American Life in Literature, Volume 1Jay Broadus Hubbell Harper & brothers, 1936 - 849 pages |
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... manner : their manners are constantly characterized by a number of lesser diversities , but not by any great differences . They are never per- fectly alike , because they do not copy from the same pattern ; they are never very un- like ...
... manner : their manners are constantly characterized by a number of lesser diversities , but not by any great differences . They are never per- fectly alike , because they do not copy from the same pattern ; they are never very un- like ...
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... manners , but to prevent them from having manners at all . few generations suffice to consummate it . The principal characteristics of aristocracy are handed down by history after an aris- tocracy is destroyed , but the light and ex ...
... manners , but to prevent them from having manners at all . few generations suffice to consummate it . The principal characteristics of aristocracy are handed down by history after an aris- tocracy is destroyed , but the light and ex ...
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... manner , a manner not self - conscious , artificial , and constrained . It may not be a beautiful manner always , but it is almost always a natural manner , a free and happy manner ; and this gives pleasure . Here we have , undoubtedly ...
... manner , a manner not self - conscious , artificial , and constrained . It may not be a beautiful manner always , but it is almost always a natural manner , a free and happy manner ; and this gives pleasure . Here we have , undoubtedly ...
Contents
The Settlement of Virginia | 4 |
The SmithPocahontas Legend | 10 |
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 17931835 | 24 |
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