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... natural . The New England author , by the sheer strength of environment , education , heredity , inborn prejudice , and preference , saw everything from a New England point of view , and as it ap peared to him so he colored the record ...
... natural . The New England author , by the sheer strength of environment , education , heredity , inborn prejudice , and preference , saw everything from a New England point of view , and as it ap peared to him so he colored the record ...
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... natural nobility which depends on no touch of royal sword , owes nothing to ribbons , stars , and garters . In this highest order of knighthood it was accounted a disgrace to be cowardly , mean , or false ; honor out- weighed gold ...
... natural nobility which depends on no touch of royal sword , owes nothing to ribbons , stars , and garters . In this highest order of knighthood it was accounted a disgrace to be cowardly , mean , or false ; honor out- weighed gold ...
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... nature ; one whom the elders liked because he gave rein to no vices , was a pattern of good behavior , and was deferential to his seniors . He did not use tobacco , did not gamble , was not profane , and did not look upon white wine or ...
... nature ; one whom the elders liked because he gave rein to no vices , was a pattern of good behavior , and was deferential to his seniors . He did not use tobacco , did not gamble , was not profane , and did not look upon white wine or ...
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... nature's many - colored brush ever painted , Jefferson's fancy kindled ; and he dreamed of a lovely home that he should make for himself up there in the pure air , amid the clouds and the majestic trees . Some day he would build it ...
... nature's many - colored brush ever painted , Jefferson's fancy kindled ; and he dreamed of a lovely home that he should make for himself up there in the pure air , amid the clouds and the majestic trees . Some day he would build it ...
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... nature to flare up into a hot speech , which he would proceed to qualify and re- frigerate the moment his passion had passed - as James Otis did . Whatever Patrick Henry said in the tempest of his oratory , he meant , and he main ...
... nature to flare up into a hot speech , which he would proceed to qualify and re- frigerate the moment his passion had passed - as James Otis did . Whatever Patrick Henry said in the tempest of his oratory , he meant , and he main ...
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