Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 869
... mean the spirit of Little Peddlington , the spirit that makes swans of all our geese . By colonialism I mean the attitude of looking humbly towards the old country for guidance and for counsel even about our own affairs . Provincialism ...
... mean the spirit of Little Peddlington , the spirit that makes swans of all our geese . By colonialism I mean the attitude of looking humbly towards the old country for guidance and for counsel even about our own affairs . Provincialism ...
Page 877
... mean- ing , did I see , as I thought , the germ of some new chapter , such as crept into his sketch - books . Did I intimate as much : " Ah , " he would say , " that is game for young- sters ; we old fellows are not nimble enough to ...
... mean- ing , did I see , as I thought , the germ of some new chapter , such as crept into his sketch - books . Did I intimate as much : " Ah , " he would say , " that is game for young- sters ; we old fellows are not nimble enough to ...
Page 888
... means of strength for its own preservation ; and that in consequence we should share the fate of many other republics , and pass through anarchy to despotism . We hoped better things . We confided in the good sense of the American ...
... means of strength for its own preservation ; and that in consequence we should share the fate of many other republics , and pass through anarchy to despotism . We hoped better things . We confided in the good sense of the American ...
Page 893
... - headed Gibbon , you may well think that the genius of the great historian has been wasted over the mean squabbles , the bald self - seeking , the ignoble superstition , the pomp and the cruelty of ART AND THE BEAUTY OF EARTH 893.
... - headed Gibbon , you may well think that the genius of the great historian has been wasted over the mean squabbles , the bald self - seeking , the ignoble superstition , the pomp and the cruelty of ART AND THE BEAUTY OF EARTH 893.
Page 896
... mean , for instance , that in the Thirteenth century Eng- land was going step by step with Italy as far as mere ex- cellence is concerned , while in the middle of the Fifteenth England was rude , and Italy cultured ; and even while the ...
... mean , for instance , that in the Thirteenth century Eng- land was going step by step with Italy as far as mere ex- cellence is concerned , while in the middle of the Fifteenth England was rude , and Italy cultured ; and even while the ...
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