Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... cause first to sing her fame That's yet scarce known , unless by map or name ; A grandchild to earth's paradise is born , Well limb'd , well nerv'd , fair , rich , sweet , yet for- lorn . Thou blest director , so direct my verse That it ...
... cause first to sing her fame That's yet scarce known , unless by map or name ; A grandchild to earth's paradise is born , Well limb'd , well nerv'd , fair , rich , sweet , yet for- lorn . Thou blest director , so direct my verse That it ...
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... caused of this To steer amiss . The seas were calm , the wind was fair , That made me so secure , That now I must endure ... cause . * He baptized Pocahontas , and also married her to Mr. Rolfe . In 1613 he published a work entitled Good ...
... caused of this To steer amiss . The seas were calm , the wind was fair , That made me so secure , That now I must endure ... cause . * He baptized Pocahontas , and also married her to Mr. Rolfe . In 1613 he published a work entitled Good ...
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... cause of their direful confusion : From thence send your thoughts to the cross where our Saviour was crucified , he who bears up heaven and earth with his power , and behold those bitter and brinish tears , and hideous cries , My God ...
... cause of their direful confusion : From thence send your thoughts to the cross where our Saviour was crucified , he who bears up heaven and earth with his power , and behold those bitter and brinish tears , and hideous cries , My God ...
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... causes by the rules of God's laws and our own , according to our best skill . When you agree with a workman to build you a ship or a house , & c . , he undertakes as well for his skill as for his ... cause be doubtful , JOHN WINTHROP . 27.
... causes by the rules of God's laws and our own , according to our best skill . When you agree with a workman to build you a ship or a house , & c . , he undertakes as well for his skill as for his ... cause be doubtful , JOHN WINTHROP . 27.
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... cause be doubtful , or the rule doubtful , to men of such understanding and parts as your magistrates are , if your ... caused great scan- dal to the Plymouth colonist . Nathaniel Morton , the first chronicler of the colony , thus ...
... cause be doubtful , or the rule doubtful , to men of such understanding and parts as your magistrates are , if your ... caused great scan- dal to the Plymouth colonist . Nathaniel Morton , the first chronicler of the colony , thus ...
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