A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and Selections from Their Works |
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... spirit and feel the sentiments proper to such characters . Thus , their character has been infamous in all ages , -just a living copy of that vanity , obscenity , and impiety which is to be found in the pieces which they represent . As ...
... spirit and feel the sentiments proper to such characters . Thus , their character has been infamous in all ages , -just a living copy of that vanity , obscenity , and impiety which is to be found in the pieces which they represent . As ...
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... spirit of party ; but in those of the popular character , in govern- ments purely elective , it is a spirit not to be encouraged . From their natural tendency , it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary ...
... spirit of party ; but in those of the popular character , in govern- ments purely elective , it is a spirit not to be encouraged . From their natural tendency , it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary ...
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... spirit and strengthening those feelings of piety and devotion which he had long cherished . An American ' who visited him in 1819 remarks , " Though so weak as scarcely able to bear his own weight , he has been enabled , by the power of ...
... spirit and strengthening those feelings of piety and devotion which he had long cherished . An American ' who visited him in 1819 remarks , " Though so weak as scarcely able to bear his own weight , he has been enabled , by the power of ...
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... spirit manifest itself . Soon after this adventure , he resolved to go to sea , and accordingly entered , as a common sailor , a vessel at New London , bound for Gibraltar . He returned home again after a year , but , having no means of ...
... spirit manifest itself . Soon after this adventure , he resolved to go to sea , and accordingly entered , as a common sailor , a vessel at New London , bound for Gibraltar . He returned home again after a year , but , having no means of ...
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... spirit of romantic adventure was ever conspicuous . That he accomplished little com- pared with the magnitude of his designs seems to have been his misfortune , not his fault . The acts of his life demand notice less on account of their ...
... spirit of romantic adventure was ever conspicuous . That he accomplished little com- pared with the magnitude of his designs seems to have been his misfortune , not his fault . The acts of his life demand notice less on account of their ...
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