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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Page 141
... poems of considerable length were published in book form , when the author was only fourteen . " Thanatopsis , " perhaps the best known of all his poems , was written when he was but nineteen . But , notwithstanding his precocity , his ...
... poems of considerable length were published in book form , when the author was only fourteen . " Thanatopsis , " perhaps the best known of all his poems , was written when he was but nineteen . But , notwithstanding his precocity , his ...
Page 147
... poems of considerable length were published in book form , when the author was only fourteen . " Thanatopsis , " perhaps the best known of all his poems , was written when he was but nineteen . But , notwithstanding his precocity , his ...
... poems of considerable length were published in book form , when the author was only fourteen . " Thanatopsis , " perhaps the best known of all his poems , was written when he was but nineteen . But , notwithstanding his precocity , his ...
Page 211
... poems of minor importance . He then removed to Edinburgh and adopted literature as his profession ; here his " Pleasures of Hope " was published in 1799 , and achieved immediate success . He traveled extensively on the continent , and ...
... poems of minor importance . He then removed to Edinburgh and adopted literature as his profession ; here his " Pleasures of Hope " was published in 1799 , and achieved immediate success . He traveled extensively on the continent , and ...
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