The Life of WashingtonBelknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1962 - 226 頁 The effect of this "single, immortal, and dubious anecdote," and others like it, has made this book one of the most influential in the history of American folklore. Originally published as an eighty-page pamphlet entitled The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington, it quickly attained immense popularity. In 1806 a so-called fifth edition was published which contained for the first time the tale of George Washington and the cherry tree; the book has survived to this day, although largely on the basis of that episode. This volume follows the text of the ninth (1809) printing, which included all the famous anecdotes. This republication is unique in its detailed commentary on Mason Weems and other biographers of Washington. |
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第 lviii 頁
... political opinions . In 1801 he referred to his pamphlet The Philan- thropist as " my political Placebo , my aristocratico - Demo- cratico political Anodyne . ” As later editions show , he regarded it in exactly that light . " When ...
... political opinions . In 1801 he referred to his pamphlet The Philan- thropist as " my political Placebo , my aristocratico - Demo- cratico political Anodyne . ” As later editions show , he regarded it in exactly that light . " When ...
第 152 頁
... political power , by dividing and distributing it into different depositories , and constituting each the guardian of public weal against invasions by the others , has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern : some of them in our ...
... political power , by dividing and distributing it into different depositories , and constituting each the guardian of public weal against invasions by the others , has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern : some of them in our ...
第 156 頁
... POLITICAL Connexion as possible . So far as we have already formed engagements , let them be fulfilled with perfect ... politics , or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities . " Our detached and distant ...
... POLITICAL Connexion as possible . So far as we have already formed engagements , let them be fulfilled with perfect ... politics , or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities . " Our detached and distant ...
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