American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... lives for ever , immortal as his own soul . Homer and ye sacred prophets , attest this truth ! " pp . 23—26 . We have quoted this eloquent passage at length , because it ex- presses our own opinions with singular force and felicity ...
... lives for ever , immortal as his own soul . Homer and ye sacred prophets , attest this truth ! " pp . 23—26 . We have quoted this eloquent passage at length , because it ex- presses our own opinions with singular force and felicity ...
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... live upon the froth of literature - verses , letters , sketches , the " far- rago libelli , " the very stuffing of the magazines . From such sources , the people can acquire little real information , while they incur the dangers of ...
... live upon the froth of literature - verses , letters , sketches , the " far- rago libelli , " the very stuffing of the magazines . From such sources , the people can acquire little real information , while they incur the dangers of ...
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... live before our eyes ; in a few words , brief and forcible , he expresses vividly what others would have taken pages to describe . There is scarcely a sentence which would not serve as a text for eloquent discussion ; the ideas ...
... live before our eyes ; in a few words , brief and forcible , he expresses vividly what others would have taken pages to describe . There is scarcely a sentence which would not serve as a text for eloquent discussion ; the ideas ...
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... live , And of whate'er has been , shall nought survive . Nought shall survive ! But Thou , of worlds the source , Who light'st Heaven's fires , and giv'st the waves their course , Who on the wheel of time bid'st years go round , Thou ...
... live , And of whate'er has been , shall nought survive . Nought shall survive ! But Thou , of worlds the source , Who light'st Heaven's fires , and giv'st the waves their course , Who on the wheel of time bid'st years go round , Thou ...
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... live three times as long as any other animal , but after that they must be immortal - and then , d - n them , they keep their immortality to themselves , and shut out all other animals of this world ; but , Pompey , ' tis vanity ; for ...
... live three times as long as any other animal , but after that they must be immortal - and then , d - n them , they keep their immortality to themselves , and shut out all other animals of this world ; but , Pompey , ' tis vanity ; for ...
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