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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... wrote Two Noble Kinsmen , Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , Faithful Shepherdess , and many other works . Some were written by them jointly , some by Fletcher alone . PHILIP MASSINGER ( 1584-1640 ) , author of Duke of Milan , Fatal Dowry ...
... wrote Two Noble Kinsmen , Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , Faithful Shepherdess , and many other works . Some were written by them jointly , some by Fletcher alone . PHILIP MASSINGER ( 1584-1640 ) , author of Duke of Milan , Fatal Dowry ...
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... wrote , after his conversion , and while confined in Bedford jail , the greatest alle- gory in the world , Pilgrim's Progress . It has been translated into nearly every language , and has probably exerted a wider influence than any ...
... wrote , after his conversion , and while confined in Bedford jail , the greatest alle- gory in the world , Pilgrim's Progress . It has been translated into nearly every language , and has probably exerted a wider influence than any ...
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... wrote a pane- gyric ; but on the accession of the Stuarts he became an ardent Royalist , and addressed a flattering poem to the King . Dryden's chief defect was a lack of high principle . He wrote for present gain and popularity , not ...
... wrote a pane- gyric ; but on the accession of the Stuarts he became an ardent Royalist , and addressed a flattering poem to the King . Dryden's chief defect was a lack of high principle . He wrote for present gain and popularity , not ...
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... wrote for diversion , and thus became a great poet . Much of his success was due to the tender care and judicious counsel of two excellent women , -Mary Unwin and Lady Austin . Cowper is distinguished for his poems and his letters ...
... wrote for diversion , and thus became a great poet . Much of his success was due to the tender care and judicious counsel of two excellent women , -Mary Unwin and Lady Austin . Cowper is distinguished for his poems and his letters ...
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... wrote both poetry and prose . His principal poems are London , The Vanity of Human Wishes , and his tragedy of Irene . His chief prose works are his contributions to The Ram- bler , Rasselas ( a romance ) , Lives of the Poets , and an ...
... wrote both poetry and prose . His principal poems are London , The Vanity of Human Wishes , and his tragedy of Irene . His chief prose works are his contributions to The Ram- bler , Rasselas ( a romance ) , Lives of the Poets , and an ...
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