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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... poetical extracts they learn . And if the teacher will supple- ment the extracts by reading aloud some choice selection from the same author he will add greatly to the value of the lessons . An intelligent teacher may in many ways make ...
... poetical extracts they learn . And if the teacher will supple- ment the extracts by reading aloud some choice selection from the same author he will add greatly to the value of the lessons . An intelligent teacher may in many ways make ...
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... poetical works are - Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , Samson Agonistes ( a drama ) , Comus ( a masque ) , L'Al- legro , Il Penseroso , Hymn to the Nativity . The best of his prose works is Areopagitica , a Plea for Un- licensed ...
... poetical works are - Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , Samson Agonistes ( a drama ) , Comus ( a masque ) , L'Al- legro , Il Penseroso , Hymn to the Nativity . The best of his prose works is Areopagitica , a Plea for Un- licensed ...
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... poetical works are his Tragedy of Cato , and several beautiful hymns . Among the latter is the well - known hymn beginning , - " When all thy mercies , O my God , " and his exquisite version of the xixth Psalm , beginning , - " The ...
... poetical works are his Tragedy of Cato , and several beautiful hymns . Among the latter is the well - known hymn beginning , - " When all thy mercies , O my God , " and his exquisite version of the xixth Psalm , beginning , - " The ...
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... Poetical , ( 2 ) Historical , and ( 3 ) Miscellaneous . His principal poems are The Traveller and The Deserted Village . The historical works are mainly compila- tions . Among these are a History of England , History of Rome , History ...
... Poetical , ( 2 ) Historical , and ( 3 ) Miscellaneous . His principal poems are The Traveller and The Deserted Village . The historical works are mainly compila- tions . Among these are a History of England , History of Rome , History ...
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... poetical of all poets , was born in 1792 , and was drowned in the Bay of Spezzia , Italy , in 1822 . He is the author of several powerful dramas and of some long nar rative and descriptive poems , but he is essentially a lyric poet ...
... poetical of all poets , was born in 1792 , and was drowned in the Bay of Spezzia , Italy , in 1822 . He is the author of several powerful dramas and of some long nar rative and descriptive poems , but he is essentially a lyric poet ...
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