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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... entered . All before had been moral and spiritual terrors . here the main agents were ugly birds , or snakes , or crocodiles - especially the last . The cursed crocodile . became to me the object of more horror than all the rest . I was ...
... entered . All before had been moral and spiritual terrors . here the main agents were ugly birds , or snakes , or crocodiles - especially the last . The cursed crocodile . became to me the object of more horror than all the rest . I was ...
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... entered upon his seventy - fifth year , his mental power was unabated . He indeed medi- tated writing a History of England in twelve vol- umes , which he thought he could complete in four years . His physical health also was better than ...
... entered upon his seventy - fifth year , his mental power was unabated . He indeed medi- tated writing a History of England in twelve vol- umes , which he thought he could complete in four years . His physical health also was better than ...
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... entered Parliament in 1821 , at the age of twenty - two , and soon took rank among the foremost orators of the time . From time to time he held various cabinet positions , the largest being that of Prime Minister ( for the fourth time ) ...
... entered Parliament in 1821 , at the age of twenty - two , and soon took rank among the foremost orators of the time . From time to time he held various cabinet positions , the largest being that of Prime Minister ( for the fourth time ) ...
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... entered the gymnasium at Kazan , his birthplace , in 1758 ; thence he went to St. Petersburg , entered the mil- itary , and subsequently the civil service . In 1791 the Empress Catharine II . made him Secretary of State , and a few ...
... entered the gymnasium at Kazan , his birthplace , in 1758 ; thence he went to St. Petersburg , entered the mil- itary , and subsequently the civil service . In 1791 the Empress Catharine II . made him Secretary of State , and a few ...
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... entering the section des lettres in 1879 , from which he was graduated in 1881. He devoted himself to teaching ; and was for a time professor of rhet- oric at the lyceum of Le Mans , and afterward of philosophy and rhetoric at the ...
... entering the section des lettres in 1879 , from which he was graduated in 1881. He devoted himself to teaching ; and was for a time professor of rhet- oric at the lyceum of Le Mans , and afterward of philosophy and rhetoric at the ...
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