Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 866
... hold it by right of birth , and our title to it is just as good as the title of our kin across the sea . No younger brother's portion is it that we claim in the Eng- lish language , but a whole and undivided half . It is an American ...
... hold it by right of birth , and our title to it is just as good as the title of our kin across the sea . No younger brother's portion is it that we claim in the Eng- lish language , but a whole and undivided half . It is an American ...
Page 868
... hold high rank ; but it was not until towards the end of the first quarter of the Nineteenth century that we began really to have a literature . It is scarcely an overstatement to say that there are men alive to - day who are as old as ...
... hold high rank ; but it was not until towards the end of the first quarter of the Nineteenth century that we began really to have a literature . It is scarcely an overstatement to say that there are men alive to - day who are as old as ...
Page 898
... hold goods of past time ? True it is that some people may look upon them simply as curiosities , but you and I have been taught most properly to look upon them as priceless treasures that can teach us all sorts of things , and yet , I ...
... hold goods of past time ? True it is that some people may look upon them simply as curiosities , but you and I have been taught most properly to look upon them as priceless treasures that can teach us all sorts of things , and yet , I ...
Page 899
... holds forth to us . Or must we forever be casting out one devil by another ? Shall we never make a push to get rid of the whole pack of them at once ? I do not mean to say that all the work we do now is done without any pleasure , but I ...
... holds forth to us . Or must we forever be casting out one devil by another ? Shall we never make a push to get rid of the whole pack of them at once ? I do not mean to say that all the work we do now is done without any pleasure , but I ...
Page 904
... Hold fast to distinct form in art . Don't think too much of style , but set yourself to get out of you what you think beautiful , and express it , as cautiously as you please , but , I repeat , quite distinctly and without vagueness ...
... Hold fast to distinct form in art . Don't think too much of style , but set yourself to get out of you what you think beautiful , and express it , as cautiously as you please , but , I repeat , quite distinctly and without vagueness ...
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