The McGraw-Hill ReaderMcGraw-Hill, 1985 - 686 páginas Addressing the continuing interest in core liberal arts issues, interdisciplinary themes, multicultural perspectives, and critical thinking, THE MCGRAW-HILL READER provides students with a full range of quality prose works spanning various ages, cultures, and subjects. The finely-tuned editorial apparatus encourages students to respond actively to the essays, to formulate their own critical judgments, and to develop in writing their reactions to and perspectives on the thematic concerns of the selections. The Seventh Edition features thirty-eight new essays that address current issues such as the quality of education, the role of technology, and the impact of media. The text concludes with a new appendix on writing a research paper. |
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... manners . In democracies there is generally little dignity of manner , as private life is very petty . Manners are often vulgar , as thoughts have small occasion to rise above preoccupation with domestic interests . True dignity in manners ...
... manners . In democracies there is generally little dignity of manner , as private life is very petty . Manners are often vulgar , as thoughts have small occasion to rise above preoccupation with domestic interests . True dignity in manners ...
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... manners . But I will not admit that there is nothing to praise in democratic manners . In aristocracies , all within reach of the ruling class are at pains to imitate it , and very absurd and insipid imitations result . Democra- cies ...
... manners . But I will not admit that there is nothing to praise in democratic manners . In aristocracies , all within reach of the ruling class are at pains to imitate it , and very absurd and insipid imitations result . Democra- cies ...
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... manners ; once the habit is lost , the taste for them easily goes too . Thus , not only are democratic peoples unable to have aristo- cratic manners , but they cannot even conceive or desire them . As they cannot imagine them , from ...
... manners ; once the habit is lost , the taste for them easily goes too . Thus , not only are democratic peoples unable to have aristo- cratic manners , but they cannot even conceive or desire them . As they cannot imagine them , from ...
Contenido
Personal Narrative | 1 |
MAXINE HONG KINGSTON The Woman Warrior | 9 |
JAMES THURBER The Night the Bed Fell | 16 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 109 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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