Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, Late Attorney General and Acting Secretary of State of the United States: Consisting of a Diary of Brussels, and Journal of the Rhine : Extracts from His Private and Diplomatic Correspondence : Orations and Speeches : and Contributions to the New-York and Southern Reviews : Prefaced by a Memoir of His Life, Embellished with a Portrait, Band 2Burges & James, 1845 |
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... genius and wisdom ; -they were only allowed to point out the career which is to be run by us , and to enjoy a faint antepast and distant prospect of that glorious perfection , with which the efforts and aspirations of the human mind are ...
... genius and wisdom ; -they were only allowed to point out the career which is to be run by us , and to enjoy a faint antepast and distant prospect of that glorious perfection , with which the efforts and aspirations of the human mind are ...
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... genius , have wrested some slender opportunities from niggard fortune , and seek an honorable barter of their limited acquire- ments for present support while pressing on in the paths of pro- fessional ambition . " It is , indeed , a ...
... genius , have wrested some slender opportunities from niggard fortune , and seek an honorable barter of their limited acquire- ments for present support while pressing on in the paths of pro- fessional ambition . " It is , indeed , a ...
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... genius . If we were called upon to exemplify the difference be- tween sound criticism and the petulant and presumptuous dog- matism of prejudice and ignorance , we should refer to W. Schle- gel's course of dramatic literature for the ...
... genius . If we were called upon to exemplify the difference be- tween sound criticism and the petulant and presumptuous dog- matism of prejudice and ignorance , we should refer to W. Schle- gel's course of dramatic literature for the ...
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... genius , in taste and in moral character ! Now if Mr. Grimké seriously means to associate himself with these levellers and fifth monarchy men of the commonwealth of letters of whom we have been speaking , we are afraid that we must ...
... genius , in taste and in moral character ! Now if Mr. Grimké seriously means to associate himself with these levellers and fifth monarchy men of the commonwealth of letters of whom we have been speaking , we are afraid that we must ...
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... genius , to refine the taste , to quicken the perceptions of decorum and propriety , * to purify and exalt the moral sentiments , to fill the soul with a deep love of the beautiful both in moral and material nature , to lift up the ...
... genius , to refine the taste , to quicken the perceptions of decorum and propriety , * to purify and exalt the moral sentiments , to fill the soul with a deep love of the beautiful both in moral and material nature , to lift up the ...
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