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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... hundred to one , in these states , compared with what they were before the American Revolution . " The third period exhibited the results of this increased capacity . It gave a new range to divinity and moral science , in writers like ...
... hundred to one , in these states , compared with what they were before the American Revolution . " The third period exhibited the results of this increased capacity . It gave a new range to divinity and moral science , in writers like ...
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... hundred acres of land , calling it Rock Hall . " His letters , in which he expresses his surprise that more of the English clergy do not engage in missionary labors similar to his own , testify to his earnestness in the cause . * He ...
... hundred acres of land , calling it Rock Hall . " His letters , in which he expresses his surprise that more of the English clergy do not engage in missionary labors similar to his own , testify to his earnestness in the cause . * He ...
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... hundred pounds to- wards a school or college , and the following year appointed its location at Newtown , soon changed to Cambridge ( in gratitude to the University of England ) , under the direction of the leading men of the colony ...
... hundred pounds to- wards a school or college , and the following year appointed its location at Newtown , soon changed to Cambridge ( in gratitude to the University of England ) , under the direction of the leading men of the colony ...
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... hundred pounds Mas- sachusetts currency . He gave and collected books for the library with valuable counsel , and for- * Quincy's History of Harvard University , i . 62 . + Mass . Hist . Soc . Coll . , First Series , viii . 182 , quoted ...
... hundred pounds Mas- sachusetts currency . He gave and collected books for the library with valuable counsel , and for- * Quincy's History of Harvard University , i . 62 . + Mass . Hist . Soc . Coll . , First Series , viii . 182 , quoted ...
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... hundred pounds to the library , half of the permanent income for the purchase of books is derived from that source . A full - length portrait of him , richly painted by Copley , at the instance of the corporation , hangs in the Gallery ...
... hundred pounds to the library , half of the permanent income for the purchase of books is derived from that source . A full - length portrait of him , richly painted by Copley , at the instance of the corporation , hangs in the Gallery ...
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