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 xv
... . · The Origins of the Drama in College Exercises . Influence of the Early Companies . Godfrey's Prince of Parthia , the first American Play . 185 The Closing of the Theatres . The Revolutionary Satirists . Contents XV.
... . · The Origins of the Drama in College Exercises . Influence of the Early Companies . Godfrey's Prince of Parthia , the first American Play . 185 The Closing of the Theatres . The Revolutionary Satirists . Contents XV.
Pagina xvi
... Plays . Comedy and Melodrama . The " Yankee " Plays . The Realistic New York Drama . _Social Satire . Romantic Comedy . Gothic Melodrama . Domestic Drama . Farce . The Periods in the Development of the American Drama . CHAPTER III EARLY ...
... Plays . Comedy and Melodrama . The " Yankee " Plays . The Realistic New York Drama . _Social Satire . Romantic Comedy . Gothic Melodrama . Domestic Drama . Farce . The Periods in the Development of the American Drama . CHAPTER III EARLY ...
Pagina 12
... play which tho ' not written according to Aristotle's rules , yet abounds with inimitable beauties , peculiar to this excellent author . With such saddle - bag friends to accompany him , Dr. Hamilton was well prepared to pass judgment ...
... play which tho ' not written according to Aristotle's rules , yet abounds with inimitable beauties , peculiar to this excellent author . With such saddle - bag friends to accompany him , Dr. Hamilton was well prepared to pass judgment ...
Pagina 36
... played fast and loose with but to be received as a rule of universal application , perfect to the last word and least injunction . The sufficiency of the Scriptures to social needs was an axiom in his philosophy ; " the more any law ...
... played fast and loose with but to be received as a rule of universal application , perfect to the last word and least injunction . The sufficiency of the Scriptures to social needs was an axiom in his philosophy ; " the more any law ...
Pagina 62
... played by Edwards . Other leaders saw the danger from the first , or were soon awakened to it ; but Edwards never , either at this time or later , wavered in his belief that the Awakening , though marred by the devil , was in itself the ...
... played by Edwards . Other leaders saw the danger from the first , or were soon awakened to it ; but Edwards never , either at this time or later , wavered in his belief that the Awakening , though marred by the devil , was in itself the ...
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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...