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Strana v
... its value , is so common among us , even with those whose passion is the study of the literatures of other lands , that it is hoped that this volume may open the eyes of many to its interest and beauty . English literature V.
... its value , is so common among us , even with those whose passion is the study of the literatures of other lands , that it is hoped that this volume may open the eyes of many to its interest and beauty . English literature V.
Strana xii
... land but our own . Certainly , from the end of the colonial period for- ward , the character of our literature became individual almost in proportion as the character of the nation became distinct . American literature has never become ...
... land but our own . Certainly , from the end of the colonial period for- ward , the character of our literature became individual almost in proportion as the character of the nation became distinct . American literature has never become ...
Strana xvii
... lands of their origin . It would be truer to say that in the United States litera- ture and style have been much less affected by the romantic move- ment than in England . Indeed , with very few exceptions , our literature is purely pre ...
... lands of their origin . It would be truer to say that in the United States litera- ture and style have been much less affected by the romantic move- ment than in England . Indeed , with very few exceptions , our literature is purely pre ...
Strana xviii
... land . We are learning to prize its history , its traditions , its civiliza- tion , its scenery , its life , its education , its language , its literature . Ours is the lesser branch of a great literature , but it has its own virtues ...
... land . We are learning to prize its history , its traditions , its civiliza- tion , its scenery , its life , its education , its language , its literature . Ours is the lesser branch of a great literature , but it has its own virtues ...
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... land , from Its First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of our Lord , 1698. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather , M. A. And Pastor of the North Church in Boston , New - England . London : Printed for Thomas Parkhurst , at ...
... land , from Its First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of our Lord , 1698. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather , M. A. And Pastor of the North Church in Boston , New - England . London : Printed for Thomas Parkhurst , at ...
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Strana 263 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Strana 113 - Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as "What is all this worth?
Strana 38 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Strana 80 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Strana 263 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Strana 40 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Strana 40 - If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Strana 192 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Strana 106 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Strana 36 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.