Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 826
... element in the life of man and in the work of his hand which cannot be foreseen , calculated , or controlled ; a quality not dissociated in its perfect expression from his- toric or material conditions , but in its origin independent of ...
... element in the life of man and in the work of his hand which cannot be foreseen , calculated , or controlled ; a quality not dissociated in its perfect expression from his- toric or material conditions , but in its origin independent of ...
Page 829
... element in him , the pure individual force , brought with it that sense of freshness and originality which men are always eager to feel , and to which they often respond with exag- gerated cordiality . It is not surprising that those ...
... element in him , the pure individual force , brought with it that sense of freshness and originality which men are always eager to feel , and to which they often respond with exag- gerated cordiality . It is not surprising that those ...
Page 830
... element in Scott and Dickens has the same natural setting , the same normal relationship to obvious social or political conditions . The tragic element in Poe's work , on the other hand , lies deep in the recesses of indi- vidual ...
... element in Scott and Dickens has the same natural setting , the same normal relationship to obvious social or political conditions . The tragic element in Poe's work , on the other hand , lies deep in the recesses of indi- vidual ...
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... element of unreality . Poe , like Hawthorne , gives expression to the ideality of the American mind : an ideality disclosed in very different ways by Emerson and Lowell and Whittier ; an ideality which has made our literature pure and ...
... element of unreality . Poe , like Hawthorne , gives expression to the ideality of the American mind : an ideality disclosed in very different ways by Emerson and Lowell and Whittier ; an ideality which has made our literature pure and ...
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... element of the constitution was an object of almost exclu- sive devotion to the Prelatist . The popular element of the constitution was especially dear to the Puritan . At length an appeal was made to the sword . Puritanism triumphed ...
... element of the constitution was an object of almost exclu- sive devotion to the Prelatist . The popular element of the constitution was especially dear to the Puritan . At length an appeal was made to the sword . Puritanism triumphed ...
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