Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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Página xi
... have been very much surprised if any one had told him that he had a " style " at all . And yet , because he was determined to be under- stood , because he was honest , be- cause he had a warm heart and a true , xi INTRODUCTION.
... have been very much surprised if any one had told him that he had a " style " at all . And yet , because he was determined to be under- stood , because he was honest , be- cause he had a warm heart and a true , xi INTRODUCTION.
Página xii
... true , because he had read good books eagerly and not coldly , and because there was in him a native good taste , as well as a strain of imagination , he achieved a singularly clear and forcible style , which took color from his own ...
... true , because he had read good books eagerly and not coldly , and because there was in him a native good taste , as well as a strain of imagination , he achieved a singularly clear and forcible style , which took color from his own ...
Página xxiv
... his gath- ered writings and addresses we find , indeed , touches of the true Lincoln genius here and there from the age of twenty - three on . In the literary record of about his thirty - third year occur some of the most surprising xxiv.
... his gath- ered writings and addresses we find , indeed , touches of the true Lincoln genius here and there from the age of twenty - three on . In the literary record of about his thirty - third year occur some of the most surprising xxiv.
Página xxvi
... true and wise friend of his shiftless stepbrother , but the af- fectionate guardian of his step- mother , who had been such a good mother to him . There is something Greek in the clear phrase and pure reason of these epistles . DEAR ...
... true and wise friend of his shiftless stepbrother , but the af- fectionate guardian of his step- mother , who had been such a good mother to him . There is something Greek in the clear phrase and pure reason of these epistles . DEAR ...
Página xxxiv
... the " great address " at Cooper Union . Soon after this came his nomination , then his election to the Presidency of the United States ; and with these events he may be said to have resumed his true literary career , for ( as I xxxiv.
... the " great address " at Cooper Union . Soon after this came his nomination , then his election to the Presidency of the United States ; and with these events he may be said to have resumed his true literary career , for ( as I xxxiv.
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