ISBN: 1230229086

[SR: 2516794], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230229089], TheClassics.us, TheClassics.us, Book, [PU: TheClassics.us], TheClassics.us, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pu… Plus…

[SR: 2516794], Paperback, [EAN: 9781230229089], TheClassics.us, TheClassics.us, Book, [PU: TheClassics.us], TheClassics.us, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... OUR POETS AND THEIR POETRY. William Satterthwaitc.--Comes to Bucks county.--Pcllar and John Watson.--Satterth,waite at Durham and Lumberville.--Domestic troubles.--Mis death and poetry.-- Doctor Jonathan Ingham; Doctor John Watson; Paul Preston; Samuel Johnson ;. Eliza Pickering; Ann Paxson; Nicholas Biddle, and "Ode to Bogle."--Samuel Blackfan; Samuel Swain.--The Lumberville 'Box."--Cyrus Livezey; George Johnson; Jerome Buck; Thaddeus T. Kenderdiue; Isaac Walton Spencer; Allen Livezey:. Sidney L. Anderson; Catharine Mitchcl; Lizzie VanDeventer; Octavia E. Hill:. Rebecca Smith; Laura W. White; Emily F. Seal; Elizabeth Lloyd; M. A. Heston.-- John C. Hyde. There was little outgrowth of poetic feeling among the first settlers, their life in the wilderness being too hard lor any display of sentiment, but there was great proclivity for rhyming by the middle of the centurv. and from that time our county abounded in writers of verse. This talent was stimulated by the establishment of a county newspaper. William Satterthwaitc, classed among the "early poets of Pennsylvania," was probably the earliest, as well as the most distinguished of our domestic versifiers, but only a few of his effusions have survived him. He was born in1 England the early part of the eighteenth century, received a good classical education and settled in Pennsylvania while a young man. It is difficult to tell at what time he first came to liucks county. He is said to have been a schoolteacher in England, and that one night a school girl, benighted on her way home, was offered the hospitality of his school house. The evening was long enough for their courtship and marriage. Satisfied of the false step-they had taken, they sailed for Pennsylvania in quest of better fortune..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 8975347011, Education & Teaching, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9781230229089

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ISBN: 9781230229089

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