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... humorous title - pages given in the bibliography . Throughout the book the literature has been pre- sented in its relation to general conditions in America and to the literatures of England and the Continent of Europe , for only so can ...
... humorous title - pages given in the bibliography . Throughout the book the literature has been pre- sented in its relation to general conditions in America and to the literatures of England and the Continent of Europe , for only so can ...
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... humor . Colman was a man of great personal charm and charitable spirit , a fascinat- ing pulpit orator , and a writer of polished Addisonian Eng- lish . Byles , poet , wit , and man of letters , cultivated the graces of style as an ...
... humor . Colman was a man of great personal charm and charitable spirit , a fascinat- ing pulpit orator , and a writer of polished Addisonian Eng- lish . Byles , poet , wit , and man of letters , cultivated the graces of style as an ...
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... humor . Indian troubles , King Philip's War in particular , sup- plied much interesting material for histories and per- sonal narratives . WILLIAM HUBBARD'S Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians ( 1677 ) , written in plain , clear ...
... humor . Indian troubles , King Philip's War in particular , sup- plied much interesting material for histories and per- sonal narratives . WILLIAM HUBBARD'S Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians ( 1677 ) , written in plain , clear ...
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... humor ; and those of * JOSEPH GREEN are often bright and witty . The rough ballads of the time , such as the anonymous Lovewell's Fight ( 1725 ) , have native vigor and spirit . SAMUEL NILES'S A Brief and Plain Essay ( 1747 ) , on the ...
... humor ; and those of * JOSEPH GREEN are often bright and witty . The rough ballads of the time , such as the anonymous Lovewell's Fight ( 1725 ) , have native vigor and spirit . SAMUEL NILES'S A Brief and Plain Essay ( 1747 ) , on the ...
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... humor . In 167c DANIEL DENTON put out a rather fresh little book paint- ing life in the colony of New York in rosy colors , with occasional pretty strokes of description . CADWALLADER COLDEN of New York wrote a History of the Five ...
... humor . In 167c DANIEL DENTON put out a rather fresh little book paint- ing life in the colony of New York in rosy colors , with occasional pretty strokes of description . CADWALLADER COLDEN of New York wrote a History of the Five ...
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Page 387 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 400 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old ; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Page 389 - Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 415 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 416 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 362 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees ; in the water, and all nature ; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Page 436 - Tis the six-and-twentieth edition, promulgated at Boston, Anno Domini, 1744; and is entitled, 'The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments; faithfully translated into English Metre, for the Use, Edification, and Comfort of the Saints in Publick and Private especially in New-England.
Page 388 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 394 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the...
Page 175 - Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away!