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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... tell the natures of her men . New England , happy in her new , true style , Weary of her cause she's to sad exile Exposed by her's unworthy of her land ; Entreats with tears Great Britain to command Her empire , and to make her know the ...
... tell the natures of her men . New England , happy in her new , true style , Weary of her cause she's to sad exile Exposed by her's unworthy of her land ; Entreats with tears Great Britain to command Her empire , and to make her know the ...
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... tell news , How sage Apollo Daphne hot pursues Or stately Jove himself is wont to haunt the stews . Nor barking Satyrs breathe , nor dreary clouds Exhaled from Styx , their dismal drops distil Within these fairy , flow'ry fields , nor ...
... tell news , How sage Apollo Daphne hot pursues Or stately Jove himself is wont to haunt the stews . Nor barking Satyrs breathe , nor dreary clouds Exhaled from Styx , their dismal drops distil Within these fairy , flow'ry fields , nor ...
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... tell the truth the while ? hath , in a jesting way , in some of his books , delivered much smart truth of the present times . " †Cotton Mather , in the Magnalia , has written the life of his son who settled at Haverhill , on the ...
... tell the truth the while ? hath , in a jesting way , in some of his books , delivered much smart truth of the present times . " †Cotton Mather , in the Magnalia , has written the life of his son who settled at Haverhill , on the ...
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... tell uprightly , which did which excel : He view'd and view'd , and vow'd he could not tell . They bid him hemisphere his mouldy nose , With's crack'd leering glasses , for it would pose The best brains he had in's old pudding - pan ...
... tell uprightly , which did which excel : He view'd and view'd , and vow'd he could not tell . They bid him hemisphere his mouldy nose , With's crack'd leering glasses , for it would pose The best brains he had in's old pudding - pan ...
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... tell you . Thus entreating you to trouble me no more in this kind , and wishing you a good journey to your charge in New Providence , I rest YOUR FRIEND , IN THE OLD AND BEST WAY . Williams , not to be disconcerted , triples the length ...
... tell you . Thus entreating you to trouble me no more in this kind , and wishing you a good journey to your charge in New Providence , I rest YOUR FRIEND , IN THE OLD AND BEST WAY . Williams , not to be disconcerted , triples the length ...
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