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... character and habits in America is doubt- less owing to the rustic nature of its society , for one more casily maintains his independence in a capital than in a village , but I think the chief reasons are to be found in the practice of ...
... character and habits in America is doubt- less owing to the rustic nature of its society , for one more casily maintains his independence in a capital than in a village , but I think the chief reasons are to be found in the practice of ...
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... character very strictly analogous . It will be found , in fact , that the ingenious are always fanciful , and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic . The narrative which follows will appear to the reader somewhat in the ...
... character very strictly analogous . It will be found , in fact , that the ingenious are always fanciful , and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic . The narrative which follows will appear to the reader somewhat in the ...
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... character of the several individuals in his circle of friends ? No man . Yet their acts and words do not disappoint him . In that man , though he knew no ill of him , he put no trust . In that other , though they had seldom met , authen ...
... character of the several individuals in his circle of friends ? No man . Yet their acts and words do not disappoint him . In that man , though he knew no ill of him , he put no trust . In that other , though they had seldom met , authen ...
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