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... published in America , the first book printed on American soil . This was the version of Psalm xxxv , 5 : - As chaffe before the winde , let them be , & Gods Angell them driving . Let their way dark and slippery bee , and the Lords ...
... published in America , the first book printed on American soil . This was the version of Psalm xxxv , 5 : - As chaffe before the winde , let them be , & Gods Angell them driving . Let their way dark and slippery bee , and the Lords ...
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... published by one Benjamin Harris at his coffee - house and bookstore in Boston , " by the New Eng- land Primer , between 1687 and 1690 . Town - Pump near the Change , " some time be- tween 1687 and 1690. It contained such knowledge as ...
... published by one Benjamin Harris at his coffee - house and bookstore in Boston , " by the New Eng- land Primer , between 1687 and 1690 . Town - Pump near the Change , " some time be- tween 1687 and 1690. It contained such knowledge as ...
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... tell me some curious thing . " With all his other occupations , he did an immense amount of writing . Nearly four hundred books and pam- Magnalia 1702 . phlets have been published , and there 8 [ 1663-1728 AMERICA'S LITERATURE.
... tell me some curious thing . " With all his other occupations , he did an immense amount of writing . Nearly four hundred books and pam- Magnalia 1702 . phlets have been published , and there 8 [ 1663-1728 AMERICA'S LITERATURE.
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... published , and there are still thou- sands of pages in manuscript . His best - known book is his Magnalia Christi Americana , or The Eccle- siastical History of New England . Like Bede's Christi , Ecclesiastical History , it is much ...
... published , and there are still thou- sands of pages in manuscript . His best - known book is his Magnalia Christi Americana , or The Eccle- siastical History of New England . Like Bede's Christi , Ecclesiastical History , it is much ...
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... published in America . Much verse of good motive but small merit was written , the longest piece being Wigglesworth's Day of Doom . Anne Bradstreet wrote the best of the colonial verse . The only book for children was the New England ...
... published in America . Much verse of good motive but small merit was written , the longest piece being Wigglesworth's Day of Doom . Anne Bradstreet wrote the best of the colonial verse . The only book for children was the New England ...
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Page 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.
Page 116 - O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 201 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 99 - During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
Page 101 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Page 207 - Still one thing more, fellowcitizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 201 - 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!
Page 199 - Mr President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 209 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...
Page 75 - Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers.