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Excerpt from Frank Swinnerton: Personal Sketches But do I see afore me, him as I ever sported with in his time of...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Trials of a Country Parson Bave lifted up my voice against one relic of Me past wbicb is most certainly...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Observations on Doctor Price's Revolution Sermon It is obvious therefore, that a monarchy Where the...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Present Day American Poetry, and Other Essays We like poetry, even contemporary poetry; but we are...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The University Magazine, Vol. 4: A Literary and Philosophic Review; July to December, 1879 Greek Wisdom,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Studies of Men It is his literary work which has given him a greater hold on the Protestant millions...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 182: July October, 1895 Philip may not have meant war if he could avoid...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. 4 of 10 IV On the Advantages of Living...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men, and Manners Dante. Translated by I. C....  Read More >>

Excerpt from Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 of 2: His Life and Writings; With Unpublished Correspondence I have to thank...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Chronicles of America Series, Vol. 38 Yet the enthusiasts for railroads could not be discouraged,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Short Defence of the Present Men and Present Measures: With Occasional Strictures on Some Recent Publications...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Time and Truth Reconciling the Moral and Religious World to Shakespeare: The Greatest Poet and Dramatist,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Victorien Sardou, Poet, Author, and Member of the Academy of France: A Personal Study Lzlee brook tlzat...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Literature and Insurgency: Ten Studies in Racial Evolution If our journalism, like the machine politics...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Biliad: Or, How to Criticize; A Satire, With the Dirge of Repeal, and Other Jeux D'esprit Review...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Blackwall's Introduction to the Classics: Containing a Short Discourse on Their Excellencies, and Directions,...  Read More >>

Excerpt from The Mirror of the Century The novel has been called the Epic of the Century. This is one of those charming...  Read More >>

Excerpt from English Men of Letters: John Ruskin N o doubt can remain that when John went to Oxford at the age of...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from The Condition and Prospects of Imaginative Literature at the Present Day Thirdly his style excels in...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Thoughts on the Literary Prospects of America: An Essay The problem that all men are born with equal...  Read More >>