Representative Selections: With Introduction, Bibliography, and NotesAmerican Book Company, 1936 - 544 pages |
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... received the letter you did me the honour of writing to me , and am much obliged by your kind present of a book . The relish for reading of poetry had long since left me , but there is something so new in the manner , so easy , and yet ...
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Contents
The Age of Enlightenment | xiii |
Franklins Theories of Education | xxxii |
Franklins Literary Theory and Practice | xlvi |
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