Now it is that we see the struggles for place, the heart-burnings and jealousies of contending families, and the influence of mere money. Circumstances have probably established the local superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of... Eve Effingham: Or, Home - Pàgina 28per James Fenimore Cooper - 1838Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 554 pàgines
...perhaps, the happiest of the first century of a settlement. The great cares of life are so engrossing and serious, that small vexations are overlooked,...to marshal itself, and the ordinary passions have sway.Now it is, that we see the struggles for place, the heart-burnings and jealousies of contending... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 326 pàgines
...perhaps, the happiest of the first century of a settlement. The great cares of life are so engrossing and serious that small vexations are overlooked, and...superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of these serves as a goal for the rest to aim at. The learned professions, the ministry included,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 522 pàgines
...forest. To this period of fun, toil, neighborly feeling and adventure, sueeeeds another, in whieh soeiety begins to marshal itself, and the ordinary passions...have sway. Now it is that we see the struggles for plaee, the heart-burnings and jealousies of eontending families, and the influenee of mere money. Cireumstanees... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 526 pàgines
...settlement, as the hunter is known to pine for the forest. To this period of fun, toil, neighborly feeling and adventure, succeeds another, in which society begins to marshal itself, and the ordinary passions^have sway. Now it is that we see the struggles for place, the heart-burnings and jealousies... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1800 - 510 pàgines
...settlement, as the hunter is known to pine for the forest. To this period of fun, toil, neighborly feeling and adventure, succeeds another, in which...superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of these serves as a goal for the rest to aim at. The learned professions, the ministry included,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 504 pàgines
...perhaps, the happiest of the first century of a settlement. The great cares of life are so engrossing and serious, that small vexations are overlooked,...superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of these serves as a goal for the rest to aim at. The learned professions, the ministry included,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 504 pàgines
...perhaps, the happiest of the first century of a settlement. The great cares of life are so engrossing and serious, that small vexations are overlooked,...ordinary passions have sway. Now it is, that we see ffie struggles for place, the heart-burnings and jealousies of contending families, and the influence... | |
| Marvin Meyers - 1960 - 324 pàgines
...p. iv. 3 Home as Found, p. 16j. feeling, and adventure" comes the second major phase of settlement: "society begins to marshal itself, and the ordinary...superiority of a few beyond all question, and the condition of these serves as a goal for the rest to aim at. The learned professions take natural precedence... | |
| Robert E. Spiller - 1965 - 49 pàgines
...marks the intercourse between the officer and the soldier in an arduous campaign"; the second, in which "we see the struggles for place, the heart-burnings...contending families, and the influence of mere money"; the third, in which "men and things come within the control of more general and regular laws." Cooperstown,... | |
| Robert A. Ferguson - 1984 - 456 pàgines
...laying claims to an outward show of equality" through "mutual wants and mutual efforts." Soon, however, "society begins to marshal itself, and the ordinary...contending families, and the influence of mere money." This adolescent stage of invidious comparison and unruly competition is "the least inviting condition... | |
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