Song to Generations: Fragments from British and American ClassicsSeven Seas Publishers, 1961 - 267 pages |
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... century American , was a scientist , mathematician , writer and architect . He was a member of the committee that sur- veyed and planned the new capital city of Washington , D. C. The letter to Thomas Jefferson was written in 1792 when ...
... century American , was a scientist , mathematician , writer and architect . He was a member of the committee that sur- veyed and planned the new capital city of Washington , D. C. The letter to Thomas Jefferson was written in 1792 when ...
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... century . The fragment from his essay on Malthus and the Malthusian theory of controlling over - population explains why . Handsome , profligate , idolised , young Byron tried his hand at satires and light verse and left England for a ...
... century . The fragment from his essay on Malthus and the Malthusian theory of controlling over - population explains why . Handsome , profligate , idolised , young Byron tried his hand at satires and light verse and left England for a ...
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... century and its accent on classicism finds literature devoted to the intellect rather than to the emotions ; and the frivolity of the royal court was hardly conducive to a serious considera- tion of love . Criticism and the essay ...
... century and its accent on classicism finds literature devoted to the intellect rather than to the emotions ; and the frivolity of the royal court was hardly conducive to a serious considera- tion of love . Criticism and the essay ...
Contents
HUMAN FRAILTIES AS THEY SAW THEM | 13 |
AS THEY SAW THEMSELVES | 44 |
AS THEY SAW ONE ANOTHER | 83 |
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