Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 864
... chief characteristic of English literature , although in time the changes of en- vironment must make more or less modification inevitable . It will be curious to see in a century how the ideals and the practices of the race will alter ...
... chief characteristic of English literature , although in time the changes of en- vironment must make more or less modification inevitable . It will be curious to see in a century how the ideals and the practices of the race will alter ...
Page 866
... chief divisions - British and American ; and it bids fair in the Twentieth century to have three more- Canadian , Australian , and Indian . Some such distinction between the several existing divi- sions of the English literature of our ...
... chief divisions - British and American ; and it bids fair in the Twentieth century to have three more- Canadian , Australian , and Indian . Some such distinction between the several existing divi- sions of the English literature of our ...
Page 870
... chief singers of the world , they are not the less interesting to us Americans , not the less inspiring . When an English author suggested to Sainte - Beuve that he did . not think Lamartine an important poet , the great French critic ...
... chief singers of the world , they are not the less interesting to us Americans , not the less inspiring . When an English author suggested to Sainte - Beuve that he did . not think Lamartine an important poet , the great French critic ...
Page 871
... chief characteristics are ours by inheritance . Matthew Arnold held that it was a work of supererogation for Carlyle to preach ear- nestness to the English , who already abounded in that sense . For us to follow the lead of the British ...
... chief characteristics are ours by inheritance . Matthew Arnold held that it was a work of supererogation for Carlyle to preach ear- nestness to the English , who already abounded in that sense . For us to follow the lead of the British ...
Page 872
... Chief Justice Noah Davis , of the Supreme Court of New York . ] You are met to - night to pay tribute to the memory of a man we all loved - born a hundred years ago . Yet , we who put voice to your tribute are brought to a pause at the ...
... Chief Justice Noah Davis , of the Supreme Court of New York . ] You are met to - night to pay tribute to the memory of a man we all loved - born a hundred years ago . Yet , we who put voice to your tribute are brought to a pause at the ...
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