This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...can render essential services to his country, by assisting in the disinterested administration of the laws; by watching over the opinions and principles of the lower orders around him; by diffusing among them those lights important to their welfare; by mingling frankly among them, gaining their confidence, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...can render essential services to his country, by assisting in the disinterested administration of the laws; by watching over the opinions and principles of the lower orders around him; by diffusing among them those lights important to their welfare; by mingling frankly among them, gaining their confidence, becoming the immediate auditor of their complaints, informing himself of their wants, making himself a channel through which their grievances may be quietly communicated to the proper sources of mitigation and relief; or by becoming, if need be, the intrepid and incorruptible guardian of their liberties--the enlightened champion of their rights. All this can be done without any sacrifice of personal dignity, without any degrading arts of popularity, without any truckling to vulgar prejudices or concurrence in vulgar clamor; but by the steady influence of sincere and friendly counsel, of fair, upright, and generous deportment. Whatever may be said of English mobs and English demagogues, I have never met with a people more open to reason, more considerate in their tempers, more tractable by argument in the roughest times, than the English. They are remarkably quick at discerning and appreciating whatever is manly and honorable. They are by nature and habit methodical and orderly; and they feel the value of all that is regular and respectable. They may occasionally be deceived by sophistry, and excited into turbulence by public distresses and the misrepresentations of designing men; but open their eyes, and they will eventually rally round the landmarks of steady truth and deliberate good sense. They are fond of established customs and long-established names; and that love of order and quiet which characterizes the nation, gives a vast influence...
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Add this copy of The Works of Washington Irving to cart. $5.05, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Longriver Press.
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Good. No Jacket. Book 12 mo., hardcover. good in black boards with gold lettering on spine. 545 pp. Frontis shows Astoria (which looks a little like Yosemite) in b & w etching. Astoria has 61 chapters; Moorish, 21 chapters. Vol. 8 of the Works of Washington Irving. No date; no dust jacket.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Volume 5 only. good tight hardback with only light overall wear. no date shown but probably late 1800s to early 1900s. light rubbing on edges of covers. small piece torn from edge of back end page. black boards with gold lettering. lettering is in good condition. pages clean and unmarked. 576 pages.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Book Condition: very good. Crack to inside spine, clean inside pages with sharp corners. DJ Condition: No dj. Blue covers in very good condition.
