Syllabi of the American Society for the Extension of University TeachingAmerican Society for Extension of University Teaching., 1897 |
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... matter are based the strongest criticisms upon her work from a literary point of view . Feeling and sentiment are sometimes brought in when un- necessary , and the story becomes a study in psychology . The characters are not drawn by ...
... matter are based the strongest criticisms upon her work from a literary point of view . Feeling and sentiment are sometimes brought in when un- necessary , and the story becomes a study in psychology . The characters are not drawn by ...
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... tomed to conventional ideas of dress and behavior . It seems to have been a matter of indifference to him how he looked . In reality he lived isolated from the world of Vienna and devoted himself to Composition , so that by the 20.
... tomed to conventional ideas of dress and behavior . It seems to have been a matter of indifference to him how he looked . In reality he lived isolated from the world of Vienna and devoted himself to Composition , so that by the 20.
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... him . In the simple matter of dissonances alone he found it neces- sary to use combinations of notes which were as strange to the ears of his listeners as some of the present day effects are to ours . To express what he had to 23.
... him . In the simple matter of dissonances alone he found it neces- sary to use combinations of notes which were as strange to the ears of his listeners as some of the present day effects are to ours . To express what he had to 23.
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... matter of technique . 4. Men Umbrian born but Florentine trained . 5. Piero della Francesca and Signorelli . III . - Perugino and his Following . 1. The height of Umbrian sentiment . 2. The Perugino type and its popularity . 3. The ...
... matter of technique . 4. Men Umbrian born but Florentine trained . 5. Piero della Francesca and Signorelli . III . - Perugino and his Following . 1. The height of Umbrian sentiment . 2. The Perugino type and its popularity . 3. The ...
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... matter of papers , etc. The final examination of students ' associations will be confined to the specified poems . WORKS OF REFERENCE IN GENERAL . 6 The general bibliography of the period is : A Guide to the Study of Nine- teenth ...
... matter of papers , etc. The final examination of students ' associations will be confined to the specified poems . WORKS OF REFERENCE IN GENERAL . 6 The general bibliography of the period is : A Guide to the Study of Nine- teenth ...
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Page 21 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Page 22 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Page 16 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 23 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom they will turn their faces towards you.
Page 43 - And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Page 1 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 33 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 7 - They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : — "Friends," says he, "the taxes are indeed very heavy; and, if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver...
Page 7 - Far-called, our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire; Lo all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre. Judge of the nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Page 15 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.