Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [1835], The Monikins volume 2 (Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf064v2].
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Preliminaries
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THE
MONIKINS;
EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE SPY.”
“Then thou knewest her?” said the knight.
“Not I,” answered the squire; “but the person who told me the story,
said it was so true and certain, that if ever I should chance to tell it again.
I might affirm upon oath, that I had seen it with my own eyes.”
Sancho Panza.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
Philadelphia:
CAREY, LEA, & BLANCHARD.
1835.
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Acknowledgment
Entered according to the act of congress, in the year 1835,
by Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, in the clerk's office of the district
court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
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CHAPTER I.
An inn—Debts paid in advance, and a singular touch of
human nature found closely incorporated with monikin
nature 5
CHAPTER II.
New lords, new laws—Gyration, rotation, and another
nation;—also an invitation 26
CHAPTER III.
A court, a court-dress, and a courtier—Justice in various
aspects, as well as honor 44
CHAPTER IV.
About the humility of professional saints, a succession of
tails, a bride and bridegroom, and other heavenly matters,—
diplomacy included 60
CHAPTER V.
A very common case—or a great deal of law, and very
little justice. Heads and tails—with the dangers of
each 74
CHAPTER VI.
Better and better—More law and more justice—Tails
and heads; the importance of keeping each in its
proper place 91
CHAPTER VII.
A neophyte in diplomacy—diplomatic introduction—a
calculation—a shipment of Opinions—how to choose
an invoice, with an assortment 104
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CHAPTER VIII.
Political boundaries—Political rights—Political selections,
and political disquisitions; with political results 117
CHAPTER IX.
An arrival—An election—Architecture—A rolling-pin,
and Patriotism of the most approved water 135
CHAPTER X.
A fundamental principle, a fundamental law, and a fundamental
error 154
CHAPTER XI.
How to enact laws—Oratory, logic and eloquence, all
considered in their every-day aspects 165
CHAPTER XII.
An effect of logarithms on morals—An obscuration, a
dissertation, and a calculation 184
CHAPTER XIII.
The importance of motives to a legislator—Moral consecutiveness,
comets, kites, and a convoy; with some
every-day legislation; together with cause and effect 199
CHAPTER XIV.
Some explanations—A human appetite—A dinner, and
a bonne bouche 212
CHAPTER XV.
Explanations—A leave-taking—Love—Confessions, but
no penitence 225
CHAPTER XVI.
Bliss—The best investment in society—the result of
much experience—and The End 234
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