Works, Volumen7G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 |
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... from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English . I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature ; a kind of demi - savage , with a feather in his hand instead of on his head ;. THE AUTHOR.
... from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English . I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature ; a kind of demi - savage , with a feather in his hand instead of on his head ;. THE AUTHOR.
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... In venturing occasionally on topics that have already been almost exhausted by English authors , I do it , not with the pre- sumption of challenging a comparison , but with the hope that some new interest may be given The Author.
... In venturing occasionally on topics that have already been almost exhausted by English authors , I do it , not with the pre- sumption of challenging a comparison , but with the hope that some new interest may be given The Author.
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... English scenes . He for the first time sees a world about which he has been reading and thinking in every stage of his existence . The recollected ideas of infancy , youth , and manhood , of the nursery , the school , and the study ...
... English scenes . He for the first time sees a world about which he has been reading and thinking in every stage of his existence . The recollected ideas of infancy , youth , and manhood , of the nursery , the school , and the study ...
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... English scenes . I hope they may , in some measure , plead my apology , should I be found harping upon stale and trivial themes , or indulging an over - fond- ness for anything antique and obsolete . know it is the humor , not to say ...
... English scenes . I hope they may , in some measure , plead my apology , should I be found harping upon stale and trivial themes , or indulging an over - fond- ness for anything antique and obsolete . know it is the humor , not to say ...
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... English names at which Frenchmen exclaim in despair . The Squire is , in fact , a lingering specimen of the old English country gentleman ; rusti- cated a little by living almost entirely on his estate , and something of a humorist , as ...
... English names at which Frenchmen exclaim in despair . The Squire is , in fact , a lingering specimen of the old English country gentleman ; rusti- cated a little by living almost entirely on his estate , and something of a humorist , as ...
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