American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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Page 513
... learning , will go on to the grammar schools , which constitute the next stage , there to be instructed in the languages . The learning Greek and Latin , I am told , is going into disuse in Europe . I know not what their manners and ...
... learning , will go on to the grammar schools , which constitute the next stage , there to be instructed in the languages . The learning Greek and Latin , I am told , is going into disuse in Europe . I know not what their manners and ...
Page 574
... learning , genius , virtue , worth , Wit , valor , wisdom , and so forth ; Hide the bald pate , and cover o'er The cap of folly worn before . Our hero's wit and learning now may Be proved by token of diploma , Of that diploma , which ...
... learning , genius , virtue , worth , Wit , valor , wisdom , and so forth ; Hide the bald pate , and cover o'er The cap of folly worn before . Our hero's wit and learning now may Be proved by token of diploma , Of that diploma , which ...
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... learning , they feel no want of it . Is it to be supposed that a workman does not know whether he wants tools ? All this ends when learning and law are put down . Trial by battle must regulate society . We shall then want barracks and ...
... learning , they feel no want of it . Is it to be supposed that a workman does not know whether he wants tools ? All this ends when learning and law are put down . Trial by battle must regulate society . We shall then want barracks and ...
Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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