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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... spirit of romantic adventure was ever conspicuous . That he accomplished little com- pared with the magnitude of his designs seems to have been his misfortune , not his fault . The acts of his life demand notice less on account of their ...
... spirit of romantic adventure was ever conspicuous . That he accomplished little com- pared with the magnitude of his designs seems to have been his misfortune , not his fault . The acts of his life demand notice less on account of their ...
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... spirit into the hands of Him who gave it . Fisher Ames was a truly great man . None of our statesmen have united , to talents and attainments of so high an order , a private character of greater purity , or a deeper sense of moral and ...
... spirit into the hands of Him who gave it . Fisher Ames was a truly great man . None of our statesmen have united , to talents and attainments of so high an order , a private character of greater purity , or a deeper sense of moral and ...
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... spirit of imitation is contagious , and boys are found unaccountably bent to do as men do . When the man flew from the steeple of the North Church , fifty years ago , every unlucky boy thought of nothing but flying from a sign - post ...
... spirit of imitation is contagious , and boys are found unaccountably bent to do as men do . When the man flew from the steeple of the North Church , fifty years ago , every unlucky boy thought of nothing but flying from a sign - post ...
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... spirit of party has never risen higher , I think not so high , in our country , as it did at that time , upon that question . The theatre was then open in our city . A young man belonging to it , whose talent was as a singer , was about ...
... spirit of party has never risen higher , I think not so high , in our country , as it did at that time , upon that question . The theatre was then open in our city . A young man belonging to it , whose talent was as a singer , was about ...
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... spirit , which should be indepen- dent of , and above the interests , passions , and policy of both belligerents , and look and feel exclusively for our own honor and rights . No allusion is made to France or England , or the quarrel ...
... spirit , which should be indepen- dent of , and above the interests , passions , and policy of both belligerents , and look and feel exclusively for our own honor and rights . No allusion is made to France or England , or the quarrel ...
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