The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott |
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... whole im- After giving Satan this triumph over the whole creation , one would have supposed that the church Mythologists would have been kind enough to send him back to the pit ; or if they had not done this , that they would have put a ...
... whole im- After giving Satan this triumph over the whole creation , one would have supposed that the church Mythologists would have been kind enough to send him back to the pit ; or if they had not done this , that they would have put a ...
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... whole hours together . 30 among them in the church - yard , between services on Sundays ! gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overrun the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amuse- ment all the epitaphs on the ...
... whole hours together . 30 among them in the church - yard , between services on Sundays ! gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overrun the surrounding trees ; reciting for their amuse- ment all the epitaphs on the ...
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... whole line . — When the battle went ill , and the bravest were solemn , Near the dark Seven Pines , where we still held our ground , He rode down the length of the withering column , And his heart at our war - cry leapt up with a bound ...
... whole line . — When the battle went ill , and the bravest were solemn , Near the dark Seven Pines , where we still held our ground , He rode down the length of the withering column , And his heart at our war - cry leapt up with a bound ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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