Ten Years in the United States: Being an Englishman's View of Men and Things in the North Ad South |
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... natural , but desirable ; and that true liberty and real progress will suffer no drawback from the fact that such a government as that now swayed by Abraham Lincoln is not destined to rule over the whole continent of North America ...
... natural , but desirable ; and that true liberty and real progress will suffer no drawback from the fact that such a government as that now swayed by Abraham Lincoln is not destined to rule over the whole continent of North America ...
Page xi
... and Roger Williams - The Yankee Character - Respect shown to Women - On the Stump - Know - nothings - Popular Sovereignty insulted - Insanity on the subject of Natural Grandeur 254 CHAPTER XVI . PAGE The Catholic Irish - Americans -
... and Roger Williams - The Yankee Character - Respect shown to Women - On the Stump - Know - nothings - Popular Sovereignty insulted - Insanity on the subject of Natural Grandeur 254 CHAPTER XVI . PAGE The Catholic Irish - Americans -
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... natural condition of the whole of the eastern side of the continent ; one vast forest covering the uneven surface , from the Gulf of Mexico northward , till the climate stunts and thins vegetation . " ' Scuse me , massa , " said my.
... natural condition of the whole of the eastern side of the continent ; one vast forest covering the uneven surface , from the Gulf of Mexico northward , till the climate stunts and thins vegetation . " ' Scuse me , massa , " said my.
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... natural to most people , especially to negroes ; for when I was a boy , one of my fancies was to keep a tame common English snake . After walking a little farther my pioneer stood still , lost ; then suddenly exclaimed , " Dar's a dorg ...
... natural to most people , especially to negroes ; for when I was a boy , one of my fancies was to keep a tame common English snake . After walking a little farther my pioneer stood still , lost ; then suddenly exclaimed , " Dar's a dorg ...
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... at Bull Run . I believe every one should study - not merely read -Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne , or some such work , before commencing the Kosmos . We all love to hurry to conclusions . To suspend the judg- 3.
... at Bull Run . I believe every one should study - not merely read -Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne , or some such work , before commencing the Kosmos . We all love to hurry to conclusions . To suspend the judg- 3.
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