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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... Essay on Man , Wordsworth's Excursion , Bryant's Thanatopsis . Pastoral poetry is poetry descriptive of country life . Examples ... Essays , Treatises , and Discourses . History is a record of past events . Examples : ( 7 ) INTRODUCTION.
... Essay on Man , Wordsworth's Excursion , Bryant's Thanatopsis . Pastoral poetry is poetry descriptive of country life . Examples ... Essays , Treatises , and Discourses . History is a record of past events . Examples : ( 7 ) INTRODUCTION.
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... Essay is a brief and somewhat informal composition on any subject Among the best essays are those of Lord Bacon , Addison , and Lamb ( Elia ) A Treatise is a composition setting forth in a systematic manner the prin- ciples of some ...
... Essay is a brief and somewhat informal composition on any subject Among the best essays are those of Lord Bacon , Addison , and Lamb ( Elia ) A Treatise is a composition setting forth in a systematic manner the prin- ciples of some ...
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... Essays . Knowledge is power . EXTRACTS . I. II . No pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage - ground of truth . III . A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism , but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ...
... Essays . Knowledge is power . EXTRACTS . I. II . No pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage - ground of truth . III . A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism , but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ...
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... Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588-1667 ) , a soldier and poet on the side of Cromwell , author of Shepherd's Hunting , Hymns and Songs of the Church , Abuses Stript and Whipt ( a satire ) , etc. ROBERT HERRICK ( 1591–1674 ) , a fine lyric ...
... Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588-1667 ) , a soldier and poet on the side of Cromwell , author of Shepherd's Hunting , Hymns and Songs of the Church , Abuses Stript and Whipt ( a satire ) , etc. ROBERT HERRICK ( 1591–1674 ) , a fine lyric ...
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... essays . The best of his dramas is The Indian Emperor . His principal poems are Alexander's Feast ; Absalom and Achitophel , a political satire ; The Hind ana Panther , a poem in defence of the Catholic Church ; and a Trans lation of ...
... essays . The best of his dramas is The Indian Emperor . His principal poems are Alexander's Feast ; Absalom and Achitophel , a political satire ; The Hind ana Panther , a poem in defence of the Catholic Church ; and a Trans lation of ...
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