Copeland's Treasury for Booklovers, Volume 1C. Scribner's Sons, 1927 - American literature |
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Page xiii
... heart is not with Nathan Hale , or with Paul Revere on his ride , or with Wolfe taking the Heights of Abraham , and conquering the foe who courted death with the high chivalry of Sidney . Incident is not unimportant with Hawthorne , but ...
... heart is not with Nathan Hale , or with Paul Revere on his ride , or with Wolfe taking the Heights of Abraham , and conquering the foe who courted death with the high chivalry of Sidney . Incident is not unimportant with Hawthorne , but ...
Page xvi
... heart was with New England , and his treasure was in the consecrated , Calvinistic part of the Puritan tradition . · • But the Puritan , redivivus , would have thought this treasure ill- gotten gain , a fortune with a curse on it . The ...
... heart was with New England , and his treasure was in the consecrated , Calvinistic part of the Puritan tradition . · • But the Puritan , redivivus , would have thought this treasure ill- gotten gain , a fortune with a curse on it . The ...
Page xvii
... Heart of Midlothian " are to be placed at the head of Scott's list by reason of their sheer creative power , unaided by history , what then becomes of " Old Mortality " and the superbly con- structed " Quentin Durward " ? And if a man ...
... Heart of Midlothian " are to be placed at the head of Scott's list by reason of their sheer creative power , unaided by history , what then becomes of " Old Mortality " and the superbly con- structed " Quentin Durward " ? And if a man ...
Page xix
... heart . In that book Dickens attacks no abuses . There can be nothing but praise for the reforms he so nobly initiated in schools and courts and prisons . But for every reform his art suffered . In " Pickwick " there are no dark ...
... heart . In that book Dickens attacks no abuses . There can be nothing but praise for the reforms he so nobly initiated in schools and courts and prisons . But for every reform his art suffered . In " Pickwick " there are no dark ...
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... heart was merry , he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly , and uncovered his feet , and laid her down . 8 And it came to pass at midnight , that the man was afraid , and turned himself ; and , behold ...
... heart was merry , he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly , and uncovered his feet , and laid her down . 8 And it came to pass at midnight , that the man was afraid , and turned himself ; and , behold ...
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