The American Tradition in Literature: Bradford to LincolnSculley Bradley, Eugene Hudson Long Norton, 1967 - American literature |
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... truth . The mind of man is naturally full of prejudices against the truth of divine things : It is full of enmity against the doctrines of the gospel ; which is a disadvantage to those arguments that prove their truth , and causes them ...
... truth . The mind of man is naturally full of prejudices against the truth of divine things : It is full of enmity against the doctrines of the gospel ; which is a disadvantage to those arguments that prove their truth , and causes them ...
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... Truth . Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral ; and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea ; and we Bostonians , very especially , have ...
... Truth . Every poem , it is said , should inculcate a moral ; and by this moral is the poetical merit of the work to be adjudged . We Americans especially have patronized this happy idea ; and we Bostonians , very especially , have ...
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... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , " O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have ...
... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , " O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have ...
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
Among the parts of a spinning wheel 1 In 11 2136 the poet elaborates | 5 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
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