Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page vii
... teacher some effort to keep proportionate values clear in the minds of the schol- The amount of space given to the various names indicates the author's conception of these ars . relative values and the inclusion of so many names of vii.
... teacher some effort to keep proportionate values clear in the minds of the schol- The amount of space given to the various names indicates the author's conception of these ars . relative values and the inclusion of so many names of vii.
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... minds even more wearisome . The principles of paragraph structure are almost identical with those that govern the sentence ; the difference being mainly one of scale . The matter of Unity which was omitted from the discussion of the ...
... minds even more wearisome . The principles of paragraph structure are almost identical with those that govern the sentence ; the difference being mainly one of scale . The matter of Unity which was omitted from the discussion of the ...
Page 34
... mind in hydeous dreams did oft see wondrous shapes Of bodies strange , and huge in growth , and of stupendious makes . At last they brought him to Werowocomoco , where was Powhatan , their Emperor . Here more than two hundred of those ...
... mind in hydeous dreams did oft see wondrous shapes Of bodies strange , and huge in growth , and of stupendious makes . At last they brought him to Werowocomoco , where was Powhatan , their Emperor . Here more than two hundred of those ...
Page 36
... mind when he wrote the play . The following sentences from Strachey are of interest : During all this time the heavens looked so black upon us , that it was not possible the elevation of the Pole might be observed ; hot a star by night ...
... mind when he wrote the play . The following sentences from Strachey are of interest : During all this time the heavens looked so black upon us , that it was not possible the elevation of the Pole might be observed ; hot a star by night ...
Page 43
... mind . It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones in them , to spend their lives in making fiddle cases for futilous women's fancies ; which are the very pettitoes of infirmity , the giblets of perquisquilian toys . Sometimes ...
... mind . It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones in them , to spend their lives in making fiddle cases for futilous women's fancies ; which are the very pettitoes of infirmity , the giblets of perquisquilian toys . Sometimes ...
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