Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States of America: Being a Fragment of a Private Correspondence, Accidentally Discovered in Europe, Containing a Favorable View of the Manners, Literature, and State of Society of the United States, and a Refutation of Many of the Aspersions Cast Upon this Country by Former Residents and TouristsI. Riley, 1810 - 165 pagine |
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... tranquillity . For many years past , this once flourishing and influential association , has been degraded , dispersed and diminishing . Their name has become a designation for intrigue and du- plicity ; and the few that remain , have ...
... tranquillity . For many years past , this once flourishing and influential association , has been degraded , dispersed and diminishing . Their name has become a designation for intrigue and du- plicity ; and the few that remain , have ...
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... tranquillity than dissimilitude of character in the ci- tizens . A heterogeneous assemblage of mixed tribes cannot speedily coalesce into a nation ; and communities which have grown populous by sudden accessions are commonly torn by ...
... tranquillity than dissimilitude of character in the ci- tizens . A heterogeneous assemblage of mixed tribes cannot speedily coalesce into a nation ; and communities which have grown populous by sudden accessions are commonly torn by ...
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... tranquillity and happiness . It is now conceded , that you were not guilty of the crimes charged against you ; and though it is too late to re- trieve the ruin in which we were all involved , a dis- position is entertained to forgive ...
... tranquillity and happiness . It is now conceded , that you were not guilty of the crimes charged against you ; and though it is too late to re- trieve the ruin in which we were all involved , a dis- position is entertained to forgive ...
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... tranquillity he so greatly contributed to affirm , he retired from the presidency , to live and die a private citizen , when he might have been monarch of the West . But though he relin- quished the first place , the first name in ...
... tranquillity he so greatly contributed to affirm , he retired from the presidency , to live and die a private citizen , when he might have been monarch of the West . But though he relin- quished the first place , the first name in ...
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... tranquillity ; brutal and savage in political troubles ; floating , like vessels without bal- last , at the breath of passion , now in the clouds , a moment after in the abyss ; enthusiasts in good and evil ; rendering the one without ...
... tranquillity ; brutal and savage in political troubles ; floating , like vessels without bal- last , at the breath of passion , now in the clouds , a moment after in the abyss ; enthusiasts in good and evil ; rendering the one without ...
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