Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 865
... American differentiated from the English- man . We may not be able to declare clearly wherein the difference consists ; but we all recognize it plainly enough . Colonel Higginson has suggested that the American has an added drop more of ...
... American differentiated from the English- man . We may not be able to declare clearly wherein the difference consists ; but we all recognize it plainly enough . Colonel Higginson has suggested that the American has an added drop more of ...
Page 867
... American literature and English , since the American is but one of the divisions of the English literature of our time . Not long ago a pupil of one of the best private schools in New York maintained that American literature was just as ...
... American literature and English , since the American is but one of the divisions of the English literature of our time . Not long ago a pupil of one of the best private schools in New York maintained that American literature was just as ...
Page 869
... American branch of English literature , we can see that the growth of a healthy feeling in regard to it has been hindered by two unfortunate failings - provincialism and colonialism . By provincialism I mean the spirit of Little ...
... American branch of English literature , we can see that the growth of a healthy feeling in regard to it has been hindered by two unfortunate failings - provincialism and colonialism . By provincialism I mean the spirit of Little ...
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