Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... Woman- Blue Laws - Puritan Austerity - Judiciary Anecdotes ,. 157 SEC . IV . Politeness of the Democracy- " Yes , Sir " -Conversa- tion between two Hats , • SEC . V. - English Exaggeration - Dialect - New Cities , . SEC . VI ...
... Woman- Blue Laws - Puritan Austerity - Judiciary Anecdotes ,. 157 SEC . IV . Politeness of the Democracy- " Yes , Sir " -Conversa- tion between two Hats , • SEC . V. - English Exaggeration - Dialect - New Cities , . SEC . VI ...
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... woman , of the goat and the youth , and you create the Cen- taur , the Syren , the Faun . Submit yourself to the laws of Nature , and if there be any harmony or proportion in your new combination , your chimera will be the fruit of a ...
... woman , of the goat and the youth , and you create the Cen- taur , the Syren , the Faun . Submit yourself to the laws of Nature , and if there be any harmony or proportion in your new combination , your chimera will be the fruit of a ...
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... woman . " 1 " After dinner ( Madame de Tessé having told her that I am un homme d'esprit ) she singles me out , and makes a talk . Asks if I have not written a book on the American constitu- tion . " Non Madame , j'ai fait mon devoir en ...
... woman . " 1 " After dinner ( Madame de Tessé having told her that I am un homme d'esprit ) she singles me out , and makes a talk . Asks if I have not written a book on the American constitu- tion . " Non Madame , j'ai fait mon devoir en ...
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... woman . " I have no right to take this step in addressing you . I esteem you most highly ; but who would not esteem you ? I admire your talents , for I have listened to you , and in this you my is so letter I am not singular . 32 ORIGIN ...
... woman . " I have no right to take this step in addressing you . I esteem you most highly ; but who would not esteem you ? I admire your talents , for I have listened to you , and in this you my is so letter I am not singular . 32 ORIGIN ...
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... woman . Among the numerous novels published by Cooper , that which is most characteristically original , is the " Last of the Mohicans . " You would look vainly in the whole library of romance for its parallel . Smollett's or Fielding's ...
... woman . Among the numerous novels published by Cooper , that which is most characteristically original , is the " Last of the Mohicans . " You would look vainly in the whole library of romance for its parallel . Smollett's or Fielding's ...
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