 But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science and genius, in bales and hogsheads? Prairies, steam-boats, gristmills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.  The Works of Sydney Smith - Page 77by Sydney Smith - 1844 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...Barlow — and some' pieces of pleasantry by Mr Irving. But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them,, in their own tongue,...they have got to the Pacific Ocean — epic poems P^'Vs, pleasures of memory, and all the elegant gratifications of an nntient people who have tamed... | |
 | 1820 - 590 pages
...Reviewer, ' the Americans have ' none : It is all imported. And why should they write books ? * when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue,...sense, science and genius, in bales and hogsheads?' — Now, what is the true meaning of this, but the following — ' The Americans do not write books... | |
 | 1820 - 544 pages
...the reviewer, ' the Americans have none: it is all imported. And why should they write books? when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue,...sense, science, and genius, in bales and hogsheads?' — Now, what is the true meaning of this, but the following — ' The Americans do not write books;... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pages
...why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks passage brings them, in their own tongue, lour sense, science, and genius, in bales and •hogsheads')...the wild earth, and set down to amuse themselves!" I * 5. The Edinburgh Review, preluded, as we have seen, with apologizing for our supposed deficiencies... | |
 | 1820 - 558 pages
...Reviewer, ' the Americans have none: It is all imported. And why ' should they write books ? when a six weeks' passage brings them, ' in their own tongue,...sense, science and genius, in bales and ' hogsheads ?' — Now, what is the true meaning of this, but the following — ' The Americans do not write books... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1824 - 464 pages
...— and some pieces of pleasantry, by Mr. Irving. But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks passage brings them, in their own tongue,...sense, science, and genius* in bales and hogsheads?*" Much cannot be said for the liberality of this criticism. Some names, it is true, have been doomed... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 674 pages
...Barlow— and some pieces of pleasantry by Mr Irving. Bui why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science, and genius, inhales and hogsheads?» '—Much cannot be said for the liberality of this criticism. Some names,... | |
 | 1835 - 858 pages
...the reviewer, " the Americans have none : it is all imported. And why should they write books? when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue,...sense, science, and genius, in bales and hogsheads'?" — Now, what is the true meaning of this, but the following: — "The Americans do not write books;... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 886 pages
...the reviewer, " the Americans have none : it is all imported. And why should they write books? when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue,...sense, science, and genius, in bales and hogsheads? " — Now, what is the true meaning of this, but the following : — " The Americans do not write books;... | |
 | Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1839 - 278 pages
...— and some pieces of pleasantry, by Mr. Irving. But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue,...genius, in bales and hogsheads ? Prairies, steam-boats and gristmills, are their natural objects for centuries to come." This is a short history though it... | |
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