Major Writers of America, Volume 1Perry Miller Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 - Literary Criticism Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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Page 185
... common sense . William Kieft , the thinly dis- guised philosopher - president Jefferson , is easily identifiable as an intellectual quack . But Peter Stuyvesant's common sense is hard to separate from his hard - headed anti ...
... common sense . William Kieft , the thinly dis- guised philosopher - president Jefferson , is easily identifiable as an intellectual quack . But Peter Stuyvesant's common sense is hard to separate from his hard - headed anti ...
Page 355
... common level of igno- rance and vulgarity , which would be virtually to re- turn to a condition of barbarism . The result of these undeniable facts , is the in- equalities of social station , in America , as else- where , though it is ...
... common level of igno- rance and vulgarity , which would be virtually to re- turn to a condition of barbarism . The result of these undeniable facts , is the in- equalities of social station , in America , as else- where , though it is ...
Page 1080
... common to all , typical of it all - no less , but even greater would it be to possess the aggregation of a cluster of mighty poets , artists , teachers , fit for us , national expressers , comprehending and effusing for the men and ...
... common to all , typical of it all - no less , but even greater would it be to possess the aggregation of a cluster of mighty poets , artists , teachers , fit for us , national expressers , comprehending and effusing for the men and ...
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Samuel Eliot Morison | 10 |
Of the Troubles That Befell | 16 |
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