A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and Selections from Their WorksA.S. Barnes, 1887 - 784 pagina's |
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Pagina 77
... Yale College a few days before he was thirteen . As a signal proof of his early strength of mind , it may be mentioned that in his sophomore year he read Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding with such interest and delight as to ...
... Yale College a few days before he was thirteen . As a signal proof of his early strength of mind , it may be mentioned that in his sophomore year he read Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding with such interest and delight as to ...
Pagina 80
... Yale College , in which office ne continued two years . He then accepted a call to settle in Northampton as a colleague to his grandfather , Rev. Solomon Stoddard . It is said that , when in ordinary health , he would spend thirteen ...
... Yale College , in which office ne continued two years . He then accepted a call to settle in Northampton as a colleague to his grandfather , Rev. Solomon Stoddard . It is said that , when in ordinary health , he would spend thirteen ...
Pagina 141
... the 24th of April , 1750. His father was a Congrega . tional clergyman , of a family distinguished in the literary and political annals of Connecticut , & fitted his son for Yale College , 8 * JOHN TRUMBULL . 89 JOHN TRUMBULL:
... the 24th of April , 1750. His father was a Congrega . tional clergyman , of a family distinguished in the literary and political annals of Connecticut , & fitted his son for Yale College , 8 * JOHN TRUMBULL . 89 JOHN TRUMBULL:
Pagina 142
... Yale College , where he graduated in 1767 , the first in his class for genius and attainments , though but seventeen years of age . He then remained three years at college as a resident graduate , devoting himself principally to the ...
... Yale College , where he graduated in 1767 , the first in his class for genius and attainments , though but seventeen years of age . He then remained three years at college as a resident graduate , devoting himself principally to the ...
Pagina 154
... college , he taught a grammar - school in New Haven , and in 1771 was chosen tutor in Yale College , in which office he continued with high reputa- tion for six years . While here , in 1774 , he finished his poem , The Conquest of ...
... college , he taught a grammar - school in New Haven , and in 1771 was chosen tutor in Yale College , in which office he continued with high reputa- tion for six years . While here , in 1774 , he finished his poem , The Conquest of ...
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