Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800James E. Person Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration periods by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are:
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Page 105
... ( Benjamin knowing all about Providence . ) " That He ought to be worshipped with adoration , prayer , and thanksgiving . ( Which cost nothing . ) " But- " But me no buts , Benjamin , saith the Lord . " But that the most acceptable ...
... ( Benjamin knowing all about Providence . ) " That He ought to be worshipped with adoration , prayer , and thanksgiving . ( Which cost nothing . ) " But- " But me no buts , Benjamin , saith the Lord . " But that the most acceptable ...
Page 107
... Benjamin's America looking at the barbed wire , and the fat sheep crawling under the fence to get fat outside , and the watchdogs yell- ing at the gate lest by chance anyone should get out by the proper exit . Oh America ! Oh Benjamin ...
... Benjamin's America looking at the barbed wire , and the fat sheep crawling under the fence to get fat outside , and the watchdogs yell- ing at the gate lest by chance anyone should get out by the proper exit . Oh America ! Oh Benjamin ...
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... Benjamin won't let anything exist except my useful fellow men , and I'm sick of them ; as for his Godhead , his Providence , He is Head of nothing except a vast heavenly store that keeps every imaginable line of goods , from vic- trolas ...
... Benjamin won't let anything exist except my useful fellow men , and I'm sick of them ; as for his Godhead , his Providence , He is Head of nothing except a vast heavenly store that keeps every imaginable line of goods , from vic- trolas ...
Contents
The Intellectual Background | 1 |
Benjamin Franklin 17061790 | 99 |
Patrick Henry 17361799 | 191 |
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