The Writings of John Burroughs. [v.1-20, Nide 16Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... Leaves of Grass of 1860. It proved a fascinating but puzzling book to me . I grazed upon it like a colt upon a moun- tain , taking what tasted good to me , and avoiding what displeased me , but having little or no con- ception of the ...
... Leaves of Grass of 1860. It proved a fascinating but puzzling book to me . I grazed upon it like a colt upon a moun- tain , taking what tasted good to me , and avoiding what displeased me , but having little or no con- ception of the ...
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... Leaves of Grass , " which he first read at the age of twenty - five , influenced him more than any other book has done , except the Bible , more than Plato , more than Goethe . - When we remember that the man who made this statement was ...
... Leaves of Grass , " which he first read at the age of twenty - five , influenced him more than any other book has done , except the Bible , more than Plato , more than Goethe . - When we remember that the man who made this statement was ...
Sivu 10
... Leaves of Grass is bound to be a shock to the timid and pampered taste of the majority of current readers . I would fain lessen this shock by interposing my own pages of comment between the book and the public . The critic can say so ...
... Leaves of Grass is bound to be a shock to the timid and pampered taste of the majority of current readers . I would fain lessen this shock by interposing my own pages of comment between the book and the public . The critic can say so ...
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... Leaves of Grass , " the search is always for the grounds upon which it is to be justified and explained . These grounds in this work are not easy to find ; they lie deeper than the grounds upon which the popular poets rest . Because ...
... Leaves of Grass , " the search is always for the grounds upon which it is to be justified and explained . These grounds in this work are not easy to find ; they lie deeper than the grounds upon which the popular poets rest . Because ...
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... Leaves of Grass " is its seeming oddity and strangeness . If a man were to come into a dress reception in shirt - sleeves and with his hat on , the feature would strike us at once , and would be mag- nified in our eyes ; we should quite ...
... Leaves of Grass " is its seeming oddity and strangeness . If a man were to come into a dress reception in shirt - sleeves and with his hat on , the feature would strike us at once , and would be mag- nified in our eyes ; we should quite ...
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