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The object , in all such preliminary proceedings , is to find out what the general sense of a nation is , and to be governed by it . If it prefer a bad or defective government to a reform or chuse to pay ten times more taxes than there ...
The object , in all such preliminary proceedings , is to find out what the general sense of a nation is , and to be governed by it . If it prefer a bad or defective government to a reform or chuse to pay ten times more taxes than there ...
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And to this object , in our opinion , he scrupulously adheres ; for though on some occasions , there would seem to be a semblance of idea , yet this we must attribute to the imagination of the reader , just as in looking upon a ...
And to this object , in our opinion , he scrupulously adheres ; for though on some occasions , there would seem to be a semblance of idea , yet this we must attribute to the imagination of the reader , just as in looking upon a ...
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Now the object Truth , or the satisfaction of the intellect , and the object Passion , or the excitement of the heart , are , although attainable to a certain extent in poetry , far more readily attainable in prose .
Now the object Truth , or the satisfaction of the intellect , and the object Passion , or the excitement of the heart , are , although attainable to a certain extent in poetry , far more readily attainable in prose .
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Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1 American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Harrison T. Meserole |
| Editors | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Compiled by | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Publisher | Heath, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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