Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... give to the world these fragmentary memorials of his studious life ; and for them I beg an indulgent and candid criticism . WILLIAM B. REED . PHILADELPHIA , February 1st , 1855 . } Henry Reed . For many days our eyes have INTRODUCTORY ...
... give to the world these fragmentary memorials of his studious life ; and for them I beg an indulgent and candid criticism . WILLIAM B. REED . PHILADELPHIA , February 1st , 1855 . } Henry Reed . For many days our eyes have INTRODUCTORY ...
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... gives way to tears . Beneath the waves o'er which great ships go flitting , He waits the day when Ocean yields her dead ; And loving sighs and bitter drops are shed By desolate ones around his hearthstone sitting ; And , while they ...
... gives way to tears . Beneath the waves o'er which great ships go flitting , He waits the day when Ocean yields her dead ; And loving sighs and bitter drops are shed By desolate ones around his hearthstone sitting ; And , while they ...
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... give , he felt some guidance that was strength to him . One can recall , in after years , how it was , that an interest was first awakened in some book - how sympathy with an author's mind was earliest stirred - how senti- ments of ...
... give , he felt some guidance that was strength to him . One can recall , in after years , how it was , that an interest was first awakened in some book - how sympathy with an author's mind was earliest stirred - how senti- ments of ...
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... give it its highest value - noticing , in the first place , some of the difficulties which present themselves to a mind willing , at least , if not zealous , for such culture . The first inquiry that presents itself is , " What books ...
... give it its highest value - noticing , in the first place , some of the difficulties which present themselves to a mind willing , at least , if not zealous , for such culture . The first inquiry that presents itself is , " What books ...
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... give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles should be dumb to us . Furthermore , there is this difficulty , that , in the multitude , mingled in the indiscriminate throng , are evil books ; or , if not evil ...
... give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles should be dumb to us . Furthermore , there is this difficulty , that , in the multitude , mingled in the indiscriminate throng , are evil books ; or , if not evil ...
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