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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... writer is assured that no verses are wanted , unless , indeed , he has thoughts of his own that can only be spoken in verse . But there are no such just requirements made on those who practise the arts that appeal to the visual sense of ...
... writer is assured that no verses are wanted , unless , indeed , he has thoughts of his own that can only be spoken in verse . But there are no such just requirements made on those who practise the arts that appeal to the visual sense of ...
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... writing on science , philology , metaphysics , is simple mediocrity . But little profound learning exists in America ... writer of current criticism is generally a friend of many of the painters whose work he criticises ; he desires to ...
... writing on science , philology , metaphysics , is simple mediocrity . But little profound learning exists in America ... writer of current criticism is generally a friend of many of the painters whose work he criticises ; he desires to ...
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... writing , for instance . There is noth- ing mediocre about our best writers ' work : it is all good , and much of it great . And this is , first , because our poets and prose - writers speak a language understood by their readers ; and ...
... writing , for instance . There is noth- ing mediocre about our best writers ' work : it is all good , and much of it great . And this is , first , because our poets and prose - writers speak a language understood by their readers ; and ...
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... writers in their work . And the public mind sus- tains them because they speak a language understood by the people , and deal with things cared for by the people , with real things . Does this phrase " real things " exclude ideal things ...
... writers in their work . And the public mind sus- tains them because they speak a language understood by the people , and deal with things cared for by the people , with real things . Does this phrase " real things " exclude ideal things ...
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... writers and talkers about art , until timid people are afraid of it ; and to call a work of art imaginative is ... writer to strive for imaginative power and lie awake with anxiety lest he should not reach imaginative power at last ...
... writers and talkers about art , until timid people are afraid of it ; and to call a work of art imaginative is ... writer to strive for imaginative power and lie awake with anxiety lest he should not reach imaginative power at last ...
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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...