 He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds.  A History of American Literature - Page 63by Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 513 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1904 - 1220 pages
...volume is his chapter on " What is an American ?'' in which he presents a high model for the emigrant : He is an American who, leaving behind him all his...ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the Government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Duteh, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of...new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he'obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 598 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of...life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma... | |
 | J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, William Peterfield Trent, Ludwig Lewisohn - 1904 - 408 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American, who leav**~ ing behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode... | |
 | J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, William Peterfield Trent, Ludwig Lewisohn - 1904 - 418 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations, fie is an American, w^n 1paving behind him allhis ancient prejudices-and manner^ receives new ones... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor, Fletcher Willis Hewes - 1905 - 594 pages
...Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons now have wives of different nations. He is an American, who...life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma... | |
 | Lucian John Fosdick - 1906 - 618 pages
...This is the great chain which links us all, this is the picture which every province exhibits. . . . "He is an American, who leaving behind him all his...new government he obeys and the new rank he holds, j He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1907 - 602 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. //', • is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1908 - 88 pages
...a man whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of...new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. . . . The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles ; he must, therefore, entertain new ideas... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1917 - 588 pages
...family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of...life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, the new rank he holds. He becomes an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma... | |
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