calvinist ; he tells a fact dryly , but with a pro- fundity and truth which fascinate the hearer . He searches no éclat in his descriptions ; he does not give colored or dark masses . He manages the whole so well ...
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