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On the 31st of fifth month , 1761 , I was taken ill of a fever , and after it had continued near a week I was in great distress of body . One day there was a cry raised in me that I might understand the cause of my affliction ...
On the 31st of fifth month , 1761 , I was taken ill of a fever , and after it had continued near a week I was in great distress of body . One day there was a cry raised in me that I might understand the cause of my affliction ...
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The air continued sultry and scarcely enough wind to flutter the leaves on the trees . The Eastern coast of the river now opens , and presents to view ample plains , consisting of grassy marshes and green meadows , and affords a ...
The air continued sultry and scarcely enough wind to flutter the leaves on the trees . The Eastern coast of the river now opens , and presents to view ample plains , consisting of grassy marshes and green meadows , and affords a ...
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Her mother Very earnestly asked her several times , what the matter was , before she would make any answer , but she continued exceedingly crying , and wreathing her body to and fro , like one in anguish of spirit .
Her mother Very earnestly asked her several times , what the matter was , before she would make any answer , but she continued exceedingly crying , and wreathing her body to and fro , like one in anguish of spirit .
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Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1 American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Harrison T. Meserole |
| Editors | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Compiled by | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Publisher | Heath, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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