American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... beautiful and new , but which , on the retiring of the waters , will leave in our view , not shattered relics merely , but many a lofty column , with the evidence of ancient truth , untarnished , upon its capital . It might be a subject ...
... beautiful and new , but which , on the retiring of the waters , will leave in our view , not shattered relics merely , but many a lofty column , with the evidence of ancient truth , untarnished , upon its capital . It might be a subject ...
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... beautiful flower upon its surface , to the mere aliment of its inhabitants . It is a coarse and selfish doctrine , worthy of man only in an early stage of his progress , and always indica- tive , when found in more advanced communities ...
... beautiful flower upon its surface , to the mere aliment of its inhabitants . It is a coarse and selfish doctrine , worthy of man only in an early stage of his progress , and always indica- tive , when found in more advanced communities ...
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... beautiful , because it is not always linked with the products of the mathematics , or capable of increasing the sum total of the wealth or strength of a political community . The ideal and imaginative are the softeners and refiners of ...
... beautiful , because it is not always linked with the products of the mathematics , or capable of increasing the sum total of the wealth or strength of a political community . The ideal and imaginative are the softeners and refiners of ...
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... beautiful in art and the great in letters . And America was a republic yet stretching her infant limbs , and struggling with her early wants , when , if small things may fol- low great , the apostle of modern democracy deemed it , as it ...
... beautiful in art and the great in letters . And America was a republic yet stretching her infant limbs , and struggling with her early wants , when , if small things may fol- low great , the apostle of modern democracy deemed it , as it ...
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... beautiful . The material creation in all its na- tural and artificial forms , is pervaded with a portion of that spirit , which clothes the ruins of antiquity with magic , even in their sad and mournful decay . The principles of taste ...
... beautiful . The material creation in all its na- tural and artificial forms , is pervaded with a portion of that spirit , which clothes the ruins of antiquity with magic , even in their sad and mournful decay . The principles of taste ...
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