America and EuropeD. Appleton, 1857 - 411 páginas |
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... IX . THE PRESS , 309 X. - THE PULPIT , 323 XI . THE AMERICAN MIND , 333 XII . - CUSTOMS , HABITS , MANNERS , ETC. , 366 XIII . - COUNTRY AND CITY , 398 CONCLUSION , 409 • M103925 AMERICA , the progeny of Europe , differs from the.
... IX . THE PRESS , 309 X. - THE PULPIT , 323 XI . THE AMERICAN MIND , 333 XII . - CUSTOMS , HABITS , MANNERS , ETC. , 366 XIII . - COUNTRY AND CITY , 398 CONCLUSION , 409 • M103925 AMERICA , the progeny of Europe , differs from the.
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... habits , and usages . A few scattered mountains or hills do not constitute the general physiognomy of a country , a few warm or cold months do not make a soft or a rigid climate , a few brave men or cow- ards do not make an army fight ...
... habits , and usages . A few scattered mountains or hills do not constitute the general physiognomy of a country , a few warm or cold months do not make a soft or a rigid climate , a few brave men or cow- ards do not make an army fight ...
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... habit of reading is as general among the masses as any other function of daily life . Books are at a price lower than the smallest alms . The whole Empire forms a leaf , covered with written sen- tences and axioms of their moralists ...
... habit of reading is as general among the masses as any other function of daily life . Books are at a price lower than the smallest alms . The whole Empire forms a leaf , covered with written sen- tences and axioms of their moralists ...
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... as described by Pomponius Trogus , was evinced in the murders of the inquisition at home , and in those perpetrated in the Netherlands ; it echoes from national habits in tragedies and songs , and the same character 14 AMERICA AND EUROPE .
... as described by Pomponius Trogus , was evinced in the murders of the inquisition at home , and in those perpetrated in the Netherlands ; it echoes from national habits in tragedies and songs , and the same character 14 AMERICA AND EUROPE .
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Adam Gurowski. habits in tragedies and songs , and the same character was finally delineated by Chateaubriand . Saragossa recalls the memory of Saguntum and Numantia , and the guerilla- warfare practised against Napoleon reminds us of ...
Adam Gurowski. habits in tragedies and songs , and the same character was finally delineated by Chateaubriand . Saragossa recalls the memory of Saguntum and Numantia , and the guerilla- warfare practised against Napoleon reminds us of ...
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