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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... give just such and so much literary information as is indispens- able to the learner ; to show the growth of our litera- ture through its various eras ; to present a concise view of the lives and characters of its great representative ...
... give just such and so much literary information as is indispens- able to the learner ; to show the growth of our litera- ture through its various eras ; to present a concise view of the lives and characters of its great representative ...
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... give a general view of the field of literature , and to guide the student in his future reading . Writers on theology , medicine , law , etc. , are not mantioned , unless they are also distinguished in general literature . iv CONTENTS ...
... give a general view of the field of literature , and to guide the student in his future reading . Writers on theology , medicine , law , etc. , are not mantioned , unless they are also distinguished in general literature . iv CONTENTS ...
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... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . V. Midsummer Night's Dream . These our actors , As I foretold you , were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air ; And , like the baseless fabric of this vision , The ...
... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . V. Midsummer Night's Dream . These our actors , As I foretold you , were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air ; And , like the baseless fabric of this vision , The ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... gives or can destroy , The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy , Is virtue's prize . VII . Vice is a monster of so frightful mien , As , to be hated , needs but to be seen ; But seen too oft , familiar with her face , We first ...
... gives or can destroy , The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy , Is virtue's prize . VII . Vice is a monster of so frightful mien , As , to be hated , needs but to be seen ; But seen too oft , familiar with her face , We first ...
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