Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 12
... spirit of a - propos and clever sally was not wanting to his character any more than to Franklin : not the only likeness between them , for they had the same cool temperament , the same Socratic look into things . Morris having never ...
... spirit of a - propos and clever sally was not wanting to his character any more than to Franklin : not the only likeness between them , for they had the same cool temperament , the same Socratic look into things . Morris having never ...
Page 26
... spirit of the great , and of their occupations on the eve of a catastrophy . " June 11th . - This morning I go to Reinsi . Arrive at eleven . Nobody yet visible . After some time the Duchess ( of Orleans ) appears , and tells me that 26 ...
... spirit of the great , and of their occupations on the eve of a catastrophy . " June 11th . - This morning I go to Reinsi . Arrive at eleven . Nobody yet visible . After some time the Duchess ( of Orleans ) appears , and tells me that 26 ...
Page 52
... spirit ; here he collected the ele- ments of those pictures so much admired . He married the daughter of Pierre de Lancy , quitted the service , and since that time has given himself up to the composition of his books . Every year came ...
... spirit ; here he collected the ele- ments of those pictures so much admired . He married the daughter of Pierre de Lancy , quitted the service , and since that time has given himself up to the composition of his books . Every year came ...
Page 64
... spirits ; and afterwards , ascending that noble stream the Hudson , glided over our broad lakes , to seek the wildest solitudes of the pathless and gloomy forests . " It was in these forests that , for the first time , I com- muned with ...
... spirits ; and afterwards , ascending that noble stream the Hudson , glided over our broad lakes , to seek the wildest solitudes of the pathless and gloomy forests . " It was in these forests that , for the first time , I com- muned with ...
Page 65
... spirits became very great . I knew no individual in the country ; and , although I was the bearer of letters from American friends , and statesmen of great eminence , my situation appeared precarious in the ex- treme . I imagined that ...
... spirits became very great . I knew no individual in the country ; and , although I was the bearer of letters from American friends , and statesmen of great eminence , my situation appeared precarious in the ex- treme . I imagined that ...
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