Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews Represents the American literary works most respected by modern scholars. Volume I covers Christopher Columbus through Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. This book also emphasizes the contributions to the American literary canon made by women and minority authors. Extensive explanatory headnotes and footnotes link the works and authors of a period and provide readers with additional insights into each selection. New to this edition is an expanded presentation of Native American literature (myths, tales, autobiography, etc.). |
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... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , " O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have ...
... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , " O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O friend , I have ...
Page 884
... truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully every- where , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
... truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully every- where , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
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... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in na- ture , since it then does not ...
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in na- ture , since it then does not ...
Contents
Columbuss Letter Describing His First Voyage | 15 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH | 22 |
FROM A Description of New England | 36 |
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