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... organized them more tightly and tidily than they organized themselves . Again , I am not writing what is usually thought of as history : to borrow the terminology of contemporary linguistics , I am after the synchronic and individual ...
... organized them more tightly and tidily than they organized themselves . Again , I am not writing what is usually thought of as history : to borrow the terminology of contemporary linguistics , I am after the synchronic and individual ...
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... organization valued his assistance in unloosing the purse strings of the community of trade ” ( I , xi – xii ) . Valued ! Then , as now , money greased and made operative the political machinery , and Hone was treated like visiting ...
... organization valued his assistance in unloosing the purse strings of the community of trade ” ( I , xi – xii ) . Valued ! Then , as now , money greased and made operative the political machinery , and Hone was treated like visiting ...
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... organization , these descriptions could , insofar as they reveal anything intimate or even personal about their author , have been written by virtually anyone then alive . That is not , as we have seen , anything one could say about ...
... organization , these descriptions could , insofar as they reveal anything intimate or even personal about their author , have been written by virtually anyone then alive . That is not , as we have seen , anything one could say about ...
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A Land Without Castles: The Changing Image of America in Europe, 1780-1830 Thomas K. Murphy No preview available - 2001 |