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... reader know , this book aspires to be more than ceremonial - a re - enactment of the past accord- ing to established ... readers as well as writers - of our day . A word of caution , however , to readers of.
... reader know , this book aspires to be more than ceremonial - a re - enactment of the past accord- ing to established ... readers as well as writers - of our day . A word of caution , however , to readers of.
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... reader . The problem , as seen by Bryant's correspondent , was whether to deliver a classical or a pathetic oration — that is , whether the audience should be stirred largely by the weight of accumulated rational argument or by a direct ...
... reader . The problem , as seen by Bryant's correspondent , was whether to deliver a classical or a pathetic oration — that is , whether the audience should be stirred largely by the weight of accumulated rational argument or by a direct ...
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... reader obtrude , nor does the attitude of the writer to his materials present any substantial difficulty . Though the voice of reason may lapse from time to time into pathos , it does so because of its high - minded benevolence ; if it ...
... reader obtrude , nor does the attitude of the writer to his materials present any substantial difficulty . Though the voice of reason may lapse from time to time into pathos , it does so because of its high - minded benevolence ; if it ...
Contents
Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
Copyright | |
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