Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... authors and essays as the compass of this series permitted , there must , in any case , be room for wide differences of judgment and taste . It is safe , however , to assure the readers of these volumes , that the papers they contain ...
... authors and essays as the compass of this series permitted , there must , in any case , be room for wide differences of judgment and taste . It is safe , however , to assure the readers of these volumes , that the papers they contain ...
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... authors of his country , once the favorites of their day , sup- planted by modern writers . A few short ages have covered them with obscurity , and their merits can only be relished by the quaint taste of the bookworm . And such , he ...
... authors of his country , once the favorites of their day , sup- planted by modern writers . A few short ages have covered them with obscurity , and their merits can only be relished by the quaint taste of the bookworm . And such , he ...
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... authors in particular . To reason from analogy , we daily behold the varied and beautiful tribes of vegetables springing up , flourishing , adorning the fields for a short time , and then fading into dust , to make way for their ...
... authors in particular . To reason from analogy , we daily behold the varied and beautiful tribes of vegetables springing up , flourishing , adorning the fields for a short time , and then fading into dust , to make way for their ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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