Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 47
... vigorous frankness the scattered . elements which he found before him . He was careful not to corrupt their charm , or to change their purity , by an imitation of the Roman or the Greek ; he has told LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 47.
... vigorous frankness the scattered . elements which he found before him . He was careful not to corrupt their charm , or to change their purity , by an imitation of the Roman or the Greek ; he has told LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 47.
Page 48
... elements , that you fancy you can distin- guish each detail ; be it a forest cabin ; a vulgar hearthside , a wreck floating in the distance , he forces you to read , by his perfect exactitude , his extreme truth ; and the description of ...
... elements , that you fancy you can distin- guish each detail ; be it a forest cabin ; a vulgar hearthside , a wreck floating in the distance , he forces you to read , by his perfect exactitude , his extreme truth ; and the description of ...
Page 69
... element , like so many silvery arrows , produced a shower of light , while the pursuer with open jaws seized the stragglers , and , with a splash of his tail , disappeared from our view . Other fishes we heard uttering beneath our bark ...
... element , like so many silvery arrows , produced a shower of light , while the pursuer with open jaws seized the stragglers , and , with a splash of his tail , disappeared from our view . Other fishes we heard uttering beneath our bark ...
Page 72
... recollection of that aston- ishing revolution of the ethereal element even now bringing with it so disagreeable a sensation , that I feel as if about to 1 1 1 be afflicted by a sudden stoppage of the circulation of 72 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ...
... recollection of that aston- ishing revolution of the ethereal element even now bringing with it so disagreeable a sensation , that I feel as if about to 1 1 1 be afflicted by a sudden stoppage of the circulation of 72 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ...
Page 109
... elements , the waves , the soil , the wind , did not permit the domestic muse to take this fearful and bitter flight , nor to become hateful and violent . The earliest of American literateurs , Franklin , Audubon , Cooper , are ami ...
... elements , the waves , the soil , the wind , did not permit the domestic muse to take this fearful and bitter flight , nor to become hateful and violent . The earliest of American literateurs , Franklin , Audubon , Cooper , are ami ...
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