Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page viii
... original preparation of the book help was obtained from a wide variety of sources . Among these special obligations are due to E. C. Stedman's " Poets of America , " and to " The Library of American Literature , " edited by E. C. ...
... original preparation of the book help was obtained from a wide variety of sources . Among these special obligations are due to E. C. Stedman's " Poets of America , " and to " The Library of American Literature , " edited by E. C. ...
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... original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose Literature is ac- cording to the subjects about which the author writes and the general method employed , which will usually be determined by the subject . Thus ...
... original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose Literature is ac- cording to the subjects about which the author writes and the general method employed , which will usually be determined by the subject . Thus ...
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... story , thinking that if it were actual fact it would have been related in the earlier work . We are not D The Original Pocahontas Story . specially concerned with the question 1765 ] 33 Period of Preparation Exposition Criticism PAGE.
... story , thinking that if it were actual fact it would have been related in the earlier work . We are not D The Original Pocahontas Story . specially concerned with the question 1765 ] 33 Period of Preparation Exposition Criticism PAGE.
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Charles Noble. The Original Pocahontas Story . specially concerned with the question of the historic credibility of the story . But from any point of view it is of great interest , and I give it in Smith's words . Opitchapam the King's ...
Charles Noble. The Original Pocahontas Story . specially concerned with the question of the historic credibility of the story . But from any point of view it is of great interest , and I give it in Smith's words . Opitchapam the King's ...
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... original American verse and one of the first literary publi- cations in our history . The gentle modesty of her thought about herself appears in these lines : My muse unto a child I may compare Who sees the riches of some famous fair ...
... original American verse and one of the first literary publi- cations in our history . The gentle modesty of her thought about herself appears in these lines : My muse unto a child I may compare Who sees the riches of some famous fair ...
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