Young People's Story of American LiteratureDodd, Mead, 1922 - 402 pages |
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... , in the fragrant woodland , traced his inspira- tion upon the leaf of a tree , and thus took the first step in the evolution of the book . AMERICAN II BEGINNINGS OF THE STORY literature literature where does 3 THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOOK.
... , in the fragrant woodland , traced his inspira- tion upon the leaf of a tree , and thus took the first step in the evolution of the book . AMERICAN II BEGINNINGS OF THE STORY literature literature where does 3 THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOOK.
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... took a most active part in the persecution of witches . Increase Mather wrote nearly one hundred works , but we name just one his quaint , weird " Essay for Recording Illustrious Providences . " It is a curious mixture of religious awe ...
... took a most active part in the persecution of witches . Increase Mather wrote nearly one hundred works , but we name just one his quaint , weird " Essay for Recording Illustrious Providences . " It is a curious mixture of religious awe ...
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... took serious vigils to make himself holy , and always led the life of an ascetic . This youthful prodigy entered Harvard at eleven . At twelve , he knew Hebrew , and had already mas- tered leading Greek and Latin authors . He had a ...
... took serious vigils to make himself holy , and always led the life of an ascetic . This youthful prodigy entered Harvard at eleven . At twelve , he knew Hebrew , and had already mas- tered leading Greek and Latin authors . He had a ...
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... took him from school to assist him in the shop ; and as Ben cut wicks , filled dipping - moulds , and ran on errands , he was always either wishing that he might be a sailor , or wondering how he might secure an education . His father ...
... took him from school to assist him in the shop ; and as Ben cut wicks , filled dipping - moulds , and ran on errands , he was always either wishing that he might be a sailor , or wondering how he might secure an education . His father ...
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... took up the liberty pen not to win fame but freedom : so sword and voice and printed page worked together , until American independence and American literature were achieved ! The Revolutionary literary period preceded , at- tended ...
... took up the liberty pen not to win fame but freedom : so sword and voice and printed page worked together , until American independence and American literature were achieved ! The Revolutionary literary period preceded , at- tended ...
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Page 284 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we — Of many far wiser than we — And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 284 - It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea : But we loved with a love that was more than love — I and my ANNABEL LEE ; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 62 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 192 - THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the former called the latter ' Little Prig '. Bun replied, ' You are doubtless very big ; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace 10 To occupy my place.
Page 113 - Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown. And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near his end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall.
Page 256 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 239 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 71 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No! men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign Law, that State's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits Empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 283 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love — I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom...
Page 113 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.