American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... thing . How is it possible for a boy properly to investigate a long exercise in a difficult classic , when his atten- tion has been wearied by an abstruse demonstration , or dazzled by a brilliant experiment , and that too at a period ...
... thing . How is it possible for a boy properly to investigate a long exercise in a difficult classic , when his atten- tion has been wearied by an abstruse demonstration , or dazzled by a brilliant experiment , and that too at a period ...
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... thing to strict literal interpretation , forgetting that an ancient or foreign writer , * Even as we write , we have met with the following confirmation of our illus- tration in the public prints . " The Tempest dramatized at Paris ...
... thing to strict literal interpretation , forgetting that an ancient or foreign writer , * Even as we write , we have met with the following confirmation of our illus- tration in the public prints . " The Tempest dramatized at Paris ...
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... thing that has hitherto been deemed conservative in the polity of great nations , trying for the last time that great experiment , which , to attempt , has hitherto been to fail in , to throw chart or compass upon the waters , re ...
... thing that has hitherto been deemed conservative in the polity of great nations , trying for the last time that great experiment , which , to attempt , has hitherto been to fail in , to throw chart or compass upon the waters , re ...
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... thing he has written . We must notice one remarkable and characteristic difference between him and his great contemporary . In the works of Béranger , we forget the author , who seems frequently to forget himself in his stirring themes ...
... thing he has written . We must notice one remarkable and characteristic difference between him and his great contemporary . In the works of Béranger , we forget the author , who seems frequently to forget himself in his stirring themes ...
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... things - all things must feel ! A focus of concentrate light , The heart from all in nature bright Must gather all the rays , Why on our life should censure fall ? The torch that fires with envy all Was kindled first at passion's blaze ...
... things - all things must feel ! A focus of concentrate light , The heart from all in nature bright Must gather all the rays , Why on our life should censure fall ? The torch that fires with envy all Was kindled first at passion's blaze ...
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