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... political conditions under which the various authors wrote . The sketches of the rep- resentative writers give with considerable fulness the leading biographical facts , together with typical extracts and critical estimates iii.
... political conditions under which the various authors wrote . The sketches of the rep- resentative writers give with considerable fulness the leading biographical facts , together with typical extracts and critical estimates iii.
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... Wrote " Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates , " and " Historie of Travaile into Virginia . " GEORGE SANDYS ( 1577-1644 ) . Removed to America in 1621 , and became treasurer of the Virginia Colony . Translated in Virginia ten books ...
... Wrote " Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates , " and " Historie of Travaile into Virginia . " GEORGE SANDYS ( 1577-1644 ) . Removed to America in 1621 , and became treasurer of the Virginia Colony . Translated in Virginia ten books ...
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... wrote in capital letters the suggestive legend , " BE SHORT . ” His daily life was governed by a mechanical routine ; yet , after the Puritanic fashion , he upbraided himself with slothfulness . 56. Literary Labors . He mastered not ...
... wrote in capital letters the suggestive legend , " BE SHORT . ” His daily life was governed by a mechanical routine ; yet , after the Puritanic fashion , he upbraided himself with slothfulness . 56. Literary Labors . He mastered not ...
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... wrote a book entitled " Bonifacius , an Essay upon the Good that is to be Devised and Designed , with Proposals of Unexceptionable Methods to do Good in the World , " a work that places phi- lanthropy upon a business basis , and ...
... wrote a book entitled " Bonifacius , an Essay upon the Good that is to be Devised and Designed , with Proposals of Unexceptionable Methods to do Good in the World , " a work that places phi- lanthropy upon a business basis , and ...
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... wrote a number of hymns still in use , and published five volumes of sermons popular in their day . THOMAS GODFREY ( 1736-1763 ) . First dramatic author in America . Served as a lieutenant in the colonial militia . Author of " Juvenile ...
... wrote a number of hymns still in use , and published five volumes of sermons popular in their day . THOMAS GODFREY ( 1736-1763 ) . First dramatic author in America . Served as a lieutenant in the colonial militia . Author of " Juvenile ...
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