Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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Page 95
... America have sometimes asked , " What shall be the subject of the great American epic when the national poet shall come to sing it ? " " No it ? " I think it should be the Genesis of the Variant . As the " heart - thought " of the ...
... America have sometimes asked , " What shall be the subject of the great American epic when the national poet shall come to sing it ? " " No it ? " I think it should be the Genesis of the Variant . As the " heart - thought " of the ...
Page 96
... American colonies - what shall we say of the selfish desire of America to build around her imaginary offspring a wall of brass by cheating the devil while the devil was cheating her ? The same smartness which compelled her to go on ...
... American colonies - what shall we say of the selfish desire of America to build around her imaginary offspring a wall of brass by cheating the devil while the devil was cheating her ? The same smartness which compelled her to go on ...
Page 97
... America under whose feet the neck of American culture lies , we may well fear that mischief looms this way . One of the fruits of America's ill - ad- vised attitude toward England is to be seen in the nature of the Copyright Act itself ...
... America under whose feet the neck of American culture lies , we may well fear that mischief looms this way . One of the fruits of America's ill - ad- vised attitude toward England is to be seen in the nature of the Copyright Act itself ...
Page 98
... Americans number some of my dearest friends - do not and cannot regret it ; do not and can- not regret that English poetry is hence- forth forever to be strengthened and en- riched by American genius , and that no American can write ...
... Americans number some of my dearest friends - do not and cannot regret it ; do not and can- not regret that English poetry is hence- forth forever to be strengthened and en- riched by American genius , and that no American can write ...
Page 115
... America , Australia . With that magnificent audience ready - made for their effusions , not an echo of their voice ever ... American literature , it is true ; but it is relatively insignificant in amount for a population of over fifty ...
... America , Australia . With that magnificent audience ready - made for their effusions , not an echo of their voice ever ... American literature , it is true ; but it is relatively insignificant in amount for a population of over fifty ...
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