American Literature 1607-1885, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 |
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... writer who knows English deems it quite within his prov- ince to write on any American theme . And And yet this very ... writers , while other critics aver that Joaquin Miller is a truer representative of the vi American Literature ...
... writer who knows English deems it quite within his prov- ince to write on any American theme . And And yet this very ... writers , while other critics aver that Joaquin Miller is a truer representative of the vi American Literature ...
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... writers , in large measure . This necessity is simply to be accepted at the outset . We must read and study books by ... writer is for all time ; the Charybdis is the refusal to praise Lowell and Whittier , where they deserve praise ...
... writers , in large measure . This necessity is simply to be accepted at the outset . We must read and study books by ... writer is for all time ; the Charybdis is the refusal to praise Lowell and Whittier , where they deserve praise ...
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... writers on this side of the Atlantic ? what his debt to English literature ? what his obligations to , and his influence upon , his fellow - authors ? what his in- trinsic success ? what his probable rank in the future ? In the case of ...
... writers on this side of the Atlantic ? what his debt to English literature ? what his obligations to , and his influence upon , his fellow - authors ? what his in- trinsic success ? what his probable rank in the future ? In the case of ...
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... writers . The debt of American literature to the man who first gave us a European reputation in letters was as binding ... writing " would go the way of all similar productions ? The same foresight could have been applied to our early ...
... writers . The debt of American literature to the man who first gave us a European reputation in letters was as binding ... writing " would go the way of all similar productions ? The same foresight could have been applied to our early ...
Página xvii
... writers of the " Federalist " made great contributions to the political wisdom of the nations . But when all this has been said , does it not remain true that some critics have bestowed an un- warrantable amount of time and thought and ...
... writers of the " Federalist " made great contributions to the political wisdom of the nations . But when all this has been said , does it not remain true that some critics have bestowed an un- warrantable amount of time and thought and ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 153 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Página 189 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House?
Página 255 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his...
Página 255 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 196 - Sometimes it is said, that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question.
Página 180 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Página 254 - The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Página 196 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 410 - Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood. Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe ; His strength is so tender, his...
Página 204 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world.