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... American editions in the period , was used as a school text , and was excerpted in many periodicals . Two " stylesā¯˛ pre- dominated - the native vernacular and the proper literary style . The vernac- ular was vigorous and picturesque ...
... American editions in the period , was used as a school text , and was excerpted in many periodicals . Two " stylesā¯˛ pre- dominated - the native vernacular and the proper literary style . The vernac- ular was vigorous and picturesque ...
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... American Writers NO . I Sept. , 1824 One is continually hearing , more or less , about American literature , of late , as if there were any such thing in the world as American literature ; or any such thing in the United States of North ...
... American Writers NO . I Sept. , 1824 One is continually hearing , more or less , about American literature , of late , as if there were any such thing in the world as American literature ; or any such thing in the United States of North ...
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... American writers ; kill them with kindness ; turn their heads with our trumpeting , or produce a fatal revulsion in the popular mind , let us never make a prodigious fuss about any American book , which , if it were English , would ...
... American writers ; kill them with kindness ; turn their heads with our trumpeting , or produce a fatal revulsion in the popular mind , let us never make a prodigious fuss about any American book , which , if it were English , would ...
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