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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... Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the former two . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE ...
... Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the former two . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE ...
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... Italy . In 1824 he went to Missolonghi to assist the Greeks in their struggle for liberty , where he died in the same year , at the age of thirty - six , thus gloriously ending an inglorious and wretched life . Byron was a great genius ...
... Italy . In 1824 he went to Missolonghi to assist the Greeks in their struggle for liberty , where he died in the same year , at the age of thirty - six , thus gloriously ending an inglorious and wretched life . Byron was a great genius ...
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... Italy , in 1822 . He is the author of several powerful dramas and of some long nar rative and descriptive poems , but he is essentially a lyric poet , and as such is unexcelled . The Skylark , The Sensitive Plant , and The Cloud are ...
... Italy , in 1822 . He is the author of several powerful dramas and of some long nar rative and descriptive poems , but he is essentially a lyric poet , and as such is unexcelled . The Skylark , The Sensitive Plant , and The Cloud are ...
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... Italy . JOANNA BAILLIE ( 1762-1851 ) , author of Plays on the Passions , Family Le .. gend , and other dramas ; also some religious and miscellaneous works . MRS . FELICIA HEMANS ( 1794-1835 ) , author of Vespers of Palermo , a trage ...
... Italy . JOANNA BAILLIE ( 1762-1851 ) , author of Plays on the Passions , Family Le .. gend , and other dramas ; also some religious and miscellaneous works . MRS . FELICIA HEMANS ( 1794-1835 ) , author of Vespers of Palermo , a trage ...
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... 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 equal to her mental , she might have equalled , if not ...
... 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 equal to her mental , she might have equalled , if not ...
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