Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... language ever sprang from a well or fountain - head , and was not rather a mere confluence of various tongues , perpetually subject to changes and intermixt- ures . It is this which has made English literature so extremely mutable , and ...
... language ever sprang from a well or fountain - head , and was not rather a mere confluence of various tongues , perpetually subject to changes and intermixt- ures . It is this which has made English literature so extremely mutable , and ...
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... language a wise precaution of Providence for the benefit of the world at large , and of authors in particular . To reason from analogy , we daily behold the varied and beautiful tribes of vegetables springing up , flourishing , adorning ...
... language a wise precaution of Providence for the benefit of the world at large , and of authors in particular . To reason from analogy , we daily behold the varied and beautiful tribes of vegetables springing up , flourishing , adorning ...
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... language , because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging princi- ples of human nature . They are like gigantic trees that we sometimes see on the banks of a stream ; which , by their vast and deep roots , penetrating through the ...
... language , because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging princi- ples of human nature . They are like gigantic trees that we sometimes see on the banks of a stream ; which , by their vast and deep roots , penetrating through the ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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