Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 817
... follow the line of least resistance in expression , and his work will be English to the core . Literature may be said to approach perfection in the degree in which it reveals the life behind it , and at the same time conceals all trace ...
... follow the line of least resistance in expression , and his work will be English to the core . Literature may be said to approach perfection in the degree in which it reveals the life behind it , and at the same time conceals all trace ...
Page 847
... follow . The bequest Washington has made to civilization is rich beyond computation . The obligations under which he has placed mankind are sacred and commanding . The responsibility he has left for the American people to pre- serve and ...
... follow . The bequest Washington has made to civilization is rich beyond computation . The obligations under which he has placed mankind are sacred and commanding . The responsibility he has left for the American people to pre- serve and ...
Page 858
... follow- ing additional information was sought - first , on usury ; secondly , on the number of public houses ; thirdly , on the number of persons in the service of the Jews ; fourthly , on the extent and acreage of the land ; and ...
... follow- ing additional information was sought - first , on usury ; secondly , on the number of public houses ; thirdly , on the number of persons in the service of the Jews ; fourthly , on the extent and acreage of the land ; and ...
Page 871
... follow the lead of the British in litera- ture or in any other art is but saying ditto to ourselves . It is like the marriage of cousins - and for the same rea- sons to be deplored . But the study of Greek literature supplies us ...
... follow the lead of the British in litera- ture or in any other art is but saying ditto to ourselves . It is like the marriage of cousins - and for the same rea- sons to be deplored . But the study of Greek literature supplies us ...
Page 879
... follow upon Centenary . ' Tis the kindness in him : ' Tis the simple good - heart- edness of the man . Did he ever wrong a neighbor ? Did he ever say an unkind thing of you , or me , or any one ? Can you cull me a sneer that has hate in ...
... follow upon Centenary . ' Tis the kindness in him : ' Tis the simple good - heart- edness of the man . Did he ever wrong a neighbor ? Did he ever say an unkind thing of you , or me , or any one ? Can you cull me a sneer that has hate in ...
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