Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 2American Stationer's Company, 1836 - 637 pages |
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... native land . In the full comprehension of the terms , the motives to intellect- ual exertion in a country embrace the most important springs of national character . Pursued into its details , the study of these springs of national ...
... native land . In the full comprehension of the terms , the motives to intellect- ual exertion in a country embrace the most important springs of national character . Pursued into its details , the study of these springs of national ...
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... native character , strength and quick- ness of mind , are not of the number of distinctions and accomplish- ments , that human institutions can monopolize within a city's walls . In quiet times , they remain and perish in the obscurity ...
... native character , strength and quick- ness of mind , are not of the number of distinctions and accomplish- ments , that human institutions can monopolize within a city's walls . In quiet times , they remain and perish in the obscurity ...
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... native muses will weave for themselves . To foretell our literature would be to create it . There was a time before an epic poem , a tragedy , or a historical composition had ever been produced by the wit of It was a time of vast and ...
... native muses will weave for themselves . To foretell our literature would be to create it . There was a time before an epic poem , a tragedy , or a historical composition had ever been produced by the wit of It was a time of vast and ...
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... native tongue , who , besides all the eloquence of thought and imagery , knew better than any other man how to clothe them , according to his own beautiful expression , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness , long ...
... native tongue , who , besides all the eloquence of thought and imagery , knew better than any other man how to clothe them , according to his own beautiful expression , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness , long ...
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... native language is the first intellectual capacity that is developed in children , and when by age or misfor- tune , ' the ear is all unstrung , Still , still , it loves the lowland tongue . ' What a noble prospect is opened in this ...
... native language is the first intellectual capacity that is developed in children , and when by age or misfor- tune , ' the ear is all unstrung , Still , still , it loves the lowland tongue . ' What a noble prospect is opened in this ...
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