Library of Southern Literature: BiographyEdwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent Martin & Hoyt Company, 1909 - American literature |
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Page 4687
... gave the coupled names of his parents , Schele De Vere , as his own , and invariably wrote the connective with a capital D ; but at the University of Virginia , where he lived for fifty - one years , he was known as Dr. Schele - or Mr ...
... gave the coupled names of his parents , Schele De Vere , as his own , and invariably wrote the connective with a capital D ; but at the University of Virginia , where he lived for fifty - one years , he was known as Dr. Schele - or Mr ...
Page 4690
... gave distinction to the private and public life of Virginia . This atmosphere the young Baron from sunny Silesia found congenial . The gentle courtesy of the Virginians was matched by his own , and he contributed somewhat to the ...
... gave distinction to the private and public life of Virginia . This atmosphere the young Baron from sunny Silesia found congenial . The gentle courtesy of the Virginians was matched by his own , and he contributed somewhat to the ...
Page 4691
... gave over thoughts of the sword . Then and afterward he produced these works : ' Studies in English , or Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our Language ' ( 1866 ) ; ' The Great Empress : A Portrait ' ( 1869 ) ; ' Wonders of the Deep ...
... gave over thoughts of the sword . Then and afterward he produced these works : ' Studies in English , or Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our Language ' ( 1866 ) ; ' The Great Empress : A Portrait ' ( 1869 ) ; ' Wonders of the Deep ...
Page 4693
... gave his opinion . Great was the astonishment of the good men of the village when he rejected their modest plans , and spoke of them with a harshness little in keeping with his usual urbanity . But greater still was their surprise when ...
... gave his opinion . Great was the astonishment of the good men of the village when he rejected their modest plans , and spoke of them with a harshness little in keeping with his usual urbanity . But greater still was their surprise when ...
Page 4698
... gave a striking proof here of his marvelous sagacity combined with unweary- ing industry . He had shrewdly foreseen that competing inter- ests would conflict with his own wishes , and especially with the selection of a site for the new ...
... gave a striking proof here of his marvelous sagacity combined with unweary- ing industry . He had shrewdly foreseen that competing inter- ests would conflict with his own wishes , and especially with the selection of a site for the new ...
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