American Literature 1607-1885, Volume 1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 - American literature |
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... land . The language is practically identical in Brit- ain and America , and the literatures are mutually influential . It is not always easy to say where one begins and the other ends . The English critic feels entirely competent ...
... land . The language is practically identical in Brit- ain and America , and the literatures are mutually influential . It is not always easy to say where one begins and the other ends . The English critic feels entirely competent ...
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... lands ? English literature , from 1607 to 1776 , passed from one bril- liant period to another ; the American colonies were in constant intellectual and personal communication with the old home . If we think of Shakespeare , Bunyan ...
... lands ? English literature , from 1607 to 1776 , passed from one bril- liant period to another ; the American colonies were in constant intellectual and personal communication with the old home . If we think of Shakespeare , Bunyan ...
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... lands . Reserving for a future volume of this work the consideration of other matters con- cerning this interesting race , it may be said at the outset that two utterly variant presentations of Indian character have been prevalent in ...
... lands . Reserving for a future volume of this work the consideration of other matters con- cerning this interesting race , it may be said at the outset that two utterly variant presentations of Indian character have been prevalent in ...
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... land and the sky . 5. He made the sun , the moon , the stars . 6. He made them all to move evenly . 7. Then the wind blew violently , and it cleared , and the water flowed off far and strong . 8. And groups of islands grew newly , and ...
... land and the sky . 5. He made the sun , the moon , the stars . 6. He made them all to move evenly . 7. Then the wind blew violently , and it cleared , and the water flowed off far and strong . 8. And groups of islands grew newly , and ...
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... land , and his name shall be known beyond the lakes . * Inferior to this is the following Chippeway love- song , in which a special - pleader critic has fancied he has found cumulative force : I will walk into somebody's dwelling , Into ...
... land , and his name shall be known beyond the lakes . * Inferior to this is the following Chippeway love- song , in which a special - pleader critic has fancied he has found cumulative force : I will walk into somebody's dwelling , Into ...
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Page 153 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 189 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House?
Page 255 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his...
Page 255 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 196 - Sometimes it is said, that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question.
Page 180 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Page 254 - The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Page 196 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 410 - Tis as if a rough oak that for ages had stood, With his gnarled bony branches like ribs of the wood. Should bloom, after cycles of struggle and scathe, With a single anemone trembly and rathe ; His strength is so tender, his...
Page 204 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world.