American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
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... humanity - is above and beyond the aim of the novelist . To originate and effectuate such an object , an ardent love ... human breast . They originate no virtuous feeling- they lead to no self - examination , no conviction of one's own ...
... humanity - is above and beyond the aim of the novelist . To originate and effectuate such an object , an ardent love ... human breast . They originate no virtuous feeling- they lead to no self - examination , no conviction of one's own ...
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... human feeling . The contrasts are equally well sketched . The vanity of mere riches in the hands of an unworthy possessor ; the real poverty which is the lot of such an one in the midst of his gold ; the want of refinement - of ...
... human feeling . The contrasts are equally well sketched . The vanity of mere riches in the hands of an unworthy possessor ; the real poverty which is the lot of such an one in the midst of his gold ; the want of refinement - of ...
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... human kindness , unless Susan's all - conquering cheerfulness was derived from her father's ever- acquiescing patience . His was a passive virtue - hers an active principle . If any one unacquainted with the condition of life in New ...
... human kindness , unless Susan's all - conquering cheerfulness was derived from her father's ever- acquiescing patience . His was a passive virtue - hers an active principle . If any one unacquainted with the condition of life in New ...
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... human heart to the ever - present and abounding beauties of nature ; and whose fault is it that this taste is not awakened and directed ? If the poet and the painter cannot bring down their arts to the level of the poor , are there none ...
... human heart to the ever - present and abounding beauties of nature ; and whose fault is it that this taste is not awakened and directed ? If the poet and the painter cannot bring down their arts to the level of the poor , are there none ...
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... human nature , she was transferring the fault of her faded and time - stricken face to her milliner . ' I declare , Sabina Jane , ' she said , surveying herself in the mirror , ' I never will get another cap of Thompson - these flowers ...
... human nature , she was transferring the fault of her faded and time - stricken face to her milliner . ' I declare , Sabina Jane , ' she said , surveying herself in the mirror , ' I never will get another cap of Thompson - these flowers ...
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