American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... considered the basis of a polite education , and which he , by some strange confusion of ideas , seems to have brought him- self to consider as hostile to the religion and republicanism of the country . And here let it be premised ...
... considered the basis of a polite education , and which he , by some strange confusion of ideas , seems to have brought him- self to consider as hostile to the religion and republicanism of the country . And here let it be premised ...
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... considered merely as languages , and as an exercise of the mind , preparatory to a more intellectual progress afterwards . We are prepared now to go farther , and to maintain that the merit and peculiar charac- ter of their literature ...
... considered merely as languages , and as an exercise of the mind , preparatory to a more intellectual progress afterwards . We are prepared now to go farther , and to maintain that the merit and peculiar charac- ter of their literature ...
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... considered as the sources whence a large mass of the American people derive their most important political knowledge . We speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps ...
... considered as the sources whence a large mass of the American people derive their most important political knowledge . We speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps ...
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Robert Walsh. poetic version of a beautiful passage , which is immediately and charitably considered as " cribbed " from a translation , and the offender marked accordingly . We speak with the experience gained from our own Alma Mater ...
Robert Walsh. poetic version of a beautiful passage , which is immediately and charitably considered as " cribbed " from a translation , and the offender marked accordingly . We speak with the experience gained from our own Alma Mater ...
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... Considered as a sub- stitute for the originals , they certainly communicate a knowledge of facts ; and if facts were all we wanted , they might be deemed sufficient . But unless our previous argument has been lament- ably deficient , a ...
... Considered as a sub- stitute for the originals , they certainly communicate a knowledge of facts ; and if facts were all we wanted , they might be deemed sufficient . But unless our previous argument has been lament- ably deficient , a ...
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