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 103
... never set his foot till 1778. Thanks to the wisdom , virtue , digni- ty , and fortitude of congress , all their arts were defeated in America . And thanks to the intelligence , integrity , and firmness of Mr. Jay , they were totally ...
... never set his foot till 1778. Thanks to the wisdom , virtue , digni- ty , and fortitude of congress , all their arts were defeated in America . And thanks to the intelligence , integrity , and firmness of Mr. Jay , they were totally ...
Page 129
... never had , and of right never can have , without con- sent , given either before or after , power to make laws of sufficient force to bind the subjects in America in any case whatever , and particularly in taxation . " In 1768 he ...
... never had , and of right never can have , without con- sent , given either before or after , power to make laws of sufficient force to bind the subjects in America in any case whatever , and particularly in taxation . " In 1768 he ...
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... never admit of limitation . Neither pointing beyond his life nor a mere record of it , it is his life itself , at once the fulfillment of what , accordingly , may never even become his desire . WRITING Franklin's way of indicating this ...
... never admit of limitation . Neither pointing beyond his life nor a mere record of it , it is his life itself , at once the fulfillment of what , accordingly , may never even become his desire . WRITING Franklin's way of indicating this ...
Contents
The Intellectual Background | 1 |
Benjamin Franklin 17061790 | 99 |
Patrick Henry 17361799 | 191 |
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