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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... means of information on a number of topics which associate themselves with the lives of persons connected with literature . There are numerous points of this kind , not merely relating to authorship , but extending into the spheres of ...
... means of information on a number of topics which associate themselves with the lives of persons connected with literature . There are numerous points of this kind , not merely relating to authorship , but extending into the spheres of ...
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... means of support , and where that book - generating person , the author by profession , is almost wholly unknown . We are rather to look for the social literary cultivation . Tested in this way , by their political representatives ...
... means of support , and where that book - generating person , the author by profession , is almost wholly unknown . We are rather to look for the social literary cultivation . Tested in this way , by their political representatives ...
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... means of entering Harvard at the age of twenty - four . He was Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Lan- guages , in which he was a proficient , at Harvard , from 1765 to 1785. His lectures were models of English composition . He published ...
... means of entering Harvard at the age of twenty - four . He was Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Lan- guages , in which he was a proficient , at Harvard , from 1765 to 1785. His lectures were models of English composition . He published ...
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... means that ever they enjoyed , the mercies that ever they did receive , the worm there gnawing , and never dies ... mean patience , and meekness , and the humble heart : But buy faith , the field , and you have the pearl . Further ...
... means that ever they enjoyed , the mercies that ever they did receive , the worm there gnawing , and never dies ... mean patience , and meekness , and the humble heart : But buy faith , the field , and you have the pearl . Further ...
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... means to make him as watch- ful as the geese kept in the Roman capitol ; whereon the contrary part , the conspirators would be so drowsy , that he might have an opportunity to give them a slip instead of tester . Six persons of the ...
... means to make him as watch- ful as the geese kept in the Roman capitol ; whereon the contrary part , the conspirators would be so drowsy , that he might have an opportunity to give them a slip instead of tester . Six persons of the ...
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