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... language on a different level . No mere handmaid to Protestant piety , the language his father enjoyed was that of rational conversation , the play of wit , and the delightful and delicate harmonies which the classical poets had ...
... language on a different level . No mere handmaid to Protestant piety , the language his father enjoyed was that of rational conversation , the play of wit , and the delightful and delicate harmonies which the classical poets had ...
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... language " -a means of expressing those values and those moods for which no other means of expression was avail- able . Just as he learned many foreign languages during his life , Bryant was to learn readily and sensitively the language ...
... language " -a means of expressing those values and those moods for which no other means of expression was avail- able . Just as he learned many foreign languages during his life , Bryant was to learn readily and sensitively the language ...
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... language still retained the beauty and integrity of its early roots . Bryant summarized his position thus : " It has grown up , as every forcible and beautiful language has done , among a simple and unlettered people ; it has ...
... language still retained the beauty and integrity of its early roots . Bryant summarized his position thus : " It has grown up , as every forcible and beautiful language has done , among a simple and unlettered people ; it has ...
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