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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... died in 1677 , " a philologist , a philo- sopher , and a theologian . " †Urian Oakes , of English birth , though a gra- duate of the college , was then President pro tem- pore for several years , accepting the full appoint- ment in ...
... died in 1677 , " a philologist , a philo- sopher , and a theologian . " †Urian Oakes , of English birth , though a gra- duate of the college , was then President pro tem- pore for several years , accepting the full appoint- ment in ...
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... died in office , and was succeeded by John Leverett , who held the post till 1724. The latter has the reputation of a practical man , faithful to his office , and a liberal- minded Christian . He was a grandson of Gover- nor John ...
... died in office , and was succeeded by John Leverett , who held the post till 1724. The latter has the reputation of a practical man , faithful to his office , and a liberal- minded Christian . He was a grandson of Gover- nor John ...
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... died in 1804 , in his seventy - first year . John Lowell , of Newbury , on the testimony of the Anthology and Dr. Eliot , was the author of No. vII . , a not very remarkable eulogy of the two sovereigns in English heroics . Lowell had ...
... died in 1804 , in his seventy - first year . John Lowell , of Newbury , on the testimony of the Anthology and Dr. Eliot , was the author of No. vII . , a not very remarkable eulogy of the two sovereigns in English heroics . Lowell had ...
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... died some years afterwards ; -was thought , especially on his deathbed , to have manifested gifts even of Prophecy , a thing not inconceivable to the human mind that well considers Prophecy and John Cotton . " * He frequently bestowed ...
... died some years afterwards ; -was thought , especially on his deathbed , to have manifested gifts even of Prophecy , a thing not inconceivable to the human mind that well considers Prophecy and John Cotton . " * He frequently bestowed ...
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... died the next year , so poor , that we find John Eliot soon after soliciting a gift of ten pounds from Robert Boyle , for his widow . There is an account of Gookin in the first vo- lume of the Massachusetts Historical Collections ...
... died the next year , so poor , that we find John Eliot soon after soliciting a gift of ten pounds from Robert Boyle , for his widow . There is an account of Gookin in the first vo- lume of the Massachusetts Historical Collections ...
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