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... fiction illustrating the second colonial period : Mary Johnston's " Audrey " ( 1727 ) ; William Gilmore Simms's " The Yemassee ( 1715 ) ; Amelia E. Barr's " The Bow and the Orange Ribbon " ( 1706 ) ; James Fenimore Cooper's " The ...
... fiction illustrating the second colonial period : Mary Johnston's " Audrey " ( 1727 ) ; William Gilmore Simms's " The Yemassee ( 1715 ) ; Amelia E. Barr's " The Bow and the Orange Ribbon " ( 1706 ) ; James Fenimore Cooper's " The ...
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... place in the history of our literature depends upon his fiction . In spite of his feeble health , which necessitated the utmost care in diet and exercise , he wrote no fewer than six novels , among which " THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD . 77.
... place in the history of our literature depends upon his fiction . In spite of his feeble health , which necessitated the utmost care in diet and exercise , he wrote no fewer than six novels , among which " THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD . 77.
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... fiction , and it is said that " Don Quixote " is the only novel he ever keenly relished or read a second time . He delighted in poetry , and read Homer , Horace , Tasso , Molière , Shakespeare , Milton , and Pope . For a time he was ...
... fiction , and it is said that " Don Quixote " is the only novel he ever keenly relished or read a second time . He delighted in poetry , and read Homer , Horace , Tasso , Molière , Shakespeare , Milton , and Pope . For a time he was ...
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... fiction illustrating the period of the American Revolution John Esten Cooke's " Henry St. John " ( 1774-75 ) ; J. P. Kennedy's " Horseshoe Robinson " ( 1757-80 ) ; Harold Frederick's " In the Valley " ( 1757-80 ) ; James Fenimore ...
... fiction illustrating the period of the American Revolution John Esten Cooke's " Henry St. John " ( 1774-75 ) ; J. P. Kennedy's " Horseshoe Robinson " ( 1757-80 ) ; Harold Frederick's " In the Valley " ( 1757-80 ) ; James Fenimore ...
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... fiction and poetry . He wrote a dozen volumes of verse , among which are “ Atalantis ” and “ Areytos , or Songs and Ballads of the South , " and some thirty romances , among which are " The Yemas . see , " " The Partisan , " and ...
... fiction and poetry . He wrote a dozen volumes of verse , among which are “ Atalantis ” and “ Areytos , or Songs and Ballads of the South , " and some thirty romances , among which are " The Yemas . see , " " The Partisan , " and ...
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