Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... facts , doubts , and railleries he has , in playing with it , sapped certainty and destroyed credulity and glory . That is all . I would not sacrifice to courageous souls all independence and spiritual grace ; but I say that the one ...
... facts , doubts , and railleries he has , in playing with it , sapped certainty and destroyed credulity and glory . That is all . I would not sacrifice to courageous souls all independence and spiritual grace ; but I say that the one ...
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... facts and ideas without harmony . The imagination of men of genius , produces the passions and scenes of the world , as a faithful and polished mirror repro- duces a beautiful country or a regular visage ; false imagina- tion is like ...
... facts and ideas without harmony . The imagination of men of genius , produces the passions and scenes of the world , as a faithful and polished mirror repro- duces a beautiful country or a regular visage ; false imagina- tion is like ...
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... fact and not by theory he knows how liberty is established . He does not recall the memory of Athens and Rome , his own remembrances suffice him . He handled the intorests of a nation which created itself a republic in spite of its ...
... fact and not by theory he knows how liberty is established . He does not recall the memory of Athens and Rome , his own remembrances suffice him . He handled the intorests of a nation which created itself a republic in spite of its ...
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... fact , that with the exception of some modifi- cations , especially an hereditary peerage which seemed neces- 8ary to Morris , the plan indicated by the American in 1790 , as the only salvation for France , is precisely that under which ...
... fact , that with the exception of some modifi- cations , especially an hereditary peerage which seemed neces- 8ary to Morris , the plan indicated by the American in 1790 , as the only salvation for France , is precisely that under which ...
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... facts , far from aiding the general effect of the picture , far from augmenting its interest , only seems to destroy it ; the dis- tracted and embarassed attention loses itself in this confused mass of minute particulars . Instead of ...
... facts , far from aiding the general effect of the picture , far from augmenting its interest , only seems to destroy it ; the dis- tracted and embarassed attention loses itself in this confused mass of minute particulars . Instead of ...
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