The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 8Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1836 |
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The subject is one of vast interest to the patriot and philanthropist . On good
bodily organization depend not only individual health but national welfare . The
subject , however , seems to be overlooked in this country . While great
improvements ...
The subject is one of vast interest to the patriot and philanthropist . On good
bodily organization depend not only individual health but national welfare . The
subject , however , seems to be overlooked in this country . While great
improvements ...
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has brought forward , as nothing can exceed the grandeur or the interest of the
situations into which he has brought them . But the circumstance which appears
to me most worthy of particular notice in the works of Homer , is the general truth
of ...
has brought forward , as nothing can exceed the grandeur or the interest of the
situations into which he has brought them . But the circumstance which appears
to me most worthy of particular notice in the works of Homer , is the general truth
of ...
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In all other departments of poetry , the writer entertains no doubt of creating
interest , if he can only succeed in bringing forward apt descriptions of natural
scenes , of human passion , and human feeling and character . He limits his
invention to ...
In all other departments of poetry , the writer entertains no doubt of creating
interest , if he can only succeed in bringing forward apt descriptions of natural
scenes , of human passion , and human feeling and character . He limits his
invention to ...
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The Lusiad of Camoens , otherwise a poem of great merit and uncommon
interest , is exposed to this censure in no small degree . The error of this author is
the less excusable , as his poem is founded on a modern event , which occurred
at a ...
The Lusiad of Camoens , otherwise a poem of great merit and uncommon
interest , is exposed to this censure in no small degree . The error of this author is
the less excusable , as his poem is founded on a modern event , which occurred
at a ...
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There is , however , one spot on the margin of this river which is replete with deep
interest I mean Marion's Battle.ground , an area of from ten to fifteen acres ,
elevated a little above the surrounding swamp , and covered with young and
thrifty ...
There is , however , one spot on the margin of this river which is replete with deep
interest I mean Marion's Battle.ground , an area of from ten to fifteen acres ,
elevated a little above the surrounding swamp , and covered with young and
thrifty ...
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