A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors, Including Translations from Ancient SourcesAnna Lydia Ward |
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... POETS , " " A great man quotes bravely , and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good . " - EMERSON . NEW YORK : THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 522852B AST LENOX AND TILDEN A.
... POETS , " " A great man quotes bravely , and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good . " - EMERSON . NEW YORK : THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 522852B AST LENOX AND TILDEN A.
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... Poets . " The favor with which it has been received has encouraged me to prepare the present compilation , and to hope that henceforth these two works may stand side by side as companion volumes . In collecting these prose quotations ...
... Poets . " The favor with which it has been received has encouraged me to prepare the present compilation , and to hope that henceforth these two works may stand side by side as companion volumes . In collecting these prose quotations ...
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... poets . From the various qualities indicated , there have been brought together more than six thousand extracts , wise thoughts of famous men , shrewd sayings , apothegms , epi- grams , utterances in " lyric prose , ” - the precious ...
... poets . From the various qualities indicated , there have been brought together more than six thousand extracts , wise thoughts of famous men , shrewd sayings , apothegms , epi- grams , utterances in " lyric prose , ” - the precious ...
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... to make an index . " Rossiter Johnson : Manuscript . " ONE must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly . " Edmund Clarence Stedman : Poets of America , chap . 9 . A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS IN PROSE . ABILITY -see Work.
... to make an index . " Rossiter Johnson : Manuscript . " ONE must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly . " Edmund Clarence Stedman : Poets of America , chap . 9 . A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS IN PROSE . ABILITY -see Work.
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... poet , no sculptor , succeed in snatching the inmost secret of art , and so making his name immortal ? 216 Henry James : Lectures and Miscellanies . Lect . iii . The Principle of Universality in Art . Piety in art , poetry in art ...
... poet , no sculptor , succeed in snatching the inmost secret of art , and so making his name immortal ? 216 Henry James : Lectures and Miscellanies . Lect . iii . The Principle of Universality in Art . Piety in art , poetry in art ...
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