American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1968 - Fiction |
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... character that Cooper ever drew , stood for the romantic belief in the natural man . This " myth , " so called in ... characters was " Ione S. , " the pen- name of Miss Phoebe Jones who wrote the poem addressed to her spirit - husband ...
... character that Cooper ever drew , stood for the romantic belief in the natural man . This " myth , " so called in ... characters was " Ione S. , " the pen- name of Miss Phoebe Jones who wrote the poem addressed to her spirit - husband ...
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... character and habits in America is doubtless owing to the rustic nature of its society , for one more easily maintains his independence in a capital than in a village , but I think the chief reasons are to be found in the practice of ...
... character and habits in America is doubtless owing to the rustic nature of its society , for one more easily maintains his independence in a capital than in a village , but I think the chief reasons are to be found in the practice of ...
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... character of the word itself - by its fre- quent repetition - and by a consideration of the ominous reputation of the fowl that uttered it — is at length excited to superstition , and wildly propounds queries of a far different character ...
... character of the word itself - by its fre- quent repetition - and by a consideration of the ominous reputation of the fowl that uttered it — is at length excited to superstition , and wildly propounds queries of a far different character ...
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