 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...we look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors, and, above all, when we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors, we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect, that lies before the authors of the present day. [Here,... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 páginas
...look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors — and, above all, (when) we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors — we can not help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present day."... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 páginas
...look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors—and, above all, (when) we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors—we can not help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond, George Post Wheeler - 1893 - 224 páginas
...look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors — and, above all (when), we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors — we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present day."... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1894 - 580 páginas
...look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors — and, above all, (when) we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors—we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 610 páginas
...sparks of its spirit may yet be preserved, in a narrower and feebler frame. When we look back upon the havoc which two hundred years have thus made in...to the quick succession of new competitors, and the accumulations of more good works than there is time to peruse — we cannot help being dismayed at... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1898 - 104 páginas
...we look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors- -and, above all, (when) we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors—we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1898 - 104 páginas
...havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors- -and, above all, (w/ien) we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors — we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present day."... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 546 páginas
...sparks of its spirit may yet be preserved, in a narrower and feebler frame. When we look back upon the havoc which two hundred years have thus made in...to the quick succession of new competitors, and the accumulations of more good works than there is time to peruse — we cannot help being dismayed at... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 704 páginas
...look back upon the havoc that two hundred years have made in the ranks of our national authors — and, above all, [when] we refer their rapid disappearance to the quick succession of new competitors — we cannot help being dismayed at the prospect that lies before the writers of the present day."... | |
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... still to draw a tear of pity, or a throb of admiration, from the hearts of a forgetful generation. The body of their poetry, probably, can never be revived ; but some sparks of its spirit may yet be preserved in a narrower and feebler frame. 
