Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
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... born at Genoa in 1437. He died in 1506. The Bahama Islands were reached by him in little more than two months after leaving Palos . William Hickling Prescott , the celebrated American writer , was born at Salem , Massachusetts , in 1796 ...
... born at Genoa in 1437. He died in 1506. The Bahama Islands were reached by him in little more than two months after leaving Palos . William Hickling Prescott , the celebrated American writer , was born at Salem , Massachusetts , in 1796 ...
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... born in New York in 1783. He died in the latter part of 1859 , full of years and honours . EVERY one must recollect the tragical story of young Emmet the Irish patriot ; it was too touching to be soon for- gotten . During the troubles ...
... born in New York in 1783. He died in the latter part of 1859 , full of years and honours . EVERY one must recollect the tragical story of young Emmet the Irish patriot ; it was too touching to be soon for- gotten . During the troubles ...
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... born in Dublin in 1816 , and was educated at Trinity College . LORD RAGLAN waited patiently for the development of the French attack . At length an aid - de - camp came to him and reported that the French had crossed the Alma , but that ...
... born in Dublin in 1816 , and was educated at Trinity College . LORD RAGLAN waited patiently for the development of the French attack . At length an aid - de - camp came to him and reported that the French had crossed the Alma , but that ...
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... born at Portsmouth in 1812. On the termination of the French war , his father , who held a situation in the Navy Pay Department , removed to London and employed himself as a newspaper reporter . This oc- cupation Mr. Dickens followed ...
... born at Portsmouth in 1812. On the termination of the French war , his father , who held a situation in the Navy Pay Department , removed to London and employed himself as a newspaper reporter . This oc- cupation Mr. Dickens followed ...
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... born in Dublin about 1785. His works , both prose and verse , are very voluminous . THE fall of our illustrious and happy city was supernatural . The destruction of the conquered was against the first prin- ciples of the Roman policy ...
... born in Dublin about 1785. His works , both prose and verse , are very voluminous . THE fall of our illustrious and happy city was supernatural . The destruction of the conquered was against the first prin- ciples of the Roman policy ...
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