American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... light of realities , so far as description and allusion were concerned - as to machinery , properly so called , he needed none , since his actors and events were all essentially supernatural . The Hindu or Scandinavian mythologies ...
... light of realities , so far as description and allusion were concerned - as to machinery , properly so called , he needed none , since his actors and events were all essentially supernatural . The Hindu or Scandinavian mythologies ...
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... light of day , wise in the words of Homer or Sallust , but quite ignorant of their spirit and characteristics . † We appeal to those whose expe- rience can prompt them , if this is not a fair representation of the routine of college ...
... light of day , wise in the words of Homer or Sallust , but quite ignorant of their spirit and characteristics . † We appeal to those whose expe- rience can prompt them , if this is not a fair representation of the routine of college ...
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... light , or obstructs one avenue to truth . There was a time when the very axioms which to us are written in sunbeams , were but the dreams of philosophy . There was an- other , when , dimmed and obscured , they could be read only by the ...
... light , or obstructs one avenue to truth . There was a time when the very axioms which to us are written in sunbeams , were but the dreams of philosophy . There was an- other , when , dimmed and obscured , they could be read only by the ...
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... light The eye forsakes the distant height And slow descends the hillock's side ; Along these countless bays to roam , Where earth embraces in the gloom The windings of the sinuous tide . * * * * Across the shadows , dark and deep Of ...
... light The eye forsakes the distant height And slow descends the hillock's side ; Along these countless bays to roam , Where earth embraces in the gloom The windings of the sinuous tide . * * * * Across the shadows , dark and deep Of ...
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... light , Silvering the glade , or mountain's misty height ! Trembling on dewy boughs or glancing leaves , Or with the halcyon , floating o'er the waves ! Yet wherefore wake when all in slumber lie ? Useless to man , thyself art mystery ...
... light , Silvering the glade , or mountain's misty height ! Trembling on dewy boughs or glancing leaves , Or with the halcyon , floating o'er the waves ! Yet wherefore wake when all in slumber lie ? Useless to man , thyself art mystery ...
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