American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... speak of its application , ) pseudo Christianity , can- not deprive us , even us , " toto penitus divisos orbe , " of the memo- rials and the love of the great past , hallowed not merely by its an- tiquity , but by its inherent grandeur ...
... speak of its application , ) pseudo Christianity , can- not deprive us , even us , " toto penitus divisos orbe , " of the memo- rials and the love of the great past , hallowed not merely by its an- tiquity , but by its inherent grandeur ...
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... speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which mingle and coalesce in the full meaning of every phrase that is uttered . Thence is it , that even as a hawk fleeth not ...
... speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which mingle and coalesce in the full meaning of every phrase that is uttered . Thence is it , that even as a hawk fleeth not ...
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... speak with the voice of inspiration . Those that have appeared after them are but attend- ants in their train - scem born only to revolve about them , warmed by their heat , and shining by their reflected glory . Their works derive not ...
... speak with the voice of inspiration . Those that have appeared after them are but attend- ants in their train - scem born only to revolve about them , warmed by their heat , and shining by their reflected glory . Their works derive not ...
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... speak derived its polish and cadence , whence its force and energy . To seize the clue which makes the civilized earth as a single nation , assimilating its dissonant lan- guages , and from the jargon of a thousand dialects ...
... speak derived its polish and cadence , whence its force and energy . To seize the clue which makes the civilized earth as a single nation , assimilating its dissonant lan- guages , and from the jargon of a thousand dialects ...
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... speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps not more servile , and though occa- sionally one of them may seem to apostrophize power in the lan- guage of Cæsar's ...
... speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps not more servile , and though occa- sionally one of them may seem to apostrophize power in the lan- guage of Cæsar's ...
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