A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
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... ment ; he becomes perfect in that , acquires a great deal of practical knowledge useful for making money , but for little else . This he must do if he would succeed , and the major portion confine themselves to such knowledge alone ...
... ment ; he becomes perfect in that , acquires a great deal of practical knowledge useful for making money , but for little else . This he must do if he would succeed , and the major portion confine themselves to such knowledge alone ...
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... ment of the country , and hold the most im- portant situations . To follow up her ideas , we should have a " teeming " prime minister , and the Lord Chancellor obliged to leave the wool- sack to nurse his baby ; Miss M. forgets that her ...
... ment of the country , and hold the most im- portant situations . To follow up her ideas , we should have a " teeming " prime minister , and the Lord Chancellor obliged to leave the wool- sack to nurse his baby ; Miss M. forgets that her ...
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... ment to every kind of mercenary marriages ; how absolute is its oppression of the injured party ; and how , by vitiating marriage , it originates and c 2 WOMEN . 27 believe are the marriage laws so iniquitous as in ...
... ment to every kind of mercenary marriages ; how absolute is its oppression of the injured party ; and how , by vitiating marriage , it originates and c 2 WOMEN . 27 believe are the marriage laws so iniquitous as in ...
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... ment . " " Then I cannot see what you are driving at ; for allow me to say that , admitting the class to be as numerous as you state from American authority , still they are very orderly and well behaved . You never see them drunk in ...
... ment . " " Then I cannot see what you are driving at ; for allow me to say that , admitting the class to be as numerous as you state from American authority , still they are very orderly and well behaved . You never see them drunk in ...
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... ment , rather than submit to the insolence and dictation of a mob . M. Tocqueville says , " Whilst the natural propensities of democracy induce the people to reject the most distinguished citizens as its rulers , these individuals are ...
... ment , rather than submit to the insolence and dictation of a mob . M. Tocqueville says , " Whilst the natural propensities of democracy induce the people to reject the most distinguished citizens as its rulers , these individuals are ...
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