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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... died at Carthage Land- ing , on the Hudson , in 1881. He was graduated at Princeton in 1834 , and studied for the Presby- terian ministry . In 1847 he took orders in the Episcopal Church , and was thereafter rector at Fishkill , N. Y. ...
... died at Carthage Land- ing , on the Hudson , in 1881. He was graduated at Princeton in 1834 , and studied for the Presby- terian ministry . In 1847 he took orders in the Episcopal Church , and was thereafter rector at Fishkill , N. Y. ...
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... died of starvation ; but his only sister had scarcely reached the doors of this poor man's hovel , after so long a journey , when , as she awaited anxiously his return that evening from his daily work , the litter which contained his ...
... died of starvation ; but his only sister had scarcely reached the doors of this poor man's hovel , after so long a journey , when , as she awaited anxiously his return that evening from his daily work , the litter which contained his ...
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... died away into vernal gales , as the icicles fell from the rocks , as the snows vanished , they would be succeeded by the voice of the blooming and beautiful earth , with all its forest choirs prolonging the chant of thanksgiving . How ...
... died away into vernal gales , as the icicles fell from the rocks , as the snows vanished , they would be succeeded by the voice of the blooming and beautiful earth , with all its forest choirs prolonging the chant of thanksgiving . How ...
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... died in 1763. He studied at Pembroke College , Oxford , but did not take a degree . At the age of thirty the paternal estate of Leasowes came into his hand , and , as Johnson says , " he be- gan to point his prospects , to diversify his ...
... died in 1763. He studied at Pembroke College , Oxford , but did not take a degree . At the age of thirty the paternal estate of Leasowes came into his hand , and , as Johnson says , " he be- gan to point his prospects , to diversify his ...
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... died there , May 23 , 1869. He studied art in New York , and removed to Georgia , where he taught drawing a number of years . He then returned to New York and engaged in the insurance busi- ness , spending his leisure in study and ...
... died there , May 23 , 1869. He studied art in New York , and removed to Georgia , where he taught drawing a number of years . He then returned to New York and engaged in the insurance busi- ness , spending his leisure in study and ...
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