Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 863
... literature , modern as it may be in so many ways . French literature has not a little of the moderation and of the charm of Greek literature . It is not violent ; it is not boisterous , even ; it is never freakish . It has balance and ...
... literature , modern as it may be in so many ways . French literature has not a little of the moderation and of the charm of Greek literature . It is not violent ; it is not boisterous , even ; it is never freakish . It has balance and ...
Page 867
... literature of our own time is needful , and it will be found useful . Absurd and very mislead- ing is the antithesis sometimes made between American literature and English , since the American is but one of the divisions of the English ...
... literature of our own time is needful , and it will be found useful . Absurd and very mislead- ing is the antithesis sometimes made between American literature and English , since the American is but one of the divisions of the English ...
Page 868
... literature . It is scarcely an overstatement to say that there are men alive to - day who are as old as American literature is . But in the past three - quarters of a century American literature has taken root firmly , and blossomed ...
... literature . It is scarcely an overstatement to say that there are men alive to - day who are as old as American literature is . But in the past three - quarters of a century American literature has taken root firmly , and blossomed ...
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