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... England spoke a tongue which was a dialect closely akin to the German and still closer to what we now call the Dutch . In the course of centuries a differentiation had arisen because the German settlers had sought another home , with ...
... England spoke a tongue which was a dialect closely akin to the German and still closer to what we now call the Dutch . In the course of centuries a differentiation had arisen because the German settlers had sought another home , with ...
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... England , historical conditions for several hundred years kept back letters on this continent from being cultivated as they might have been under more favoring circum- stances . The proper attitude for an American toward his own ...
... England , historical conditions for several hundred years kept back letters on this continent from being cultivated as they might have been under more favoring circum- stances . The proper attitude for an American toward his own ...
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... England as a guide to other immigrants ; or it was of a religious nature , composed after the manner of the preacher for purposes of moral instruction or theo- logic guidance . To put it briefly , adventurers and clergy- men , and ...
... England as a guide to other immigrants ; or it was of a religious nature , composed after the manner of the preacher for purposes of moral instruction or theo- logic guidance . To put it briefly , adventurers and clergy- men , and ...
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... England and Virginia had set before them the most practical of tasks : to subjugate the Indian , make the soil yield harvests , clear the forests , and in the clearings erect habitable homes , to begin housewifery within doors , and ...
... England and Virginia had set before them the most practical of tasks : to subjugate the Indian , make the soil yield harvests , clear the forests , and in the clearings erect habitable homes , to begin housewifery within doors , and ...
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... England , and Shakespeare's English was in the air . It must be remem- bered that any writer like Smith had the advantage of English speech in its very finest and strongest period of existence the flower of English expression . Even ...
... England , and Shakespeare's English was in the air . It must be remem- bered that any writer like Smith had the advantage of English speech in its very finest and strongest period of existence the flower of English expression . Even ...
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Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature Richard Burton Visualização completa - 1904 |
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