American Life in Literature, Volume 1Jay Broadus Hubbell Harper & brothers, 1936 - 849 pages |
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Page 131
... character . He is fifty years old , well built , rather thin . He carries himself freely and with a sort of military grace . He is masculine looking , without his features ' being less gentle on that account . I have never seen anyone ...
... character . He is fifty years old , well built , rather thin . He carries himself freely and with a sort of military grace . He is masculine looking , without his features ' being less gentle on that account . I have never seen anyone ...
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... character . There is getting to be so much publick right , that private right is overshadowed and lost . A danger exists that the ends of liberty will be forgotten altogether in the means . All greatness of character is dependant on ...
... character . There is getting to be so much publick right , that private right is overshadowed and lost . A danger exists that the ends of liberty will be forgotten altogether in the means . All greatness of character is dependant on ...
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... character and thought ; and as our character and modes of thought do not differ essentially from those of England , our literature cannot . Vast forests , lakes , and prairies cannot make great poets . They are but the scenery of the ...
... character and thought ; and as our character and modes of thought do not differ essentially from those of England , our literature cannot . Vast forests , lakes , and prairies cannot make great poets . They are but the scenery of the ...
Contents
The Settlement of Virginia | 4 |
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1811 | 10 |
78 | 19 |
Copyright | |
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