Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... heart was sad . For who can pleasant be , and rest , That lives in feare and dread : And having life suspected , doth It still suspected lead . of It will be seen that Smith had considerable power description . One gets a vivid picture ...
... heart was sad . For who can pleasant be , and rest , That lives in feare and dread : And having life suspected , doth It still suspected lead . of It will be seen that Smith had considerable power description . One gets a vivid picture ...
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... hearts God hath stirred up to build Him a temple , to make Him an house , to conquer a kingdom for Him here , be not discouraged with those many lamentable assaults that the devil hath made against us ; he now rageth most because he ...
... hearts God hath stirred up to build Him a temple , to make Him an house , to conquer a kingdom for Him here , be not discouraged with those many lamentable assaults that the devil hath made against us ; he now rageth most because he ...
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... heart - that sundry of the Dutch strangers that stood on the key as spectators could not refrain from tears yet comfortable and sweet it was to see such lively and true expressions of clear and un- fained love . But the tyde - which ...
... heart - that sundry of the Dutch strangers that stood on the key as spectators could not refrain from tears yet comfortable and sweet it was to see such lively and true expressions of clear and un- fained love . But the tyde - which ...
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... heart over glad— Of all the glorious sight his eyes have had ; But finds too soon his want of eloquence ; The silly prattler speaks no word of sense , But seeing utterance fail his great desires Sits down in silence ; deeply he admires ...
... heart over glad— Of all the glorious sight his eyes have had ; But finds too soon his want of eloquence ; The silly prattler speaks no word of sense , But seeing utterance fail his great desires Sits down in silence ; deeply he admires ...
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... heart of this great man , is the following , written in 1723 , for no eyes but his own , and describing the lady who afterward was his wife :いく― They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being , who made ...
... heart of this great man , is the following , written in 1723 , for no eyes but his own , and describing the lady who afterward was his wife :いく― They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being , who made ...
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