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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... verses without consulting the pleasure of Minerva . In this period there is rudeness , roughness , but much strength ; frequently a high order of eloquence ; great dili- gence , and an abundant collection of materials for history ...
... verses without consulting the pleasure of Minerva . In this period there is rudeness , roughness , but much strength ; frequently a high order of eloquence ; great dili- gence , and an abundant collection of materials for history ...
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... Verses made to the Lady Mildmay at ye birth of her sonne Henery . Of a few persons who left the 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 ...
... Verses made to the Lady Mildmay at ye birth of her sonne Henery . Of a few persons who left the 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 ...
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... verses of this kind . SAMUEL KEIMER . PAGE 85 JOHN WOOLMAN • 92 Passages from his Diary . SAMUEL HOPKINS . 95 SAMSON OCCUM 96 PAGE 26 97 WILLIAM LIVINGSTON The Retreat , from the poem , " Philosophic Solitude . ” Favorite Books . • 146 ...
... verses of this kind . SAMUEL KEIMER . PAGE 85 JOHN WOOLMAN • 92 Passages from his Diary . SAMUEL HOPKINS . 95 SAMSON OCCUM 96 PAGE 26 97 WILLIAM LIVINGSTON The Retreat , from the poem , " Philosophic Solitude . ” Favorite Books . • 146 ...
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... Verses on Tea , 438 . Bob Jingle's Association of the Colonies , 439 . On hearing that the poor man was tarred and feathered . On Calvert's Plains . Hark , ' tis Freedom that calls , 440 . Aphorisms . JAMES KENT 508 The New York ...
... Verses on Tea , 438 . Bob Jingle's Association of the Colonies , 439 . On hearing that the poor man was tarred and feathered . On Calvert's Plains . Hark , ' tis Freedom that calls , 440 . Aphorisms . JAMES KENT 508 The New York ...
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... verses , in his notes to the Iliad . * We may quote a few lines of his Ovid , as a pleasing memorial of this classic theme pursued amidst the perils and trials of the early colonial settlement . We may fancy him looking round him , as ...
... verses , in his notes to the Iliad . * We may quote a few lines of his Ovid , as a pleasing memorial of this classic theme pursued amidst the perils and trials of the early colonial settlement . We may fancy him looking round him , as ...
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