Letters from an American FarmerFox, Duffield, 1904 - 355 страници A large part of the book is devoted to a description of the town of Nantucket. |
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... possessed his ideality , his power of raising simple things into true human dignity , of con- necting the homeliest activity with the ultimate social purpose which it furthers in its own small way , his description of the American would ...
... possessed his ideality , his power of raising simple things into true human dignity , of con- necting the homeliest activity with the ultimate social purpose which it furthers in its own small way , his description of the American would ...
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... though an American , should not I be permitted to share in that extensive intellectual consanguinity ? Yes , I do : and though the name of a man who possesses possesses neither titles nor places , who never rose above xxxii DEDICATION .
... though an American , should not I be permitted to share in that extensive intellectual consanguinity ? Yes , I do : and though the name of a man who possesses possesses neither titles nor places , who never rose above xxxii DEDICATION .
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... possesses neither titles nor places , who never rose above the humble rank of a farmer , may appear insignificant ; yet , as the sentiments I have expressed , are also the eccho of those of my countrymen ; on their behalf , as well as ...
... possesses neither titles nor places , who never rose above the humble rank of a farmer , may appear insignificant ; yet , as the sentiments I have expressed , are also the eccho of those of my countrymen ; on their behalf , as well as ...
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... possess . It is true I can describe our Amer- ican modes of farming , our manners , and pe- culiar customs , with some degree of propriety , because I have ever attentively studied them ; but my knowledge extends no farther . And is ...
... possess . It is true I can describe our Amer- ican modes of farming , our manners , and pe- culiar customs , with some degree of propriety , because I have ever attentively studied them ; but my knowledge extends no farther . And is ...
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... possess ; and that is the reason I imagine why so many persons are continually going to visit Italy.- That country is the daily resort of modern travellers . James . I should like to know what is there to be seen so goodly and ...
... possess ; and that is the reason I imagine why so many persons are continually going to visit Italy.- That country is the daily resort of modern travellers . James . I should like to know what is there to be seen so goodly and ...
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Страница 48 - He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.
Страница 49 - Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the Western pilgrims, who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor and industry which began long since in the East; they will finish the great circle.
Страница 259 - Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God...
Страница 48 - French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced...
Страница 50 - The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless labour, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence. This is an American.
Страница 42 - Here he beholds fair cities, substantial villages, extensive fields, an immense country filled with decent houses, good roads, orchards, meadows, and bridges, where an hundred years ago all was wild, woody, and uncultivated!
Страница 44 - If he travels through our rural districts he views not the hostile castle and the haughty mansion, contrasted with the clay-built hut and miserable cabin, where cattle and men help to keep each other warm, and dwell in meanness, smoke, and indigence.
Страница 71 - He begins to feel the effects of a sort of resurrection; hitherto he had not lived, but simply vegetated; he now feels himself a man because he is treated as such; the laws of his own country had overlooked him in his insignificancy; the laws of this cover him with their mantle.