The Cambridge History of American Literature, Volumen1William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917 - 678 páginas |
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Página iii
... century that " to equal a predecessor one must have twice his worth . " We should deprecate the application of that standard to The Cambridge History of American Literature , yet we are not without hope that the work , of which we here ...
... century that " to equal a predecessor one must have twice his worth . " We should deprecate the application of that standard to The Cambridge History of American Literature , yet we are not without hope that the work , of which we here ...
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... century , a wholesome reaction represented in Rufus Wilmot Griswold's introduction to his Prose Writers of America ( 1847 ) . Since this old demand is still reasserted from year to year , it may not be amiss to reprint here Griswold's ...
... century , a wholesome reaction represented in Rufus Wilmot Griswold's introduction to his Prose Writers of America ( 1847 ) . Since this old demand is still reasserted from year to year , it may not be amiss to reprint here Griswold's ...
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... century . Of the work of that period he forms in general estimates tempered by his confidence that something better is yet to come . In 1855 something better came in the shape of the two large volumes of the Cyclopædia of American ...
... century . Of the work of that period he forms in general estimates tempered by his confidence that something better is yet to come . In 1855 something better came in the shape of the two large volumes of the Cyclopædia of American ...
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... centuries dwindle into a sombre little vestibule before the wide edifice which contains the writers who flourished through the middle years of the nine- teenth century - Hawthorne is the latest novelist who receives extended notice ...
... centuries dwindle into a sombre little vestibule before the wide edifice which contains the writers who flourished through the middle years of the nine- teenth century - Hawthorne is the latest novelist who receives extended notice ...
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... centuries the main energy of Americans went into exploration , settlement , labour for subsistence , religion , and ... century , too , without neglecting the writers of imaginative literature who have been most empha- sized x Preface.
... centuries the main energy of Americans went into exploration , settlement , labour for subsistence , religion , and ... century , too , without neglecting the writers of imaginative literature who have been most empha- sized x Preface.
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Página 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.
Página 128 - Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament.
Página 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.
Página 59 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 70 - All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it."— I did not push the subject any farther.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...