American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... common and ordinary estimation . The prin- ciple carried out , would reduce the earth to a hive , and every fragrant and beautiful flower upon its surface , to the mere aliment of its inhabitants . It is a coarse and selfish doctrine ...
... common and ordinary estimation . The prin- ciple carried out , would reduce the earth to a hive , and every fragrant and beautiful flower upon its surface , to the mere aliment of its inhabitants . It is a coarse and selfish doctrine ...
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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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Robert Walsh. we have nothing in common , would , were it true , furnish an ar- gument in favour of their acquisition . That man would acquire a singular knowledge of the moon , who viewed her only at the full ; and he would be curiously ...
Robert Walsh. we have nothing in common , would , were it true , furnish an ar- gument in favour of their acquisition . That man would acquire a singular knowledge of the moon , who viewed her only at the full ; and he would be curiously ...
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... common consent , not only for the immortal treasures they contain , but because they incorporate themselves into all the living languages of civilized man ; so that he , who has once mastered these ancient vehicles of thought , descends ...
... common consent , not only for the immortal treasures they contain , but because they incorporate themselves into all the living languages of civilized man ; so that he , who has once mastered these ancient vehicles of thought , descends ...
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... common to mankind , and reach the innermost movements of the soul ; and hence it is that they have an immortal spirit , which carries them safe through the wreck of empires and the changes of opinion . " Works like these are formed by ...
... common to mankind , and reach the innermost movements of the soul ; and hence it is that they have an immortal spirit , which carries them safe through the wreck of empires and the changes of opinion . " Works like these are formed by ...
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