A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors and Selections from Their WorksParry & McMillan, 1859 - 784 sider |
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... interests of humanity , and the cause of universal truth , I submit it to the judgment of an in- telligent public . PHILADELPHIA , April 6 , 1858 . CHARLES D. CLEVELAND . PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . THE hearty praise bestowed 6 PREFACE .
... interests of humanity , and the cause of universal truth , I submit it to the judgment of an in- telligent public . PHILADELPHIA , April 6 , 1858 . CHARLES D. CLEVELAND . PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . THE hearty praise bestowed 6 PREFACE .
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... interest they manifested in my book ; and I am sure that , knowing the many difficulties that beset one , on every side , engaged in such a work , -the diversities of taste , the dif ferences of judgment , the mass of material to be ...
... interest they manifested in my book ; and I am sure that , knowing the many difficulties that beset one , on every side , engaged in such a work , -the diversities of taste , the dif ferences of judgment , the mass of material to be ...
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... interest and delight as to declare that in the perusal of it he enjoyed a far higher pleasure " than the most greedy miser finds when gathering up handfuls of silver and gold from some newly - discovered treasure . " That such a youth ...
... interest and delight as to declare that in the perusal of it he enjoyed a far higher pleasure " than the most greedy miser finds when gathering up handfuls of silver and gold from some newly - discovered treasure . " That such a youth ...
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... interest . Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute ...
... interest . Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute ...
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... interests of patriotism , virtue , and science . " This praise may be too strong ; and yet we hardly know where to find papers of more exquisite humor than among the writings of Francis Hopkinson . His paper on the Ambiguity of the ...
... interests of patriotism , virtue , and science . " This praise may be too strong ; and yet we hardly know where to find papers of more exquisite humor than among the writings of Francis Hopkinson . His paper on the Ambiguity of the ...
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