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Page vii
... true - or nothing ! The time is on the wing , which will reduce all nations , with all their various governments , into one vast mon- archy . Whatever we are under now , whether a despot- crowns . ism , a monarchy , or a republic ...
... true - or nothing ! The time is on the wing , which will reduce all nations , with all their various governments , into one vast mon- archy . Whatever we are under now , whether a despot- crowns . ism , a monarchy , or a republic ...
Page 15
... true sympathies wherever we can find them . Those petty criticisms of manners and of " notions , " which are no more dignified than the squabbles for precedence of rival Misses at a ball - how unworthy are they of two great nations who ...
... true sympathies wherever we can find them . Those petty criticisms of manners and of " notions , " which are no more dignified than the squabbles for precedence of rival Misses at a ball - how unworthy are they of two great nations who ...
Page 16
... 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 mistakes , while some of them are undoubtedly true . 16 INTRODUCTORY .
... 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 mistakes , while some of them are undoubtedly true . 16 INTRODUCTORY .
Page 17
... true nevertheless . What points of assimila- tion would be found between the accomplished judge on the bench or the divine in his study , and the man of suddenly - found fortune working off his exuberant spirits by trotting fifteen ...
... true nevertheless . What points of assimila- tion would be found between the accomplished judge on the bench or the divine in his study , and the man of suddenly - found fortune working off his exuberant spirits by trotting fifteen ...
Page 18
... true . - Perhaps were he himself engaged in clearing an untrodden forest , or draining an impracticable swamp , or dwelling on a misty stream where fever and ague prevail , he also might find a use in departing from his tobacco horrors ...
... true . - Perhaps were he himself engaged in clearing an untrodden forest , or draining an impracticable swamp , or dwelling on a misty stream where fever and ague prevail , he also might find a use in departing from his tobacco horrors ...
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