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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... present publishers made an ex- amination of the book and determined to try to give it a new lease of life ; it was also in consequence of my interest in the matter that Mr. Lewisohn undertook the task of editing the volume . That such a ...
... present publishers made an ex- amination of the book and determined to try to give it a new lease of life ; it was also in consequence of my interest in the matter that Mr. Lewisohn undertook the task of editing the volume . That such a ...
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... present . But even should his Letters in this new form be most kindly received , one regret must still remain to all admirers of Crèvecoeur , a re- gret connected with the man himself . De- spite his efforts , Mr. Lewisohn has been able ...
... present . But even should his Letters in this new form be most kindly received , one regret must still remain to all admirers of Crèvecoeur , a re- gret connected with the man himself . De- spite his efforts , Mr. Lewisohn has been able ...
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... PRESENT INTERIOR CIRCUMSTANCES BRITISH OF THE COLONIES NORTH IN AMERICA . WRITTEN FOR THE INFORMATION OF A FRIEND IN ENGLAND , By J. HECTOR ST . JOHN , A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA . LONDON , PRINTED FOR THOMAS DAVIES IN RUSSELL STREET ...
... PRESENT INTERIOR CIRCUMSTANCES BRITISH OF THE COLONIES NORTH IN AMERICA . WRITTEN FOR THE INFORMATION OF A FRIEND IN ENGLAND , By J. HECTOR ST . JOHN , A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA . LONDON , PRINTED FOR THOMAS DAVIES IN RUSSELL STREET ...
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... present at the head of my study : under its invisible but powerful guidance , I prosecuted my small labours : and now , permit me to sanctify them under the auspices of your name . Let the sin- cerity of the motives which urge me ...
... present at the head of my study : under its invisible but powerful guidance , I prosecuted my small labours : and now , permit me to sanctify them under the auspices of your name . Let the sin- cerity of the motives which urge me ...
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... present , we lis- tened to , and weighed every syllable : we all unanimously concluded that you must have been in a sober earnest intention , as my wife calls it ; and your request appeared to be candid and sincere . Then again , on ...
... present , we lis- tened to , and weighed every syllable : we all unanimously concluded that you must have been in a sober earnest intention , as my wife calls it ; and your request appeared to be candid and sincere . Then again , on ...
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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.