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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... young poet competed for a prize of- fered by the French Academy . His poem Charles XII . à Narva received honorable mention , and a poem presented the next year , Sur la Découverte de la Vaccine , obtained a secondary prize . The humil ...
... young poet competed for a prize of- fered by the French Academy . His poem Charles XII . à Narva received honorable mention , and a poem presented the next year , Sur la Découverte de la Vaccine , obtained a secondary prize . The humil ...
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... young daughter . By his will , the widow was to marry one of his nephews , and another nephew was to marry the daughter when she grew up . These nephews , and another per- son , were made administrators of the estate and guardians of ...
... young daughter . By his will , the widow was to marry one of his nephews , and another nephew was to marry the daughter when she grew up . These nephews , and another per- son , were made administrators of the estate and guardians of ...
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... young Athenian , had been set upon and violently maltreated by a disreputable gang , to whom he had somehow become obnoxious . He brought suit against one Conon , a ringleader of the gang , and employed Demosthenes as his counsel . A ...
... young Athenian , had been set upon and violently maltreated by a disreputable gang , to whom he had somehow become obnoxious . He brought suit against one Conon , a ringleader of the gang , and employed Demosthenes as his counsel . A ...
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... young son Alexander . Demosthenes was one of the Athenian commanders , and fled back to Athens with the remnant of the forces . He met at home with a reception which was hardly to have been expected . He was chosen to deliver the ...
... young son Alexander . Demosthenes was one of the Athenian commanders , and fled back to Athens with the remnant of the forces . He met at home with a reception which was hardly to have been expected . He was chosen to deliver the ...
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... young confederacy , torn by the jealousies of its stronger and weaker colo- nies , was the necessity of a central power strong enough to deal with foreign nations and to protect commerce between the States . At this period Alexander ...
... young confederacy , torn by the jealousies of its stronger and weaker colo- nies , was the necessity of a central power strong enough to deal with foreign nations and to protect commerce between the States . At this period Alexander ...
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