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Common interest regulates their concerns , and forms their law ; and the laws which common usage ordains , have a greater influence than the laws of government . In fine society performs for itself almost everything which is ascribed to ...
Common interest regulates their concerns , and forms their law ; and the laws which common usage ordains , have a greater influence than the laws of government . In fine society performs for itself almost everything which is ascribed to ...
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What is this common law , said he , which you speak of , and why cannot it be abolished ? The common law of England ! why not a common law of our own ; now that we are an independent government ? It is our own common law , said the ...
What is this common law , said he , which you speak of , and why cannot it be abolished ? The common law of England ! why not a common law of our own ; now that we are an independent government ? It is our own common law , said the ...
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9 The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect , a want of simplicity , and a turgid abuse of terms . To these may be added ambiguity of expression . Many perversions of significations also exist , and a formality of ...
9 The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect , a want of simplicity , and a turgid abuse of terms . To these may be added ambiguity of expression . Many perversions of significations also exist , and a formality of ...
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Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1 American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Harrison T. Meserole |
| Editors | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Compiled by | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Publisher | Heath, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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