The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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... face . Birds , insects , animals , with vegative , Thy heart from death and dulness doth re- vive , And in the ... face : A penalty imposed on his backsliding race . 12 Here sits our grandame in retired place , And in her lap her bloody ...
... face . Birds , insects , animals , with vegative , Thy heart from death and dulness doth re- vive , And in the ... face : A penalty imposed on his backsliding race . 12 Here sits our grandame in retired place , And in her lap her bloody ...
Page 255
... face of 30 who , with old Van Tassel , sat smoking at Hans Van Ripper , and every other niggardly patron , and kick any itinerant pedagogue out of doors that should dare to call him comrade ! Old Baltus Van Tassel moved about among his ...
... face of 30 who , with old Van Tassel , sat smoking at Hans Van Ripper , and every other niggardly patron , and kick any itinerant pedagogue out of doors that should dare to call him comrade ! Old Baltus Van Tassel moved about among his ...
Page 536
... face looked pale and sharp against the dark calico cover . When the house was in order , Louisa stole up - stairs to her own chamber . She put on her clean old blue muslin and her hat , then she went slyly down and out the front It was ...
... face looked pale and sharp against the dark calico cover . When the house was in order , Louisa stole up - stairs to her own chamber . She put on her clean old blue muslin and her hat , then she went slyly down and out the front It was ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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