American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... America what has been , perhaps with some justice , a subject of complaint in England , any evil from overstrained attention to the mere mechanical portions of a classic- al education . The mischief with us is of a contrary character ...
... America what has been , perhaps with some justice , a subject of complaint in England , any evil from overstrained attention to the mere mechanical portions of a classic- al education . The mischief with us is of a contrary character ...
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... America , when we say that few even of the most accurate read- ers - those who bear off the college honours - get beyond the surface of the classics , or seem at all aware of the mighty ashes over which they so recklessly tread . Nor is ...
... America , when we say that few even of the most accurate read- ers - those who bear off the college honours - get beyond the surface of the classics , or seem at all aware of the mighty ashes over which they so recklessly tread . Nor is ...
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... America , than from any work in our recollection . Our author , who we learn is a surgeon of the navy , left New York in June 1831 , on board the U. S. sloop of war Falmouth , bound on a cruise to the Pacific Ocean . He arrived at Rio ...
... America , than from any work in our recollection . Our author , who we learn is a surgeon of the navy , left New York in June 1831 , on board the U. S. sloop of war Falmouth , bound on a cruise to the Pacific Ocean . He arrived at Rio ...
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... America , as a substitute for tea . It arrives in Chile from the Rio de la Plata , by the way of Cape Horn , or by crossing the Cordilleras , packed in bales of hide . It presents to the eye a greenish yellow dust , in which are mingled ...
... America , as a substitute for tea . It arrives in Chile from the Rio de la Plata , by the way of Cape Horn , or by crossing the Cordilleras , packed in bales of hide . It presents to the eye a greenish yellow dust , in which are mingled ...
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... Americans . The younger brothers and sisters are always obedient to their elders ; men established in life often refuse to perform trifling acts , on the ground that they may be disagreeable to their fathers or mothers , and I have seen ...
... Americans . The younger brothers and sisters are always obedient to their elders ; men established in life often refuse to perform trifling acts , on the ground that they may be disagreeable to their fathers or mothers , and I have seen ...
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