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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... living authors , or to the friends and kindred of those who are deceased . Respecting the question , what is American Literature , I would remark that , in my view , it would be absurd to apply this term to the occasional and transient ...
... living authors , or to the friends and kindred of those who are deceased . Respecting the question , what is American Literature , I would remark that , in my view , it would be absurd to apply this term to the occasional and transient ...
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... living might mankind have acquired , if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility ! What an exten- sion of agriculture , even to the tops of our mountains ; what rivers rendered navigable , or joined by canals ...
... living might mankind have acquired , if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility ! What an exten- sion of agriculture , even to the tops of our mountains ; what rivers rendered navigable , or joined by canals ...
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... living . But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue . It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright . " What would you think of that prince , or of that government , who should issue an edict forbidding you to dress like a ...
... living . But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue . It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright . " What would you think of that prince , or of that government , who should issue an edict forbidding you to dress like a ...
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... living , all the pleasure of doing good to others , -all the esteem of his fellow - citizens , —and the joys of benevolent friendship , for the sake of accumulating wealth ; poor man , says I , you do , in- deed , pay too much for your ...
... living , all the pleasure of doing good to others , -all the esteem of his fellow - citizens , —and the joys of benevolent friendship , for the sake of accumulating wealth ; poor man , says I , you do , in- deed , pay too much for your ...
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... living copy of that vanity , obscenity , and impiety which is to be found in the pieces which they represent . As the world has been polluted by the stage , so they have always been more eminently so , as it is natural to suppose ...
... living copy of that vanity , obscenity , and impiety which is to be found in the pieces which they represent . As the world has been polluted by the stage , so they have always been more eminently so , as it is natural to suppose ...
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A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with ... Charles Dexter Cleveland Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1859 |
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