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... young settlement at Jamestown . The story is well known . Nearly the whole century was con- sumed in getting the colony firmly on its feet . For a time disease carried off a large number of the colonists and discouraged the rest . The ...
... young settlement at Jamestown . The story is well known . Nearly the whole century was con- sumed in getting the colony firmly on its feet . For a time disease carried off a large number of the colonists and discouraged the rest . The ...
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... young nation , or to acquaint the people of the mother country with the wonders of the New World . 22. Population Agricultural . - In addition to these unfavorable surroundings , it can hardly be claimed that the social conditions in ...
... young nation , or to acquaint the people of the mother country with the wonders of the New World . 22. Population Agricultural . - In addition to these unfavorable surroundings , it can hardly be claimed that the social conditions in ...
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... ) ; SAMUEL RICHARDSON ( 1689–1761 ) ; HENRY FIELDING ( 1707-1754 ) ; JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) ; JAMES THOMPSON ( 1700- 1748 ) ; EDWARD Young ( 1681-1765 ) . II . SECOND COLONIAL PERIOD . ( 1689–1763 . ) 36 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
... ) ; SAMUEL RICHARDSON ( 1689–1761 ) ; HENRY FIELDING ( 1707-1754 ) ; JONATHAN SWIFT ( 1667-1745 ) ; JAMES THOMPSON ( 1700- 1748 ) ; EDWARD Young ( 1681-1765 ) . II . SECOND COLONIAL PERIOD . ( 1689–1763 . ) 36 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
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... young , When heavenly flame did animate her clay , By future poets shall be sung . Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The first four acts already past , A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is ...
... young , When heavenly flame did animate her clay , By future poets shall be sung . Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The first four acts already past , A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is ...
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... young lady he afterwards married , is familiar to every one . He found employment , and attracted the notice of Governor Keith , who after a time per- suaded him to go to England for a printer's outfit . 66 86. In England . — On ...
... young lady he afterwards married , is familiar to every one . He found employment , and attracted the notice of Governor Keith , who after a time per- suaded him to go to England for a printer's outfit . 66 86. In England . — On ...
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