McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic ReaderSince 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. The Sixth Eclectic Reader includes selections from Patrick Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and William Shakespeare. |
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... born , Greece , Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the other two . NOTE . The two ...
... born , Greece , Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the other two . NOTE . The two ...
Page 158
... born at Stratford - upon - Avon . By many ( perhaps most ) critics , Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest poet the world has ever produced ; one calls him , " The most illustrious of the sons of men . " And yet it is a curious fact ...
... born at Stratford - upon - Avon . By many ( perhaps most ) critics , Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest poet the world has ever produced ; one calls him , " The most illustrious of the sons of men . " And yet it is a curious fact ...
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... born at Stratford - upon - Avon . By many ( perhaps most ) critics , Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest poet the world has ever produced ; one calls him , " The most illustrious of the sons of men . " And yet it is a curious fact ...
... born at Stratford - upon - Avon . By many ( perhaps most ) critics , Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest poet the world has ever produced ; one calls him , " The most illustrious of the sons of men . " And yet it is a curious fact ...
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