A compendium of American literature; chronologically arranged, with biographical sketches of the authors: On the plan of the authors "Compendium of English literature", and "English literature of the 19th CenturyE. C. & J. Biddle, 1858 - 740 pages |
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... SOON after the publication of my " English Literature of the Nineteenth Century " -seven years ago — the publishers an- nounced the present work ; and in about a year after , nearly half of it was done . But I found that , with the ...
... SOON after the publication of my " English Literature of the Nineteenth Century " -seven years ago — the publishers an- nounced the present work ; and in about a year after , nearly half of it was done . But I found that , with the ...
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... soon abandoned , and Ledyard , after remaining at college about a year , returned home , sailing down the Connecticut to Hartford in a canoe which he made himself from the trunk of a tree ; so early did his roving spirit manifest itself ...
... soon abandoned , and Ledyard , after remaining at college about a year , returned home , sailing down the Connecticut to Hartford in a canoe which he made himself from the trunk of a tree ; so early did his roving spirit manifest itself ...
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... soon made himself master of the business , while he employed all his leisure time and his evenings to the improvement of his English style , by reading the best books he could find , among which , happily , was Addison's " Spectator ...
... soon made himself master of the business , while he employed all his leisure time and his evenings to the improvement of his English style , by reading the best books he could find , among which , happily , was Addison's " Spectator ...
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... soon he obtained a situation in a printing house in Bartholomew Close , where he worked a year . He soon gained a high character for temperance and industry among his fellow - workmen , and began to be favorably noticed , when he was ...
... soon he obtained a situation in a printing house in Bartholomew Close , where he worked a year . He soon gained a high character for temperance and industry among his fellow - workmen , and began to be favorably noticed , when he was ...
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... soon diverted from them by the demands made upon his time by the public , who seemed to think that no project for the public good deserved to be supported , unless Franklin was interested in it . Accordingly , he felt it his duty to aid ...
... soon diverted from them by the demands made upon his time by the public , who seemed to think that no project for the public good deserved to be supported , unless Franklin was interested in it . Accordingly , he felt it his duty to aid ...
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