Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to TennysonClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869 - 411 Seiten |
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... observe the books which are Literature , how they speak to a peo- ple - to a whole nation to scattered nations over the earth linked together by community of speech , above all such glorious community as our English speech ; nay , more ...
... observe the books which are Literature , how they speak to a peo- ple - to a whole nation to scattered nations over the earth linked together by community of speech , above all such glorious community as our English speech ; nay , more ...
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... observe or engender the interest as best you may , in the young mind , and then work with that - expanding , cultivating , chastening it . It matters little from what point , or with what book a young reader begins his career , provided ...
... observe or engender the interest as best you may , in the young mind , and then work with that - expanding , cultivating , chastening it . It matters little from what point , or with what book a young reader begins his career , provided ...
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... observe that the large components of it are history and poetry . How little else is there in the Bible ! In the Old Testament all is chronicle and song , and the high - wrought poetry of prophecy . In the New Testament are the same ...
... observe that the large components of it are history and poetry . How little else is there in the Bible ! In the Old Testament all is chronicle and song , and the high - wrought poetry of prophecy . In the New Testament are the same ...
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... observe how two authors , of the finest powers in these two high departments - biography and history - after carrying those powers to the farthest , profess their sense of how much remains unaccomplished ; and , moreover , their ...
... observe how two authors , of the finest powers in these two high departments - biography and history - after carrying those powers to the farthest , profess their sense of how much remains unaccomplished ; and , moreover , their ...
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... Observe what a propensity there is to substitute the word " individual , " ( and unfitly too ) for such a clear , simple , short word as man . " It seems to be employed as a sort of midway expression between " man " and " gentleman ...
... Observe what a propensity there is to substitute the word " individual , " ( and unfitly too ) for such a clear , simple , short word as man . " It seems to be employed as a sort of midway expression between " man " and " gentleman ...
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