American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... truth or by sophisticating his truths with human medleys : the removing of some one iota in Scripture may draw out all the life and traverse all the truth of the whole Bible : but to authorize an untruth by a toleration of state is to ...
... truth or by sophisticating his truths with human medleys : the removing of some one iota in Scripture may draw out all the life and traverse all the truth of the whole Bible : but to authorize an untruth by a toleration of state is to ...
Page 460
... Truth . Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral , and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea , and we Bostonians very especially have developed ...
... Truth . Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral , and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea , and we Bostonians very especially have developed ...
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... truth is not Truth , but consistency or consistent expediency . Truth is always in harmony with herself , and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong - doing . He well deserves to be called , as he has ...
... truth is not Truth , but consistency or consistent expediency . Truth is always in harmony with herself , and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong - doing . He well deserves to be called , as he has ...
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| Title | American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the present Volume 1 of American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Author | John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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