Cyclopædia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Ciritcal Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with Portraits, Autographs, and Other IllustrationsC. Scribner, 1856 - American literature |
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... Governor Hancock's Message on Stage Plays . Jefferson's Inaugural - Indian Ameliorations , 1805 . SUSANNA ROWSON 502 420 Affection . To Time . From the Eulogium on Gen. Greene , before the So- ciety of the Cincinnati . Sonnet . The ...
... Governor Hancock's Message on Stage Plays . Jefferson's Inaugural - Indian Ameliorations , 1805 . SUSANNA ROWSON 502 420 Affection . To Time . From the Eulogium on Gen. Greene , before the So- ciety of the Cincinnati . Sonnet . The ...
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... governor " show that , notwithstanding the 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 ...
... governor " show that , notwithstanding the 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 ...
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... Governor William Stoughton erected the hall bearing his name , which lasted till 1780 , and was succeeded by a new building , with the same designation , in 1805. Mather retired in 1701 , with the broad hint of an order from the General ...
... Governor William Stoughton erected the hall bearing his name , which lasted till 1780 , and was succeeded by a new building , with the same designation , in 1805. Mather retired in 1701 , with the broad hint of an order from the General ...
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... Governor Bernard , who had then just entered on his office , which is confirmed by a reso- lution of the college corporation at the beginning of the next year , providing for a presentation copy to his new Majesty , who does not appear ...
... Governor Bernard , who had then just entered on his office , which is confirmed by a reso- lution of the college corporation at the beginning of the next year , providing for a presentation copy to his new Majesty , who does not appear ...
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... Governor Bernard is forcible and elegant , and its concluding simile of the torn branch in Virgil's descent to Hades , as applied to the royal succession , happy . Sic sacra sœvæ dona Proserpinæ Dimittit arbor , alter et emicat Ramus ...
... Governor Bernard is forcible and elegant , and its concluding simile of the torn branch in Virgil's descent to Hades , as applied to the royal succession , happy . Sic sacra sœvæ dona Proserpinæ Dimittit arbor , alter et emicat Ramus ...
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