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, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, 9. köideJohn Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1899 |
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... brought out in 1789 , and was very successful . He was sole manager of the Park Theatre , New York , from 1798 to 1805. He then gave himself up to the practice of his art , to literature , and to theatrical management . In 1821 he ...
... brought out in 1789 , and was very successful . He was sole manager of the Park Theatre , New York , from 1798 to 1805. He then gave himself up to the practice of his art , to literature , and to theatrical management . In 1821 he ...
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... a sec- ond and enlarged edition , printed the year after her death , brought the number up to more than two hundred . Many of these compositions are transla- tions into English of the writing of the best modern ( 29 )
... a sec- ond and enlarged edition , printed the year after her death , brought the number up to more than two hundred . Many of these compositions are transla- tions into English of the writing of the best modern ( 29 )
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... brought his levies to the defence of the hill ; Pomeroy and Warren came alone . The last arrived in the afternoon , shortly before the first assault of Howe and his forces . He had been with the Provin- cial Congress , of which he was ...
... brought his levies to the defence of the hill ; Pomeroy and Warren came alone . The last arrived in the afternoon , shortly before the first assault of Howe and his forces . He had been with the Provin- cial Congress , of which he was ...
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... brought me the noblest human being I ever met , Pythag- I endeavored to introduce Greek art and man- ners among ourselves , seeing what folly lay in a self- willed assurance to that which has been handed down to us , when it is itself ...
... brought me the noblest human being I ever met , Pythag- I endeavored to introduce Greek art and man- ners among ourselves , seeing what folly lay in a self- willed assurance to that which has been handed down to us , when it is itself ...
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... brought now to the table , would have given a relish to the very dead themselves . We signed ourselves with the sign of the cross ; we bowed our heads and we clasped our hands together above the soup - dishes , and the delightful ...
... brought now to the table , would have given a relish to the very dead themselves . We signed ourselves with the sign of the cross ; we bowed our heads and we clasped our hands together above the soup - dishes , and the delightful ...
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