 ... The reflections which will be most likely to arise from the perusal of such a history, lead us to a consideration of the social characteristics of the time and region, and to a consideration of the facility with which access to society is afforded...  Charlemont: Or, The Pride of the Village. A Tale of Kentucky - 第8页作者：William Gilmore Simms - 1885 - 447 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1882 - 968 页
...perfect the portraits, and the better to reconcile the reader to real occurrences, which, in tlu.ir original nakedness, however unquestionably true, might...compensative resources of wealth leads to a singular and uureserved freedom among the people. In this way, society endeavors to find equivalents for those means... | |
 | Marion Clifford Harrison - 1921 - 326 页
...Charlemont. a novel which with its sequel, Beauchampe. presents pioneer Kentucky. Simns explains; rtlt is in all newly-settled countries, as among the rustic...well-provided homestead. The population of a frontier country, lack ing such resources, scattered over a large territory, and meeting infrequently, feel the lack... | |
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