Biographical Essays: Essays, Biographical and Critical; Or, Studies of CharacterPhillips, Sampson, 1857 - 475 էջ |
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... agriculturist , tend to con- serve and expand what is best in human nature , which the spirit of trade and the competition of social pride are apt to dwarf and overlay . Auspicious , therefore , were the influences around 6 THE PATRIOT .
... agriculturist , tend to con- serve and expand what is best in human nature , which the spirit of trade and the competition of social pride are apt to dwarf and overlay . Auspicious , therefore , were the influences around 6 THE PATRIOT .
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... social elements at work . The aristocratic sentiment had a more emphatic recognition there than in any other of the Eng- lish Cisatlantic colonies ; the distinctions of landed property and of gentle blood were deeply felt ; the ...
... social elements at work . The aristocratic sentiment had a more emphatic recognition there than in any other of the Eng- lish Cisatlantic colonies ; the distinctions of landed property and of gentle blood were deeply felt ; the ...
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... social affairs . Self - respect is the keystone of the arch of character ; and it kept his character before the army and the people , his brother officers and his secret foes , the country and the enemy , firm , lofty , unassailable ...
... social affairs . Self - respect is the keystone of the arch of character ; and it kept his character before the army and the people , his brother officers and his secret foes , the country and the enemy , firm , lofty , unassailable ...
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... social and domestic life ; that they are the nucleus around which all the elements of national integrity , however scattered and perverted , inevitably crystallize ; that men thus severely true to themselves and duty become , not ...
... social and domestic life ; that they are the nucleus around which all the elements of national integrity , however scattered and perverted , inevitably crystallize ; that men thus severely true to themselves and duty become , not ...
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... social life , the sphere which Chesterfield regarded as the most important , a similar result is obvious . No one , even in that artificial world called society , ever achieved a satisfactory triumph by exclusive mastery of details ...
... social life , the sphere which Chesterfield regarded as the most important , a similar result is obvious . No one , even in that artificial world called society , ever achieved a satisfactory triumph by exclusive mastery of details ...
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Essays, Biographical and Critical; Or, Studies of Character Henry Theodore Tuckerman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1857 |
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