American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... present habits and impulses of society among us , notwithstanding the fine things which have been said of it ( partly by ourselves ) , are adverse to the growth and cultivation of the more delicate and finer species of literature . I ...
... present habits and impulses of society among us , notwithstanding the fine things which have been said of it ( partly by ourselves ) , are adverse to the growth and cultivation of the more delicate and finer species of literature . I ...
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... present some of the many considerations which the state of our own country furnishes in connexion with this topic , but to do it justice would require a volume . The state of society be- fore and after the revival of letters and the ...
... present some of the many considerations which the state of our own country furnishes in connexion with this topic , but to do it justice would require a volume . The state of society be- fore and after the revival of letters and the ...
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... present and palpable evils . Granted power , according to its old and invariable law , has begotten powers for- bidden , and success , in the eyes of the many , has justified means . Public virtue has found a strong and vigilant enemy ...
... present and palpable evils . Granted power , according to its old and invariable law , has begotten powers for- bidden , and success , in the eyes of the many , has justified means . Public virtue has found a strong and vigilant enemy ...
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... present article . The poetry of Lamartine differs from that of the rest of his countrymen in many respects . The points of contrast between him and BĂ©ranger are striking ; and we have often heard the genius of the two poets compared ...
... present article . The poetry of Lamartine differs from that of the rest of his countrymen in many respects . The points of contrast between him and BĂ©ranger are striking ; and we have often heard the genius of the two poets compared ...
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... fair name , Hides with a shining veil , thy present shame ! Lo ! the most speaking of the wrecks of years ! Weep ! pity's voice shall answer to thy tears ! By empire , by misfortune sacred made , Queen , 1835. ] 47 Poems of Lamartine .
... fair name , Hides with a shining veil , thy present shame ! Lo ! the most speaking of the wrecks of years ! Weep ! pity's voice shall answer to thy tears ! By empire , by misfortune sacred made , Queen , 1835. ] 47 Poems of Lamartine .
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