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, Volume 21John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... foot struck was glazed over ; and the bushes , in the faint beams of the struggling light , sparkled with gems . In a wild Titanic defile gigantic icicles hung from the oozing rocks , and as we passed a FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON.
... foot struck was glazed over ; and the bushes , in the faint beams of the struggling light , sparkled with gems . In a wild Titanic defile gigantic icicles hung from the oozing rocks , and as we passed a FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON.
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... passed a mill - stream we had the sight of a frozen water - fall , arrested in its descent , and with all its volume , spray , and mist , as if by the hand of some enchanter , changed into stone . At last we arrived at the place of ...
... passed a mill - stream we had the sight of a frozen water - fall , arrested in its descent , and with all its volume , spray , and mist , as if by the hand of some enchanter , changed into stone . At last we arrived at the place of ...
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... passed , And her sad history remains yet a mystery ; But these we keep still , and shall keep them until Hope dies at last . • Was she a prey Of some deep sorrow clouding the morrow , Hiding from view the sky's happy blue ? Or was there ...
... passed , And her sad history remains yet a mystery ; But these we keep still , and shall keep them until Hope dies at last . • Was she a prey Of some deep sorrow clouding the morrow , Hiding from view the sky's happy blue ? Or was there ...
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... passed , Sheridan was offered a thousand pounds for the copyright of the speech , if he would himself prepare it for the press ; this was never done , and we have only an inadequate report of the great speech . We need not follow his ...
... passed , Sheridan was offered a thousand pounds for the copyright of the speech , if he would himself prepare it for the press ; this was never done , and we have only an inadequate report of the great speech . We need not follow his ...
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... passed through about twenty editions in thirty years . " He was , " says Bishop Burnet , " a clear , a po- lite , and a strong writer ; but he was apt to assume too much to himself , and to treat his adversaries with contempt ; this ...
... passed through about twenty editions in thirty years . " He was , " says Bishop Burnet , " a clear , a po- lite , and a strong writer ; but he was apt to assume too much to himself , and to treat his adversaries with contempt ; this ...
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