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Page vii
... sentence, or recast the defective one, and so, thanks to Mr. Cabot's frequent visits, the book, which had for so long presented seemingly insuperable difficulties, took definite shape and was ready in season for the publishers. Not only ...
... sentence, or recast the defective one, and so, thanks to Mr. Cabot's frequent visits, the book, which had for so long presented seemingly insuperable difficulties, took definite shape and was ready in season for the publishers. Not only ...
Page x
... Sentences, even whole pages, were repeated, and there was a confusion of order beyond what even he would have tolerated. NOW, at any rate, nothing was to be thought of but rest and the attempt to restore the tone of his mind by some ...
... Sentences, even whole pages, were repeated, and there was a confusion of order beyond what even he would have tolerated. NOW, at any rate, nothing was to be thought of but rest and the attempt to restore the tone of his mind by some ...
Page xi
... sentence, but he was quite content to do as little as possible, and desired to leave everything in my hands. This will appear to be of the more consequence in view of the fact that with the exception of four, viz., The Comic, Persian ...
... sentence, but he was quite content to do as little as possible, and desired to leave everything in my hands. This will appear to be of the more consequence in view of the fact that with the exception of four, viz., The Comic, Persian ...
Page 8
... sentence; and if their true order is found, the poet can read their divine significance orderly as in a Bible. Each animal or vegetable form remembers the next inferior and predicts the next higher.3 There is one animal, one plant, one ...
... sentence; and if their true order is found, the poet can read their divine significance orderly as in a Bible. Each animal or vegetable form remembers the next inferior and predicts the next higher.3 There is one animal, one plant, one ...
Page 11
... , and, with a change of form, rendered to him all his experience. We cannot utter a sentence in sprightly conversation without a similitude. Note our incessant use of the word like,—like fire, like a rock', like thunder, like a POETRY I I.
... , and, with a change of form, rendered to him all his experience. We cannot utter a sentence in sprightly conversation without a similitude. Note our incessant use of the word like,—like fire, like a rock', like thunder, like a POETRY I I.
Contents
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ELOQUENCE | 118 |
RESOURCES | 137 |
THE COMIC | 172 |
PROGRESS OF CULTURE | 205 |
PERSIAN POETRY | 235 |
IMMORTALITY | 321 |
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