The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... , M.A. , PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON NEW ORLEANS 2550 COPYRIGHT , 1901 , BY UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY AIMBORLIAD STANDARD LITERATURE SERIES.
... , M.A. , PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON NEW ORLEANS 2550 COPYRIGHT , 1901 , BY UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY AIMBORLIAD STANDARD LITERATURE SERIES.
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... English Church from what Calvin called " Popish dregs , " such as making the sign of the cross , using the ring in the marriage service , and wearing the sur- plice . They were strict in the observance of moral , social , and religious ...
... English Church from what Calvin called " Popish dregs , " such as making the sign of the cross , using the ring in the marriage service , and wearing the sur- plice . They were strict in the observance of moral , social , and religious ...
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... English settlers was formed by the Massachusetts tribe , under the leadership of Wittu wamet and Pecksuot . It was promptly put down by Standish , both the chiefs being killed , and the former's head being set up on the fort . This ...
... English settlers was formed by the Massachusetts tribe , under the leadership of Wittu wamet and Pecksuot . It was promptly put down by Standish , both the chiefs being killed , and the former's head being set up on the fort . This ...
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... English , the graves were levelled and sown for the purpose of concealment . ' 995 In spite of these accumulated hardships and appalling losses , the Pilgrims did not abandon their settlement . Strange to say , when the " Mayflower ...
... English , the graves were levelled and sown for the purpose of concealment . ' 995 In spite of these accumulated hardships and appalling losses , the Pilgrims did not abandon their settlement . Strange to say , when the " Mayflower ...
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... the Bible is merely the English of the time of King James I. , so that a large part of the vocabulary of the characters may be simply that of the seventeenth century . The Puritans were not a literary peo- INTRODUCTION . xxix.
... the Bible is merely the English of the time of King James I. , so that a large part of the vocabulary of the characters may be simply that of the seventeenth century . The Puritans were not a literary peo- INTRODUCTION . xxix.
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