A Library of American Literature: Literature of the republic, pt. 4, 1861-1888 (continued) Additional selections, 1834-1889. Short biographies of all authors represented in this work, by Arthur Stedman. General indexEdmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson C.L. Webster, 1890 |
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... spirit of the work was indicated by the titles given to the early Colonial selections , and such diversions have added zest to our duties throughout the series . With respect to the contents of these volumes several requirements have ...
... spirit of the work was indicated by the titles given to the early Colonial selections , and such diversions have added zest to our duties throughout the series . With respect to the contents of these volumes several requirements have ...
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... spirit , acute to invent , subtle and sinewy to discourse , not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to " ? It is not our province to comment upon the writings displayed in this com- pilation . Two ...
... spirit , acute to invent , subtle and sinewy to discourse , not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to " ? It is not our province to comment upon the writings displayed in this com- pilation . Two ...
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... spirit , —the idea that the widower was banded with the powers of evil was rather over- whelming to a man whose dependence was in merely mortal attractions ; and after he had been gone a little while Clarsie ascended the ladder to a ...
... spirit , —the idea that the widower was banded with the powers of evil was rather over- whelming to a man whose dependence was in merely mortal attractions ; and after he had been gone a little while Clarsie ascended the ladder to a ...
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... spirit may chance to speak had not descended upon her , and that fear was gone ; but the secrecy of her errand weighed heavily . She had been scrupulously careful to put into the pail only such things as had fallen to her share at the ...
... spirit may chance to speak had not descended upon her , and that fear was gone ; but the secrecy of her errand weighed heavily . She had been scrupulously careful to put into the pail only such things as had fallen to her share at the ...
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... spirit- ual discernment ; for he was an uncouth creature , and densely ignorant . The grace of culture is , in its way , a fine thing , but the best that art can do -the polish of a gentleman - is hardly equal to the best that Nature ...
... spirit- ual discernment ; for he was an uncouth creature , and densely ignorant . The grace of culture is , in its way , a fine thing , but the best that art can do -the polish of a gentleman - is hardly equal to the best that Nature ...
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Página 120 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise. Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares — The poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh-!
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Página viii - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
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Página 425 - ... the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any State to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is a good enough barometer whereby to measure its degree of corruption.
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Página 338 - If I should die tonight,' My friends would call to mind with loving thought, Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought, Some gentle word the frozen lips had said; Errands on which the willing feet had sped. The memory of my selfishness and pride, My hasty words, would all be put aside, And so I should be loved and mourned tonight.