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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... Written by Th . Watson , Gent , one of the said collony , to a worshipful friend of his in England . London : 1608 . London : 1608. This tract , of forty- two small quarto pages , is printed in black letter , and is extremely rare . A ...
... Written by Th . Watson , Gent , one of the said collony , to a worshipful friend of his in England . London : 1608 . London : 1608. This tract , of forty- two small quarto pages , is printed in black letter , and is extremely rare . A ...
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... written by scholars resident in or identified with the country , may be here men- tioned : THOMAS HARRIOT , the author of " A Brief and true Report of the new found land of Virginia ; " * The Life of Captain John Smith has been written ...
... written by scholars resident in or identified with the country , may be here men- tioned : THOMAS HARRIOT , the author of " A Brief and true Report of the new found land of Virginia ; " * The Life of Captain John Smith has been written ...
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... written by A. H. Everett , and in the No. for July some sug- gestions for its emendation , by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Deane , of Portland , the only surviving contributor , and from another person , not known to us , who dates his note ...
... written by A. H. Everett , and in the No. for July some sug- gestions for its emendation , by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Deane , of Portland , the only surviving contributor , and from another person , not known to us , who dates his note ...
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... written in America in 1645 , when the author was seventy - five . It has a home thrust or two at the affairs and manners of the colony , showing where it was written , but is mainly levelled at the condition of England . The style is ...
... written in America in 1645 , when the author was seventy - five . It has a home thrust or two at the affairs and manners of the colony , showing where it was written , but is mainly levelled at the condition of England . The style is ...
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... written iu America . He obtained an English parish the next year , at Shenfield in Essex , where he died in 1653. Fuller celebrates his reputation for wit in England , as one who , " following the counsel of the poet , Ridentem dicere ...
... written iu America . He obtained an English parish the next year , at Shenfield in Essex , where he died in 1653. Fuller celebrates his reputation for wit in England , as one who , " following the counsel of the poet , Ridentem dicere ...
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