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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... Colony in 1642 . Liberty and Law . 25 25 THOMAS MAKIN Praises of Pennsylvania . JOHN JOSSELYN 25 Voyage to New England . 69 66 68 68 69 JOHN WILLIAMS Passages from " The Redeemed Captive . " 70 70 WILLIAM BRADFORD . THOMAS MORTON ...
... Colony in 1642 . Liberty and Law . 25 25 THOMAS MAKIN Praises of Pennsylvania . JOHN JOSSELYN 25 Voyage to New England . 69 66 68 68 69 JOHN WILLIAMS Passages from " The Redeemed Captive . " 70 70 WILLIAM BRADFORD . THOMAS MORTON ...
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... Colony in Virginia , where he held the post of treasurer of the company . There , on the banks of James river , he translated Ovid , under circumstances of which he has left a me- morial in his dedication of the work to King Charles I ...
... Colony in Virginia , where he held the post of treasurer of the company . There , on the banks of James river , he translated Ovid , under circumstances of which he has left a me- morial in his dedication of the work to King Charles I ...
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... colony . The attempt by this company to form a settle- Idols ; the word is used for puppets by Shakespeare . L Henry IV . , Act 2 , Scene 3 . ment at Wessagussett , now Weymouth , in Massa- chusetts 2 CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE .
... colony . The attempt by this company to form a settle- Idols ; the word is used for puppets by Shakespeare . L Henry IV . , Act 2 , Scene 3 . ment at Wessagussett , now Weymouth , in Massa- chusetts 2 CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE .
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... colony . Returning home in 1633 , he published in London , in 1634 , the first printed account of Massachusetts in ... colonists ; the other , of the manners and customs of the native Indians . In the former , in which the writer notices ...
... colony . Returning home in 1633 , he published in London , in 1634 , the first printed account of Massachusetts in ... colonists ; the other , of the manners and customs of the native Indians . In the former , in which the writer notices ...
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... colony , was printed in London , in 1648 , bear- ing the title , Good News from New England . * It is more than half in verse , and is a quaint picture of the age . The sketch of the clergy is charac- teristic . We quote a few ...
... colony , was printed in London , in 1648 , bear- ing the title , Good News from New England . * It is more than half in verse , and is a quaint picture of the age . The sketch of the clergy is charac- teristic . We quote a few ...
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