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 8John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... for giving to Demos- thenes a public testimonial in the form of a golden crown , or rather wreath ; and that this should take place in the theatre . The resolution passed the Senate , but it had to be submitted to the DEMOSTHENES.
... for giving to Demos- thenes a public testimonial in the form of a golden crown , or rather wreath ; and that this should take place in the theatre . The resolution passed the Senate , but it had to be submitted to the DEMOSTHENES.
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... Crown , " delivered in his fiftieth year . This ora- tion has been translated into English by many per- sons - among whom are Leland , Kennedy , Collier , Brandt , and Brougham . Our extracts are taken from the translation of Brougham ...
... Crown , " delivered in his fiftieth year . This ora- tion has been translated into English by many per- sons - among whom are Leland , Kennedy , Collier , Brandt , and Brougham . Our extracts are taken from the translation of Brougham ...
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... CROWN . Two qualities , men of Athens , every citizen of ordi- nary worth ought to possess : He should both main- tain in office the purpose of a firm mind and the course suited to his country's pre - eminence ; and on all occa- sions ...
... CROWN . Two qualities , men of Athens , every citizen of ordi- nary worth ought to possess : He should both main- tain in office the purpose of a firm mind and the course suited to his country's pre - eminence ; and on all occa- sions ...
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... crown and glory of my life , " wrote De Quin- cey long afterward . Two years later - that is , in 1837 - died his wife , to whom he had been married twenty - one years before . De Quincey , at the age of fifty - six , was left a widower ...
... crown and glory of my life , " wrote De Quin- cey long afterward . Two years later - that is , in 1837 - died his wife , to whom he had been married twenty - one years before . De Quincey , at the age of fifty - six , was left a widower ...
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... there is Alexander himself , with a glittering cortège of general officers , well quali- fied to wear the crowns which they will win , and to head the dynasties which they will found . Historians there are THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
... there is Alexander himself , with a glittering cortège of general officers , well quali- fied to wear the crowns which they will win , and to head the dynasties which they will found . Historians there are THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
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