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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... university and five years in studious retirement at home , he set out , at the age of thirty , on a continental tour ; but returned on the breaking out of the civil war , and soon after entered the ser- vice of Cromwell as Latin ...
... university and five years in studious retirement at home , he set out , at the age of thirty , on a continental tour ; but returned on the breaking out of the civil war , and soon after entered the ser- vice of Cromwell as Latin ...
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... university of Edinburgh . He attempted the study of law and afterwards entered business , but they were abandoned for literature . His chief title to fame rests upon his great History of Eng- land , in six volumes , from the invasion of ...
... university of Edinburgh . He attempted the study of law and afterwards entered business , but they were abandoned for literature . His chief title to fame rests upon his great History of Eng- land , in six volumes , from the invasion of ...
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... University of Edinburgh , author of Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind , Outlines of Moral Philosophy , etc. JEREMY BENTHAM ( 1748-1832 ) , a bold and original writer on legal and political science . CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ...
... University of Edinburgh , author of Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind , Outlines of Moral Philosophy , etc. JEREMY BENTHAM ( 1748-1832 ) , a bold and original writer on legal and political science . CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ...
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... University of Edinburgh , etc. , and author of Astronomical Discourses , Natural Theology Christian Evidences and many other works . One of the greatest men that Scotland has ever produced . AMERICAN CONTEMPORARIES . William Wirt , John ...
... University of Edinburgh , etc. , and author of Astronomical Discourses , Natural Theology Christian Evidences and many other works . One of the greatest men that Scotland has ever produced . AMERICAN CONTEMPORARIES . William Wirt , John ...
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... University . He died in 1888 . EXTRACTS . I. As the chiefs rule , my son , the people are . Unhappy people , where the chiefs themselves Are , like the mob , vicious and ignorant ! II . Come to the window ; sweet is the night air ! Only ...
... University . He died in 1888 . EXTRACTS . I. As the chiefs rule , my son , the people are . Unhappy people , where the chiefs themselves Are , like the mob , vicious and ignorant ! II . Come to the window ; sweet is the night air ! Only ...
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