The North American Review, Volumes 38-39O. Everett, 1834 |
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... period since his day of fame , so interesting by reason of his genius and his sorrows , that any writer , who could do justice to the one , and give a rational explanation of the other , would be sure of a hearing and a welcome from the ...
... period since his day of fame , so interesting by reason of his genius and his sorrows , that any writer , who could do justice to the one , and give a rational explanation of the other , would be sure of a hearing and a welcome from the ...
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... period is quite favorable for such an un- dertaking . So many fierce battles were fought concerning him , as soon as he was in the dust , that a long breathing - space necessarily followed ; and accordingly the subject has been left ...
... period is quite favorable for such an un- dertaking . So many fierce battles were fought concerning him , as soon as he was in the dust , that a long breathing - space necessarily followed ; and accordingly the subject has been left ...
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... period when he was at the public school , he tells us that one day , when sitting in solitude , he was forcibly struck with a passage of Scripture , which applied to the oppression under which he labored : it started up sud- denly in ...
... period when he was at the public school , he tells us that one day , when sitting in solitude , he was forcibly struck with a passage of Scripture , which applied to the oppression under which he labored : it started up sud- denly in ...
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... period of his life seems to have been more tranquil and serene than any other . There are not many letters , but those are on the subject nearest his heart , and are written in a cheer- ful spirit , which seems to show that there was ...
... period of his life seems to have been more tranquil and serene than any other . There are not many letters , but those are on the subject nearest his heart , and are written in a cheer- ful spirit , which seems to show that there was ...
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... As respects an in- terest in poetry , also , we live in such times as usually follow a period of great intellectual excitement , -times , when the pub- lic taste grows indifferent , and gentle harps are struck 1834. ] 31 Life of Cowper .
... As respects an in- terest in poetry , also , we live in such times as usually follow a period of great intellectual excitement , -times , when the pub- lic taste grows indifferent , and gentle harps are struck 1834. ] 31 Life of Cowper .
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