Southern Literature from 1579-1895: A Comprehensive Review, with Copious Extracts and Criticisms for the Use of Schools and the General Reader |
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... Died 1712 . JOHN LAWSON was a Scotch gentleman who came to America in 1700. In his own words : " In the year 1700 , when people flocked from all parts of the Christian world , to see the solemnity of the grand jubilee at Rome , my in ...
... Died 1712 . JOHN LAWSON was a Scotch gentleman who came to America in 1700. In his own words : " In the year 1700 , when people flocked from all parts of the Christian world , to see the solemnity of the grand jubilee at Rome , my in ...
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... died a great while ago , and now is come amongst them to see if they work well , which if they do , he will go to the good spirit and speak to him to send them plenty of corn , and to make the young men all expert hunters and mighty ...
... died a great while ago , and now is come amongst them to see if they work well , which if they do , he will go to the good spirit and speak to him to send them plenty of corn , and to make the young men all expert hunters and mighty ...
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... died at the age of thirty , 1737. - See Century Magazine , 1891 , Vol . 20 , p . 163 . Westover Manuscripts : WORKS . ( 1 ) History of the Dividing Line [ the survey to settle the line between Virginia and North Carolina , 1728. j ( 2 ) ...
... died at the age of thirty , 1737. - See Century Magazine , 1891 , Vol . 20 , p . 163 . Westover Manuscripts : WORKS . ( 1 ) History of the Dividing Line [ the survey to settle the line between Virginia and North Carolina , 1728. j ( 2 ) ...
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... died , and here he lies buried , his tomb being a shrine of pilgrimage for all his countrymen and admirers . Innumerable monuments rise all over our land commem- orating his virtues and pointing him out as a model for the youth of ...
... died , and here he lies buried , his tomb being a shrine of pilgrimage for all his countrymen and admirers . Innumerable monuments rise all over our land commem- orating his virtues and pointing him out as a model for the youth of ...
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... died at Monticello , July 4 , 1826 , on the same day with John Adams , just fifty years after the great event of their lives , the declaration of independence of the United States . The following inscription was at his own request put ...
... died at Monticello , July 4 , 1826 , on the same day with John Adams , just fifty years after the great event of their lives , the declaration of independence of the United States . The following inscription was at his own request put ...
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