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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... tion of the Kingdom of Great Britain : his fights with the pirates , left alone among the French men- of - war , and his ship ran from him : his sea - fights for the French against the Spaniards ; their bad usage of him ; how in France ...
... tion of the Kingdom of Great Britain : his fights with the pirates , left alone among the French men- of - war , and his ship ran from him : his sea - fights for the French against the Spaniards ; their bad usage of him ; how in France ...
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... tion of the storm published in Purchas , was main- tained by Malone to be the foundation of Shake- speare's Tempest . * HARVARD COLLEGE . On the twenty - eighth day of October , 1636 , eight years after the first landing of the ...
... tion of the storm published in Purchas , was main- tained by Malone to be the foundation of Shake- speare's Tempest . * HARVARD COLLEGE . On the twenty - eighth day of October , 1636 , eight years after the first landing of the ...
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... tion in those revolutionary days demanded . From 1774 to 1780 the chair was occupied by Samuel Langdon , whose ardent Whig politics , while the public was pleased , hardly compensat- ed for his lack of judgment . He retired to the ...
... tion in those revolutionary days demanded . From 1774 to 1780 the chair was occupied by Samuel Langdon , whose ardent Whig politics , while the public was pleased , hardly compensat- ed for his lack of judgment . He retired to the ...
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... tion improved somewhat under their hands . Previously to the publication of this edition , to assist it with the people , came forth the Rev. John Cotton's treatise , " Singing of Psalms a Gospel ordinance , " urging the duty of singing ...
... tion improved somewhat under their hands . Previously to the publication of this edition , to assist it with the people , came forth the Rev. John Cotton's treatise , " Singing of Psalms a Gospel ordinance , " urging the duty of singing ...
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... tion over his mantelpiece , the four words en- graved Sobrie , Juste , Pie , Late . While looking over the notices of Ward which remain , and which are not so many as could be wished , it has been our good fortune to hold in our hands ...
... tion over his mantelpiece , the four words en- graved Sobrie , Juste , Pie , Late . While looking over the notices of Ward which remain , and which are not so many as could be wished , it has been our good fortune to hold in our hands ...
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