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That they were always exposed to destruction , as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to ... one moment whether he shall stand or fall the next ; and when he does fall , he falls at once , without warning .
That they were always exposed to destruction , as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to ... one moment whether he shall stand or fall the next ; and when he does fall , he falls at once , without warning .
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But , in their great mercy and tenderness of heart , they have doomed Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the platform of the pillory , and then and thereafter , for the remainder of her natural life , to wear a mark ...
But , in their great mercy and tenderness of heart , they have doomed Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the platform of the pillory , and then and thereafter , for the remainder of her natural life , to wear a mark ...
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Foreclose the coming of surprise : Stand where Posterity shall stand ; Stand where the Ancients stood before , And , dipping in lone founts thy hand , Drink of the never - varving lore : Wise once , and wise thence evermore .
Foreclose the coming of surprise : Stand where Posterity shall stand ; Stand where the Ancients stood before , And , dipping in lone founts thy hand , Drink of the never - varving lore : Wise once , and wise thence evermore .
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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: Bradford to Lincoln Norton book Volume 1 of The American Tradition in Literature, Richmond Croom Beatty |
| Editors | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Compiled by | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Norton, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 3505 pages |
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