American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 309
... tion that will give perfection to the Revolu- tion of France . Already the conviction that government by representation is the true system of government is spreading itself fast in the world . The reasonableness of it can be seen by all ...
... tion that will give perfection to the Revolu- tion of France . Already the conviction that government by representation is the true system of government is spreading itself fast in the world . The reasonableness of it can be seen by all ...
Page 522
... tion — a letter , to be frank - had been re- ceived by the personage robbed while alone in the royal boudoir . During its perusal she was suddenly interrupted by the entrance of the other exalted personage from whom especially it was ...
... tion — a letter , to be frank - had been re- ceived by the personage robbed while alone in the royal boudoir . During its perusal she was suddenly interrupted by the entrance of the other exalted personage from whom especially it was ...
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... tion . There is not , perhaps , a human being , of ordinary education and of average re- flective capacity , to whom , at some period , the fancy in question has not occurred , as if spontaneously , or intuitively , and wear- ing all ...
... tion . There is not , perhaps , a human being , of ordinary education and of average re- flective capacity , to whom , at some period , the fancy in question has not occurred , as if spontaneously , or intuitively , and wear- ing all ...
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