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Page 193
This respect to all , with an opinion that the worst had some good effects , induced me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increased in people ...
This respect to all , with an opinion that the worst had some good effects , induced me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increased in people ...
Page 401
... is the moral cowardice by which men are led to truckle to what is called public opinion ; though this opinion is as ... nine times in ten , these opinions are mere engines set in motion by the most corrupt and the least respectable ...
... is the moral cowardice by which men are led to truckle to what is called public opinion ; though this opinion is as ... nine times in ten , these opinions are mere engines set in motion by the most corrupt and the least respectable ...
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On this account , and because there are but few B - s in the world , I would be as much ashamed of the world's good opinion as proud of your own . Another than yourself might here observe " Shakspeare is in possession of the world's ...
On this account , and because there are but few B - s in the world , I would be as much ashamed of the world's good opinion as proud of your own . Another than yourself might here observe " Shakspeare is in possession of the world's ...
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Contents
The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 The American Tradition in Literature, Sculley Bradley |
| Editor | Sculley Bradley |
| Publisher | Norton, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1575 pages |
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