 In the course of this narrative much is written of wars, conspiracies, and rebellions ; of Presidents, of Congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the history of the...  The Literary World - Strana 701883Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1883 - Počet stránok 884
...congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders in the senate-house, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the history of the people shall be the chief theme. At every stage of the splendid progress which separates the America of Washington... | |
 | 1907 - Počet stránok 700
...congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambitions of political leaders in the senate-house, and of the rise of great parties in the nation ; yet the history of the people shall be the chief theme." Bearing this latter aim in mind, he discloses the actual, practical life... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1883 - Počet stránok 308
...Congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders in the Senate-house, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the history o[ the people shall be the chief theme. At every stage of the splendid progress which separates the... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1882 - Počet stránok 666
...of embassies, of trratics, of the ambition of political leaders, and of the rise of great parti ft in the nation. Yet the history of the people is the chief theme. At every stage of the splendid progrest which separates the America of Washington and Adams from the Amevica in which we live, it... | |
 | Joseph LeConte - 1882 - Počet stránok 668
...defects." — New York Htrald. " He carries out in a complete, vivid, and delightful way, his promise to describe the dress, the occupations, the amusements, the literary canons of the several epochs comprehended within the scope of his survey. . . . The cardinal qualities of style,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - Počet stránok 602
...; of President*, of Congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaden, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the...Washington and Adams from the America in which we live, il has been the author's purpose to describe the dress, the occupations, the amusements, the literary... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1883 - Počet stránok 176
...of Presidents, of Congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the...every stage of the splendid progress which separates tJie America of Washinyton and Adams from the America in which we live, it has been the author's purpose... | |
 | Rev.Henry Mason Baum,Edited By. - 1883 - Počet stránok 636
...has not inaptly been described as the newspaper history of the United States. The author's purpose is to describe the dress, the occupations, the amusements,...times; to note the changes of manners and morals; to tell how, under the benign influence of liberty and peace, there sprang up in the course of a single... | |
 | 1883 - Počet stránok 952
...with ambitions and ihe rise of great parties ; but the history of the people is the chief thrme. " At every stage of the splendid progress which separates...Washington and Adams from the America in which we live," says the author, " it shall be my purpose to describe the dress, the occupations, the amusements, the... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - Počet stránok 526
...; of Presidents, of Congrevrs, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the history of the people is the chitf theme. At every stage of the splendid proyress which separates the America of Washington and... | |
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