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... Poet and Critic . EMILIE POULSSON , Author Curator of Ornithology , American Mu- [ seum , and Editor of " Bird - Lore . " JAMES C. BEARD , of " Nursery Finger - Plays , " [ " Child Stories and Rhymes , " etc. Illustrator , and Author of ...
... Poet and Critic . EMILIE POULSSON , Author Curator of Ornithology , American Mu- [ seum , and Editor of " Bird - Lore . " JAMES C. BEARD , of " Nursery Finger - Plays , " [ " Child Stories and Rhymes , " etc. Illustrator , and Author of ...
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... POETRY POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES , PART V. · 319-327 328-340 A Nonsense Poem ( Mrs. E. T. Corbett ) - Cherries ( F. E. Weatherley ) -The Frog ( Hilaire Belloc ) -The Hoyden - Politeness - Birds , Beasts , and Fishes ( Ann and Jane ...
... POETRY POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES , PART V. · 319-327 328-340 A Nonsense Poem ( Mrs. E. T. Corbett ) - Cherries ( F. E. Weatherley ) -The Frog ( Hilaire Belloc ) -The Hoyden - Politeness - Birds , Beasts , and Fishes ( Ann and Jane ...
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... poet lost his pension and knew the pinch of poverty for a time ; until , with an eye to further profit , he wrote another poem , celebrating the victory of Blen- heim and praising the great military hero Marl- borough . THE END OF ...
... poet lost his pension and knew the pinch of poverty for a time ; until , with an eye to further profit , he wrote another poem , celebrating the victory of Blen- heim and praising the great military hero Marl- borough . THE END OF ...
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... Poets , " in which his wide reading and literary knowledge are seen to great advantage , if his opinions are not always to be accepted . JAMES BOSWELL AND HIS FAMOUS " LIFE " OF JOHNSON IT was in 1763 that Johnson became friends with ...
... Poets , " in which his wide reading and literary knowledge are seen to great advantage , if his opinions are not always to be accepted . JAMES BOSWELL AND HIS FAMOUS " LIFE " OF JOHNSON IT was in 1763 that Johnson became friends with ...
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... poet . At seventeen Charles Lamb entered the service of the East India Com- pany , in which quiet and well - paid ... Poetry for Chil- dren " are among the memorials of these serener days of happy literary companionship . But the fame ...
... poet . At seventeen Charles Lamb entered the service of the East India Com- pany , in which quiet and well - paid ... Poetry for Chil- dren " are among the memorials of these serener days of happy literary companionship . But the fame ...
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Page 225 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 225 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 343 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a common-prayer book: and at the same time employed...
Page 218 - Monday's child is fair of face Tuesday's child is full of grace Wednesday's child is full of woe Thursday's child has far to go...
Page 343 - Poetry was not the sole praise of either, for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform.
Page 295 - I see them now scantily supplied with provisions ; crowded almost to suffocation in their ill-stored prison ; delayed by calms, pursuing a circuitous route, and now driven in fury before the raging tempest, on the high and giddy waves.
Page 290 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail...
Page 299 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 343 - ... reprimand to the person that is absent. The chaplain has often told me, that upon a catechizing-day, when Sir Roger has been pleased with a boy that answers well, he has ordered a bible to be given him next day for his encouragement; and sometimes accompanies it with a flitch of bacon to his ] mother.