The Cambridge History of American Literature, Volume 1William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren Macmillan, 1917 |
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Pagina 31
... ment of which it was so characteristic an offshoot- is one of the fascinating puzzles in the history of the English people . It phrased its aspirations in so strange a dia- lect , and interpreted its programme in such esoteric terms ...
... ment of which it was so characteristic an offshoot- is one of the fascinating puzzles in the history of the English people . It phrased its aspirations in so strange a dia- lect , and interpreted its programme in such esoteric terms ...
Pagina 33
... times were ripe , would assuredly assert the greater right of self - govern- ment in the state . Broadly speaking , the Anglicans kept the situation pretty well in hand up to the accession of Charles I. 3 Puritans and Politics 33.
... times were ripe , would assuredly assert the greater right of self - govern- ment in the state . Broadly speaking , the Anglicans kept the situation pretty well in hand up to the accession of Charles I. 3 Puritans and Politics 33.
Pagina 34
... ment and set about the work of erecting a government that should be a commonwealth of free citizens ; the voice of the democratic underling , for the first time in English history , was listened to in the national councils , and the ...
... ment and set about the work of erecting a government that should be a commonwealth of free citizens ; the voice of the democratic underling , for the first time in English history , was listened to in the national councils , and the ...
Pagina 37
... ment , was it not strange that divine wisdom should have over- looked so significant a fact ? In all the history of the chosen people nowhere did God designate the democratic as the perfect type , but the theocratic ; was He now to be ...
... ment , was it not strange that divine wisdom should have over- looked so significant a fact ? In all the history of the chosen people nowhere did God designate the democratic as the perfect type , but the theocratic ; was He now to be ...
Pagina 79
... ment eventuated in two Thanksgiving sermons On the Nature , Extent and Perfection of the Divine Goodness . In these the argu- ment is ingenious . While Chauncy held that wisdom without goodness might be good , Mayhew held that goodness ...
... ment eventuated in two Thanksgiving sermons On the Nature , Extent and Perfection of the Divine Goodness . In these the argu- ment is ingenious . While Chauncy held that wisdom without goodness might be good , Mayhew held that goodness ...
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