Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800William B. Cairns Macmillan, 1909 - 493 páginas |
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... follows seems to have some reason for existence . Teachers of American literary history are coming pretty gener- ally to recognize that some knowledge of the temper and the man- ner of Colonial and Revolutionary writers is necessary to ...
... follows seems to have some reason for existence . Teachers of American literary history are coming pretty gener- ally to recognize that some knowledge of the temper and the man- ner of Colonial and Revolutionary writers is necessary to ...
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... follow an edition sufficiently accurate to serve most of the purposes of a student engaged in careful investigation . The texts chosen I have endeav- ored , with a few exceptions , to reproduce as closely as ordinary typographical ...
... follow an edition sufficiently accurate to serve most of the purposes of a student engaged in careful investigation . The texts chosen I have endeav- ored , with a few exceptions , to reproduce as closely as ordinary typographical ...
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... follow us from place to place , and ever kindely to respect us . In the midway staying to refresh our selves in a little Ile , foure or five savages came unto us which described unto us the course of the River , and after in our journey ...
... follow us from place to place , and ever kindely to respect us . In the midway staying to refresh our selves in a little Ile , foure or five savages came unto us which described unto us the course of the River , and after in our journey ...
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... follows is from " Purchas His Pilgrimes , " London , 1625 , reprinted Glasgow , 1906. ] A STORM AND A SHIPWRECK [ From " The Wrack and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates " ] Excellent Lady , know that upon Friday late in the evening , we ...
... follows is from " Purchas His Pilgrimes , " London , 1625 , reprinted Glasgow , 1906. ] A STORM AND A SHIPWRECK [ From " The Wrack and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates " ] Excellent Lady , know that upon Friday late in the evening , we ...
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... follows the literal reprint by Henry Martin Dexter , Boston , 1865. The text of the passages from " The History of Plymouth Plantation " is based on the edition pre- pared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Alfred Seelye Roe in ...
... follows the literal reprint by Henry Martin Dexter , Boston , 1865. The text of the passages from " The History of Plymouth Plantation " is based on the edition pre- pared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Alfred Seelye Roe in ...
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Página 332 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Página 333 - 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!
Página 311 - If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Página 279 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Página 110 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Página 355 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Página 351 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Página 355 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 47 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this is not authority but a distemper thereof.
Página 414 - For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, 'Till toils and cares shall end.