The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Volume 16Avil Printing Company, 1903 - Literature |
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... Macaulay ( ma kâ'li ) , Thomas Babing- ton . Macclelland ( mak klel'and ) , Margaret G. Macdonald ( mak don'ald ) , George . Mace ( mas ) , Frances Parker ( Laugh- ton ) . Macé ( mä sã , Jean . Machiavelli ( mak i a velli ) , Niccolo ...
... Macaulay ( ma kâ'li ) , Thomas Babing- ton . Macclelland ( mak klel'and ) , Margaret G. Macdonald ( mak don'ald ) , George . Mace ( mas ) , Frances Parker ( Laugh- ton ) . Macé ( mä sã , Jean . Machiavelli ( mak i a velli ) , Niccolo ...
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... Macaulay's , and Emerson's essays , De Foe's Robinson Crusoe , Molière's plays , Smiles's Self - Help , Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii , Dickens's and Scott's novels . - From Pleasures of Life . LUCAN , MARCUS ANNEUS , a Roman poet , born.
... Macaulay's , and Emerson's essays , De Foe's Robinson Crusoe , Molière's plays , Smiles's Self - Help , Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii , Dickens's and Scott's novels . - From Pleasures of Life . LUCAN , MARCUS ANNEUS , a Roman poet , born.
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... Macaulay , referring to the advantages which the parliamentary experience of Charles James Fox and Sir James Mackintosh gave them as his- torians , says : " Lord Lyttelton d indeed the same advantages , but he was incapable of using ...
... Macaulay , referring to the advantages which the parliamentary experience of Charles James Fox and Sir James Mackintosh gave them as his- torians , says : " Lord Lyttelton d indeed the same advantages , but he was incapable of using ...
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... green paradise of an old maid's heart - a paradise of straight gravel - paths , and clipped box - trees , and neat dahlia beds - that soft Mephisto crept . - From An Old Maid's Love . MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON ( raised to the peerage in.
... green paradise of an old maid's heart - a paradise of straight gravel - paths , and clipped box - trees , and neat dahlia beds - that soft Mephisto crept . - From An Old Maid's Love . MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON ( raised to the peerage in.
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... MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON ( raised to the peerage in 1857 , under the title , " Baron Macaulay of Rothley " ) , an English statesman and historian , born at Rothley in Leicestershire , Oc- tober 25 , 1800 ; died at Kensington , London ...
... MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON ( raised to the peerage in 1857 , under the title , " Baron Macaulay of Rothley " ) , an English statesman and historian , born at Rothley in Leicestershire , Oc- tober 25 , 1800 ; died at Kensington , London ...
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