The Prose Writers of America: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsHurst & Company, 1909 |
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Page 54
... seen and heard distinctly from one side to the other ; and in many places the banks on either hand are composed of rich mead- ows , or flats , as they were denominated by the early Dutch settlers , so nearly on a level with the surface ...
... seen and heard distinctly from one side to the other ; and in many places the banks on either hand are composed of rich mead- ows , or flats , as they were denominated by the early Dutch settlers , so nearly on a level with the surface ...
Page 73
... seen him , laying aside the vestments of the priesthood , consecrate himself to the holy purpose of rescuing a continent from rapine and mur- der , and of erasing this one sin from the book of his na- tion's iniquities . We have seen ...
... seen him , laying aside the vestments of the priesthood , consecrate himself to the holy purpose of rescuing a continent from rapine and mur- der , and of erasing this one sin from the book of his na- tion's iniquities . We have seen ...
Page 213
... seen oze , would excite almost as strong sensations , as the sight of the ocean to him who beheld it for the first ... seen of the same size , and the towering white pine and hemlock reach a height , that I had never seen attained COMMON ...
... seen oze , would excite almost as strong sensations , as the sight of the ocean to him who beheld it for the first ... seen of the same size , and the towering white pine and hemlock reach a height , that I had never seen attained COMMON ...
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for dness of the Deity displayed in the Beauty of Creation Dwight | 10 |
Rural Occupations favourable to the Sentiments of Devotion | 19 |
Jefferson | 25 |
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