American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... measure the objects of human pursuit and contemplation . It will be a bad day for moral or political amelioration , when the faculties of the soul are balanced against a certain value in coun- ters , and when the stores of moral ...
... measure the objects of human pursuit and contemplation . It will be a bad day for moral or political amelioration , when the faculties of the soul are balanced against a certain value in coun- ters , and when the stores of moral ...
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... trammels of prosody , to measure iambics , or to manufacture trochees . That the purpose of his advanced pursuit is not , in the phrase of Rol- lin , to crucify the intellect with themes , " 14 [ March , Classical Learning .
... trammels of prosody , to measure iambics , or to manufacture trochees . That the purpose of his advanced pursuit is not , in the phrase of Rol- lin , to crucify the intellect with themes , " 14 [ March , Classical Learning .
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... measuring the advancement of literature , for they uniformly march in company . In the United States , instruction , accurate , elegant instruction , although , as we believe , much above Mr. Grimké's standard , is far below Mr ...
... measuring the advancement of literature , for they uniformly march in company . In the United States , instruction , accurate , elegant instruction , although , as we believe , much above Mr. Grimké's standard , is far below Mr ...
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... measure to the in- fluence of the popular song writers , we conceive it reasonable to suppose . Much is doubtless owing to the progressive advance- ment of human intellect , in which we of the present generation are pleased to fancy ...
... measure to the in- fluence of the popular song writers , we conceive it reasonable to suppose . Much is doubtless owing to the progressive advance- ment of human intellect , in which we of the present generation are pleased to fancy ...
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... measures o'er the tide , Sees shining on the water side The ocean's floating crest of white . In mountains vast , gigantic , now They rear their burning summits proud ; The lightning glitters on their brow , Around them darkness wraps ...
... measures o'er the tide , Sees shining on the water side The ocean's floating crest of white . In mountains vast , gigantic , now They rear their burning summits proud ; The lightning glitters on their brow , Around them darkness wraps ...
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