North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 35
... English senatorial eloquence of which modern times can boast . Of this divine oration , although none but those who heard it can adequately judge , enough remains to justify our praises in the fragments handed down to us by the ...
... English senatorial eloquence of which modern times can boast . Of this divine oration , although none but those who heard it can adequately judge , enough remains to justify our praises in the fragments handed down to us by the ...
Page 138
... English in general for there are exceptions - to what they used to be . Those who now visit us , come hither from their golden islands , surfeited of the arts , and even display an economy that borders on meanness . At Naples , where ...
... English in general for there are exceptions - to what they used to be . Those who now visit us , come hither from their golden islands , surfeited of the arts , and even display an economy that borders on meanness . At Naples , where ...
Page 258
... English reader . We think there are two English translations . The one which we have seen , besides the omission of whole letters and parts of letters , is a miserable catch - penny circulating library production , apparently made from ...
... English reader . We think there are two English translations . The one which we have seen , besides the omission of whole letters and parts of letters , is a miserable catch - penny circulating library production , apparently made from ...
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