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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... studies , but not great dramas ; and they add nothing to the author's fame . His death , which occurred at Aldworth , Oct. 6 , 1892 , was marked by a solemn grandeur in keeping with the loftiness of the great soul that was then ...
... studies , but not great dramas ; and they add nothing to the author's fame . His death , which occurred at Aldworth , Oct. 6 , 1892 , was marked by a solemn grandeur in keeping with the loftiness of the great soul that was then ...
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... Studies of Great Subjects , The English in Ireland , Life of Carlyle , Julius Cæsar , and various other works . His style is most fascinating and brilliant , but he is accused of writing too much as a partisan . Mr. Froude was born in ...
... Studies of Great Subjects , The English in Ireland , Life of Carlyle , Julius Cæsar , and various other works . His style is most fascinating and brilliant , but he is accused of writing too much as a partisan . Mr. Froude was born in ...
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... Studies , etc. EARL OF DERBY , E. G. S. Stanley ( 1799-1869 ) , an English statesman , and author of a fine Translation of Homer . MRS . ANNA JAMESON ( 1797-1860 ) , the ablest female prosist of the age , author of Characteristics of ...
... Studies , etc. EARL OF DERBY , E. G. S. Stanley ( 1799-1869 ) , an English statesman , and author of a fine Translation of Homer . MRS . ANNA JAMESON ( 1797-1860 ) , the ablest female prosist of the age , author of Characteristics of ...
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... Studies on Men and Books , Memories and Portraits , charming volumes of essays ; A Child's Garden of Verses , Ballads , and Underwoods , poetical works ; and several volumes of travel . He lies buried on the summit of Pala Mountain ...
... Studies on Men and Books , Memories and Portraits , charming volumes of essays ; A Child's Garden of Verses , Ballads , and Underwoods , poetical works ; and several volumes of travel . He lies buried on the summit of Pala Mountain ...
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... Studies in Literature , and a long list of biographies in the English Men of Letters series , all excellent , and a First Sketch of English Literature . ANDREW LANG ( 1844 - ) , one of the most active literary men in England , author of ...
... Studies in Literature , and a long list of biographies in the English Men of Letters series , all excellent , and a First Sketch of English Literature . ANDREW LANG ( 1844 - ) , one of the most active literary men in England , author of ...
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