American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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... poetry been exceedingly numerous - more so , perhaps , than those of any other class --but poetry has shot forth another branch of literature , her handmaid and satellite , and raised up a large body of authors , who speculate upon what ...
... poetry been exceedingly numerous - more so , perhaps , than those of any other class --but poetry has shot forth another branch of literature , her handmaid and satellite , and raised up a large body of authors , who speculate upon what ...
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... poetry ? This is a question about which there has been much debate , but one which seems to me of easy solution to those who are not too am- bitious of distinguishing themselves by profound researches into things already sufficiently ...
... poetry ? This is a question about which there has been much debate , but one which seems to me of easy solution to those who are not too am- bitious of distinguishing themselves by profound researches into things already sufficiently ...
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... poetry of those of past ages ; to levy contributions from the credulity of all time , and thus to diversify indefinitely the situations in which its human agents are placed . If these materials are managed with sufficient skill to win ...
... poetry of those of past ages ; to levy contributions from the credulity of all time , and thus to diversify indefinitely the situations in which its human agents are placed . If these materials are managed with sufficient skill to win ...
Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
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