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portals leading to the famous shrines of nature , art , and history , his aim was to make evident that further exploration would abundantly reward the eager and appreciative pilgrim . In the same general way he has endeavored in these ...
portals leading to the famous shrines of nature , art , and history , his aim was to make evident that further exploration would abundantly reward the eager and appreciative pilgrim . In the same general way he has endeavored in these ...
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There is in all good writing worthy of the name a touch of human nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold .
There is in all good writing worthy of the name a touch of human nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold .
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The Dutch , whom we are apt to despise for want of genius , show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country .
The Dutch , whom we are apt to despise for want of genius , show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country .
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that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds , and gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part , though I am always serious , I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore ...
that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds , and gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part , though I am always serious , I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore ...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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