 ... rich as in Europe. There are no annals for the historian; no follies (beyond the most vulgar and commonplace) for the satirist; no manners for the dramatist; no obscure fictions for the writer of romance; no gross and hardy offences against decorum...  Notions of the Americans - Page 108by James Fenimore Cooper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1828 - 530 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...strength of a giant to attempt kindling a flame with a pudding stone. I very well know there are theorists who assume that the society and institutions of... | |
 | 1828 - 442 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist ; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...strength of a giant to attempt kindling a flame with a pudding stone. I very well know there are theorists who assume that the society and institutions of... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pages
...offences against decorum for the moralist ; not any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. ... I very well know there are theorists who assume that...of this country are, or ought to be, particularly favorable to novelty and variety. But the experience of one month in these States is sufficient to... | |
 | 1829 - 440 pages
...offences against decorum for the moralist ; not any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. ... I very well know there are theorists who assume that...of this country are, or ought to be, particularly favorable to novelty and variety. But the experience of one month in these States is sufficient to... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1833 - 732 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist ; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...country are, or ought to be, particularly favourable to wevelties and variety. But the experience of one month, in these States, is sufficient to show any... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1838 - 382 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist ; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...novelties and variety. But the experience of one month, in these States, is sufficient to show any observant man the falsity of their position. The effect of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1848 - 460 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...novelties and variety. But the experience of one month, in these States, is sufficient to show any observant man the falsity of their position. The effect of... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 724 pages
...romance ; no gross and hardy offences against decorum for the moralist ; nor any of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. The weakest hand can extract...novelties and variety. But the experience of one month, in these States, is sufficient to show any observant man the falsity of their position. The effect of... | |
 | American essays - 1876 - 794 pages
...the satirist; no manners for the dramatist; no obscure fictions for the writer of romance;" and that "the weakest hand can extract a spark from the flint, but it would baffle the strength of the giant to attempt kindling a flame with a pudding-stone." It is true, the exterior structure of... | |
 | Priscilla Sears - Drama - 1982 - 160 pages
...was not yet in 1828 quarreling with his countrymen, wrote: I very well know there are theorists that assume that the society and institutions of this country are, or ought to be, particularly favorable to novelties and variety. But the experience of one month, in these states, is sufficient... | |
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