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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... land has been enriched by their labors . Indeed it is one of the marked facts in American cultivation , that in its early formative period it was so fortunate as to start with some of the finest products of the European mind . The ...
... land has been enriched by their labors . Indeed it is one of the marked facts in American cultivation , that in its early formative period it was so fortunate as to start with some of the finest products of the European mind . The ...
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... land and their conquerors , the native In- dians . The opening address to New England is really grand . We have marked one line by italics , for its stirring tone , in the English portion , which is something more than a mere literal ...
... land and their conquerors , the native In- dians . The opening address to New England is really grand . We have marked one line by italics , for its stirring tone , in the English portion , which is something more than a mere literal ...
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... land , and beasts of the land and water , pond fish , with catharres and other roots , Indian beans and clams . In the summer they have all manner of sea fish , with all sorts of berries . For the ordering of their victuals , they boil ...
... land , and beasts of the land and water , pond fish , with catharres and other roots , Indian beans and clams . In the summer they have all manner of sea fish , with all sorts of berries . For the ordering of their victuals , they boil ...
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... land , nor the very house I builded , nor the ground I digged with my own hands , nor any content or satisfac- tion at all . " Captain Smith was the author of several works relating to his adventurous life . The first is A true relation ...
... land , nor the very house I builded , nor the ground I digged with my own hands , nor any content or satisfac- tion at all . " Captain Smith was the author of several works relating to his adventurous life . The first is A true relation ...
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... land of Virginia ; " The Life of Captain John Smith has been written by Mr. Simms , with a genial appreciation of his here . and better known as an algebraist , was born at Ox- ford in 1560 , where he was educated , being gra- duated in ...
... land of Virginia ; " The Life of Captain John Smith has been written by Mr. Simms , with a genial appreciation of his here . and better known as an algebraist , was born at Ox- ford in 1560 , where he was educated , being gra- duated in ...
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