American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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... is exposed to the influences of a various study and startling experiences , all conceived with a profound knowledge of human nature , and displayed with consummate art ; having a metaphysical , if not a strictly dramatic unity ...
... is exposed to the influences of a various study and startling experiences , all conceived with a profound knowledge of human nature , and displayed with consummate art ; having a metaphysical , if not a strictly dramatic unity ...
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If in ' St. Leger ' he seizes the pen of introspection — insensibly rendering his own nature transparent before us - in the ' Revelations , ' he slashes away with the mental scalpel , dexterously laying bare the bones and sinews of ...
If in ' St. Leger ' he seizes the pen of introspection — insensibly rendering his own nature transparent before us - in the ' Revelations , ' he slashes away with the mental scalpel , dexterously laying bare the bones and sinews of ...
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... dazzling combinations ; whichever way it is turned you discern a new and original element . One of nature's aristocrats – the tendency of his writings is that of fostering our manière d'être- of making us more intensely ourselves .
... dazzling combinations ; whichever way it is turned you discern a new and original element . One of nature's aristocrats – the tendency of his writings is that of fostering our manière d'être- of making us more intensely ourselves .
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It is said that the natural scenery upon which the infant eye first opens tones the human heart for a lifetime . The keen appreciation of Scottish scenery , as evinced in the episodes of ' St. Leger's tour to Scotland , and his voyage ...
It is said that the natural scenery upon which the infant eye first opens tones the human heart for a lifetime . The keen appreciation of Scottish scenery , as evinced in the episodes of ' St. Leger's tour to Scotland , and his voyage ...
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... to the worst and most extravagant species of it ; but to that chronic and generally incurable flaccidity and impecuniosity of the pockets , which , by some immutable and inflexible law of nature , or of social or political economy ...
... to the worst and most extravagant species of it ; but to that chronic and generally incurable flaccidity and impecuniosity of the pockets , which , by some immutable and inflexible law of nature , or of social or political economy ...
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