A Short History of American LiteratureT. Fisher Unwin, 1906 - 291 Seiten |
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... ment of which he had been for a time the leading spirit , he can hardly be claimed as an American author . No more can Mr. George Sandys , who came to Virginia in the train of Governor Wyat , in 1621 , and completed his excel- lent ...
... ment of which he had been for a time the leading spirit , he can hardly be claimed as an American author . No more can Mr. George Sandys , who came to Virginia in the train of Governor Wyat , in 1621 , and completed his excel- lent ...
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... the servants in Virginia are made to draw in cart and plow , and that the country turns all people black " —an Robert Bever- ly's History of Virginia . " Wm . Stith's " Discovery and Settle- ment of Vir- The Colonial Period . 15.
... the servants in Virginia are made to draw in cart and plow , and that the country turns all people black " —an Robert Bever- ly's History of Virginia . " Wm . Stith's " Discovery and Settle- ment of Vir- The Colonial Period . 15.
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Henry Augustin Beers. Wm . Stith's " Discovery and Settle- ment of Vir- ginia . " The church in Virginia . Alexander Whitaker . impression which lingers still in parts of Europe . The most original portions of the book are those in which ...
Henry Augustin Beers. Wm . Stith's " Discovery and Settle- ment of Vir- ginia . " The church in Virginia . Alexander Whitaker . impression which lingers still in parts of Europe . The most original portions of the book are those in which ...
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... ment . The interest of Winthrop's Journal lies in the events that it records rather than in any charm in the his- torian's manner of recording them . His style is prag- matic , and some of the incidents which he gravely notes are ...
... ment . The interest of Winthrop's Journal lies in the events that it records rather than in any charm in the his- torian's manner of recording them . His style is prag- matic , and some of the incidents which he gravely notes are ...
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... ment from the presidency in 1796. In the composition of this he was assisted by Madison , Hamilton , and Jay . It is wise in substance and dignified , though some- what stilted in expression . The correspondence of John Adams , second ...
... ment from the presidency in 1796. In the composition of this he was assisted by Madison , Hamilton , and Jay . It is wise in substance and dignified , though some- what stilted in expression . The correspondence of John Adams , second ...
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Seite 44 - waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Seite 255 - TEAE her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Seite 151 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 239 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Seite 256 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Seite 102 - Standing on the bare ground - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God.
Seite 226 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Seite 111 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Seite 242 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Seite 245 - IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty gay; Here might the redbird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array.