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... Born 58. The Alma ... PAGE ... Thomas Campbell 220 Theodore Körner 221 ... ... Lord Byron 223 ... ... A. A. Watts 225 ... 59. Skipper Ben ... 60. The Warden of the Cinque Ports 61. Casa Wappy ... 62. Pope's Willow ...
... Born 58. The Alma ... PAGE ... Thomas Campbell 220 Theodore Körner 221 ... ... Lord Byron 223 ... ... A. A. Watts 225 ... 59. Skipper Ben ... 60. The Warden of the Cinque Ports 61. Casa Wappy ... 62. Pope's Willow ...
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... born in 1757 , and , after a careful preparation at Glasgow Uni- versity , he proceeded to Balliol College , Oxford , where he took his degree of B.C.L. in 1784. In 1790 he published an " Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste ...
... born in 1757 , and , after a careful preparation at Glasgow Uni- versity , he proceeded to Balliol College , Oxford , where he took his degree of B.C.L. in 1784. In 1790 he published an " Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste ...
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... born 1812. His father being chief of the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle , his son obtained an engagement on that paper as reporter . His sketches of life and character pub- lished in that journal induced Messrs . Chapman and ...
... born 1812. His father being chief of the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle , his son obtained an engagement on that paper as reporter . His sketches of life and character pub- lished in that journal induced Messrs . Chapman and ...
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... [ Born in America ( U.S. ) , 1811. Originally a blacksmith , but having acquired the mastery of many languages , he adopted literature as a profession , and became a popular lecturer and journalist . Still living . ] THE scene opens with ...
... [ Born in America ( U.S. ) , 1811. Originally a blacksmith , but having acquired the mastery of many languages , he adopted literature as a profession , and became a popular lecturer and journalist . Still living . ] THE scene opens with ...
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... born in Cromarty in 1805. The only education he received was at the burgh school of his native town , and yet his writings are so easy and graceful , his descriptions exhibit such a happy blending of poetry and fancy , that he has been ...
... born in Cromarty in 1805. The only education he received was at the burgh school of his native town , and yet his writings are so easy and graceful , his descriptions exhibit such a happy blending of poetry and fancy , that he has been ...
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