Cyclopędia of American Literature, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... early periods , the preference was to be given in fulness of display . Many of the lives required much curious investigation , in regions not readily accessible to the general reader . The sympathy shown in this portion of the subject ...
... early periods , the preference was to be given in fulness of display . Many of the lives required much curious investigation , in regions not readily accessible to the general reader . The sympathy shown in this portion of the subject ...
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... early gifts , the institution was ill provided for . Chauncy was threescore when he was made President ; and several inte- resting anecdotes are preserved of his scholar's old age . He was an early riser - up at four o'clock in winter ...
... early gifts , the institution was ill provided for . Chauncy was threescore when he was made President ; and several inte- resting anecdotes are preserved of his scholar's old age . He was an early riser - up at four o'clock in winter ...
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... early Stoddard , Sewall , and Gookin , including Mather Byles and the Librarian of the Astor Library , Dr. Cogswell , to the present occupant , Dr. Harris , and the Assistant Librarian , Mr. Sibley , than whom the office never had a ...
... early Stoddard , Sewall , and Gookin , including Mather Byles and the Librarian of the Astor Library , Dr. Cogswell , to the present occupant , Dr. Harris , and the Assistant Librarian , Mr. Sibley , than whom the office never had a ...
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... early proficiency in the studies connected with sacred literature and natural phi- losophy . Though always producing good scholars , its polished Belles Lettres training has been com- paratively of recent growth . When the first ...
... early proficiency in the studies connected with sacred literature and natural phi- losophy . Though always producing good scholars , its polished Belles Lettres training has been com- paratively of recent growth . When the first ...
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... early legislation . * Ward's Code exhibits , he says , " throughout the hand of the practical lawyer , familiar with the principles and securities of English liberty ; and though it retains some strong traces of the times , is in the ...
... early legislation . * Ward's Code exhibits , he says , " throughout the hand of the practical lawyer , familiar with the principles and securities of English liberty ; and though it retains some strong traces of the times , is in the ...
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