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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... Nature at this Within a period HIS is the most glorious era of English literature . No other age presents such a splendid array of great names , such originality , such creative energy ; and no other has added so many grand ideas to the ...
... Nature at this Within a period HIS is the most glorious era of English literature . No other age presents such a splendid array of great names , such originality , such creative energy ; and no other has added so many grand ideas to the ...
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... nature , into Tragedies and Comedies ; as to their origin , into Historical and Fictitious . The historical plays may be still further divided into Authentic and Legendary . Among the best of his tragedies are Hamlet , Mac- beth ...
... nature , into Tragedies and Comedies ; as to their origin , into Historical and Fictitious . The historical plays may be still further divided into Authentic and Legendary . Among the best of his tragedies are Hamlet , Mac- beth ...
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... Nature , she hath done her part , Do thou but thine . IV . P. L. , Bk . VIII . Virtue could see to do what virtue would , By her own radiant light , though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk . V. A thousand fantasies Begin to throng ...
... Nature , she hath done her part , Do thou but thine . IV . P. L. , Bk . VIII . Virtue could see to do what virtue would , By her own radiant light , though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk . V. A thousand fantasies Begin to throng ...
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... nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the former two . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE . POETS . SAMUEL BUTLER ( 1612-1680 ) , author of Hudibras , one of the most famous satires in the language , ridiculing the Puritans and ...
... nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the former two . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE . POETS . SAMUEL BUTLER ( 1612-1680 ) , author of Hudibras , one of the most famous satires in the language , ridiculing the Puritans and ...
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... nature is , and God the soul . V. Essay on Man . Slave to no sect , who takes no private road , But looks through nature up to nature's God . Essay on Man . VI . What nothing earthly gives or can destroy , 22 222 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE ...
... nature is , and God the soul . V. Essay on Man . Slave to no sect , who takes no private road , But looks through nature up to nature's God . Essay on Man . VI . What nothing earthly gives or can destroy , 22 222 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE ...
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