The Spread Eagle and Other Stories

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Author: Gouverneur Morris ISBN: 9781465511690
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Gouverneur Morris
ISBN: 9781465511690
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
In his extreme youth the adulation of all with whom he came in contact was not a cross to Fitzhugh Williams. It was the fear of expatriation that darkened his soul. From the age of five to the age of fourteen he was dragged about Europe by the hair of his head. I use his own subsequent expression. His father wanted him to be a good American; his mOther wanted him to be a polite American, And to be polite, in her mind, was to be at home in French and German, to speak English (or American) with the accent of no particular locality,
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In his extreme youth the adulation of all with whom he came in contact was not a cross to Fitzhugh Williams. It was the fear of expatriation that darkened his soul. From the age of five to the age of fourteen he was dragged about Europe by the hair of his head. I use his own subsequent expression. His father wanted him to be a good American; his mOther wanted him to be a polite American, And to be polite, in her mind, was to be at home in French and German, to speak English (or American) with the accent of no particular locality,

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