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Page 16
... become a great nation like the United States , possessing much to rejoice in , and much to be thankful for , to condescend to covet flattery , or to yield to irritation at the state- ments of passing observers . Part of them haply ...
... become a great nation like the United States , possessing much to rejoice in , and much to be thankful for , to condescend to covet flattery , or to yield to irritation at the state- ments of passing observers . Part of them haply ...
Page 24
... becomes a friend , pledged as much by grateful regard as by sympathy to feel and act as becomes brotherly love . A passage in the conclusion of Dickens ' " Ameri- can Notes , " one of the best in the book , is quoted verbatim as the ...
... becomes a friend , pledged as much by grateful regard as by sympathy to feel and act as becomes brotherly love . A passage in the conclusion of Dickens ' " Ameri- can Notes , " one of the best in the book , is quoted verbatim as the ...
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... become enlivened , and even the drooping and half - clothed Milesian , recovers his wit and doubles his spirit amid the dry air , and under the pure blue sky . The It is very true that another cause exists . new settler , as well as the ...
... become enlivened , and even the drooping and half - clothed Milesian , recovers his wit and doubles his spirit amid the dry air , and under the pure blue sky . The It is very true that another cause exists . new settler , as well as the ...
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... becoming courage , looking straight into your eyes , and extend- ing the right hand for a cordial shake . Frank to answer , and ready to ask a question , you soon find you have not got a timid creature who needs your encouraging ...
... becoming courage , looking straight into your eyes , and extend- ing the right hand for a cordial shake . Frank to answer , and ready to ask a question , you soon find you have not got a timid creature who needs your encouraging ...
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... becoming too tame by means of just parental discipline — and it is certain that he will render the more healthful obedience to the laws of his country , and more reverential observance of the laws of God by his being accustomed to ...
... becoming too tame by means of just parental discipline — and it is certain that he will render the more healthful obedience to the laws of his country , and more reverential observance of the laws of God by his being accustomed to ...
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