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... written ; but in Mr. Cooper we have throughout the most unmistakable evidences of the Republi- can and the American . We are not sure but that he very unnecessarily , if not offensively , forces this upon our atten- tion . We do not ...
... written ; but in Mr. Cooper we have throughout the most unmistakable evidences of the Republi- can and the American . We are not sure but that he very unnecessarily , if not offensively , forces this upon our atten- tion . We do not ...
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... to bestow . It is just probable that the very success of this description of writing has led Mr. Cooper to persevere in a course which has exposed him to the charge of being considered a writer 1 * JAMES FENIMORE 13 COOPER .
... to bestow . It is just probable that the very success of this description of writing has led Mr. Cooper to persevere in a course which has exposed him to the charge of being considered a writer 1 * JAMES FENIMORE 13 COOPER .
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... writing Backwood novels too pertina- ciously . He should also have been guided more by the experience of Sir Walter Scott than by his own Impulse , or what is worse , Self - will . For , while we admit that the genius of the British ...
... writing Backwood novels too pertina- ciously . He should also have been guided more by the experience of Sir Walter Scott than by his own Impulse , or what is worse , Self - will . For , while we admit that the genius of the British ...
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Thomas Powell. his writing upon the established custom of a Play having Five Acts . Every Romance and every Drama has a natural length , and the true artist never need write a superfluous word ; symmetry is the truest beauty , and , like ...
Thomas Powell. his writing upon the established custom of a Play having Five Acts . Every Romance and every Drama has a natural length , and the true artist never need write a superfluous word ; symmetry is the truest beauty , and , like ...
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... part of the national literature . Like Sir Walter Scott , Mr. Cooper has written too much , and has published too fast . The world is very quickwitted , and not slow to proclaim when an author grows tedious ; 20 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
... part of the national literature . Like Sir Walter Scott , Mr. Cooper has written too much , and has published too fast . The world is very quickwitted , and not slow to proclaim when an author grows tedious ; 20 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
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