The North American Review, Volume 64Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1847 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 60
... Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but they do not say whether they expected him to discover new facts in the his- tory of one who spent all his life in the daylight , or whether they ...
... Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but they do not say whether they expected him to discover new facts in the his- tory of one who spent all his life in the daylight , or whether they ...
Page 66
... criticisms on Dr. Johnson's mind and character , is not always entirely just , his summary of the whole is given in terms to which no objection can be made . He says , that those who saw him but once or twice formed an erroneous ...
... criticisms on Dr. Johnson's mind and character , is not always entirely just , his summary of the whole is given in terms to which no objection can be made . He says , that those who saw him but once or twice formed an erroneous ...
Page 95
... criticism , and deficient also in correctness and simplicity of taste . But his style was eminently simple ; and as the style is an expression of the character of the mind , it can hardly be that he was viciously defective in those re ...
... criticism , and deficient also in correctness and simplicity of taste . But his style was eminently simple ; and as the style is an expression of the character of the mind , it can hardly be that he was viciously defective in those re ...
Page 97
... criticism . having made so much progress of late years , we are all con- vinced , that to subject the works of men of genius to such an analysis is not to diminish their glory , but rather to add to it , inasmuch as it shows their ...
... criticism . having made so much progress of late years , we are all con- vinced , that to subject the works of men of genius to such an analysis is not to diminish their glory , but rather to add to it , inasmuch as it shows their ...
Page 181
... criticism contemporaneous publications of professional and literary men , not overlooking single occasional sermons , and orations delivered before large assemblies on national festive days , and before literary and charitable ...
... criticism contemporaneous publications of professional and literary men , not overlooking single occasional sermons , and orations delivered before large assemblies on national festive days , and before literary and charitable ...
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