Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 818
... perhaps adding a livelier relish to its premonitions of eternal combustion . " There are touches of beauty in Jonathan Edwards at his best ; there is a spiritual charm in John Woolman's Journal ; the directness and simplicity of genuine ...
... perhaps adding a livelier relish to its premonitions of eternal combustion . " There are touches of beauty in Jonathan Edwards at his best ; there is a spiritual charm in John Woolman's Journal ; the directness and simplicity of genuine ...
Page 820
... perhaps the most obvious distinction of Edgar Allan Poe that his creative work baffles all attempts to relate it historically to antecedent conditions ; that it detached itself almost com- pletely from the time and place in which it ...
... perhaps the most obvious distinction of Edgar Allan Poe that his creative work baffles all attempts to relate it historically to antecedent conditions ; that it detached itself almost com- pletely from the time and place in which it ...
Page 821
... perhaps the best conditions for its ripening . The " Twice- Told Tales " did not appear until 1837. Lowell was a schoolboy , a college student , and a reluctant follower of the law ; the " Biglow Papers , " his most original and dis ...
... perhaps the best conditions for its ripening . The " Twice- Told Tales " did not appear until 1837. Lowell was a schoolboy , a college student , and a reluctant follower of the law ; the " Biglow Papers , " his most original and dis ...
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... Perhaps the time is already come intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fulfill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence ...
... Perhaps the time is already come intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fulfill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence ...
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... perhaps no other resource . Between the art of the author of " Israfel " and the life about him there was a deep abyss , which the poet never attempted to cross . The material with which he con- stantly dealt becomes significant alike ...
... perhaps no other resource . Between the art of the author of " Israfel " and the life about him there was a deep abyss , which the poet never attempted to cross . The material with which he con- stantly dealt becomes significant alike ...
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