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James Russell Lowell, Among my books 246 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 54 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 36 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 28 0 Browse Search
Col. J. J. Dickison, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.2, Florida (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 27 3 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 24 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career. 20 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 18 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier 18 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 14 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 23: Longfellow as a poet (search)
n judgment, and did not make them, as Whittier and even Browning often did, in deference to the judgment of dull or incompetent critics. It is to be remembered that even the academic commentators on Longfellow still leave children to suppose that the Berserk's tale in The Skeleton in Armor refers to a supposed story that the Berserk was telling; although the word tale is unquestionably used in the sense of tally or reckoning, to indicate how much ale the Norse hero could drink. Readers of Milton often misinterpret his line, And every shepherd tells his tale, in a similar manner, and the shepherd is supposed by many young readers to be pouring out a story of love or of adventure, whereas he is merely counting up the number of his sheep. It will always remain uncertain how far Poe influenced the New England poets, whether by example or avoidance. That he sometimes touched Lowell, and not for good, is unquestionable, in respect to rhythm; but it will always remain a question wh
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Index (search)
rg, 157, 161, 170. Marseilles, 3, 94. Marshall, Emily, 19. Marshall, Chief Justice, John, 6. Massachusetts, 186; Legislature, 11. Mather, Cotton, 138,239; his Magnalia, mentioned, 149. Matsys, Quintin, 161. Mayence, 162. Mayflower (ship), 13. Medici, Cosmo de, 164. Mellen, Mr., 140. Mellen, Judge, 17. Mellen, Frederic, 17. Mellen, Grenville, 23. Menzel, Charles Adolphus, his History of German Literature, mentioned, 112. Mexico, 263. Middleton, Thomas, 188. Milton, John, 268. Mittermaier, Karl J. A., 112. Moliere, Jean B. P. de, 121,176. Montalvan, John P. de, 188. Monti, Prof., Luigi, 215. Moore, Thomas, 8, 62. More, Hannah, 15, 121. Morris, William, 6. Morton, Eng., 219. Motley, John L., 287. Mt. Vernon, position similar to Craigie House, 116. Mullins, Priscilla, 146. Mussey, Dr., 83. Nahant, Mass., 187, 205, 244. Naples, 53, 223. New England, 14, 36, 47, 78, 116, 131, 199; Longfellow's plan of sketches about, 51; traditions of,