Cyclopædia of American Literature, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... remained a year at Plymouth and then returned to England , where he soon after published in Latin hexameters and English hero- ics , the latter a little rough , his poem Nova Anglia , which he addressed to King Charles I. It is mainly ...
... remained a year at Plymouth and then returned to England , where he soon after published in Latin hexameters and English hero- ics , the latter a little rough , his poem Nova Anglia , which he addressed to King Charles I. It is mainly ...
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... remained a twelvemonth . In 1588 he obtained through the introduction of Raleigh a pension from Henry Percy , Earl of Northumberland , of £ 120 per annum . He passed many years in Sion College , where he died in 1621. He was the ...
... remained a twelvemonth . In 1588 he obtained through the introduction of Raleigh a pension from Henry Percy , Earl of Northumberland , of £ 120 per annum . He passed many years in Sion College , where he died in 1621. He was the ...
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... remained three years , preaching at Amsterdam and Rotterdam . He then emi- grated to Massachusetts , arriving at Boston , with Mr. Cotton and Mr. Stone , Sept. 4 , 1633 , and be- came the pastor of the congregation at Newtown , or ...
... remained three years , preaching at Amsterdam and Rotterdam . He then emi- grated to Massachusetts , arriving at Boston , with Mr. Cotton and Mr. Stone , Sept. 4 , 1633 , and be- came the pastor of the congregation at Newtown , or ...
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... remained standing until 1775 , when it was pulled down with many others by the British troops , for firewood . piece of ground , first allotted to him in laying out the town of Boston , became the site of the Old South Church . * A ...
... remained standing until 1775 , when it was pulled down with many others by the British troops , for firewood . piece of ground , first allotted to him in laying out the town of Boston , became the site of the Old South Church . * A ...
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... remained in the country , and we hear of him a few years afterwards as one of the company of Captain Wollaston who came to America in 1625. Wollaston appears to have had a set of fellows similar to those of Weston . He carried a portion ...
... remained in the country , and we hear of him a few years afterwards as one of the company of Captain Wollaston who came to America in 1625. Wollaston appears to have had a set of fellows similar to those of Weston . He carried a portion ...
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