Introduction to American Literature: Including Illustrative Selections with NotesSibley, 1897 - 620 páginas |
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... character are useful for reference , and may possess some value for training the memory , at least till the final examinations are over ; but they are feeble instruments of literary culture , which after all is the principal aim in ...
... character are useful for reference , and may possess some value for training the memory , at least till the final examinations are over ; but they are feeble instruments of literary culture , which after all is the principal aim in ...
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... character of a literature , whether taken in a broad or in a restricted sense , are race , epoch , and surroundings . This fact should be well borne in mind , for it renders a philosophy of literature possible . We cannot fully ...
... character of a literature , whether taken in a broad or in a restricted sense , are race , epoch , and surroundings . This fact should be well borne in mind , for it renders a philosophy of literature possible . We cannot fully ...
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... character of the age in which they lived , and the physical and social conditions by which they were surrounded . This fact shows the intimate relation between literature and history . 7. An American Literature . It has been questioned ...
... character of the age in which they lived , and the physical and social conditions by which they were surrounded . This fact shows the intimate relation between literature and history . 7. An American Literature . It has been questioned ...
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... character ; the differences are but modifications growing out of the new environment . We owe our laws and our religion chiefly to England ; and the political independence achieved through the Revolution did not withdraw us from the ...
... character ; the differences are but modifications growing out of the new environment . We owe our laws and our religion chiefly to England ; and the political independence achieved through the Revolution did not withdraw us from the ...
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... character of which is more or less sharply defined , though the limits naturally shade into one another by almost imperceptible degrees . The first period , which includes nearly the whole of the seventeenth century , may be called the ...
... character of which is more or less sharply defined , though the limits naturally shade into one another by almost imperceptible degrees . The first period , which includes nearly the whole of the seventeenth century , may be called the ...
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