Letters from an American FarmerFox, Duffield, 1904 - 355 страници |
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... thee pretend to send epistles to a great European man , who hath lived abundance of time in that big house called Cambridge ; where , they say , that worldly learning is so abundant , that peo- ple gets it only by breathing the air of ...
... thee pretend to send epistles to a great European man , who hath lived abundance of time in that big house called Cambridge ; where , they say , that worldly learning is so abundant , that peo- ple gets it only by breathing the air of ...
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... thee for his correspondent , as thee calls it ? surely he means to jeer thee ! I am sure he does , he cannot be in a real fair earnest . James , thee must read this letter over again , paragraph by paragraph , and warily observe whether ...
... thee for his correspondent , as thee calls it ? surely he means to jeer thee ! I am sure he does , he cannot be in a real fair earnest . James , thee must read this letter over again , paragraph by paragraph , and warily observe whether ...
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... thee hast within thy own self , and then whether thee canst dish them up . - Well , well , wife , thee art wrong for once ; if I was filled with worldly vanity , thy rebuke would be timely , but thee knowest that I have but little of ...
... thee hast within thy own self , and then whether thee canst dish them up . - Well , well , wife , thee art wrong for once ; if I was filled with worldly vanity , thy rebuke would be timely , but thee knowest that I have but little of ...
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... thee persistest in being such a fool hardy man , said my wife , for God's sake let it be kept a profound secret among us ; if it were once known abroad that thee writest to a great and rich man over at London , there would be no rich 16 ...
... thee persistest in being such a fool hardy man , said my wife , for God's sake let it be kept a profound secret among us ; if it were once known abroad that thee writest to a great and rich man over at London , there would be no rich 16 ...
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... thee be- ginnest , James - consider that a great deal of thy time , and of thy reputation is at stake as I may say . Wert thee to write as well as friend Edmund , whose speeches I often see in our pa- pers , it would be the very self ...
... thee be- ginnest , James - consider that a great deal of thy time , and of thy reputation is at stake as I may say . Wert thee to write as well as friend Edmund , whose speeches I often see in our pa- pers , it would be the very self ...
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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.