Reader's Adviser and Bookman's Manual

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R. R. Bowker Company, 1925
 

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138 psl. - And in poetry, no less than in life, he is * a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain.
410 psl. - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
24 psl. - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
10 psl. - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
99 psl. - I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.
494 psl. - Of the Latin historians, Tacitus was certainly the greatest. His style, indeed, is not only faulty in itself, but is, in some respects, peculiarly unfit for historical composition. He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of moderation. He tells a fine story finely : but he cannot tell a plain story plainly. He stimulates till stimulants lose their power.
252 psl. - America is God's crucible, the great Melting Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries. But you won't be long like that, brothers, for these are the fires of God...
135 psl. - Every great poet is a teacher: I wish either to be considered as a teacher, or as nothing.
41 psl. - The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States.
130 psl. - As he refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary after the Revolution of 1688, the Laureatcship was given to his enemy, Thomas Shadwell. Dryden's range was very wide. His poetical works include dramas, satires, translations, lyrics. He excelled likewise in "that other harmony," prose, and his "Prefaces" are famous examples of fine English.

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