Cyclopaedia of American Literature Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations |
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... tion , The Backwoodsman , an American poem in [ sentiment , scenery , and incidents . It is in six books of some five hundred lines each , written in the heroic measure . Ba - il , the hero , appears at the opening as a rural laborer on ...
... tion , The Backwoodsman , an American poem in [ sentiment , scenery , and incidents . It is in six books of some five hundred lines each , written in the heroic measure . Ba - il , the hero , appears at the opening as a rural laborer on ...
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... tion would form many volumes , comprising a great variety of subjects , and exhibiting almost every diversity of style " from grave to gay , from lively to severe . " A favorite mode of our author is that of em- bodying and exemplifying ...
... tion would form many volumes , comprising a great variety of subjects , and exhibiting almost every diversity of style " from grave to gay , from lively to severe . " A favorite mode of our author is that of em- bodying and exemplifying ...
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... tion Address on the Value and Importance of the Study of Law , which is regarded as one of his finest productions . His instructions were of course delivered during the vacations of the Supreme Court . His bio- grapher gives a pleasant ...
... tion Address on the Value and Importance of the Study of Law , which is regarded as one of his finest productions . His instructions were of course delivered during the vacations of the Supreme Court . His bio- grapher gives a pleasant ...
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... tion and energy for which we are accustomed to look only to the greatest dramatists . The chief scene of the volume is the self - torturing jealousy of Monaldi , contrasted with the innocent calm- ness of his wife . We read it with ...
... tion and energy for which we are accustomed to look only to the greatest dramatists . The chief scene of the volume is the self - torturing jealousy of Monaldi , contrasted with the innocent calm- ness of his wife . We read it with ...
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... tion within . His oratory always charmed his audience , as in his winning tones he gained to his side the pride and powers of his hearers . The last public effort of Channing was his ad- dress at Lenox , in Berkshire County , Mass ...
... tion within . His oratory always charmed his audience , as in his winning tones he gained to his side the pride and powers of his hearers . The last public effort of Channing was his ad- dress at Lenox , in Berkshire County , Mass ...
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