American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... given to boys as an exercise in jurisprudence or po- litics ; but every one ( as we used to suppose ) knows that it is at first a lesson in language that the teacher of Cicero would im- part , not in Roman law . This lesson in language ...
... given to boys as an exercise in jurisprudence or po- litics ; but every one ( as we used to suppose ) knows that it is at first a lesson in language that the teacher of Cicero would im- part , not in Roman law . This lesson in language ...
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... given by the mass of readers or hearers , to the preternatural in- tervention of divine personages . This is particularly true of the Iliad , which was received in a rude stage of society , where the imagination was more developed than ...
... given by the mass of readers or hearers , to the preternatural in- tervention of divine personages . This is particularly true of the Iliad , which was received in a rude stage of society , where the imagination was more developed than ...
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... given the names of Poetical Meditations to about fifty- six poems , which seem each to have been inspired by some pass- VOL . XVII.-NO. 33 . 5 ing event , or to be the offspring of his 1835. ] 33 Poems of Lamartine .
... given the names of Poetical Meditations to about fifty- six poems , which seem each to have been inspired by some pass- VOL . XVII.-NO. 33 . 5 ing event , or to be the offspring of his 1835. ] 33 Poems of Lamartine .
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... given ; The heroic lute alone can blend The thrilling harmonies of heaven ! The heart of Genius , proud and bold , Is like the marble , which of old Breathed its wild dirge o'er Memnon's tomb ; To give the statue voice and might , From ...
... given ; The heroic lute alone can blend The thrilling harmonies of heaven ! The heart of Genius , proud and bold , Is like the marble , which of old Breathed its wild dirge o'er Memnon's tomb ; To give the statue voice and might , From ...
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... given striking likenesses , so far as physical resemblance went ; not a mole , a freckle , nor hair would have been omitted ; not a fold of dress , nor sprig of lace , nor pearl of a locket , would have been overlooked ; but he must ...
... given striking likenesses , so far as physical resemblance went ; not a mole , a freckle , nor hair would have been omitted ; not a fold of dress , nor sprig of lace , nor pearl of a locket , would have been overlooked ; but he must ...
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