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... volume to the " Introduction to English Literature , " which has been cordially received by teachers in all parts of our country . As will be seen on examination , it follows substantially the same plan , though its limited field makes ...
... volume to the " Introduction to English Literature , " which has been cordially received by teachers in all parts of our country . As will be seen on examination , it follows substantially the same plan , though its limited field makes ...
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... volumes . This general or universal literature , of which we have just spoken , is obviously made up of national literatures . A national literature is composed of the literary produc- tions of a particular nation . After reaching a ...
... volumes . This general or universal literature , of which we have just spoken , is obviously made up of national literatures . A national literature is composed of the literary produc- tions of a particular nation . After reaching a ...
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... volume was published in England under the title , " The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America . " INCREASE MATHER ( 1638-1723 ) . Graduated at Harvard in 1656 ; took his M.A. degree at Trinity College , Dublin . Pastor of Second Church ...
... volume was published in England under the title , " The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America . " INCREASE MATHER ( 1638-1723 ) . Graduated at Harvard in 1656 ; took his M.A. degree at Trinity College , Dublin . Pastor of Second Church ...
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... volumes , that it is impossible to escape the suspicion that he has freely sup- plemented and embellished the facts from the resources of his ample imagination . Yet , after all due abatement is made , the fact remains in- contestable ...
... volumes , that it is impossible to escape the suspicion that he has freely sup- plemented and embellished the facts from the resources of his ample imagination . Yet , after all due abatement is made , the fact remains in- contestable ...
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... volumes . He was the third of a line of distinguished ancestors , the relative standing of whom is given in an old epitaph : - " Under this stone lies Richard Mather , Who had a son greater than his father , And eke a grandson greater ...
... volumes . He was the third of a line of distinguished ancestors , the relative standing of whom is given in an old epitaph : - " Under this stone lies Richard Mather , Who had a son greater than his father , And eke a grandson greater ...
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