Hand-book of American Literature, Historical, Biographical and CriticalAssociated Faculty Press, Incorporated, 1971 - 319 pages |
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... essays and discourses , all marked by the characteristics of an abstract thinker . Of the thousandfold varieties of human life , its stern realities , its incon- sistencies , and the difficulties it ever opposes to the schemes of the ...
... essays and discourses , all marked by the characteristics of an abstract thinker . Of the thousandfold varieties of human life , its stern realities , its incon- sistencies , and the difficulties it ever opposes to the schemes of the ...
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... essays and lectures ; and brief descriptive sketches , often marked by wit and humour , relieve the more abstruse parts of his writings . His doctrine , so far as it refers to points in speculative theology , cannot be discussed here ...
... essays and lectures ; and brief descriptive sketches , often marked by wit and humour , relieve the more abstruse parts of his writings . His doctrine , so far as it refers to points in speculative theology , cannot be discussed here ...
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Joseph Gostwick. Future Prospects . In his next work , the essay on population , he argued against Malthus , that the ... essays , reviews , and other political writings , but was partly aided by his public speeches , of which several are ...
Joseph Gostwick. Future Prospects . In his next work , the essay on population , he argued against Malthus , that the ... essays , reviews , and other political writings , but was partly aided by his public speeches , of which several are ...
Contents
FIRST PERIOD | 1 |
ROGER WILLIAMS AND HIS TIMES 6 | 6 |
COTTON MATHER AND HIS TIMES 12 | 12 |
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