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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Pagina 6
... known of these narratives is that of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . She was the wife of the minister at Lancaster , Massachusetts , where the natives seized her when they burned the town during King Philip's War . The record of her subsequent ...
... known of these narratives is that of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . She was the wife of the minister at Lancaster , Massachusetts , where the natives seized her when they burned the town during King Philip's War . The record of her subsequent ...
Pagina 8
... known , but none of them wrote more force- fully than Alice Curwen . In the year 1660 , " hearing of the great Tribulation that the Servants of the Lord did suffer in Boston , of cruel Whippings , of Bonds and Imprisonments , yea , to ...
... known , but none of them wrote more force- fully than Alice Curwen . In the year 1660 , " hearing of the great Tribulation that the Servants of the Lord did suffer in Boston , of cruel Whippings , of Bonds and Imprisonments , yea , to ...
Pagina 10
... known for his " happy proficiency in polite and varied learning . " He was not peculiar , however , among the gentlemen of his generation for a style which shows an acquaintance with what is recognized as literature . Most of the people ...
... known for his " happy proficiency in polite and varied learning . " He was not peculiar , however , among the gentlemen of his generation for a style which shows an acquaintance with what is recognized as literature . Most of the people ...
Pagina 11
... known to have been related to the more eminent publicist of the same name , in 1744 followed his own advice and sought to rid himself of a persistent indispo- sition by a change of climate and companions . Except for this health ...
... known to have been related to the more eminent publicist of the same name , in 1744 followed his own advice and sought to rid himself of a persistent indispo- sition by a change of climate and companions . Except for this health ...
Pagina 17
... known , it must have been repeated by one of the other writers . By every canon of good criticism we must reject the story . Smith has also been accused of inventing most of the incidents which reflect his glory in the True Travels ...
... known , it must have been repeated by one of the other writers . By every canon of good criticism we must reject the story . Smith has also been accused of inventing most of the incidents which reflect his glory in the True Travels ...
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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...