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New York society is not American society , any more than Boston or Philadelphia society is so , and to the vast ... He thus encountered obstacles unknown to satirists in older societies , and he overcame them so far as to produce scenes ...
New York society is not American society , any more than Boston or Philadelphia society is so , and to the vast ... He thus encountered obstacles unknown to satirists in older societies , and he overcame them so far as to produce scenes ...
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French society may be said to be comparatively free from that love of money - getting as a pur- suit , and as a road to distinction , by which all Anglo - Saxon communities are devoured . This passion has no doubt received a great ...
French society may be said to be comparatively free from that love of money - getting as a pur- suit , and as a road to distinction , by which all Anglo - Saxon communities are devoured . This passion has no doubt received a great ...
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who have had an opportunity of comparing French society with that of their own countries , find difficulty in conceiving of greater calm than it still enjoys or labors under . They are astonished by the cheerfulness with which the great ...
who have had an opportunity of comparing French society with that of their own countries , find difficulty in conceiving of greater calm than it still enjoys or labors under . They are astonished by the cheerfulness with which the great ...
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LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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