American Life in Literature, Volume 1Jay Broadus Hubbell Harper & brothers, 1936 - 849 pages |
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Page 118
... true , turns to her reproach ; but it happens not to be true , or only partly so , and the phrase parent or mother country hath been jesu- itically adopted by the King and his parasites , with a low papistical design of gaining an ...
... true , turns to her reproach ; but it happens not to be true , or only partly so , and the phrase parent or mother country hath been jesu- itically adopted by the King and his parasites , with a low papistical design of gaining an ...
Page 295
... true picture of life — that is , of human nature - which is not also a mas- terpiece of literature , full of divine and natural beauty . It may have no touch or tint of this special civilization or of that ; lieve that , while inferior ...
... true picture of life — that is , of human nature - which is not also a mas- terpiece of literature , full of divine and natural beauty . It may have no touch or tint of this special civilization or of that ; lieve that , while inferior ...
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... true , because , although it extends our old ideas of energy , it causes 30 a minimum of alteration in their nature . I need not multiply instances . A new opinion counts as " true " just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's ...
... true , because , although it extends our old ideas of energy , it causes 30 a minimum of alteration in their nature . I need not multiply instances . A new opinion counts as " true " just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's ...
Contents
The Settlement of Virginia | 4 |
The SmithPocahontas Legend | 10 |
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 17931835 | 24 |
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