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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... lives and characters of its great representative authors ; and to bring forth from the thought - treas- ures of our language a variety of literary gems for the enrichment of the mind of the student . It is calculated to impart both ...
... lives and characters of its great representative authors ; and to bring forth from the thought - treas- ures of our language a variety of literary gems for the enrichment of the mind of the student . It is calculated to impart both ...
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... Lives ( lives of Wotton , Her- bert , Hooker , etc. ) . THOMAS FULLER ( 1608–1661 ) , a learned divine , author of Church History , Worthies of England , the Holy and the Profane State , etc. JFREMY TAYLOR , D. D. ( 1613–1667 ) , a ...
... Lives ( lives of Wotton , Her- bert , Hooker , etc. ) . THOMAS FULLER ( 1608–1661 ) , a learned divine , author of Church History , Worthies of England , the Holy and the Profane State , etc. JFREMY TAYLOR , D. D. ( 1613–1667 ) , a ...
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... Lives of the Poets , and an English Dictionary . The latter was a prodigious work for one man , and forms an enduring monument to his learning and industry . EXTRACTS . I. Knowledge is of two kinds : we know a subject ourselves , or we ...
... Lives of the Poets , and an English Dictionary . The latter was a prodigious work for one man , and forms an enduring monument to his learning and industry . EXTRACTS . I. Knowledge is of two kinds : we know a subject ourselves , or we ...
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... live thunder ! —not from one lone cloud , But every mountain now has found a tongue , And Jura answers through her misty shroud Back to the joyous Alps , who call to her aloud . Childe Harold , C. III . , St. 92 . SHELLEY . 1792-1822 ...
... live thunder ! —not from one lone cloud , But every mountain now has found a tongue , And Jura answers through her misty shroud Back to the joyous Alps , who call to her aloud . Childe Harold , C. III . , St. 92 . SHELLEY . 1792-1822 ...
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... , the hermit , sighed till woman smiled . II . Pleasures of Hope ' Tis distance lends enchantment to the view , And robes the mountain in its azure hue . Pleasures of Hope . III . To live in hearts we leave behind . AGE OF SCOTT . 37.
... , the hermit , sighed till woman smiled . II . Pleasures of Hope ' Tis distance lends enchantment to the view , And robes the mountain in its azure hue . Pleasures of Hope . III . To live in hearts we leave behind . AGE OF SCOTT . 37.
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