Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... means simply " Protestantism , " of which the only form known in France is a modified Calvinism . It is trusted that readers will remember that the whole United States is spoken of , and that what may not be true of their own immediate ...
... means simply " Protestantism , " of which the only form known in France is a modified Calvinism . It is trusted that readers will remember that the whole United States is spoken of , and that what may not be true of their own immediate ...
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... mean or gross ideas , such as belong to hunger , thirst , the material wants of man . But they led lives of agitation ; a thousand varied impressions were profoundly engraved upon their minds which were endowed by Nature with a great ...
... mean or gross ideas , such as belong to hunger , thirst , the material wants of man . But they led lives of agitation ; a thousand varied impressions were profoundly engraved upon their minds which were endowed by Nature with a great ...
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... means to escape from his own glory , and the ordinary recompenses LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 11 Gouverneur Morris-The American Aristocrat-Paris observed from 1789 to 1792, by a Founder of American Confederation, PAGS.
... means to escape from his own glory , and the ordinary recompenses LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 11 Gouverneur Morris-The American Aristocrat-Paris observed from 1789 to 1792, by a Founder of American Confederation, PAGS.
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... means amusing ; it is a Chinese screen , without perspective , where all is on the same flat , all the incidents . have the same importance . Yet I like this style without style , this good faith of an honest business man . better than ...
... means amusing ; it is a Chinese screen , without perspective , where all is on the same flat , all the incidents . have the same importance . Yet I like this style without style , this good faith of an honest business man . better than ...
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... means spares her in his journal , though he renders justice to her fine qualities , mental and spiritual ; you see that she made him nervous , that he could hardly accustom himself to a nature which had nothing feminine but its ...
... means spares her in his journal , though he renders justice to her fine qualities , mental and spiritual ; you see that she made him nervous , that he could hardly accustom himself to a nature which had nothing feminine but its ...
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