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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... England . It was immediately republished in Scotland , and brought the author into correspondence with some of the most distinguished divines of that country . In 1743 Mr. Edwards finished a series of sermons upon the distinguishing ...
... England . It was immediately republished in Scotland , and brought the author into correspondence with some of the most distinguished divines of that country . In 1743 Mr. Edwards finished a series of sermons upon the distinguishing ...
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... England with a press and type . He soon made himself master of the business , while he employed all his leisure time and his evenings to the improvement of his English style , by reading the best books he could find , among which ...
... England with a press and type . He soon made himself master of the business , while he employed all his leisure time and his evenings to the improvement of his English style , by reading the best books he could find , among which ...
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... England , he travelled , in 1763 , throughout the northern colonies , to inspect and regulate the post - offices , performing a tour of about sixteen hundred miles . But the controversy between the " Proprietors " and the people of ...
... England , he travelled , in 1763 , throughout the northern colonies , to inspect and regulate the post - offices , performing a tour of about sixteen hundred miles . But the controversy between the " Proprietors " and the people of ...
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... England a complete paradise , might have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good , which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief ; in bringing misery into thousands of families , and destroying the lives of so ...
... England a complete paradise , might have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good , which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief ; in bringing misery into thousands of families , and destroying the lives of so ...
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... England , which they have long been used to copy . I have , however , observed one custom which , for aught I know , is peculiar to this country . An account of it will serve to fill up the remainder of this sheet , and may afford you ...
... England , which they have long been used to copy . I have , however , observed one custom which , for aught I know , is peculiar to this country . An account of it will serve to fill up the remainder of this sheet , and may afford you ...
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