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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... truth exceld , As then , there was nor punishment nor fear ; Nor threatning laws in brass prescribed were ; Nor suppliant crouching prisoners shook to see Their angrie judge . In firm content And harmless ease , their happy days were ...
... truth exceld , As then , there was nor punishment nor fear ; Nor threatning laws in brass prescribed were ; Nor suppliant crouching prisoners shook to see Their angrie judge . In firm content And harmless ease , their happy days were ...
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... truth and grace to bring ; A noble work for all these noble peers , Which guide this state in their superior spheres . You holy Aarons , let your censers ne'er Cease burning till these men Jehovah fear . This curious poem is conducted ...
... truth and grace to bring ; A noble work for all these noble peers , Which guide this state in their superior spheres . You holy Aarons , let your censers ne'er Cease burning till these men Jehovah fear . This curious poem is conducted ...
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... truth of any subject ; and that , in order to get at the real end of any matter , we must be careful to look at both sides . " Mather act to inveigle the whole board of the col- HARVARD COLLEGE . 9 Seal of Harvard College Portrait of ...
... truth of any subject ; and that , in order to get at the real end of any matter , we must be careful to look at both sides . " Mather act to inveigle the whole board of the col- HARVARD COLLEGE . 9 Seal of Harvard College Portrait of ...
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... truth , of justice , of loyalty , of honor , of liberty . May no private views nor party broils ever enter these walls . " Lovell's Latin ode ( 11. ) to Governor Bernard is forcible and elegant , and its concluding simile of the torn ...
... truth , of justice , of loyalty , of honor , of liberty . May no private views nor party broils ever enter these walls . " Lovell's Latin ode ( 11. ) to Governor Bernard is forcible and elegant , and its concluding simile of the torn ...
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... truth of God's kingdom , doth in its place uphold the whole kingdom of his Truths ; take away the least vericulum out of the world and it unworlds all potentially , and may Remarks on the Early Laws of Massachusetts Bay , with the Code ...
... truth of God's kingdom , doth in its place uphold the whole kingdom of his Truths ; take away the least vericulum out of the world and it unworlds all potentially , and may Remarks on the Early Laws of Massachusetts Bay , with the Code ...
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