The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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Page xi
... thoughts of a removal to America . These causes were , the unhealthiness of the low country where they lived ; the hard labors to which they were subjected ; the dis- sipated manners of the Hollanders , especially their lax obser- vance ...
... thoughts of a removal to America . These causes were , the unhealthiness of the low country where they lived ; the hard labors to which they were subjected ; the dis- sipated manners of the Hollanders , especially their lax obser- vance ...
Page xviii
... thought then of giving her name to the poem . " I begin a new poem , " he wrote , " Priscilla , ' to be a kind of Puritan pastoral ; the subject , the courtship of Miles Stan- dish . ” We know slightly more of John Alden . He was born ...
... thought then of giving her name to the poem . " I begin a new poem , " he wrote , " Priscilla , ' to be a kind of Puritan pastoral ; the subject , the courtship of Miles Stan- dish . ” We know slightly more of John Alden . He was born ...
Page xxvi
... thought , or to heights of human passion . He rather strikes the happy medium of feeling and reflection , and thus appeals more than any other poet of our country to the young . A pleasing feature of the style is the use of balance , in ...
... thought , or to heights of human passion . He rather strikes the happy medium of feeling and reflection , and thus appeals more than any other poet of our country to the young . A pleasing feature of the style is the use of balance , in ...
Page xxviii
... thought , the other a man of action . Both aspire from different motives to the beautiful heiress of the settle- ment . Alden is fitted for conjugal affection and domestic duty ; Standish for drilling of musketeers and browbeating ...
... thought , the other a man of action . Both aspire from different motives to the beautiful heiress of the settle- ment . Alden is fitted for conjugal affection and domestic duty ; Standish for drilling of musketeers and browbeating ...
Page xxx
... thoughts were heaving and dashing , As in a foundering ship , . . . washes the bitter sea , ” III . 8–10 . ( d ) The carded wool like a snow - drift , ” III . 44 . 66 In each of these examples two objects are brought together in thought ...
... thoughts were heaving and dashing , As in a foundering ship , . . . washes the bitter sea , ” III . 8–10 . ( d ) The carded wool like a snow - drift , ” III . 44 . 66 In each of these examples two objects are brought together in thought ...
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