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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... heavens with curious eyes , And notes the changes in the stormy skies , - What constellations ' bode descending rains ... Heaven - instructed bard foretold : What glorious scenes , to ages past unknown , Shall in one summer's rolling ...
... heavens with curious eyes , And notes the changes in the stormy skies , - What constellations ' bode descending rains ... Heaven - instructed bard foretold : What glorious scenes , to ages past unknown , Shall in one summer's rolling ...
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... heaven . The more the Lord brayes , the more he prayes . " He reminds the Smith not to have too many irons in the fire , and that it is easier to make his anvil groan than the hearts of his hearers . A seared conscience , he says , " is ...
... heaven . The more the Lord brayes , the more he prayes . " He reminds the Smith not to have too many irons in the fire , and that it is easier to make his anvil groan than the hearts of his hearers . A seared conscience , he says , " is ...
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... Heaven and Power thereof exhibits his system of church go- vernment . * He published numerous discourses and religious treatises of a practical and expository character , from a catechism to sermons on the Revelations , beside his ...
... Heaven and Power thereof exhibits his system of church go- vernment . * He published numerous discourses and religious treatises of a practical and expository character , from a catechism to sermons on the Revelations , beside his ...
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... heaven had supplied them with what would in some sort answer their three great necessities : Cotton for their clothing , Hooker for their fishing , and Stone for their building . " One of Mather's conceits in this " Life " is worthy of ...
... heaven had supplied them with what would in some sort answer their three great necessities : Cotton for their clothing , Hooker for their fishing , and Stone for their building . " One of Mather's conceits in this " Life " is worthy of ...
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... heaven and earth with his power , and behold those bitter and brinish tears , and hideous cries , My God , my God , why hast Thou forsaken me ? And make but a peep- hole into hell , and lay your ear and listen to those yellings of the ...
... heaven and earth with his power , and behold those bitter and brinish tears , and hideous cries , My God , my God , why hast Thou forsaken me ? And make but a peep- hole into hell , and lay your ear and listen to those yellings of the ...
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