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... give Mr. Lowell's own account of how and why he came to write this book . " All I can say is , " he writes , " the book was thar . How it came is more than I can " tell . I cannot , like the great Göthe , deliberately 66 66 imagine what ...
... give Mr. Lowell's own account of how and why he came to write this book . " All I can say is , " he writes , " the book was thar . How it came is more than I can " tell . I cannot , like the great Göthe , deliberately 66 66 imagine what ...
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... " Biglow Papers , " give the best idea of the man , and what his purpose in life has been , and is . I will not think so badly of my countrymen as to suppose for a moment that " The Biglow Papers " χχίν ENGLISH EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... " Biglow Papers , " give the best idea of the man , and what his purpose in life has been , and is . I will not think so badly of my countrymen as to suppose for a moment that " The Biglow Papers " χχίν ENGLISH EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... give an innocent pleasure to many . As a proof that he is competent to the production of other kinds of poetry , we copy for our readers a short fragment of a pas- toral by him , the manuscript of which was loaned us by a friend . The ...
... give an innocent pleasure to many . As a proof that he is competent to the production of other kinds of poetry , we copy for our readers a short fragment of a pas- toral by him , the manuscript of which was loaned us by a friend . The ...
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... recitas , incipit esse tuus . ” A few further explanatory remarks will not be imper- tinent . I shall barely lay down a few general rules for the reader's guidance . 1. The genuine Yankee never gives the rough sound to lxii INTRODUCTION .
... recitas , incipit esse tuus . ” A few further explanatory remarks will not be imper- tinent . I shall barely lay down a few general rules for the reader's guidance . 1. The genuine Yankee never gives the rough sound to lxii INTRODUCTION .
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James Russell Lowell Thomas Hughes. 1. The genuine Yankee never gives the rough sound to the r when he can help it , and often displays con- siderable ingenuity in avoiding it even before a vowel . 2. He seldom sounds the final g , a ...
James Russell Lowell Thomas Hughes. 1. The genuine Yankee never gives the rough sound to the r when he can help it , and often displays con- siderable ingenuity in avoiding it even before a vowel . 2. He seldom sounds the final g , a ...
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