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 162
... published in 1793. In 1795 he received a legacy of £ 900 from his friend , Raisley Calvert , and at the close of the same began to live with his sister , their first residence being at Racedown , Dorsetshire . He here made the ...
... published in 1793. In 1795 he received a legacy of £ 900 from his friend , Raisley Calvert , and at the close of the same began to live with his sister , their first residence being at Racedown , Dorsetshire . He here made the ...
Page 185
... published in 1831 , and " Westward Ho , " published the next year , are regarded as his best novels . They are distinguished for considerable descriptive powers , skill in character - writing , natural humor , and a strong na- tional ...
... published in 1831 , and " Westward Ho , " published the next year , are regarded as his best novels . They are distinguished for considerable descriptive powers , skill in character - writing , natural humor , and a strong na- tional ...
Page 207
... published some results of his travels in a volume entitled , " The Old World and the New . " This book contains some ... published at London , in 1844. His productions since that period are published in New York , in three volumes ...
... published some results of his travels in a volume entitled , " The Old World and the New . " This book contains some ... published at London , in 1844. His productions since that period are published in New York , in three volumes ...
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