American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 476
... once . What we term a long poem is , in fact , merely a succession of brief ones - that is to say , of brief poetical effects . It is needless to demonstrate that a poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating ...
... once . What we term a long poem is , in fact , merely a succession of brief ones - that is to say , of brief poetical effects . It is needless to demonstrate that a poem is such , only in- asmuch as it intensely excites , by elevating ...
Page 508
... once , the halls of that old academy , never to enter them again . After a lapse of some months , spent at home in mere idleness , I found myself a student at Eton . The brief interval had been sufficient to enfeeble my remembrance of ...
... once , the halls of that old academy , never to enter them again . After a lapse of some months , spent at home in mere idleness , I found myself a student at Eton . The brief interval had been sufficient to enfeeble my remembrance of ...
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... once connecting with the gal- lery , even as the dead - lights had once looked out upon it , but now caulked fast like a sarcophagus lid , to a purple - black , tarred - over panel , threshold , and post ; and he bethought him of the ...
... once connecting with the gal- lery , even as the dead - lights had once looked out upon it , but now caulked fast like a sarcophagus lid , to a purple - black , tarred - over panel , threshold , and post ; and he bethought him of the ...
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