The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... party without its redeeming vitality , and seeking in change rather a respite from suffering than an assurance of happi- ness . * But let us take a closer view of this subject , and see how far this external aspect , which strikes every ...
... party without its redeeming vitality , and seeking in change rather a respite from suffering than an assurance of happi- ness . * But let us take a closer view of this subject , and see how far this external aspect , which strikes every ...
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... him , in 1792 , to return to Geneva ; but even here he was not long to have a resting - place . French principles were widely diffused there , and the popular party , soon 34 [ Jan. The Life and Opinions of Sismondi .
... him , in 1792 , to return to Geneva ; but even here he was not long to have a resting - place . French principles were widely diffused there , and the popular party , soon 34 [ Jan. The Life and Opinions of Sismondi .
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... party , soon gaining the ascendency , did not spare the aristocratic families who had hitherto ruled the city . The elder Sismondi was imprisoned , his house was stripped , and a heavy fine levied on the re- mainder of his property ...
... party , soon gaining the ascendency , did not spare the aristocratic families who had hitherto ruled the city . The elder Sismondi was imprisoned , his house was stripped , and a heavy fine levied on the re- mainder of his property ...
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... party , and one of them , M. de Caila , an intimate acquaintance of the Sismondis , came to ask shelter and con- cealment from them , till he could escape from the territory . The request was instantly granted , and he was lodged in a ...
... party , and one of them , M. de Caila , an intimate acquaintance of the Sismondis , came to ask shelter and con- cealment from them , till he could escape from the territory . The request was instantly granted , and he was lodged in a ...
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... party , naturally became an object of suspicion to both . Before he had been more than a year at Val Chiusa , he was seized by the Austrians , with sixteen other inhabitants of Pescia , and imprisoned during the whole summer of 1796 ...
... party , naturally became an object of suspicion to both . Before he had been more than a year at Val Chiusa , he was seized by the Austrians , with sixteen other inhabitants of Pescia , and imprisoned during the whole summer of 1796 ...
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