Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and passion of prayer . Like a ring of fire around him Blazed and flared the red horizon . I lift mine eyes , and all the windows blaze With forms of ...
... spirits on earth that adore , From the souls that entreat and implore In the fervor and passion of prayer . Like a ring of fire around him Blazed and flared the red horizon . I lift mine eyes , and all the windows blaze With forms of ...
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... spirit . Strachey . In 1609 the ship " Sea Venture " left England with a company of colonists under the leadership of Sir Thomas Gates . The party were wrecked in a hurricane off the Bermuda Islands . Some of them , however , reached ...
... spirit . Strachey . In 1609 the ship " Sea Venture " left England with a company of colonists under the leadership of Sir Thomas Gates . The party were wrecked in a hurricane off the Bermuda Islands . Some of them , however , reached ...
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... spirit of the man . Wherefore you right wise and noble adventurers of Virginia - whose 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 ...
... spirit of the man . Wherefore you right wise and noble adventurers of Virginia - whose 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 ...
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... spirit , and was chosen governor every year until he died in 1657 . He left several bits of historical writing ; but the most important is the " History of Plymouth Planta- tion , " which was preserved in his manuscript in Boston till ...
... spirit , and was chosen governor every year until he died in 1657 . He left several bits of historical writing ; but the most important is the " History of Plymouth Planta- tion , " which was preserved in his manuscript in Boston till ...
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... spirits . When they came to the place they found the ship and all things ready ; and such of their friends as could not come with them followed after them , and sundrie also came from Amsterdam to see them shipte and to take their leave ...
... spirits . When they came to the place they found the ship and all things ready ; and such of their friends as could not come with them followed after them , and sundrie also came from Amsterdam to see them shipte and to take their leave ...
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