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... Period . The text has been reset ; and , most noteworthy of all the improve- ments , a large number of effective new illustrations has been introduced . The experience of a great number of teachers has con- firmed the author's judgment ...
... Period . The text has been reset ; and , most noteworthy of all the improve- ments , a large number of effective new illustrations has been introduced . The experience of a great number of teachers has con- firmed the author's judgment ...
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... period . It considers at length only the well- defined periods and representative writers . It thus follows what is known as the intensive method . In using the book in the classroom , for which it is chiefly intended , it is not ...
... period . It considers at length only the well- defined periods and representative writers . It thus follows what is known as the intensive method . In using the book in the classroom , for which it is chiefly intended , it is not ...
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... PERIOD CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH COTTON MATHER • 9 24 30 II SECOND COLONIAL PERIOD 39 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JONATHAN EDWARDS 58 51 62 III REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD THOMAS JEFFERSON ALEXANDER HAMILTON 73 89 • 100 IV FIRST NATIONAL PERIOD WASHINGTON ...
... PERIOD CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH COTTON MATHER • 9 24 30 II SECOND COLONIAL PERIOD 39 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JONATHAN EDWARDS 58 51 62 III REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD THOMAS JEFFERSON ALEXANDER HAMILTON 73 89 • 100 IV FIRST NATIONAL PERIOD WASHINGTON ...
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... Augustus , of Eliza- beth , and of Louis XIV . 9. Brief Period of American Literature . The literature of America is the youngest of national literatures . While we — must seek its beginnings in the early part of INTRODUCTION 3.
... Augustus , of Eliza- beth , and of Louis XIV . 9. Brief Period of American Literature . The literature of America is the youngest of national literatures . While we — must seek its beginnings in the early part of INTRODUCTION 3.
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... period ; and already in the Middle Ages it counted several famous epics . In Germany the great " Nibelungen Lied " was composed in the twelfth century . While it is true that we are " heirs of all the ages , " and as such have inherited ...
... period ; and already in the Middle Ages it counted several famous epics . In Germany the great " Nibelungen Lied " was composed in the twelfth century . While it is true that we are " heirs of all the ages , " and as such have inherited ...
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