Makers of American Literature: A Class-book on American LiteratureNeale publishing Company, 1908 - 410 páginas |
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... FRANKLIN . III . WASHINGTON IRVING ... IV . JAMES FENIMORE COOPER ... V. EDGAR ALLAN POE ...... VI . WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT .. ... 11 17 29 53 VII . NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE . VIII . RALPH WALDO EMERSON .. IX . WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT .. X ...
... FRANKLIN . III . WASHINGTON IRVING ... IV . JAMES FENIMORE COOPER ... V. EDGAR ALLAN POE ...... VI . WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT .. ... 11 17 29 53 VII . NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE . VIII . RALPH WALDO EMERSON .. IX . WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT .. X ...
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... Franklin , whom we shall discuss in a separate chapter , we would call atten- tion next to Charles Brockden Brown . Brown was a writer of such promise as to make the critic feel that he would surely have achieved some rare liter- ary ...
... Franklin , whom we shall discuss in a separate chapter , we would call atten- tion next to Charles Brockden Brown . Brown was a writer of such promise as to make the critic feel that he would surely have achieved some rare liter- ary ...
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... Franklin , whose literary accomplishments and importance as an American man of letters are outlined in the fol- lowing chapter . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin is among the most conspicu- ous 28 MAKERS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.
... Franklin , whose literary accomplishments and importance as an American man of letters are outlined in the fol- lowing chapter . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin is among the most conspicu- ous 28 MAKERS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.
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A Class-book on American Literature Edwin Winfield Bowen. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin is among the most conspicu- ous figures in the early history of American letters . Indeed , in the strict sense of the term , there was no ...
A Class-book on American Literature Edwin Winfield Bowen. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin is among the most conspicu- ous figures in the early history of American letters . Indeed , in the strict sense of the term , there was no ...
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... Franklin was rapidly developing a taste for a more profitable employment than that of molding candles or grinding knives . When Franklin was twelve , he was apprenticed to his older brother , who was a printer . This ap- prenticeship ...
... Franklin was rapidly developing a taste for a more profitable employment than that of molding candles or grinding knives . When Franklin was twelve , he was apprenticed to his older brother , who was a printer . This ap- prenticeship ...
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Página 246 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 128 - Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I. "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore: Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!
Página 244 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 72 - Eip lay musing on this scene ; , evening was gradually advancing ; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys ; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, " Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle !" He looked round, but could see nothing but a crow winging its solitary flight across the mountain.
Página 70 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Página 404 - There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim. 1865 1865-6 o CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O Captain ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Página 124 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Página 120 - In the whole composition there should be no word written of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design.
Página 131 - The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere — The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year...
Página 213 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.