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. köide |
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How many enemies of the King of Spain they have repulsed when the town was garrisoned by his soldiers , and how often they have received and sheltered terrorstricken wretches flying from the outlaws of the plains beyond !
How many enemies of the King of Spain they have repulsed when the town was garrisoned by his soldiers , and how often they have received and sheltered terrorstricken wretches flying from the outlaws of the plains beyond !
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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 humiliation of France in 1815 gave Delavigne a stirring subject .
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 humiliation of France in 1815 gave Delavigne a stirring subject .
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He next wrote two Elegies sur la Vie et la Morte de Jeanne d'Arc ; and in 1819 produced his tragedy Les Vépres Siciliennes , which was received with great favor . This was followed in 1820 by Les Comédiens , and in 1821 by La Paria .
He next wrote two Elegies sur la Vie et la Morte de Jeanne d'Arc ; and in 1819 produced his tragedy Les Vépres Siciliennes , which was received with great favor . This was followed in 1820 by Les Comédiens , and in 1821 by La Paria .
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His next poem , The Gardens ( 1780 ) , was 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 ...
His next poem , The Gardens ( 1780 ) , was 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 ...
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... had found its way as bribes into the hands of public men and orators , among whom Demosthenes was named . The Areopagus instituted an investigation , one result of which was that 20 talents were reported to have been received by ...
... had found its way as bribes into the hands of public men and orators , among whom Demosthenes was named . The Areopagus instituted an investigation , one result of which was that 20 talents were reported to have been received by ...
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