A Short History of American Literature: Designed Primarily for Use in Schools and CollegesD.C. Heath & Company, 1900 - 374 páginas |
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... Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution , 316 ; John Trum- bull , 317 ; Timothy Dwight , 318 ; Joel Barlow , 319 ; Philip Freneau , 320 ; Henry H. Brackenridge , 321 . B. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES · COLLEGES THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER ...
... Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution , 316 ; John Trum- bull , 317 ; Timothy Dwight , 318 ; Joel Barlow , 319 ; Philip Freneau , 320 ; Henry H. Brackenridge , 321 . B. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES · COLLEGES THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER ...
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... Song of Sion , published in England in 1662. Grave was a Quaker , and his crude lines are full of righteous indignation over the recent per- secution of his sect in America . The poem is not mentioned , so far as I know , in any history ...
... Song of Sion , published in England in 1662. Grave was a Quaker , and his crude lines are full of righteous indignation over the recent per- secution of his sect in America . The poem is not mentioned , so far as I know , in any history ...
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... song of triumph as con- fident of God's approval and as pitiless toward God's enemies as the song of the Israelites at the Red Sea . Very different in spirit are the writings of the good JOHN ELIOT , which tell of his patient labors for ...
... song of triumph as con- fident of God's approval and as pitiless toward God's enemies as the song of the Israelites at the Red Sea . Very different in spirit are the writings of the good JOHN ELIOT , which tell of his patient labors for ...
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... Songs , which appeared a few years later , say they have had “ a special eye both to the gravity of the phrase of Sacred Writ , and sweetness of the Verse " — with what success let the following lines from the Song of Deborah testify ...
... Songs , which appeared a few years later , say they have had “ a special eye both to the gravity of the phrase of Sacred Writ , and sweetness of the Verse " — with what success let the following lines from the Song of Deborah testify ...
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... Songs , ed . 1658 ( ? ) . 1 The Whole Booke of Psalmes , ed . 1640 . 2 Among her descendants were W. E. Channing , R. H. Dana , Wen- of the New World stunted her mental growth and clipped 26 26 LITERATURE IN NEW ENGLAND .
... Songs , ed . 1658 ( ? ) . 1 The Whole Booke of Psalmes , ed . 1640 . 2 Among her descendants were W. E. Channing , R. H. Dana , Wen- of the New World stunted her mental growth and clipped 26 26 LITERATURE IN NEW ENGLAND .
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Página 304 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees ; in the water, and all nature ; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Página 333 - Tis the six-and-twentieth edition, promulgated at Boston, Anno Domini, 1744; and is entitled, 'The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments; faithfully translated into English Metre, for the Use, Edification, and Comfort of the Saints in Publick and Private especially in New-England.
Página 175 - Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away!
Página 170 - Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and flow (This — all this — was in the olden Time long ago) And every gentle air that dallied, In that sweet day, Along the ramparts plumed and pallid, A winged odor went away.
Página 274 - With all the mournful voices of the dirges pour'd around the coffin, The dim-lit churches and the shuddering organs - where amid these you journey, With the tolling tolling bells' perpetual clang, Here, coffin that slowly passes, I give you my sprig of lilac.
Página 273 - There is no stoppage and never can be stoppage, If I, you, and the worlds, and all beneath or upon their surfaces, were this moment reduced back to a pallid float, it would not avail in the long run, We should surely bring up again where we now stand, And surely go as much farther, and then farther and farther.
Página 202 - The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. The laws of moral nature answer to those of matter as face to face in a glass. "The visible world and the relation of its parts, is the dial plate of the invisible.
Página 297 - One thing may be said for the Inhabitants of that Province, that they are not troubled with any Religious Fumes, and have the least Superstition of any People living. They do not know Sunday from any other day, any more than Robinson Crusoe did, which would give them a great Advantage were they given to be industrious. But they keep so many Sabbaths every week, that their disregard of the Seventh Day has no manner of cruelty in it, either to Servants or Cattle.
Página 318 - COME, join Hand in Hand, brave AMERICANS all, And rouse your bold Hearts at fair LIBERTY'S Call; No tyrannous Acts shall suppress your just Claim, Or stain with Dishonour AMERICA'S Name.
Página 302 - That draws oblivions curtains over kings, Their sumptuous monuments, men know them not, Their names without a Record are forgot, Their parts, their ports, their pomp's all laid in th...