... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
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Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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