Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... never considered suitable for use Verse is so generally employed in poetry that the Poetry . terms are often confused . They should be carefully distinguished ; for much good verse , like Dr. Holmes ' famous " One Hoss Shay , " has ...
... never considered suitable for use Verse is so generally employed in poetry that the Poetry . terms are often confused . They should be carefully distinguished ; for much good verse , like Dr. Holmes ' famous " One Hoss Shay , " has ...
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... never felt by that sweet airy legion . An event of this period , of the greatest importance College for American Literature , was the founding of Har- Harvard vard College . On October 28 , 1636 , the colonists founded , 1636 . resolved ...
... never felt by that sweet airy legion . An event of this period , of the greatest importance College for American Literature , was the founding of Har- Harvard vard College . On October 28 , 1636 , the colonists founded , 1636 . resolved ...
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... never intended to publish . It is a diary kept in Boston and vicinity during the years 1673-1729 , by Judge Samuel Sewall . It has Samuel been published in the transactions of the Massachu- setts Historical Society , but has never been ...
... never intended to publish . It is a diary kept in Boston and vicinity during the years 1673-1729 , by Judge Samuel Sewall . It has Samuel been published in the transactions of the Massachu- setts Historical Society , but has never been ...
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... never to have believed in the witchcraft phenomena , the accounts of which formed a considerable part of Robert Calef , the writings of the Mathers . Robert Calef , a Boston merchant , published in London , 1705 , a book called " More ...
... never to have believed in the witchcraft phenomena , the accounts of which formed a considerable part of Robert Calef , the writings of the Mathers . Robert Calef , a Boston merchant , published in London , 1705 , a book called " More ...
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... never join with British rage , Nor help Lord North , or General Gage , Nor lift my gun in future fights , Nor take away your chartered rights ; Nor overcome your new rais'd levies , Destroy your towns , nor burn your navies ; Nor cut ...
... never join with British rage , Nor help Lord North , or General Gage , Nor lift my gun in future fights , Nor take away your chartered rights ; Nor overcome your new rais'd levies , Destroy your towns , nor burn your navies ; Nor cut ...
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