Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... fact about our literature has not received adequate attention the fact that it had no childhood . In its be- ginnings it was the record of a people who had long passed the age of play and dreams , and were given over to pressing and ...
... fact about our literature has not received adequate attention the fact that it had no childhood . In its be- ginnings it was the record of a people who had long passed the age of play and dreams , and were given over to pressing and ...
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... delicate fragrance of the New England climate in them . Poe stood alone among his contemporaries by reason of the fact that , while his imagination was fertilized by the movement of the time , his work was not 822 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.
... delicate fragrance of the New England climate in them . Poe stood alone among his contemporaries by reason of the fact that , while his imagination was fertilized by the movement of the time , his work was not 822 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.
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... fact suggests his limitations , but it also brings into clear view the unique individuality of his genius and the originality of his work . His contemporaries are explicable ; Poe is inexplicable . He remains the most sharply defined ...
... fact suggests his limitations , but it also brings into clear view the unique individuality of his genius and the originality of his work . His contemporaries are explicable ; Poe is inexplicable . He remains the most sharply defined ...
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... fact about him and his work is , that he was possessed by the passion for beauty for its own sake , and that at his best he had access to the region of pure ideality . The spiritual value of art lies not only in its power to impart ...
... fact about him and his work is , that he was possessed by the passion for beauty for its own sake , and that at his best he had access to the region of pure ideality . The spiritual value of art lies not only in its power to impart ...
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... fact that his seriousness was ex- pressed in devotion to objects not yet included in our range of keen and quick sympathies and interests . Poe was a pioneer in a region not yet adequately represented on our spiritual charts . To men ...
... fact that his seriousness was ex- pressed in devotion to objects not yet included in our range of keen and quick sympathies and interests . Poe was a pioneer in a region not yet adequately represented on our spiritual charts . To men ...
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