American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... tion sufficiently gradual , though we fetter it with forms and so- lemnities . There are always unquiet spirits , who would fain get before their age - a greater reproach by far , in this regard , than falling behind it , since , in the ...
... tion sufficiently gradual , though we fetter it with forms and so- lemnities . There are always unquiet spirits , who would fain get before their age - a greater reproach by far , in this regard , than falling behind it , since , in the ...
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... tion of a good one . But the evil that men do lives after them , ' spreading too frequently on the faith of ancient reputation , and cherished with the memorials of personal affection . Criticism is therefore impersonal , and deals with ...
... tion of a good one . But the evil that men do lives after them , ' spreading too frequently on the faith of ancient reputation , and cherished with the memorials of personal affection . Criticism is therefore impersonal , and deals with ...
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... tion and force frequently depend upon a pronunciation , of which the moderns have lost the very shadow . That it is not , in the language of a greater than Rollin , " to learn a few words with lamentable construction , " to load the ...
... tion and force frequently depend upon a pronunciation , of which the moderns have lost the very shadow . That it is not , in the language of a greater than Rollin , " to learn a few words with lamentable construction , " to load the ...
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... , the press can exhibit many noble in- stances of fearless disregard of interest , and magnanimous devo- tion to the true welfare of the nation . But it is in a literary , as well as 16 [ March , Classical Learning .
... , the press can exhibit many noble in- stances of fearless disregard of interest , and magnanimous devo- tion to the true welfare of the nation . But it is in a literary , as well as 16 [ March , Classical Learning .
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... tion , and fastens itself upon the national mind with a tenacity not to be shaken off . It affects , and sometimes almost creates the public taste - at all events it does much to direct it . In this view , the standard of the newspaper ...
... tion , and fastens itself upon the national mind with a tenacity not to be shaken off . It affects , and sometimes almost creates the public taste - at all events it does much to direct it . In this view , the standard of the newspaper ...
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