The Cambridge History of American Literature, Volume 1William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917 - 678 pagina's |
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... Mather one finds already a local pride that looks disdainfully upon the neighbour colonies and deigns only to compare the New England worthies with the prophets and apostles of Palestine . In the more temperate passages of the Magnalia ...
... Mather one finds already a local pride that looks disdainfully upon the neighbour colonies and deigns only to compare the New England worthies with the prophets and apostles of Palestine . In the more temperate passages of the Magnalia ...
Pagina ix
... Mather ; for the total effect of the narrative is an impression that the literary history of America is essenti- ally a history of the birth , the renaissance , and the decline of New England . The Cambridge History marks a partial ...
... Mather ; for the total effect of the narrative is an impression that the literary history of America is essenti- ally a history of the birth , the renaissance , and the decline of New England . The Cambridge History marks a partial ...
Pagina 39
... Mather reported him as saying ; " The one is in the Perfections of Christ ; The other is in The Imperfections of all Christians . " It is the caustic criticism of female fashions , and the sharp attack upon all tolerationists who would ...
... Mather reported him as saying ; " The one is in the Perfections of Christ ; The other is in The Imperfections of all Christians . " It is the caustic criticism of female fashions , and the sharp attack upon all tolerationists who would ...
Pagina 48
... Mather - a harsh and illiberal dogmatism succeeded to the earlier enthusiasm . The indisputable leader of the second generation was From a sermon entitled , New ... Mather , son of Richard Mather , and father 48 The Puritan Divines.
... Mather - a harsh and illiberal dogmatism succeeded to the earlier enthusiasm . The indisputable leader of the second generation was From a sermon entitled , New ... Mather , son of Richard Mather , and father 48 The Puritan Divines.
Pagina 49
... Mather , son of Richard Mather , and father of Cotton , the most vigorous and capable member of a remarkable family . After graduating at Harvard , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , where he proceeded Master of Arts . He spent some ...
... Mather , son of Richard Mather , and father of Cotton , the most vigorous and capable member of a remarkable family . After graduating at Harvard , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , where he proceeded Master of Arts . He spent some ...
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Pagina 143 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Pagina 128 - Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament.
Pagina 412 - Bonifacius ; an Essay upon the Good, that is to be devised and designed, by those who desire to answer the Great End of Life, and to do Good while they live.
Pagina 59 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Pagina 139 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Pagina 61 - The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire...
Pagina 70 - All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it."— I did not push the subject any farther.
Pagina 357 - Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, And marching single in an endless file, Bring diadems and fagots in their hands. To each they offer gifts after his will, Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that holds them all.
Pagina 99 - STRAHAN, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! — You and I were long Friends: — You are now my Enemy, — and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Pagina 370 - A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals...