A Short History of American Literature: Designed Primarily for Use in Schools and CollegesD.C. Heath & Company, 1900 - 374 páginas |
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... writing in or about America rather than Americans even in spirit . But in 1656 appeared a book by one who had come to love America as his home : " It is that Country in which I desire to spend the remnant of my dayes , " writes JOHN 1 ...
... writing in or about America rather than Americans even in spirit . But in 1656 appeared a book by one who had come to love America as his home : " It is that Country in which I desire to spend the remnant of my dayes , " writes JOHN 1 ...
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... the earlier day came to full flower ; and his writings contain the very essence of that careless , sunny , free - limbed life of the English Cavalier transplanted to the fresher air and wider THE RISE OF AMERICAN SPIRIT . 15.
... the earlier day came to full flower ; and his writings contain the very essence of that careless , sunny , free - limbed life of the English Cavalier transplanted to the fresher air and wider THE RISE OF AMERICAN SPIRIT . 15.
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... writings were naturally Diaries , Histories , and Descriptions . The events of the first year of the Plymouth Colony were recorded in the * Journal of WILLIAM BRADFORD and EDWARD WINSLOW , written in unvarnished style , but vivid and ...
... writings were naturally Diaries , Histories , and Descriptions . The events of the first year of the Plymouth Colony were recorded in the * Journal of WILLIAM BRADFORD and EDWARD WINSLOW , written in unvarnished style , but vivid and ...
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... writings of the good JOHN ELIOT , which tell of his patient labors for the salvation of the Indians ; and the books of DANIEL GOOKIN , which describe the " Praying , " or Christian , Indians , and the effect of the gospel upon them . A ...
... writings of the good JOHN ELIOT , which tell of his patient labors for the salvation of the Indians ; and the books of DANIEL GOOKIN , which describe the " Praying , " or Christian , Indians , and the effect of the gospel upon them . A ...
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... writings have , as a rule , little at- traction for the reader of to - day . The cruelly persecuted Quakers put forth petitions and denunciations , noble in spirit , but without special literary merit . The writings of ROGER WILLIAMS ...
... writings have , as a rule , little at- traction for the reader of to - day . The cruelly persecuted Quakers put forth petitions and denunciations , noble in spirit , but without special literary merit . The writings of ROGER WILLIAMS ...
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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...