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... humanity , other of the sketches making up this welcome . addition to essay literature are , although placed upon Brit- ish shores , full of Irving's quality . " The Broken Heart , " " The Widow and Her Son , " and such - like ...
... humanity , other of the sketches making up this welcome . addition to essay literature are , although placed upon Brit- ish shores , full of Irving's quality . " The Broken Heart , " " The Widow and Her Son , " and such - like ...
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... humanity . The reader feels the wholesome , sweet personality of the writer behind the scenes , and is glad to look upon a bit of life through his all - seeing eyes that have in them the good - humored twinkle of a lover of his kind ...
... humanity . The reader feels the wholesome , sweet personality of the writer behind the scenes , and is glad to look upon a bit of life through his all - seeing eyes that have in them the good - humored twinkle of a lover of his kind ...
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... human nature , the more exceptional and heroic . Much of our national experience , too , with the Indian since Cooper's day , has been disillu- sioning ; this puts us in a more critical attitude toward a representation which , in ...
... human nature , the more exceptional and heroic . Much of our national experience , too , with the Indian since Cooper's day , has been disillu- sioning ; this puts us in a more critical attitude toward a representation which , in ...
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... human scalps . The startling sounds that Duncan had heard were what the whites have , not inappropriately , called the " death halloo " ; and each repetition of the cry was intended to announce to the tribe the fate of an enemy . Thus ...
... human scalps . The startling sounds that Duncan had heard were what the whites have , not inappropriately , called the " death halloo " ; and each repetition of the cry was intended to announce to the tribe the fate of an enemy . Thus ...
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... human forms tossed and involved in inexplicable confusion . Arms , gleaming knives , and formidable clubs appeared above them , but the blows were evidently given at random . The awful effect was heightened by the piercing shrieks of ...
... human forms tossed and involved in inexplicable confusion . Arms , gleaming knives , and formidable clubs appeared above them , but the blows were evidently given at random . The awful effect was heightened by the piercing shrieks of ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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