Cyclopaedia of American literature, by E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Volumen1;Volumen62 |
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... kind , must frequently be chosen for their minor qualities . The brief essay , the pertinent oration , the short poem , the song or squib of the wit may be given , where it would be absurd to mutilate the entire line of argument of a ...
... kind , must frequently be chosen for their minor qualities . The brief essay , the pertinent oration , the short poem , the song or squib of the wit may be given , where it would be absurd to mutilate the entire line of argument of a ...
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... kind of parody of the Litany , which he puts into the mouth of Florio , the Italian novelist , then in vogue . From blaspheming of God's name , From recanting words with shame , From damnation eternal , From a rich soul internal , From ...
... kind of parody of the Litany , which he puts into the mouth of Florio , the Italian novelist , then in vogue . From blaspheming of God's name , From recanting words with shame , From damnation eternal , From a rich soul internal , From ...
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... kind of embryo as the school of Nathaniel Eaton , who bears an ill character in history for his bad temper and short commons . In 1640 the Rev. Henry Dunster , on his arrival from Eng- land , was constituted the first President . He ...
... kind of embryo as the school of Nathaniel Eaton , who bears an ill character in history for his bad temper and short commons . In 1640 the Rev. Henry Dunster , on his arrival from Eng- land , was constituted the first President . He ...
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... kind on the occasion , such as the state of New England literature at that time afforded , is . something notable in the Puritan history . Another scruple it seems was in permitting women to take part in public psalmody by an ingenious ...
... kind on the occasion , such as the state of New England literature at that time afforded , is . something notable in the Puritan history . Another scruple it seems was in permitting women to take part in public psalmody by an ingenious ...
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... kind of diseases , infirmities , deformities , pearled faces , palsies , dropsies , headaches , if not to drunk- ards . " * His son Nathaniel was educated at Cambridge , was bred a lawyer , travelled on the Continent with some merchants ...
... kind of diseases , infirmities , deformities , pearled faces , palsies , dropsies , headaches , if not to drunk- ards . " * His son Nathaniel was educated at Cambridge , was bred a lawyer , travelled on the Continent with some merchants ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 202 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 189 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Página 185 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 355 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 169 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Página 245 - This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history.
Página 109 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 112 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Página 389 - Come, dear bowl, Glide o'er my palate, and inspire my soul. The milk beside thee, smoking from the kine, Its substance mingled, married in with thine, Shall cool and temper thy superior heat, And save the pains of blowing while I eat.
Página 105 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.