American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... manner as pitiful as it is mis- taken . As a nation , we pursue nothing but the palpable ; believe , trust , hope in ... manners . It asks a certificate of character from every undertaking , pausing upon it with its chilling and sneering ...
... manner as pitiful as it is mis- taken . As a nation , we pursue nothing but the palpable ; believe , trust , hope in ... manners . It asks a certificate of character from every undertaking , pausing upon it with its chilling and sneering ...
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... manner of heresies . The halter itself of Zaleucus could not strangle them . Tried by the test we have propounded , Mr. Grimké has failed in establishing the doctrines of his recent address . In condemning those doctrines , however , as ...
... manner of heresies . The halter itself of Zaleucus could not strangle them . Tried by the test we have propounded , Mr. Grimké has failed in establishing the doctrines of his recent address . In condemning those doctrines , however , as ...
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... manner , and with greater intension of the mind , than our vernacular tongue . But surely accu- racy in this learning is the whole evidence that the end for which it was learnt at all has been attained . The attention has been roused ...
... manner , and with greater intension of the mind , than our vernacular tongue . But surely accu- racy in this learning is the whole evidence that the end for which it was learnt at all has been attained . The attention has been roused ...
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... manner of ephemeral combinations . The mass of readers live upon the froth of literature - verses , letters , sketches , the " far- rago libelli , " the very stuffing of the magazines . From such sources , the people can acquire little ...
... manner of ephemeral combinations . The mass of readers live upon the froth of literature - verses , letters , sketches , the " far- rago libelli , " the very stuffing of the magazines . From such sources , the people can acquire little ...
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... manner is easy and flowing -betokening a practised hand . A continual effort at ornament , commonly successful , betrays an earnest desire of excellence ; but the consummation of art , the concealment of art , not being always attained ...
... manner is easy and flowing -betokening a practised hand . A continual effort at ornament , commonly successful , betrays an earnest desire of excellence ; but the consummation of art , the concealment of art , not being always attained ...
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