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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... wrote verses - Alfred the Great , as we called him — one Alfred Tennyson , who had written a certain poem , among others , called " In Memoriam " —which 1 carried off to Barty's and read out aloud one wet Sunday evening , and the Sunday ...
... wrote verses - Alfred the Great , as we called him — one Alfred Tennyson , who had written a certain poem , among others , called " In Memoriam " —which 1 carried off to Barty's and read out aloud one wet Sunday evening , and the Sunday ...
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... wrote The Thrissil and the Rois , an allegorical poem describing the amity between England and Scotland , in honor of the event . The Golden Targe is a moral poem of fine imagery , in which the ascendency of love over reason is shown to ...
... wrote The Thrissil and the Rois , an allegorical poem describing the amity between England and Scotland , in honor of the event . The Golden Targe is a moral poem of fine imagery , in which the ascendency of love over reason is shown to ...
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... wrote numerous dramatic pieces , ballads , songs , and sonnets , and was a court favorite during the reigns of Charles II . , William and Mary , and Anne . Most of his works are of a very loose character . He pub- lished Laugh and Be ...
... wrote numerous dramatic pieces , ballads , songs , and sonnets , and was a court favorite during the reigns of Charles II . , William and Mary , and Anne . Most of his works are of a very loose character . He pub- lished Laugh and Be ...
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... wrote like a man of large and clear views . His position , which was on an eminence , obliterated minor niceties and shades which might have given a charm to his writings in other walks of life . This should always be remembered , that ...
... wrote like a man of large and clear views . His position , which was on an eminence , obliterated minor niceties and shades which might have given a charm to his writings in other walks of life . This should always be remembered , that ...
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... wrote History of Music in Boston , and arranged in its present form God Save the State . TRUE REST . Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil ! Is not true leisure one with true tọil ? Thou that would taste it , still do thy best ; Use ...
... wrote History of Music in Boston , and arranged in its present form God Save the State . TRUE REST . Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil ! Is not true leisure one with true tọil ? Thou that would taste it , still do thy best ; Use ...
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