Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... Ameri- cans . If he had been born a century later his verse and prose might have come closer to the heart of his people , without losing that exquisite fineness which reveals the rare and beautiful quality of his genius . It is hardly ...
... Ameri- cans . If he had been born a century later his verse and prose might have come closer to the heart of his people , without losing that exquisite fineness which reveals the rare and beautiful quality of his genius . It is hardly ...
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... Ameri- can literature , from the narrow spirit , the partial judg- ment , and the inferior standards of a people not yet familiar with the best that has been thought and said in the world . To the claims of local pride he opposed the ...
... Ameri- can literature , from the narrow spirit , the partial judg- ment , and the inferior standards of a people not yet familiar with the best that has been thought and said in the world . To the claims of local pride he opposed the ...
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... Ameri- can Scott ; Bryant , the American Wordsworth ; and Whit- tier , the American Burns . Fifty years ago , when this silly trick was far more prevalent than it is now , Lowell sati- rized it in the " Fable for Critics " : - " Why ...
... Ameri- can Scott ; Bryant , the American Wordsworth ; and Whit- tier , the American Burns . Fifty years ago , when this silly trick was far more prevalent than it is now , Lowell sati- rized it in the " Fable for Critics " : - " Why ...
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... Ameri- can people and to the human race . But there were also wheels within wheels , and the experiment of government according to a written text entailed yet another , namely , that of a judicial branch designed to keep all other ...
... Ameri- can people and to the human race . But there were also wheels within wheels , and the experiment of government according to a written text entailed yet another , namely , that of a judicial branch designed to keep all other ...
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... Ameri- can Constitution to extend the judicial protection of per- sonal rights , not only against the rulers of the people , but against the representatives of the people . The history of the Saxon race exhibits few changes . more ...
... Ameri- can Constitution to extend the judicial protection of per- sonal rights , not only against the rulers of the people , but against the representatives of the people . The history of the Saxon race exhibits few changes . more ...
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