Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... savage in their austerity , cruel by force of virtue , Art could not live in the hardness of their souls . It was not until late , after the first efforts at colonization , when the red men had been forced to retire into their woods ...
... savage in their austerity , cruel by force of virtue , Art could not live in the hardness of their souls . It was not until late , after the first efforts at colonization , when the red men had been forced to retire into their woods ...
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... savage comes upon the scene ; you must describe his bow , his arrows , his tomahawk , his tobacco - pouch , and his pipe ; the coarse sculpture with which these objects are adorned would fill more than one page ; if , after that , you ...
... savage comes upon the scene ; you must describe his bow , his arrows , his tomahawk , his tobacco - pouch , and his pipe ; the coarse sculpture with which these objects are adorned would fill more than one page ; if , after that , you ...
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... eloquence ; Nature with its eternal , inex- haustible power of life appears sterile and dead in the pictures drawn by Cooper . The more they ought to have savage grandeur and energy , the more is one astonished at 44 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
... eloquence ; Nature with its eternal , inex- haustible power of life appears sterile and dead in the pictures drawn by Cooper . The more they ought to have savage grandeur and energy , the more is one astonished at 44 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF.
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... savage life , and to conquer it . The genius of the artist has not yet penetrated into the solitudes of America ; you look for him vainly in the cities . It is the genius of the artisan which founded this civilization and which sustains ...
... savage life , and to conquer it . The genius of the artist has not yet penetrated into the solitudes of America ; you look for him vainly in the cities . It is the genius of the artisan which founded this civilization and which sustains ...
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... savage , the shop of the tradesman ; the gigantic nature of the land reflects itself in his books as in a mirror . For his compatriots , Cooper was the Homer of their civiliza- tion ; the bard who perpetuated their glory . he gave a ...
... savage , the shop of the tradesman ; the gigantic nature of the land reflects itself in his books as in a mirror . For his compatriots , Cooper was the Homer of their civiliza- tion ; the bard who perpetuated their glory . he gave a ...
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