Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives the essential quality which has given its name to this type of poetry . We generally associate the ideas of seriousness of manner and heroic action with ...
... story . This defini- Epic Verse . tion is too simple to be complete , but it gives the essential quality which has given its name to this type of poetry . We generally associate the ideas of seriousness of manner and heroic action with ...
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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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... story of the escape is told with 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 ...
... story of the escape is told with 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 ...
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Charles Noble. lished in Boston , 1684. It is filled with strange stories of witchcraft and other marvels . Mather , An even more imposing figure in the colonial period was Cotton Mather , the son of Increase . Cotton Born in 1663 , he ...
Charles Noble. lished in Boston , 1684. It is filled with strange stories of witchcraft and other marvels . Mather , An even more imposing figure in the colonial period was Cotton Mather , the son of Increase . Cotton Born in 1663 , he ...
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