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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... learning , and the public weal . At the age of forty - three he was elected a member of the Assembly , and the next year was appointed a commissioner for making a treaty with the Indians . About this time he began to be interested in ...
... learning , and the public weal . At the age of forty - three he was elected a member of the Assembly , and the next year was appointed a commissioner for making a treaty with the Indians . About this time he began to be interested in ...
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... learning ; and the son , after going through the usual courses of study in 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 ...
... learning ; and the son , after going through the usual courses of study in 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 ...
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... learning , piety , sound judgment , and eloquence of their author . But none of them show one of the most prominent traits in his character , -a remark- ably ready and keen wit . Indeed , his fund of refined humor and delicate satire ...
... learning , piety , sound judgment , and eloquence of their author . But none of them show one of the most prominent traits in his character , -a remark- ably ready and keen wit . Indeed , his fund of refined humor and delicate satire ...
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... learning , judgment , and integrity when upon the bench , he was , perhaps , more celebrated as a man of letters , of general know- ledge , of fine taste , but , above all , for his then unrivalled powers of wit and satire . Dr. Rush ...
... learning , judgment , and integrity when upon the bench , he was , perhaps , more celebrated as a man of letters , of general know- ledge , of fine taste , but , above all , for his then unrivalled powers of wit and satire . Dr. Rush ...
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... learning to do what he sees others do . If a parent could find no motive , either in his philan- thropy or his self - love , for restraining the intemperance of passion towards his slave , it should always be a sufficient one that his ...
... learning to do what he sees others do . If a parent could find no motive , either in his philan- thropy or his self - love , for restraining the intemperance of passion towards his slave , it should always be a sufficient one that his ...
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