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, 8. köideJohn Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 |
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... received and sheltered terror- stricken wretches flying from the outlaws of the plains beyond ! A darky goes jolting through now , in a little two- wheeled cart , full of yellow oranges . He sings , per- haps , in a full sweet voice ...
... received and sheltered terror- stricken wretches flying from the outlaws of the plains beyond ! A darky goes jolting through now , in a little two- wheeled cart , full of yellow oranges . He sings , per- haps , in a full sweet voice ...
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... received honorable mention , and a poem presented the next year , Sur la Découverte de la Vaccine , obtained a secondary prize . The humil- iation of France in 1815 gave Delavigne a stirring subject . He wrote two poems , Waterloo and ...
... received honorable mention , and a poem presented the next year , Sur la Découverte de la Vaccine , obtained a secondary prize . The humil- iation of France in 1815 gave Delavigne a stirring subject . He wrote two poems , Waterloo and ...
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... received with great favor . This was followed in 1820 by Les Comédiens , and in 1821 by La Paria . Several new Messéniennes appeared between 1821 and 1823 , and in the latter year , L'École des Vicil- lards . For this drama he was ...
... received with great favor . This was followed in 1820 by Les Comédiens , and in 1821 by La Paria . Several new Messéniennes appeared between 1821 and 1823 , and in the latter year , L'École des Vicil- lards . For this drama he was ...
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... received with great favor , and has been translated into several languages . Previous to the Revolution Delille was a professor of belles - lettres in the University of Paris , and of Latin poetry in the College of France . In 1789 he ...
... received with great favor , and has been translated into several languages . Previous to the Revolution Delille was a professor of belles - lettres in the University of Paris , and of Latin poetry in the College of France . In 1789 he ...
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... received by Demosthenes , who was sentenced to pay a fine of 50 talents - equivalent to some $ 300,000 in our day . It is impossible at this day to decide with any reasonable certainty as to the guilt or inno- cence of Demosthenes in ...
... received by Demosthenes , who was sentenced to pay a fine of 50 talents - equivalent to some $ 300,000 in our day . It is impossible at this day to decide with any reasonable certainty as to the guilt or inno- cence of Demosthenes in ...
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