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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 18: Prescott and Motley (search)
g. At the same time he ploughed through a long course of English literature. Ascham, Bacon, Browne, Raleigh, and Milton, besides the sermons of eminent divines, were read to him in chronological series, while he used his own sight for an hour of Latin daily. At the end of the year he felt he had broken ground only. A temporary improvement in his eye enabled him to plunge into French authors from Froissart to Chateaubriand, still devoting a part of each day to hearing English drama from Heywood to Dryden. With his friend Ticknor, Prescott kept up a third line of English reading, connected with Scandinavian and Teutonic themes and compositions. In 1823, Sismondi's Litterature du Midi prepared him for Italian letters, which he proceeded to explore systematically and intelligently. Two articles in The North American review contained his impressions on this field; they were written con amore, as the change from French to Italian had been to him especially stimulating and refreshing
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
azard, Ebenezer, 106, 107, 113-114, 115 Hazlitt, William, 206, 258 Health, a, 289 Hearne (directory), 264 n. Heart of the War, the, 280 Heartsease and Rue, 247 Heeren, A. H. L., 112 Hegel, 209, 212, 213 Heidelberg, 34 Heine, 243 von Held, Toni, 357 n. Hemans, Mrs., 398 Henneman, John Bell, 318 Henty, G. A., 404 Herald (N. Y.), 155, 186, 187, 193, 194, 272, 321, 331 Her letter, 242 Herrick, Robert, 243 Het voorspel van den tachtigjarigen oorlog, 139 Heywood, John, 125 Hiawatha, 38, 39, 156 Hibbard, G. A., 388 Higginson, Colonel T. W., 36, 49, 401 Higher and the lower good, the, 220 High tide, 284 Hildreth, Richard, 108, 109, 111, 112 Hill, A. B., 320 Hill, Benjamin Harvey, 318 Hill, Gen. D. H., 313 Historical collections, state papers, and other Authentic documents, 113, 114 History of American music, 353 n. History of Connecticut, 106 History of England (Mahon), 118 History of Massachusetts, 106 History of New En