The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentC.S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich Street, 1820 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
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Page 105
... produces petulance in disappointment . They become embittered against the country on finding that there , as every where else , a man must sow before he can reap ; that he must win wealth by industry and talent ; and must contend with ...
... produces petulance in disappointment . They become embittered against the country on finding that there , as every where else , a man must sow before he can reap ; that he must win wealth by industry and talent ; and must contend with ...
Page 108
... produce upon the national feeling . We attach too much consequence to these attacks . They cannot do us any essential injury . The tissue of misrepresentations attempted to be wove around us , are like cobwebs woven round the limbs of ...
... produce upon the national feeling . We attach too much consequence to these attacks . They cannot do us any essential injury . The tissue of misrepresentations attempted to be wove around us , are like cobwebs woven round the limbs of ...
Page 110
... produce a morbid sensibility to the most trifling collision . It is not so much any one overt act that occa- sions hostilities between two nations ; there ex- ists , most commonly , a previous jealousy and ill will , a predisposition to ...
... produce a morbid sensibility to the most trifling collision . It is not so much any one overt act that occa- sions hostilities between two nations ; there ex- ists , most commonly , a previous jealousy and ill will , a predisposition to ...
Page 116
Washington Irving. own country , and , as far as they have effect , produce virulent national prejudices . This last is the evil most especially to be deprecated . Governed , as we are , entirely by public opinion , the utmost care ...
Washington Irving. own country , and , as far as they have effect , produce virulent national prejudices . This last is the evil most especially to be deprecated . Governed , as we are , entirely by public opinion , the utmost care ...
Page 129
... produce the effect are scarcely to be perceived . The cherishing and training of some trees ; the cautious pru- ning of others ; the delicate distribution of flowers and plants of tender and graceful fo- liage ; the introduction of a ...
... produce the effect are scarcely to be perceived . The cherishing and training of some trees ; the cautious pru- ning of others ; the delicate distribution of flowers and plants of tender and graceful fo- liage ; the introduction of a ...
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