Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language . There breathes no being but has some pretence To that fine instinct called poetic sense . Farewell ! said he , Minnehaha ! Farewell , O my Laughing Water ...
... Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language . There breathes no being but has some pretence To that fine instinct called poetic sense . Farewell ! said he , Minnehaha ! Farewell , O my Laughing Water ...
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... nature of the thought it expresses , and the manner in which it treats that thought , into Epic , Lyric , and Dramatic . Epic verse is that which tells a story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives ...
... nature of the thought it expresses , and the manner in which it treats that thought , into Epic , Lyric , and Dramatic . Epic verse is that which tells a story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives ...
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... nature of the action and the subject of the conversation . The second great division of Prose Composition is Exposition . called Exposition . It includes " Essays , " whether they discuss moral , political , social , or scientific ques ...
... nature of the action and the subject of the conversation . The second great division of Prose Composition is Exposition . called Exposition . It includes " Essays , " whether they discuss moral , political , social , or scientific ques ...
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... nature into verse . In some of these versés a true sympathy with nature and a certain delicacy of expression are revealed , and they all show a refined spirit and a sensitive instinct for poetic form . Her pastor , Ward , makes some ...
... nature into verse . In some of these versés a true sympathy with nature and a certain delicacy of expression are revealed , and they all show a refined spirit and a sensitive instinct for poetic form . Her pastor , Ward , makes some ...
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... nature . Bartram has left the written record or journal of extensive travels in the interest of scien- tific observation of nature ; and his son William has left writings of the same general character . Sewall . Probably the most ...
... nature . Bartram has left the written record or journal of extensive travels in the interest of scien- tific observation of nature ; and his son William has left writings of the same general character . Sewall . Probably the most ...
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