Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States of America: Being a Fragment of a Private Correspondence, Accidentally Discovered in Europe, Containing a Favorable View of the Manners, Literature, and State of Society of the United States, and a Refutation of Many of the Aspersions Cast Upon this Country by Former Residents and TouristsI. Riley, 1810 - 165 Seiten |
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... refinement of specta- cle and amusement , are kept up in a perpetual round . But his I. and R. M. leaves us soon , it is said , for another campaign ; when , of course , much of this splendour will subside . Is it not a singular fact ...
... refinement of specta- cle and amusement , are kept up in a perpetual round . But his I. and R. M. leaves us soon , it is said , for another campaign ; when , of course , much of this splendour will subside . Is it not a singular fact ...
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... refinement , when the facilities of printing render a whole nation one and the same au- dience , it is hazardous to give the reins to inspira- tion . Extemporary eloquence existed first in Greece , where it survived the fall of freedom ...
... refinement , when the facilities of printing render a whole nation one and the same au- dience , it is hazardous to give the reins to inspira- tion . Extemporary eloquence existed first in Greece , where it survived the fall of freedom ...
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... refinement have flourished for centuries , without producing an epic poem ; and one , perhaps the most enlightened of modern nations , after remaining till a very late æra without this honour , seems at last to have made the effort ...
... refinement have flourished for centuries , without producing an epic poem ; and one , perhaps the most enlightened of modern nations , after remaining till a very late æra without this honour , seems at last to have made the effort ...
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... the superstructure and decorations . Like other things , learning seems to grow weak and vitious with its spread and refinement ; and that primeval age to * be returning , when history will be unpalatable unless preserved 92.
... the superstructure and decorations . Like other things , learning seems to grow weak and vitious with its spread and refinement ; and that primeval age to * be returning , when history will be unpalatable unless preserved 92.
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... are exactly true to the life . But what is principally evident throughout the whole is the original im- pressions , which ages of refinement have not worn away or improved . tures , striking , but deceptive . Heroes , poets 114.
... are exactly true to the life . But what is principally evident throughout the whole is the original im- pressions , which ages of refinement have not worn away or improved . tures , striking , but deceptive . Heroes , poets 114.
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