American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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... ground were these defended ; on the ground that they were our inheritance by the common law . But why called common law ? It was so called as distinguished from the laws of particular places . It was a system common to the whole people ...
... ground were these defended ; on the ground that they were our inheritance by the common law . But why called common law ? It was so called as distinguished from the laws of particular places . It was a system common to the whole people ...
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... ground . The beaver builds No longer by these streams , but far away , On waters whose blue surface ne'er gave back The whiteman's face- among Missouri's springs , And pools whose issues swell the Oregon3 — He rears his little Venice ...
... ground . The beaver builds No longer by these streams , but far away , On waters whose blue surface ne'er gave back The whiteman's face- among Missouri's springs , And pools whose issues swell the Oregon3 — He rears his little Venice ...
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... ground ; this is Spring . It precedes the green and flowery spring , as mythology precedes regular poetry . I know of nothing more purgative of winter fumes and indigestions . It convinces me that Earth is still in her swaddling clothes ...
... ground ; this is Spring . It precedes the green and flowery spring , as mythology precedes regular poetry . I know of nothing more purgative of winter fumes and indigestions . It convinces me that Earth is still in her swaddling clothes ...
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Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
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