Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... Look at the people there , and there ; think how much better off you are than they are . - Your prosperity and liberty are objects of their envy ; your institutions , models of their imitation . ” — It is not the desire to look to the ...
... Look at the people there , and there ; think how much better off you are than they are . - Your prosperity and liberty are objects of their envy ; your institutions , models of their imitation . ” — It is not the desire to look to the ...
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... looks well in theory , but it won't do in prac- tice . It will not do , I repeat , Sir , in practice ; and so the advocates ... look at home , he will find there enough to do without looking abroad and aiming at what is out of his power ...
... looks well in theory , but it won't do in prac- tice . It will not do , I repeat , Sir , in practice ; and so the advocates ... look at home , he will find there enough to do without looking abroad and aiming at what is out of his power ...
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... looks , and behavior of the English abroad , urges that the English ideal is that every one should be free to do and to look just as he likes . But culture indefatigably tries , not to make what each raw person may like the rule by ...
... looks , and behavior of the English abroad , urges that the English ideal is that every one should be free to do and to look just as he likes . But culture indefatigably tries , not to make what each raw person may like the rule by ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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