The North American Review, Volume 102O. Everett, 1866 - North American review Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Similar conditions prevail in some of the nations of Europe in respect to the arts that are concerned with visible beauty . If we admit that , on the whole , it is not a very great age of art in which we live ; if we admit that all that ...
Similar conditions prevail in some of the nations of Europe in respect to the arts that are concerned with visible beauty . If we admit that , on the whole , it is not a very great age of art in which we live ; if we admit that all that ...
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... respect , whose least word about a work or a school of literature is worthy to be treasured up , whose grasp of all intellectual subjects is strong , either fail to mention the arts of visible beauty , or so mention them that the ...
... respect , whose least word about a work or a school of literature is worthy to be treasured up , whose grasp of all intellectual subjects is strong , either fail to mention the arts of visible beauty , or so mention them that the ...
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... respects , of its author , while the Andes is one of its painter's less successful pictures . " The Greek Slave " is a clever statue , appealing to a very ready sentiment , pity for the far - away unfortunate ; to an everywhere ...
... respects , of its author , while the Andes is one of its painter's less successful pictures . " The Greek Slave " is a clever statue , appealing to a very ready sentiment , pity for the far - away unfortunate ; to an everywhere ...
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... respects , different from results else- where attained , but not different because inferior . It is not only because we long for this consummation that we also hope for it . We sliare the faith of our countrymen in the future of our ...
... respects , different from results else- where attained , but not different because inferior . It is not only because we long for this consummation that we also hope for it . We sliare the faith of our countrymen in the future of our ...
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... respect we have for commonplace work . The criticism of the first stage , which we have said is passed , consisted entirely of praise for the commonplace . But there is still praise of the commonplace . The whole spirit of ordinary ...
... respect we have for commonplace work . The criticism of the first stage , which we have said is passed , consisted entirely of praise for the commonplace . But there is still praise of the commonplace . The whole spirit of ordinary ...
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Page 358 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Page 261 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 44 - The only case in which, on mere principles of political economy, protecting duties can be defensible, is when they are imposed temporarily (especially in a young and rising nation) in hopes of naturalizing a foreign industry, in itself perfectly suitable to the circumstances of the country. The superiority of one country over another in a branch of production, often arises only from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present...
Page 44 - A protecting duty, continued for a reasonable time, will sometimes be the least inconvenient mode in which the nation can tax itself for the support of such an experiment.
Page 555 - When first informed of the existence of the "law of interest," the world must have felt much as did Moliere's M. Jourdain, who was surprised to learn from his professors of languages that he "had been talking prose all his life without knowing it.
Page 614 - Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.
Page 77 - The Healing of the Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple...
Page 162 - By these operations new channels of communication will be opened between the States, the lines of separation will disappear, their interests will be identified, and their union cemented by new and indissoluble ties.
Page 526 - ... particular turn of thoughts and expression, which are the characters that distinguish, and as it were individuate, him from all other writers. When we are come thus far, it is time to look into ourselves ; to conform our genius to his, to give his thought either the same turn, if our tongue will bear it, or if not, to vary but the dress, not to alter or destroy the substance.
Page 484 - all territory, places and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty, excepting only the islands thereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...