Literary Leaders of AmericaChautauqua Press, 1904 - 316 páginas |
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... expression and inherent worthiness of thought . While we cannot deny the name " literature " to some writing which has attraction of form , without importance of thought and ennobling emotions , we can affirm that the truly great ...
... expression and inherent worthiness of thought . While we cannot deny the name " literature " to some writing which has attraction of form , without importance of thought and ennobling emotions , we can affirm that the truly great ...
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... expression . This truth , that manner is important as well as matter , has , however , led , especially in our own day , to a too great emphasis upon technique at the expense of thought and character . Really noble literature , on the ...
... expression . This truth , that manner is important as well as matter , has , however , led , especially in our own day , to a too great emphasis upon technique at the expense of thought and character . Really noble literature , on the ...
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... expression . Even ordi- nary men had a righteousness imputed to them which was not their very own . The Elizabethan Englishman often - assumed a virtue even if he had it not . Smith's account of his rescue by Pocahontas keeps his memory ...
... expression . Even ordi- nary men had a righteousness imputed to them which was not their very own . The Elizabethan Englishman often - assumed a virtue even if he had it not . Smith's account of his rescue by Pocahontas keeps his memory ...
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... expression . Outside of Virginia and New England there is little that calls for recognition , or takes permanent place . Philadel- phia produced numerous writers , but none of such importance as Benjamin Franklin , who may fairly be ...
... expression . Outside of Virginia and New England there is little that calls for recognition , or takes permanent place . Philadel- phia produced numerous writers , but none of such importance as Benjamin Franklin , who may fairly be ...
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... expression was secondary , the practical effect the main thing . Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence- surely a noble instrument of its kind , though somewhat high - flown and stilted to our modern taste . Otis in the ...
... expression was secondary , the practical effect the main thing . Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence- surely a noble instrument of its kind , though somewhat high - flown and stilted to our modern taste . Otis in the ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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