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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... successful one , and lasted only about a year . He had , however , made some kind of arrangement to write for Black- wood and The Quarterly Review - engagements which would bring him £ 180 a year ; at least so he wrote to his wealthy ...
... successful one , and lasted only about a year . He had , however , made some kind of arrangement to write for Black- wood and The Quarterly Review - engagements which would bring him £ 180 a year ; at least so he wrote to his wealthy ...
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... success . But in compliance with the wishes of his family he en- tered the army in 1616 , and saw considerable military service during the ensuing five years . Leaving the army , he travelled for several years in various parts of Europe ...
... success . But in compliance with the wishes of his family he en- tered the army in 1616 , and saw considerable military service during the ensuing five years . Leaving the army , he travelled for several years in various parts of Europe ...
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... success would be a problem ; but they are heedless of " suc- cess ; " and to us , when we escape from our vitiated centres , from an atmosphere poisoned by that perpetual straining after effect , the pure undressed simplicity of these ...
... success would be a problem ; but they are heedless of " suc- cess ; " and to us , when we escape from our vitiated centres , from an atmosphere poisoned by that perpetual straining after effect , the pure undressed simplicity of these ...
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... successful , and he kept up this and similar entertainments until 1805 , when he retired from professional life ... success . His place in literature rests mainly upon his sea- songs , the number of which exceeds 1,000 . The best ...
... successful , and he kept up this and similar entertainments until 1805 , when he retired from professional life ... success . His place in literature rests mainly upon his sea- songs , the number of which exceeds 1,000 . The best ...
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... successful , but the appearance of Sam Weller gained many readers , and the au- thor was soon the most popular writer of the day . Before the completion of Pickwick , Oliver Twist was begun in Bentley's Magazine . Pickwick ap- peared in ...
... successful , but the appearance of Sam Weller gained many readers , and the au- thor was soon the most popular writer of the day . Before the completion of Pickwick , Oliver Twist was begun in Bentley's Magazine . Pickwick ap- peared in ...
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