Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 43
... birds build there , its latitude . Another would be con- tent to set forth the vicissitudes of the combat , the convulsions But this is not enough . of suffering , the triumph , the agony . for Cooper . Every muscle of the combatants ...
... birds build there , its latitude . Another would be con- tent to set forth the vicissitudes of the combat , the convulsions But this is not enough . of suffering , the triumph , the agony . for Cooper . Every muscle of the combatants ...
Page 57
... birds , lakes , wild deer , the eagle and his haunts , and identify- ing himself with whatever is mighty in nature , has become a great writer , superior in our view , to the loveable Irving and to his vigorous successor . SECTION X ...
... birds , lakes , wild deer , the eagle and his haunts , and identify- ing himself with whatever is mighty in nature , has become a great writer , superior in our view , to the loveable Irving and to his vigorous successor . SECTION X ...
Page 58
... Birds , the American Audubon . He has quitted his name and calls himself the " American Woodsman ; " and it is the only title which would suit him . The wilderness was his study room . He has overrun thoroughly those great deserts ...
... Birds , the American Audubon . He has quitted his name and calls himself the " American Woodsman ; " and it is the only title which would suit him . The wilderness was his study room . He has overrun thoroughly those great deserts ...
Page 59
... bird was hopping . The nest of the eagle whose throne was the peak of some inaccessible rock did not frighten him ; he gave to this study the patience of a Benedictine and the passion of an artist ; he has pursued his task through every ...
... bird was hopping . The nest of the eagle whose throne was the peak of some inaccessible rock did not frighten him ; he gave to this study the patience of a Benedictine and the passion of an artist ; he has pursued his task through every ...
Page 60
... birds and flowers for me with great eagerness , -pointed out the ele- gant movements of the former , the beauty and softness of their plumage , the manifestations of their pleasure or sense of danger , —and the always perfect forms and ...
... birds and flowers for me with great eagerness , -pointed out the ele- gant movements of the former , the beauty and softness of their plumage , the manifestations of their pleasure or sense of danger , —and the always perfect forms and ...
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