Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... , a subordination of the art to the religious or political in- tention , which stamp the writing of the time as essentially secondary . Art involves forgetfulness of immediate ends ; complete surrender to 818 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.
... , a subordination of the art to the religious or political in- tention , which stamp the writing of the time as essentially secondary . Art involves forgetfulness of immediate ends ; complete surrender to 818 HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.
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... political and social life . Poe alone , among men of his eminence , could not have been . foreseen . One This fact suggests his limitations , but it also brings into clear view the unique individuality of his genius and the originality ...
... political and social life . Poe alone , among men of his eminence , could not have been . foreseen . One This fact suggests his limitations , but it also brings into clear view the unique individuality of his genius and the originality ...
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... political conditions . The tragic element in Poe's work , on the other hand , lies deep in the recesses of indi- vidual temperament , and seems remote , unreal , and fan- tastic , unless we approach it sympathetically . Some of it is ...
... political conditions . The tragic element in Poe's work , on the other hand , lies deep in the recesses of indi- vidual temperament , and seems remote , unreal , and fan- tastic , unless we approach it sympathetically . Some of it is ...
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... political failures . Equality of opportunity for the sake of preparing the way for the highest and finest individualities will bring us , perhaps , as near a per- fect social order as we can hope to attain . Poe was such a personality ...
... political failures . Equality of opportunity for the sake of preparing the way for the highest and finest individualities will bring us , perhaps , as near a per- fect social order as we can hope to attain . Poe was such a personality ...
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... political and religious , in a revolution , destined to make the last first and the first last , in a revolution destined to invert the relative posi- tions of Glasgow and Bologna . We cannot , I think , better employ a few minutes than ...
... political and religious , in a revolution , destined to make the last first and the first last , in a revolution destined to invert the relative posi- tions of Glasgow and Bologna . We cannot , I think , better employ a few minutes than ...
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