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In more complicated arrangements , they constitute the varieties of vegetable and
animal substances , bear the higher character of organization , and are rendered
subservient to the purposes of life . And by the influence of heat , light , and ...
In more complicated arrangements , they constitute the varieties of vegetable and
animal substances , bear the higher character of organization , and are rendered
subservient to the purposes of life . And by the influence of heat , light , and ...
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For these they take not up the pen — they strive not to lessen the load which they
must bear through life , or to present a loftier aim for their struggles . They offer no
consolations that may impart to their state an unction of which it is fully capable ...
For these they take not up the pen — they strive not to lessen the load which they
must bear through life , or to present a loftier aim for their struggles . They offer no
consolations that may impart to their state an unction of which it is fully capable ...
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We have not given the above extracts for the purpose of presenting any analysis
of the story - it is brief and inartificial , and intended merely as the vehicle to bear
along the good advice and reflections with which it abounds . Each chapter ...
We have not given the above extracts for the purpose of presenting any analysis
of the story - it is brief and inartificial , and intended merely as the vehicle to bear
along the good advice and reflections with which it abounds . Each chapter ...
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... be strenuous in maintaining that his productions will not bear the test of severe
criticism ; that if time is but taken to guard against the seductions of his fine ,
though very frequently bombastic language , and to ponder upon the ideas which
his ...
... be strenuous in maintaining that his productions will not bear the test of severe
criticism ; that if time is but taken to guard against the seductions of his fine ,
though very frequently bombastic language , and to ponder upon the ideas which
his ...
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His remarks , it must be admitted , have much of the tone of the philosopher ,
while they are full of the fancy of the poet : “ When we study the literature of
different countries , a great number of allusions and traits escape us , if we do not
bear in ...
His remarks , it must be admitted , have much of the tone of the philosopher ,
while they are full of the fancy of the poet : “ When we study the literature of
different countries , a great number of allusions and traits escape us , if we do not
bear in ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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