Cyclopaedia of American literature, by E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Volume 1; Volume 62 |
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... learned that the said discourse was written by Captain Smith , & c . , ❞ — settles the question of authorship . 66 In 1612 , Smith published A Map of Vir- ginia , - With a description of the country , the commodities , people ...
... learned that the said discourse was written by Captain Smith , & c . , ❞ — settles the question of authorship . 66 In 1612 , Smith published A Map of Vir- ginia , - With a description of the country , the commodities , people ...
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... learned treasurer of antiquity , having by perusal of my general his- tory , and others , found that I had likewise under- gone other as hard hazards in the other parts of the world , requested me to fix the whole course of my passages ...
... learned treasurer of antiquity , having by perusal of my general his- tory , and others , found that I had likewise under- gone other as hard hazards in the other parts of the world , requested me to fix the whole course of my passages ...
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... learned volumes he notes , on a loose slip of paper , which has retained its place for nearly ninety years , T. H. has been particularly industrious in collecting Grammars and Lexicons of the Oriental Roor Languages , to send to Harvard ...
... learned volumes he notes , on a loose slip of paper , which has retained its place for nearly ninety years , T. H. has been particularly industrious in collecting Grammars and Lexicons of the Oriental Roor Languages , to send to Harvard ...
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... learned and antiquarian annotation at the hands of some competent son of Old Harvard . The wri- ters were nearly all alumni of the college , and though not all fresh from its halls at the date of this composition , the fact that they ...
... learned and antiquarian annotation at the hands of some competent son of Old Harvard . The wri- ters were nearly all alumni of the college , and though not all fresh from its halls at the date of this composition , the fact that they ...
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... learned some in teaching ; Yet few in life did lighten more , None thundered more in preaching . In the library of the Mass . Historical Society there is an old London quarto of the seventeenth century , entitled “ A Warning Piece to ...
... learned some in teaching ; Yet few in life did lighten more , None thundered more in preaching . In the library of the Mass . Historical Society there is an old London quarto of the seventeenth century , entitled “ A Warning Piece to ...
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Popular passages
Page 202 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 189 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Page 185 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 355 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Page 169 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Page 245 - This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history.
Page 109 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 112 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Page 389 - Come, dear bowl, Glide o'er my palate, and inspire my soul. The milk beside thee, smoking from the kine, Its substance mingled, married in with thine, Shall cool and temper thy superior heat, And save the pains of blowing while I eat.
Page 105 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.