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Four influences which were to affect the whole subsequent course of American literature made their appearance in the earliest colonial period : those of earlier and current English literary models , of the middle - class point of view ...
Four influences which were to affect the whole subsequent course of American literature made their appearance in the earliest colonial period : those of earlier and current English literary models , of the middle - class point of view ...
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He observed and pondered English country are much more prone to melancholy . traits , and on his return to America he lectured The English have a mild aspect and a ringing on England to his countrymen . In the course of cheerful voice .
He observed and pondered English country are much more prone to melancholy . traits , and on his return to America he lectured The English have a mild aspect and a ringing on England to his countrymen . In the course of cheerful voice .
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They do not wear their heart in their sleeve English press : the first querulous , captious , for daws to peck at . They have that phlegm sensitive about English opinion ; the English or staidness which it is a compliment to dis- press ...
They do not wear their heart in their sleeve English press : the first querulous , captious , for daws to peck at . They have that phlegm sensitive about English opinion ; the English or staidness which it is a compliment to dis- press ...
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COLONIAL AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | 1 |
JONATHAN EDWARDS 17031758 | 16 |
Sarah Pierrepont | 24 |
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