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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... died in 322 B.C. His father , who bore the same name , was a thriving citizen , who carried on manufactories of cutlery and furniture , in which some sixty slaves were employed . He also loaned money ; and as the current rate of ...
... died in 322 B.C. His father , who bore the same name , was a thriving citizen , who carried on manufactories of cutlery and furniture , in which some sixty slaves were employed . He also loaned money ; and as the current rate of ...
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... died in the house , so that some of the neighbors sent to ask what was the matter . Many of you know that gang . There's the gray- headed fellow , who all day long has a solemn frown on his brows , and wears a coarse mantle and single ...
... died in the house , so that some of the neighbors sent to ask what was the matter . Many of you know that gang . There's the gray- headed fellow , who all day long has a solemn frown on his brows , and wears a coarse mantle and single ...
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... died at the age of sixty - two . There are extant sixty orations attributed to Demosthenes ; though the authenticity of several of them has been questioned from very early times . The greatest of these is that " Upon the Crown ...
... died at the age of sixty - two . There are extant sixty orations attributed to Demosthenes ; though the authenticity of several of them has been questioned from very early times . The greatest of these is that " Upon the Crown ...
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... died at London in 1668. His father was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ire- land . Denham was educated at Oxford , and in- tended to practise law , but his uncontrollable pas- sion for gambling made him unsuccessful . Dur- ing the civil ...
... died at London in 1668. His father was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ire- land . Denham was educated at Oxford , and in- tended to practise law , but his uncontrollable pas- sion for gambling made him unsuccessful . Dur- ing the civil ...
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... died at Philadel phia in 1812. He graduated at Harvard in 1790 ; studied law at Charlestown , N. H. , where he was admitted to the bar . In 1795 he removed to Wal- pole , N. H. , where he became editor of The Farmer's Weekly Magazine ...
... died at Philadel phia in 1812. He graduated at Harvard in 1790 ; studied law at Charlestown , N. H. , where he was admitted to the bar . In 1795 he removed to Wal- pole , N. H. , where he became editor of The Farmer's Weekly Magazine ...
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