 ... present instant. All principles are swallowed up in the absorbing desire for gain — national honor, permanent security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted...  Home as Found: Sequel to "Homeward Bound." - Pàgina 96per James Fenimore Cooper - 1852Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1838 - 936 pàgines
...security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted, in order...This is not only extraordinary, but it is fearful !n " It is both. The entire community is in the situation of a man who is in the incipient stages of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 326 pàgines
...security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted, in order...The entire community is in the situation of a man EVE EFFINGHAM. 67 who is in tho incipient stages of an exhilarating intoxication, and who keeps pouring... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 522 pàgines
...security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted in order to...extraordinary, but it is fearful !" «* It is both. Tho entire community is in the situation of a man who is in the incipient stages of an exhilarating... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1800 - 510 pàgines
...security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted in order to...notion that he is merely sustaining nature in her prdinary functions. This widespread infatuation extends from the coast to the extremest frontiers of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1879 - 470 pàgines
...security, the ordinary rules of society, law, the constitution, and everything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted in order to...sustain this unnatural condition of things." " This is"not only extraordinary, but it is fearful ! " " It is both. The entire community is in the situation... | |
 | Paul C. Nagel - 1971 - 398 pàgines
...swallowed up in the absorbing desires for gain—national honor . . . and anything that is usually so dear to men, are forgotten, or are perverted in order to sustain this unnatural condition of things." Bronson Alcott spoke for those who believed that material lust had overthrown the soul in America.... | |
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