Massachusetts Quarterly Review, 3 tomasCoolidge & Wiley, 1849 J.R. Lowell's review of Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is in v. 3, p. 40-51 (Dec. 1849). |
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as the world goes , ought , at least , to be somewhat remarkable for the precision of his statements . They will be likely to look on them as in no small degree extravagant , if not , in the worst sense , hyperbolical . Some , no doubt ...
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... remarkable in the midst of so many masters . There is a natural emphasis in his style , like a man's tread , and a breathing space between the sentences , which the best of modern writing does not furnish . His chapters are like English ...
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... remarkable attempt to upset a will , in which the property at stake amounted to half a million or more , including a donation of a hundred thousand dollars to the observatory at Cambridge , on the sole ground that the will was executed ...
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... remarkable that not more than one third of the land in Eng- land is supposed to be held under leases for a term of years . The remainder is held chiefly from year to year , six months notice being required from either party disposed to ...
... remarkable that not more than one third of the land in Eng- land is supposed to be held under leases for a term of years . The remainder is held chiefly from year to year , six months notice being required from either party disposed to ...
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