American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... live to welcome it , when there shall be some prescription in fa- your of the wisdom of our forefathers - when the self - sufficiency and arrogance of the present , will graciously yield a little defer- VOL . XVII.-No. 33 . 1 ence to ...
... live to welcome it , when there shall be some prescription in fa- your of the wisdom of our forefathers - when the self - sufficiency and arrogance of the present , will graciously yield a little defer- VOL . XVII.-No. 33 . 1 ence to ...
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... lives with it as in an agi- tated cauldron , where the lees are as frequently on the surface as the nobler ingredients . As we are more liable to its influences than any other nation , so in many respects we are worse provid- ed against ...
... lives with it as in an agi- tated cauldron , where the lees are as frequently on the surface as the nobler ingredients . As we are more liable to its influences than any other nation , so in many respects we are worse provid- ed against ...
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... live but on an isthmus , look- ing on either side over the wide expanse of the past and the fu- ture , for the sources of our enjoyment . Our duties to ourselves and to society , too , are performed with more reference to the same ...
... live but on an isthmus , look- ing on either side over the wide expanse of the past and the fu- ture , for the sources of our enjoyment . Our duties to ourselves and to society , too , are performed with more reference to the same ...
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... 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 the products of mind , with- out reference to ...
... 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 the products of mind , with- out reference to ...
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... lives . The argu- ment that knowledge of any sort is dangerous , is more charac- teristic of a dark age and despotic ... live , or interested in pursuits of urgent and absorbing import- ance . Most of us have had occasion to attempt the ...
... lives . The argu- ment that knowledge of any sort is dangerous , is more charac- teristic of a dark age and despotic ... live , or interested in pursuits of urgent and absorbing import- ance . Most of us have had occasion to attempt the ...
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