American LiteratureAllyn and Bacon, 1915 - 281 pages |
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... interest in the men and their works . To the many friends who have aided by criticism and suggestion the author here records his indebtedness and gratitude . Though he alone is responsible for the form which the book finally takes ...
... interest in the men and their works . To the many friends who have aided by criticism and suggestion the author here records his indebtedness and gratitude . Though he alone is responsible for the form which the book finally takes ...
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... interest . So far as is known they had not a single permanent record of any kind . The only literature , therefore , that can be called American is that produced by the European settlers of America , and we are interested in only so ...
... interest . So far as is known they had not a single permanent record of any kind . The only literature , therefore , that can be called American is that produced by the European settlers of America , and we are interested in only so ...
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... interest in this priceless . heritage . As we trace the growth of literature in America we shall observe that the literary dependence of America on England gradually became less in the same way and for much the same reason as did the ...
... interest in this priceless . heritage . As we trace the growth of literature in America we shall observe that the literary dependence of America on England gradually became less in the same way and for much the same reason as did the ...
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... interest in the man , however , arises not from his im- portance as an historian , but from the fact that one work of his is by some believed to have given a hint to Shakspere . This work is entitled : A True Reportory of the Wrack and ...
... interest in the man , however , arises not from his im- portance as an historian , but from the fact that one work of his is by some believed to have given a hint to Shakspere . This work is entitled : A True Reportory of the Wrack and ...
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... interest in literature , and no ambition to enroll themselves in the register of literary fame . Their published " works " are hardly more than elaborate official reports , containing such information about the country and its ...
... interest in literature , and no ambition to enroll themselves in the register of literary fame . Their published " works " are hardly more than elaborate official reports , containing such information about the country and its ...
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Page 148 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Page 142 - Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not...
Page 144 - thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us— by that God we both adore — Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 142 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 93 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 91 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings, yet the dead are there...
Page 309 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain ! dear father ! This arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 144 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted— nevermore!
Page 91 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 37 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.