Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Philarète Chasles. tion , Addison's apologue and delicacy ; the popular , plain- speaking of Defoe and Bunyan , were softened and melted into a pleasant composition , which characterised the first essays of colonial literature , essays ...
Philarète Chasles. tion , Addison's apologue and delicacy ; the popular , plain- speaking of Defoe and Bunyan , were softened and melted into a pleasant composition , which characterised the first essays of colonial literature , essays ...
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... speaking , however , is too masculine for the climate I am now in . " I must quote one more scene , which says enough of the re- ligious spirit of the great , and of their occupations on the eye of a catastrophy . " June 11th . - This ...
... speaking , however , is too masculine for the climate I am now in . " I must quote one more scene , which says enough of the re- ligious spirit of the great , and of their occupations on the eye of a catastrophy . " June 11th . - This ...
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... speak to you of glory , yet I know a more elevated sentiment is the motive of your conduct . . " The unhappy wife of M. de Lafayette has sent a message , in which she begs her friends to apply to him who has already been her preserver ...
... speak to you of glory , yet I know a more elevated sentiment is the motive of your conduct . . " The unhappy wife of M. de Lafayette has sent a message , in which she begs her friends to apply to him who has already been her preserver ...
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... speak for a single hour to those on whom his fate depends , all would be well . I have such experience of your influence over opinious which were even opposed to your own , that I am tempted to ask , -What effect would you not produce ...
... speak for a single hour to those on whom his fate depends , all would be well . I have such experience of your influence over opinious which were even opposed to your own , that I am tempted to ask , -What effect would you not produce ...
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... speak of conquest ; the singularity of calm , pious , persevering heroism ; the names of Washington , Penn , Franklin ; for background the forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the children of the ...
... speak of conquest ; the singularity of calm , pious , persevering heroism ; the names of Washington , Penn , Franklin ; for background the forest of ages ; for actors , the Apostles of the New World treating with the children of the ...
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