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... course , or to give merely a gen- eral preparation for the intelligent reading of our leading authors , an edition is published without the annotated selections . With grateful feelings for the kind reception ac- corded his ...
... course , or to give merely a gen- eral preparation for the intelligent reading of our leading authors , an edition is published without the annotated selections . With grateful feelings for the kind reception ac- corded his ...
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... chamber goes glad Giants - race to run . From heavens utmost end , his course and compassing ; to ends of it , & from the heat thereof is hid nothing . " CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . DURING the early colonial period , FIRST COLONIAL PERIOD . 19.
... chamber goes glad Giants - race to run . From heavens utmost end , his course and compassing ; to ends of it , & from the heat thereof is hid nothing . " CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . DURING the early colonial period , FIRST COLONIAL PERIOD . 19.
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... . They robbed the In- dians , and plotted the murder of Smith . While dangers were thus gathering , an accident changed the course of events . As Smith lay sleeping in his boat , the powder bag 22 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
... . They robbed the In- dians , and plotted the murder of Smith . While dangers were thus gathering , an accident changed the course of events . As Smith lay sleeping in his boat , the powder bag 22 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
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... course Cotton Mather , who was born Feb. 12 , 1663 , in Boston . On the side of his mother , who was a daughter of the celebrated pulpit - orator John Cotton , he like- wise inherited talents of no usual order . After receiving his ...
... course Cotton Mather , who was born Feb. 12 , 1663 , in Boston . On the side of his mother , who was a daughter of the celebrated pulpit - orator John Cotton , he like- wise inherited talents of no usual order . After receiving his ...
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... 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 the last . " In England it was believed that the colonial leaders were secretly meditating and ...
... 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 the last . " In England it was believed that the colonial leaders were secretly meditating and ...
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