History of American LiteratureRand McNally, 1919 - 416 páginas |
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... began to express itself in opposition to the restrictive and oppressive policies of government imposed upon the colonies by the mother country , England . The second large task of the American colonists , then , was that of ...
... began to express itself in opposition to the restrictive and oppressive policies of government imposed upon the colonies by the mother country , England . The second large task of the American colonists , then , was that of ...
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... began to engage in prayer from the time that he learned to speak , and he spent the greater part of his life poring over his books and his own compositions — most of which were of a religious character . He was graduated from Harvard ...
... began to engage in prayer from the time that he learned to speak , and he spent the greater part of his life poring over his books and his own compositions — most of which were of a religious character . He was graduated from Harvard ...
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... began his successful publishing business , Phila- delphia became the rival of Boston as the intellectual center of the colonies . William Penn , the founder of the Quaker colony in Pennsylvania , wrote some letters well worth reading as ...
... began his successful publishing business , Phila- delphia became the rival of Boston as the intellectual center of the colonies . William Penn , the founder of the Quaker colony in Pennsylvania , wrote some letters well worth reading as ...
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... began to record his spiritual and temporal experiences in his Journal . The book has been called " the sweetest and purest autobiography in the language . " Charles Lamb advised his readers to " get the writings of John Woolman by heart ...
... began to record his spiritual and temporal experiences in his Journal . The book has been called " the sweetest and purest autobiography in the language . " Charles Lamb advised his readers to " get the writings of John Woolman by heart ...
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... began a publishing business on his own account . He soon rose to a position of influence and prominence in the colony . His almanacs , the first of which was printed in 1732 for the year 1733 , contained , besides the regular ...
... began a publishing business on his own account . He soon rose to a position of influence and prominence in the colony . His almanacs , the first of which was printed in 1732 for the year 1733 , contained , besides the regular ...
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Página 50 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Página 219 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 260 - A skilful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents ; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents — he then combines such events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect.
Página 129 - When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streakings of the morning light...
Página 50 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren arc already in the field ! Why stand we here idle?
Página 166 - As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.
Página 129 - Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Página 27 - They say there is a young lady* in [New Haven] who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight...
Página 116 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Página 185 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!