American Literature 1607-1885, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 |
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Página ix
... have . Applying well - known laws of criticism to the sub- ject in hand , the critic of an American book or author , whether that critic be an American or a foreigner , and whether he be considering past writ- ings Introduction . ix.
... have . Applying well - known laws of criticism to the sub- ject in hand , the critic of an American book or author , whether that critic be an American or a foreigner , and whether he be considering past writ- ings Introduction . ix.
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... hands , ' longshoremen , and stage- drivers , Californian miners , Chinese , highway rob- bers , buffaloes , and Indians are but a part of our civ- ilization , and that literature may concern itself with such themes as God , duty ...
... hands , ' longshoremen , and stage- drivers , Californian miners , Chinese , highway rob- bers , buffaloes , and Indians are but a part of our civ- ilization , and that literature may concern itself with such themes as God , duty ...
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... hands of those whom he so sternly describes : My firm conviction , based upon an intimate and thor- ough analysis of the habits of character and natural in- stinct of the Indian , and strengthened and supported by the almost unanimous ...
... hands of those whom he so sternly describes : My firm conviction , based upon an intimate and thor- ough analysis of the habits of character and natural in- stinct of the Indian , and strengthened and supported by the almost unanimous ...
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... hand in England , therefore no small portion of the independents founded a New England , upon the basis of the ... hands of the freeman , but the freeman was the church - member , and the church - member was subject to the goverment of ...
... hand in England , therefore no small portion of the independents founded a New England , upon the basis of the ... hands of the freeman , but the freeman was the church - member , and the church - member was subject to the goverment of ...
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... hands of the American Puritans in a sense by no means true in the case of their fellow- sympathizers under Cromwell . In considering the intellectual and political history of America , too much stress can hardly be laid upon the indepen ...
... hands of the American Puritans in a sense by no means true in the case of their fellow- sympathizers under Cromwell . In considering the intellectual and political history of America , too much stress can hardly be laid upon the indepen ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adams Ameri American literature Bancroft better Boston Bradford called Carlyle century Channing character Christian Church colonial colonists Concord Cotton Mather critical culture early edition Emerson England English essayist essays faith favor Franklin freedom Harvard Hawthorne historian Holmes honor humor Increase Mather Indian influence intellectual Irving Irving's John lacked land later less liberty literary living Longfellow Lowell Margaret Fuller Massachusetts matter ment mind minister moral Motley nation nature never North North American Review orator Parkman period philosophy Plymouth poems poet poetry political praise Prescott President printed Puritan Ralph Waldo Emerson reader religion religious Samuel Adams Samuel Sewall sermons slavery soul speeches spirit style theism theme theological things Thomas Paine Thoreau thought tion Trinitarian true truth Unitarian United Virginia volumes Washington Washington Irving Webster whole William Winthrop words writing written wrote York
Pasajes populares
Página 153 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Página 189 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House?
Página 255 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his...
Página 255 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 196 - Sometimes it is said, that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question.
Página 180 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Página 254 - The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Página 196 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 410 - Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood. Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe ; His strength is so tender, his...
Página 204 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world.