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Although a considerable time before his death his power and influence as a pillar of orthodoxy had begun to decline , he had enough flexibility of character to meet , in part at least , the challenge of changing mores and new opinions .
Although a considerable time before his death his power and influence as a pillar of orthodoxy had begun to decline , he had enough flexibility of character to meet , in part at least , the challenge of changing mores and new opinions .
Page 490
I had long ceased to struggle or to move , and remained sitting rigidly upon the ottoman , a helpless prey to a whirl of violent emotions , of which extreme awe was perhaps the least terrible , the least consuming .
I had long ceased to struggle or to move , and remained sitting rigidly upon the ottoman , a helpless prey to a whirl of violent emotions , of which extreme awe was perhaps the least terrible , the least consuming .
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We read now - a- days of the ancient festivals , games , and processions of the Greeks and Etruscans , with a little incredulity , or at least with little sympathy ; but how natural and irre- pressible in every people is some hearty and ...
We read now - a- days of the ancient festivals , games , and processions of the Greeks and Etruscans , with a little incredulity , or at least with little sympathy ; but how natural and irre- pressible in every people is some hearty and ...
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| Title | American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the present Volume 1 of American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Author | John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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