American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... justice would require a volume . The state of society be- fore and after the revival of letters and the invention of the printing press , affords an illustration to which it is sufficient at present merely to allude . Should we be ...
... justice would require a volume . The state of society be- fore and after the revival of letters and the invention of the printing press , affords an illustration to which it is sufficient at present merely to allude . Should we be ...
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... justice , a subject of complaint in England , any evil from overstrained attention to the mere mechanical portions of a classic- al education . The mischief with us is of a contrary character . School - boys have not enough to do with ...
... justice , a subject of complaint in England , any evil from overstrained attention to the mere mechanical portions of a classic- al education . The mischief with us is of a contrary character . School - boys have not enough to do with ...
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... justice when the palm of superiority has been awarded to the gay chansonnier , on account of the greater fancied utility of his productions . If whatever tends to elevate the imagination and correct the heart be pre - eminently useful ...
... justice when the palm of superiority has been awarded to the gay chansonnier , on account of the greater fancied utility of his productions . If whatever tends to elevate the imagination and correct the heart be pre - eminently useful ...
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... justice to suffer him to speak for himself . " J'ai vu des cieux d'azur , où la nuit est sans voiles , Dorés jusqu'au matin sous les pieds des étoiles , Arrondir sur mon front dans leur arc infini Leur dôme de cristal qu'aucun vent n'a ...
... justice to suffer him to speak for himself . " J'ai vu des cieux d'azur , où la nuit est sans voiles , Dorés jusqu'au matin sous les pieds des étoiles , Arrondir sur mon front dans leur arc infini Leur dôme de cristal qu'aucun vent n'a ...
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... justice to the several excellencies of our author , by present- ing detached portions of striking and brilliant poetry . The spark- ling fragments are far too numerous for abstraction ; they crowd every page ; nay , the whole fabric is ...
... justice to the several excellencies of our author , by present- ing detached portions of striking and brilliant poetry . The spark- ling fragments are far too numerous for abstraction ; they crowd every page ; nay , the whole fabric is ...
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