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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... 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 knowledge and culture- knowledge by its historic facts , culture by its philo- sophical ...
... 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 knowledge and culture- knowledge by its historic facts , culture by its philo- sophical ...
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... thought or language , and sometimes to llustrate the author's peculiarities of style . Of course no 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 ...
... thought or language , and sometimes to llustrate the author's peculiarities of style . Of course no 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 ...
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... THOUGHT - Gems . MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS SUPPLEMENT . - ASSUMED NAMES OF AUTHORS . 137-181 .. 182-184 INTRODUCTION . DEFINITIONS . - Literature is thought expressed in vi CONTENTS .
... THOUGHT - Gems . MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS SUPPLEMENT . - ASSUMED NAMES OF AUTHORS . 137-181 .. 182-184 INTRODUCTION . DEFINITIONS . - Literature is thought expressed in vi CONTENTS .
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... thought expressed in writing . English Literature is the literature of the English language , wherever produced ; but it is sometimes divided , for conveni- ence , into English literature proper - the literature produced in England ...
... thought expressed in writing . English Literature is the literature of the English language , wherever produced ; but it is sometimes divided , for conveni- ence , into English literature proper - the literature produced in England ...
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... thought - culture , and to illustrate more fully the variety and richness of our literature , a collection of literary gems has been added as a separate division . The body of the work consists , therefore , of three parts : - PART I ...
... thought - culture , and to illustrate more fully the variety and richness of our literature , a collection of literary gems has been added as a separate division . The body of the work consists , therefore , of three parts : - PART I ...
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