American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpertive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard |
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... England . I am sensible the English plantations may be ren- dered very serviceable and beneficial to their mother kingdom , and I do not in the least doubt she will make the best advantage of them she can ; it is what others would do if ...
... England . I am sensible the English plantations may be ren- dered very serviceable and beneficial to their mother kingdom , and I do not in the least doubt she will make the best advantage of them she can ; it is what others would do if ...
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... England , Hol- land , Germany , or Sweden , when compared with the whole , stand in the same places on the larger scale , which the divisions of street , town , and county do on the smaller ones ; distinctions too limited for ...
... England , Hol- land , Germany , or Sweden , when compared with the whole , stand in the same places on the larger scale , which the divisions of street , town , and county do on the smaller ones ; distinctions too limited for ...
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... England being the King's residence , and America not so , makes quite another case . The King's negative here is ten times more dangerous and fatal than it can be in England , for there he will scarcely refuse his con- sent to a bill ...
... England being the King's residence , and America not so , makes quite another case . The King's negative here is ten times more dangerous and fatal than it can be in England , for there he will scarcely refuse his con- sent to a bill ...
Contents
PART ONE THE WESTWARD COURSE OF EMPIRE | 1 |
ROGER WILLIAMS | 31 |
RICHARD MATHER | 47 |
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American Anne Bradstreet appeared arms beauty better breath called cause character Christ church colonies Cotton Mather cried death Deerslayer divine door doth dreadful earth England English Ethan Brand evil eyes faith fancy father fear fire Fitz-Greene Halleck flowers friends Giovanni give God's hand happiness hath head heard heart heaven human Increase Mather Indians JEAN DE CRÈVECOEUR king labor land liberty Ligeia light live look Lord manner Martha Carrier matter Maypole means ment Merry Mount mind moral nation nature ness never Nevermore night o'er passion person Philip Pain poem poet poor prayer Puritan Quaker reason religion Rip Van Winkle round seemed soul spirit stood sweet thee things thou thought tion took trees true truth turn unto verse voice whole wild words young