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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... short extract can rive an adequate idea of the character of a work as a whole . The brief notices in fine print ( pp . 11 , 16. etc. ) are not to be recited . They are ntended to give a general view of the field of literature , and to ...
... short extract can rive an adequate idea of the character of a work as a whole . The brief notices in fine print ( pp . 11 , 16. etc. ) are not to be recited . They are ntended to give a general view of the field of literature , and to ...
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... short and quicke , and ful of high sentence ; Souning in moral vertue was his speche , And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche . Prologue : The Clerk ( Student ) . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE . JOHN WYCKLIFFE ( 1324-1384 ) , a learned ...
... short and quicke , and ful of high sentence ; Souning in moral vertue was his speche , And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche . Prologue : The Clerk ( Student ) . OTHER AUTHORS OF THIS AGE . JOHN WYCKLIFFE ( 1324-1384 ) , a learned ...
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... short poems . Very popular in his day . ABRAHAM COWLEY ( 1618-1667 ) , once regarded as a great poet , author of The Mistress ( or Love Verses ) , Pindaric Odes , Davideis , etc .; also of some ex . cellent Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588 ...
... short poems . Very popular in his day . ABRAHAM COWLEY ( 1618-1667 ) , once regarded as a great poet , author of The Mistress ( or Love Verses ) , Pindaric Odes , Davideis , etc .; also of some ex . cellent Essays . GEORGE WITHER ( 1588 ...
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... short a brilliant But with all his failings , he was a man of noble instincts and generous disposition , and his memory is cherished by all lovers of career . song with genuine admiration . No other name can so arouse the enthusiasm of ...
... short a brilliant But with all his failings , he was a man of noble instincts and generous disposition , and his memory is cherished by all lovers of career . song with genuine admiration . No other name can so arouse the enthusiasm of ...
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... Short 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 ...
... Short 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 ...
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