American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... of the Eng- lish language as written on the other side of the Atlantic , and consequently , will be enabled to dispense with those frivolous toys of our forefathers , the English classics . Doubtless 8 [ March , Classical Learning .
... of the Eng- lish language as written on the other side of the Atlantic , and consequently , will be enabled to dispense with those frivolous toys of our forefathers , the English classics . Doubtless 8 [ March , Classical Learning .
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... - tory . The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with which VOL . XVII.-No. 33. • 2 we have nothing in common , would , were it. 1835. ] Classical Learning .
... - tory . The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with which VOL . XVII.-No. 33. • 2 we have nothing in common , would , were it. 1835. ] Classical Learning .
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... language , the usages , and the literature of the world , that the power of man cannot put them asunder . When Mr. Grimké asserts the equality of intellect between the ancients and moderns , we feel no disposition to dispute the ...
... language , the usages , and the literature of the world , that the power of man cannot put them asunder . When Mr. Grimké asserts the equality of intellect between the ancients and moderns , we feel no disposition to dispute the ...
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... language that the teacher of Cicero would im- part , not in Roman law . This lesson in language is given in childhood and youth , because then it is most readily acquired and most easily retained , and because the mind is not ripe for ...
... language that the teacher of Cicero would im- part , not in Roman law . This lesson in language is given in childhood and youth , because then it is most readily acquired and most easily retained , and because the mind is not ripe for ...
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... language , ( the very words I am compelled to use , the single page , the solitary sentence , the native language , speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which ...
... language , ( the very words I am compelled to use , the single page , the solitary sentence , the native language , speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which ...
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