Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... Washington Irving ,. SEC . VIII . - The Novelist , Fennimore Cooper , SEC . IX . Paulding — The Brother Jonathan - Doctor Channing , SEC . X. - Audubon , 17 • 29 36 • 42 53 57 CHAPTER II . PAGE SEC . I. — Infancy and.
... Washington Irving ,. SEC . VIII . - The Novelist , Fennimore Cooper , SEC . IX . Paulding — The Brother Jonathan - Doctor Channing , SEC . X. - Audubon , 17 • 29 36 • 42 53 57 CHAPTER II . PAGE SEC . I. — Infancy and.
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... I. - Joel Barlow , Dwight , Colton - Washington , a Heroic Poem -Robert Payne and Charles Sprague - Dana , Drake 166 • 169 176 and Pierrepont - Women - Poets - Street and Halleck , 181 SEC . II . - Bryant - Emerson - Longfellow X CONTENTS .
... I. - Joel Barlow , Dwight , Colton - Washington , a Heroic Poem -Robert Payne and Charles Sprague - Dana , Drake 166 • 169 176 and Pierrepont - Women - Poets - Street and Halleck , 181 SEC . II . - Bryant - Emerson - Longfellow X CONTENTS .
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... Washington , nor Jefferson , nor Gouv- erneur Morris , nor John Quincy Adams . Only to - day some sparks from its prism are thrown upon the pages of Prescott and Longfellow , of Washington Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this ...
... Washington , nor Jefferson , nor Gouv- erneur Morris , nor John Quincy Adams . Only to - day some sparks from its prism are thrown upon the pages of Prescott and Longfellow , of Washington Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this ...
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... Washington , he became inti- mate with every one of those strangers who offered their services to the new Republic during its struggle - the Mar- quis de Lafayette- " The others , " ( says Washington , in a letter to Morris , ) " are ...
... Washington , he became inti- mate with every one of those strangers who offered their services to the new Republic during its struggle - the Mar- quis de Lafayette- " The others , " ( says Washington , in a letter to Morris , ) " are ...
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... Washington gave him several letters to his friends , and charged him — a characteristic detail— " to buy him at Paris , a flat gold watch , without any ornament ; not , " says the letter , " the watch of a fool or of a man who desires ...
... Washington gave him several letters to his friends , and charged him — a characteristic detail— " to buy him at Paris , a flat gold watch , without any ornament ; not , " says the letter , " the watch of a fool or of a man who desires ...
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