Literary Leaders of AmericaChautauqua Press, 1904 - 316 páginas |
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Página viii
... less isolated than it was in earlier times . Centripetal and centrifugal forces are thus at work , and it is inconceivable that American English should ever become unintelligible to an Englishman , but it is not at all inconceivable ...
... less isolated than it was in earlier times . Centripetal and centrifugal forces are thus at work , and it is inconceivable that American English should ever become unintelligible to an Englishman , but it is not at all inconceivable ...
Página ix
... less than international importance , they would have a significance for us , which is the meas- ure of the truth and power wherewith they interpret for us the national conditions and ideals : our habits and beliefs , our hopes and ...
... less than international importance , they would have a significance for us , which is the meas- ure of the truth and power wherewith they interpret for us the national conditions and ideals : our habits and beliefs , our hopes and ...
Página 6
... less effective on the printed page than in their own persons ; it being ever the penalty of oratory that unlike other forms of literature , full half its effect depends upon the personality of the speaker , and hence it has at best a ...
... less effective on the printed page than in their own persons ; it being ever the penalty of oratory that unlike other forms of literature , full half its effect depends upon the personality of the speaker , and hence it has at best a ...
Página 9
... less gay , The flowers that did in Eden bloom ; Unpitying frosts , and Autumn's power Shall leave no vestige of this flower . From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came : If nothing once , you nothing lose , For ...
... less gay , The flowers that did in Eden bloom ; Unpitying frosts , and Autumn's power Shall leave no vestige of this flower . From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came : If nothing once , you nothing lose , For ...
Página 23
... less noteworthy for the stories than for the essays , of which the Stratford paper is a classic ex- ample . Tourists who visit the Red Horse Inn , in Shake- speare's native town , are shown the room in which he wrote , the big chair he ...
... less noteworthy for the stories than for the essays , of which the Stratford paper is a classic ex- ample . Tourists who visit the Red Horse Inn , in Shake- speare's native town , are shown the room in which he wrote , the big chair he ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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