| Paul Laurence Dunbar - 1896 - 244 страници
...the glory of a discoverer ; but that is sometimes a barren joy, and I am always willing to forego it. What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| Alfred Sidney Johnson - 1897 - 1074 страници
...introduction. Of Mr. Dunbar's work, Mr. Ilowells speaks as follows: " What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbnr's poetry was what had already struck his friends in...however gifted his race had proven itself in music, ill oratory, in several other arts, here was the tirst instance of an American negro who had evinced... | |
| 1906 - 898 страници
...the glory of a discoverer; but that is sometimes a barren joy, and I am always willing to forego it. What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar - 1907 - 440 страници
...the glory of a discoverer ; but that is sometimes a barren joy, and I am always willing to forego it What struck me in 'reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| Willis Duke Weatherford - 1912 - 422 страници
...elevator boy, at which work he did some of his earliest composing. William Dean Howells says of his work : "What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American Negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar, William Dean Howells - 1913 - 336 страници
...the glory of a discoverer; but that is sometimes a barren joy, and I am always willing to forego it. What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar - 1922 - 330 страници
...the glory of a discoverer; but that is sometimes a barren joy, and I am always willing to forego it. What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, seemed' to me that this had come to its most modern consciousness in him, and that his brilliant and... | |
| Willis Duke Weatherford - 1924 - 498 страници
...appeared with an introduction by Mr. Howells. In this introduction Howells said : Estimate of Dunbar. "What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...had proven itself in music, in / oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction... | |
| 1897 - 928 страници
...among the people of the town, where he has never been without the warmest and kindest friends. . . . What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. . . . So far as I could remember, Paul Dunbar was the only man of pure African blood and of American... | |
| 1896 - 1048 страници
...package was conveyed across the harbor to Governor's Island by a unique relay of two water cyclists. "What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was...struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illi nois. They had felt as I felt, that, however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory,... | |
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