The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsCarter and Hendee, 1831 - 468 pages |
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... glory of his country . There , it is to be hoped , the parallel ends ; for Thebes fell with Epaminondas . But such comparisons cannot be pursued For we shall far without departing from the similitude . COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 31.
... glory of his country . There , it is to be hoped , the parallel ends ; for Thebes fell with Epaminondas . But such comparisons cannot be pursued For we shall far without departing from the similitude . COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 31.
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... that our country may subsist , even to that late day , in the plenitude of its liberty and happiness , and mingle its mild glory with Washington's . Labours of periodical Composition . — IDLE MAN . I 32 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
... that our country may subsist , even to that late day , in the plenitude of its liberty and happiness , and mingle its mild glory with Washington's . Labours of periodical Composition . — IDLE MAN . I 32 COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE .
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... glory , their widows and babes being received into the arms of a compassionate God , and their names enrolled among David's worthies : - greatest losses are to them greatest gains ; for they leave the troubles of their warfare to lie ...
... glory , their widows and babes being received into the arms of a compassionate God , and their names enrolled among David's worthies : - greatest losses are to them greatest gains ; for they leave the troubles of their warfare to lie ...
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... glory and beauty from the rude materials which other minds had collected . Milton had that universality which marks the highest order of intellect . Though ac- customed , almost from infancy , to drink at the fountains of classical ...
... glory and beauty from the rude materials which other minds had collected . Milton had that universality which marks the highest order of intellect . Though ac- customed , almost from infancy , to drink at the fountains of classical ...
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... glory ? " Extract from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow . — IRVING . ON a fine autumnal morning , Ichabod , in pensive mood , sat enthroned on a lofty stool , from whence he usually watched all the concerns of his little literary realm . In ...
... glory ? " Extract from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow . — IRVING . ON a fine autumnal morning , Ichabod , in pensive mood , sat enthroned on a lofty stool , from whence he usually watched all the concerns of his little literary realm . In ...
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