A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors and Selections from Their WorksParry & McMillan, 1859 - 784 sider |
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... universities of Europe . I need not say that I allude to Jonathan Edwards . " And Hazlitt , in his Principles of Human Actions , thus writes : - " Having produced him , the Americans need not despair of their metaphysicians . We do not ...
... universities of Europe . I need not say that I allude to Jonathan Edwards . " And Hazlitt , in his Principles of Human Actions , thus writes : - " Having produced him , the Americans need not despair of their metaphysicians . We do not ...
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... University of Penn- ism . What a contrast between the influence of such a biography as this , and that of a man whose life is only remarkable for success in bloodshed , or even in the more vulgar paths of vice , knavery , or crime ...
... University of Penn- ism . What a contrast between the influence of such a biography as this , and that of a man whose life is only remarkable for success in bloodshed , or even in the more vulgar paths of vice , knavery , or crime ...
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... University of Edinburgh in literature , science , and theo- logy , was licensed to preach at the age of twenty - one . He was first settled in the parish of Beith , in the west of Scotland , whence , in a few years , he removed to the ...
... University of Edinburgh in literature , science , and theo- logy , was licensed to preach at the age of twenty - one . He was first settled in the parish of Beith , in the west of Scotland , whence , in a few years , he removed to the ...
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... University of Pennsylvania , " and then com- menced the study of law , and , after the usual period , entered upon its practice . In 1766 , he went to England , where he remained two years . On his return he married Miss Ann Borden , of ...
... University of Pennsylvania , " and then com- menced the study of law , and , after the usual period , entered upon its practice . In 1766 , he went to England , where he remained two years . On his return he married Miss Ann Borden , of ...
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... university . It is painful to add that , in the latter years of his life , he suffered from pecuniary embarrassments . In 1815 he sold his library , of about 7000 volumes , to Congress , for twenty thousand dollars . His last days were ...
... university . It is painful to add that , in the latter years of his life , he suffered from pecuniary embarrassments . In 1815 he sold his library , of about 7000 volumes , to Congress , for twenty thousand dollars . His last days were ...
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