American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... society , to the contemplation of the sublime in nature and in art . Unless we have greatly mistaken the tendencies of our time and country , these remarks are not misplaced . The impulse to- wards the mere practical , exhibits itself ...
... society , to the contemplation of the sublime in nature and in art . Unless we have greatly mistaken the tendencies of our time and country , these remarks are not misplaced . The impulse to- wards the mere practical , exhibits itself ...
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... society , it is true , since it must at last determine the relative rank of our country in intellectual accomplishment , but it is to be decided by no political regulation - no holding up of hands in the co- mitia . It is a question ...
... society , it is true , since it must at last determine the relative rank of our country in intellectual accomplishment , but it is to be decided by no political regulation - no holding up of hands in the co- mitia . It is a question ...
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... SOCIETY , WITH THE GENIUS OF MODERN , AMERICAN , CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS . ' pp . 19 , 20 . 999 Supposing the period so ardently predicted in the foregoing paragraph to have arrived , let us figure to ourselves the educa- tion of an ...
... SOCIETY , WITH THE GENIUS OF MODERN , AMERICAN , CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS . ' pp . 19 , 20 . 999 Supposing the period so ardently predicted in the foregoing paragraph to have arrived , let us figure to ourselves the educa- tion of an ...
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... The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with which VOL . XVII.-No. 33. • 2 we have nothing in common , would , were it. 1835. ] Classical Learning .
... The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with which VOL . XVII.-No. 33. • 2 we have nothing in common , would , were it. 1835. ] Classical Learning .
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... society that has long since disappeared . Even on the classic soil itself , Rienzi is almost the only enthusiast who has dreamed of bring- ing back the republic , while a thousand theocrats have been made by the perusal of the Old ...
... society that has long since disappeared . Even on the classic soil itself , Rienzi is almost the only enthusiast who has dreamed of bring- ing back the republic , while a thousand theocrats have been made by the perusal of the Old ...
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