American Literature Survey: Colonial and federal to 1800Viking Press, 1968 - American literature |
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Page ix
... writer had to search for roots and traditions , had to begin all over again the creation of a world with each new piece of writing , had to re - create each time a sense of community and identity . The noble savage had to temper freedom ...
... writer had to search for roots and traditions , had to begin all over again the creation of a world with each new piece of writing , had to re - create each time a sense of community and identity . The noble savage had to temper freedom ...
Page 120
... writing wherein the author endeavors that the reader may have something to the purpose in every paragraph . There is not only a vigor sensible in every sentence , but the paragraph is embellished with profitable references even to ...
... writing wherein the author endeavors that the reader may have something to the purpose in every paragraph . There is not only a vigor sensible in every sentence , but the paragraph is embellished with profitable references even to ...
Page 359
... writing , which I copied fair and sent to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four letters of a side had passed , when my father happened to find my papers and read them . Without entering into the dis- cussion , he took ...
... writing , which I copied fair and sent to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four letters of a side had passed , when my father happened to find my papers and read them . Without entering into the dis- cussion , he took ...
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John Smith | 1 |
William Bradford | 9 |
The Mayflower Compact Sickness and Death | 27 |
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