Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... human being left upon the ship had sunk under the waves of the ocean . The only survivor who was personally acquainted with my brother , saw him about two o'clock P.M .; after the collision , and not very long before the ship sank ...
... human being left upon the ship had sunk under the waves of the ocean . The only survivor who was personally acquainted with my brother , saw him about two o'clock P.M .; after the collision , and not very long before the ship sank ...
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... human thought and human passion is dwelling on the silent and senseless paper , how much of wisdom is ready to make ts entrance into the mind that is pre- pared to give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles ...
... human thought and human passion is dwelling on the silent and senseless paper , how much of wisdom is ready to make ts entrance into the mind that is pre- pared to give it welcome . It is mournful to think that the multitudinous oracles ...
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... humanity . which constitutes literature ; it matters not how elevated , whether it be history , philosophy , or poetry , in its highest ... human nature , it is literature in the true sense of the term . No man can 90 LECTURE FIRST .
... humanity . which constitutes literature ; it matters not how elevated , whether it be history , philosophy , or poetry , in its highest ... human nature , it is literature in the true sense of the term . No man can 90 LECTURE FIRST .
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... human nature , while that which is literature has an au- dience - chamber capacious as the soul of man - enduring as his immortality . It has a voice whose rhythm is in harmony with the pulses of the human heart . It is this , and this ...
... human nature , while that which is literature has an au- dience - chamber capacious as the soul of man - enduring as his immortality . It has a voice whose rhythm is in harmony with the pulses of the human heart . It is this , and this ...
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... human stamp : some , the law - books for instance , put on an outward garb of their own , as if to warn all but one class of readers away from them . But observe the books which are Literature , how they speak to a peo- ple - to a whole ...
... human stamp : some , the law - books for instance , put on an outward garb of their own , as if to warn all but one class of readers away from them . But observe the books which are Literature , how they speak to a peo- ple - to a whole ...
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