The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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Page 238
... poet , the celebrated “ Corn Law Rhymer , " was born in 1781 , and died in 1849 . 4 Chatham , William Pitt , Earl of ... poet and prose writer , an advocate , judge , and member of Par- liament , beloved for his social virtues , was born ...
... poet , the celebrated “ Corn Law Rhymer , " was born in 1781 , and died in 1849 . 4 Chatham , William Pitt , Earl of ... poet and prose writer , an advocate , judge , and member of Par- liament , beloved for his social virtues , was born ...
Page 531
... poet has nearly equaled him . The prefaces , dedications , and essays , with which he accompanied his dramas , exhibit him at once as the earliest writer of regular and elegant English prose , and as the first who aimed in our language ...
... poet has nearly equaled him . The prefaces , dedications , and essays , with which he accompanied his dramas , exhibit him at once as the earliest writer of regular and elegant English prose , and as the first who aimed in our language ...
Page 582
... poet visited the Continent , where he remained fifteen months , principally in Italy and France . His study of the works of art during this period probably sug- gested some of his best poetical creations . On his return to England in ...
... poet visited the Continent , where he remained fifteen months , principally in Italy and France . His study of the works of art during this period probably sug- gested some of his best poetical creations . On his return to England in ...
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