American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 475
... effect . Keeping originality al- ways in view - for he is false to himself who ventures to dispense with so obvious and so easily attainable a source of inter- est - I say to myself , in the first place , " Of the innumerable effects ...
... effect . Keeping originality al- ways in view - for he is false to himself who ventures to dispense with so obvious and so easily attainable a source of inter- est - I say to myself , in the first place , " Of the innumerable effects ...
Page 476
... effect . It appears evident , then , that there is a distinct limit , as regards length , to all works of literary art ― the limit of a single sitting and that , although in certain classes of prose composition , such as " Rob- inson ...
... effect . It appears evident , then , that there is a distinct limit , as regards length , to all works of literary art ― the limit of a single sitting and that , although in certain classes of prose composition , such as " Rob- inson ...
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... effect . And here I may as well say a few words of the versification . My first object ( as usual ) was originality . The extent to which this has been neglected , in versification , is one of the most unaccountable things in the world ...
... effect . And here I may as well say a few words of the versification . My first object ( as usual ) was originality . The extent to which this has been neglected , in versification , is one of the most unaccountable things in the world ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
From The Vinland History of the Flat | 15 |
MARTIN WALDSEEMÜLLER | 23 |
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