Cyclopædia of American Literature, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... passed many years in Sion College , where he died in 1621. He was the inventor of the improved method of algebraic calculation adopted by Descartes six years after , who passed off the discovery as his own . Harriot's claim was esta ...
... passed many years in Sion College , where he died in 1621. He was the inventor of the improved method of algebraic calculation adopted by Descartes six years after , who passed off the discovery as his own . Harriot's claim was esta ...
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... passed into the hands of his step - daughter , a widow , who , marrying a Northampton deacon - a pie - man - these devout writings were taken to line his pastry - a fate which the poet Herrick not long before had deprecated in hurrying ...
... passed into the hands of his step - daughter , a widow , who , marrying a Northampton deacon - a pie - man - these devout writings were taken to line his pastry - a fate which the poet Herrick not long before had deprecated in hurrying ...
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... passed to Josiah Quincy , who held it till 1845 ; when he was succeeded by Edward Everett , 1846-49 ; and Jared Sparks from that year till 1853 , when the present in- cumbent , James Walker , was called from his chair of Moral ...
... passed to Josiah Quincy , who held it till 1845 ; when he was succeeded by Edward Everett , 1846-49 ; and Jared Sparks from that year till 1853 , when the present in- cumbent , James Walker , was called from his chair of Moral ...
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... passed . A glance at its cata- logue will show its 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 ...
... passed . A glance at its cata- logue will show its 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 ...
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... passed requesting the elders of the churches to take into consideration the subject of the conversion of the Indians . Eliot , who had some time before this commenced the study of the Indian language with a native , " a pregnant ...
... passed requesting the elders of the churches to take into consideration the subject of the conversion of the Indians . Eliot , who had some time before this commenced the study of the Indian language with a native , " a pregnant ...
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