American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 88
... taken the offensive . Although peace was made in 1676 with some of the tribes , the war dragged on until 1678 , involving New Hampshire and Maine . Perhaps the most vivid piece of narrative writing produced by the war was the account by ...
... taken the offensive . Although peace was made in 1676 with some of the tribes , the war dragged on until 1678 , involving New Hampshire and Maine . Perhaps the most vivid piece of narrative writing produced by the war was the account by ...
Page 90
... taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said that , if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but , when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their glittering ...
... taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said that , if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but , when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their glittering ...
Page 258
... taken from both appetites . " In other words , they reflect , respectively , the two extreme attitudes taken by Bacon's contemporaries toward his character and exploits one the attitude of democratic myth - making and the other that of ...
... taken from both appetites . " In other words , they reflect , respectively , the two extreme attitudes taken by Bacon's contemporaries toward his character and exploits one the attitude of democratic myth - making and the other that of ...
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