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... souls still sought opportunity to cultivate the muse of poetry . The first was George Sandys , who , coming to Virginia in 1622 , there completed his translation of the fifteen books of Ovid's " Metamorphoses . " " This book , " to use ...
... souls still sought opportunity to cultivate the muse of poetry . The first was George Sandys , who , coming to Virginia in 1622 , there completed his translation of the fifteen books of Ovid's " Metamorphoses . " " This book , " to use ...
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... soul most delighted ; and the seventh narrates " the afflictive disturbances which the churches of New England have suffered from their various adversaries , " namely , impostors , Quakers , Separatists , Indians , and the Devil . 58 ...
... soul most delighted ; and the seventh narrates " the afflictive disturbances which the churches of New England have suffered from their various adversaries , " namely , impostors , Quakers , Separatists , Indians , and the Devil . 58 ...
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... soul and in his simple devotion to the truth , the world has seldom seen in finer combination all the great qualities of a godlike manhood . " 1 104. Parentage and Early Training . - Jonathan Edwards , who was born at East Windsor ...
... soul and in his simple devotion to the truth , the world has seldom seen in finer combination all the great qualities of a godlike manhood . " 1 104. Parentage and Early Training . - Jonathan Edwards , who was born at East Windsor ...
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... soul , undivorced from hope ; And with unwavering eye and warrior mien , Walks in the shadow dauntless and serene , To test , through hostile years , the utmost scope Of man's endurance - constant to essay All heights of patience free ...
... soul , undivorced from hope ; And with unwavering eye and warrior mien , Walks in the shadow dauntless and serene , To test , through hostile years , the utmost scope Of man's endurance - constant to essay All heights of patience free ...
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... soul . He was a native of Charleston . Like so many other poets in whom the literary impulse has been strong , he gave up law for literature . In 1849 , under the nom de plume of " Aglaus , " he began a series of contributions to the ...
... soul . He was a native of Charleston . Like so many other poets in whom the literary impulse has been strong , he gave up law for literature . In 1849 , under the nom de plume of " Aglaus , " he began a series of contributions to the ...
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