Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 16
... capital which has known the Regency and Louis XV .; for men who have read Rousseau after leaving the petit souper , and who though kneaded in monarchy are yet drunk with patriotic desires , and who run with the passions of a child ...
... capital which has known the Regency and Louis XV .; for men who have read Rousseau after leaving the petit souper , and who though kneaded in monarchy are yet drunk with patriotic desires , and who run with the passions of a child ...
Page 97
... capital ; that frightful pauperism ; those poor laws which only aggravate the evil ; that plethora which keeps up a permanent and burning fever in the veins of a vigorous body . Economists try a thousand means to counterbalance this ...
... capital ; that frightful pauperism ; those poor laws which only aggravate the evil ; that plethora which keeps up a permanent and burning fever in the veins of a vigorous body . Economists try a thousand means to counterbalance this ...
Page 116
... capital city above the forests which surround us . " There is a future empire in the still little civilized pro- . vinces of Wisconsin , Illinois , Iowa , Michigan , and Indiana . Would you know why I address myself to you ? Your uncle ...
... capital city above the forests which surround us . " There is a future empire in the still little civilized pro- . vinces of Wisconsin , Illinois , Iowa , Michigan , and Indiana . Would you know why I address myself to you ? Your uncle ...
Page 120
... capital of Ilonolula , wears the slight Spanish moustache , the uniform à la fran- çaise , the beard close shaved , yellow gloves , and no shoes nor stockings . The Kanakas of Sandwich , and the habitants of Tahiti , the most advanced ...
... capital of Ilonolula , wears the slight Spanish moustache , the uniform à la fran- çaise , the beard close shaved , yellow gloves , and no shoes nor stockings . The Kanakas of Sandwich , and the habitants of Tahiti , the most advanced ...
Page 198
... capital , and yet happy in their simple houses . Even yet , this little handful holds out against the English pression and the diverse population which has invaded their country . Often chased away by the English troops , they have ...
... capital , and yet happy in their simple houses . Even yet , this little handful holds out against the English pression and the diverse population which has invaded their country . Often chased away by the English troops , they have ...
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