Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations, Band 1,Teil 1Scribner, 1855 |
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... once in his plays , and that not very complimentarily , in Dromio's comic description of the kitchen maid . The " still vexed Bermoothes " was the nearest approach he made to the Western continent . Had Sir Philip Sidney made the voyage ...
... once in his plays , and that not very complimentarily , in Dromio's comic description of the kitchen maid . The " still vexed Bermoothes " was the nearest approach he made to the Western continent . Had Sir Philip Sidney made the voyage ...
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... once belonged to Professor Winthrop , with a manuscript letter from the anti- quarian Thaddeus Mason Harris , who was libra- rian at Harvard from 1791 to 1793 , which fur- nishes authorities named in Professor Sewall's copy presented to ...
... once belonged to Professor Winthrop , with a manuscript letter from the anti- quarian Thaddeus Mason Harris , who was libra- rian at Harvard from 1791 to 1793 , which fur- nishes authorities named in Professor Sewall's copy presented to ...
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... once do ought that's good ; And chode by Chaucer's boots and Homer's furs , Let men look to't , lest women wear the spurs . Ward was also the author of a humorous sati- rical address in 1648 , to the London tradesmen turned preachers ...
... once do ought that's good ; And chode by Chaucer's boots and Homer's furs , Let men look to't , lest women wear the spurs . Ward was also the author of a humorous sati- rical address in 1648 , to the London tradesmen turned preachers ...
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... once I had , And of the long peace of a fruitful Ministry For twenty years enjoy'd : The joy that I found in all that happiness Doth still so much refresh me , That the grief to be cast out into a wilderness Doth not so much distress me ...
... once I had , And of the long peace of a fruitful Ministry For twenty years enjoy'd : The joy that I found in all that happiness Doth still so much refresh me , That the grief to be cast out into a wilderness Doth not so much distress me ...
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... once see that day , that this proud heart of mine might be humbled : Oh , if I could see the last blood of my sins , I should then think myself happy , none more , and desire to live no longer . " But is this thy desire , poor soul ...
... once see that day , that this proud heart of mine might be humbled : Oh , if I could see the last blood of my sins , I should then think myself happy , none more , and desire to live no longer . " But is this thy desire , poor soul ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
America Anne Bradstreet appeared Bay Psalm Book blood born Boston called Cambridge Christ Christian Church collection colony conscience Cotton Mather death died discourse divine doth edition England English eyes faith fear Franklin give glory GOUT Governor grace hand Harvard Harvard College hath heart heaven History holy honor Increase Mather Indians John John Adams John Cotton King King Philip's war land Latin learned letter liberty live London Lord Massachusetts ment mind minister Nathaniel Ward never peace Philadelphia poem poet Portrait and Autograph preached President printed Psalms published reprinted Roger Williams salt-box Samuel says sent sermons Society soul spirit sweet thee things Thomas THOMAS HOOKER thou tion town tract truth unto verses Virginia volume William Winthrop writings written wrote Yale Yale College
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 112 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Seite 93 - She has a strange sweetness in her mind and singular purity in her affections, is most just and conscientious in all her conduct; and you could not persuade her to do anything wrong or sinful if you would give her all the world, lest she should offend this Great Being.
Seite 111 - My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth, who are now, alas, no more ! And I must soon follow them; for by the course of nature, though still in health, I cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer. What now avails all my toil and labor in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy?
Seite 169 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Seite 112 - If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Seite 35 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Seite 114 - You promise fair; but, after a few months of good health, you will return to your old habits; your fine promises will be forgotten like the forms of last year's clouds.
Seite 111 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...
Seite 220 - You must remember this was the next morning after we heard the horrible rumor of the cannonade of Boston. I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that psalm to be read on that morning. " After this, Mr. Duche, unexpectedly to everybody, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present.
Seite 49 - I wist not what to wish, yet sure, thought I, If so much excellence abide below, How excellent is He that dwells on high!