The North American Review, Band 64Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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It is to the heroic , daring , and romantic adventures of this brief though brilliant period that we propose to call the attention of our readers in the following pages . The year 1721 had opened under happy auspices for the partisans ...
It is to the heroic , daring , and romantic adventures of this brief though brilliant period that we propose to call the attention of our readers in the following pages . The year 1721 had opened under happy auspices for the partisans ...
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of detail , somewhat more of earnestness and warmth in the narrative , and of vigor and compression in the style ; but it is none the less the fullest and most satisfactory history that has yet appeared of this interesting period .
of detail , somewhat more of earnestness and warmth in the narrative , and of vigor and compression in the style ; but it is none the less the fullest and most satisfactory history that has yet appeared of this interesting period .
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He loved the regular cadences of verse , which he is said to have read in a very impressive way ; and we see , in fact , in his prose , that measured step and those balanced periods which would seem wearily formal and mechanical in any ...
He loved the regular cadences of verse , which he is said to have read in a very impressive way ; and we see , in fact , in his prose , that measured step and those balanced periods which would seem wearily formal and mechanical in any ...
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For example , when engaged with Howell's History of the World , he studied the geography of the Byzantine period , which was contained in the volume that fell into his hands , examining also the chronological systems which had reference ...
For example , when engaged with Howell's History of the World , he studied the geography of the Byzantine period , which was contained in the volume that fell into his hands , examining also the chronological systems which had reference ...
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... till a late period , instead of being offered with manly independence , were submitted with the tone in which the veteran beggar acknowledges the donation of sixpence , – praying inmortal blessings upon the Samaritan's head .
... till a late period , instead of being offered with manly independence , were submitted with the tone in which the veteran beggar acknowledges the donation of sixpence , – praying inmortal blessings upon the Samaritan's head .
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