 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 - Side 701883Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1883 - 884 sider
...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 - 700 sider
...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 - 308 sider
...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 - 666 sider
...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 - 668 sider
...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 - 602 sider
...; 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 - 176 sider
...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 - 636 sider
...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 - 952 sider
...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 - 526 sider
...; 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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