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Page 137
... opening is simple , and full of fine clear description . " In the Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to ...
... opening is simple , and full of fine clear description . " In the Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to ...
Page 146
... opening words as a key - note to her character ; but she is meant to be any thing but either of those characters , and the reader will judge how undramatic are the introductory tokens of her dramatic existence . They are , singularly ...
... opening words as a key - note to her character ; but she is meant to be any thing but either of those characters , and the reader will judge how undramatic are the introductory tokens of her dramatic existence . They are , singularly ...
Page 191
... from him , because he is one of the few American poets who have attained a classical polish . The opening to the panorama of the past is admirably introduced : " Sit at the feet of history — through the WILLIAM 191 CULLEN BRYANT .
... from him , because he is one of the few American poets who have attained a classical polish . The opening to the panorama of the past is admirably introduced : " Sit at the feet of history — through the WILLIAM 191 CULLEN BRYANT .
Page 197
... opening . " To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker ...
... opening . " To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker ...
Page 198
... opening sentences in many of his poems . Few poets can write simpler , closer English than Mr. Bryant , but mark how feeble is the commencement of a very fine poem : " The time has been that these wild solitudes , Yet beautiful as wild ...
... opening sentences in many of his poems . Few poets can write simpler , closer English than Mr. Bryant , but mark how feeble is the commencement of a very fine poem : " The time has been that these wild solitudes , Yet beautiful as wild ...
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