Masters of American Literature, Volume 1Henry August Pochmann, Gay Wilson Allen |
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Page 88
... became his most useful accomplishment and the principal means to his advancement . Meanwhile he steadily added to his self - acquired store of knowledge , passing from Plutarch's Lives to Defoc's Essay on Projects , from which he ...
... became his most useful accomplishment and the principal means to his advancement . Meanwhile he steadily added to his self - acquired store of knowledge , passing from Plutarch's Lives to Defoc's Essay on Projects , from which he ...
Page 93
... became the pur- veyor of the sugar - coated pills of pointed jest , witty sayings , popular saws , and prudential preachments which Franklin inserted wherever there was a bit of space in the calendar not filled with other matter . Poor ...
... became the pur- veyor of the sugar - coated pills of pointed jest , witty sayings , popular saws , and prudential preachments which Franklin inserted wherever there was a bit of space in the calendar not filled with other matter . Poor ...
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... became a member of the literary group forming Cooper's Bread and Cheese Club . Before the year was out he went over as assistant editor of the New York Evening Post , whose full editorship he assumed in 1829 . His translation to New ...
... became a member of the literary group forming Cooper's Bread and Cheese Club . Before the year was out he went over as assistant editor of the New York Evening Post , whose full editorship he assumed in 1829 . His translation to New ...
Contents
From Of Being | 154 |
From Notes on the Mind | 160 |
SELECTED COOPER BIBLIOGRAPHY | 235 |
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