Common-school Literature, English and American: With Several Hundred Extracts to be MemorizedContains a short sketch about Eugene Field and his work (p. 123-124). |
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... education ; was introduced at Court by Sir Philip Sidney ; received from the Queen a grant of land in Ireland , where he spent several years of his life ; finally , in 1599 , was driven from his castle by a mob , and died soon after in ...
... education ; was introduced at Court by Sir Philip Sidney ; received from the Queen a grant of land in Ireland , where he spent several years of his life ; finally , in 1599 , was driven from his castle by a mob , and died soon after in ...
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... education at Oxford , and then travelled on the Continent . A poem on the battle of Blenheim procured for him an appointment under the Government , and he rose from one position to another until he became Secretary of State , from which ...
... education at Oxford , and then travelled on the Continent . A poem on the battle of Blenheim procured for him an appointment under the Government , and he rose from one position to another until he became Secretary of State , from which ...
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... Education . She was a great favorite of Dr. Johnson's . POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS . JUNIUS , supposed to be Sir Philip Francis ( 1740-1818 ) , author of the cele- brated Letters of Junius . RICHARD BRINSLey Sheridan ( 1751-1816 ) , a ...
... Education . She was a great favorite of Dr. Johnson's . POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS . JUNIUS , supposed to be Sir Philip Francis ( 1740-1818 ) , author of the cele- brated Letters of Junius . RICHARD BRINSLey Sheridan ( 1751-1816 ) , a ...
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... education , married the poet Robt . Browning , and died in Italy in 1861. She was a woman of delicate health , much of the time an invalid , a fact that must be borne in mind in estimating her genius . Had her physical strength been ...
... education , married the poet Robt . Browning , and died in Italy in 1861. She was a woman of delicate health , much of the time an invalid , a fact that must be borne in mind in estimating her genius . Had her physical strength been ...
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... education , and afterwards studied painting for some years , intending to make himself an artist . He did become an artist , and a great one , too , but not in the way he intended . Instead of an artist of the pencil he became an artist ...
... education , and afterwards studied painting for some years , intending to make himself an artist . He did become an artist , and a great one , too , but not in the way he intended . Instead of an artist of the pencil he became an artist ...
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