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... prose with great ardor . To increase his fluency , he was ac- customed to engage in discussion with another literary lad by the name of Collins ; but he had the good sense to escape the disputatious habit which this practice is in ...
... prose with great ardor . To increase his fluency , he was ac- customed to engage in discussion with another literary lad by the name of Collins ; but he had the good sense to escape the disputatious habit which this practice is in ...
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... prose and poetry , which possessed noteworthy merit . At the end of a year he entered King's ( afterwards * Columbia ) College , where he continued his studies with char- acteristic vigor . " In the debating club , " it has been said ...
... prose and poetry , which possessed noteworthy merit . At the end of a year he entered King's ( afterwards * Columbia ) College , where he continued his studies with char- acteristic vigor . " In the debating club , " it has been said ...
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... prose and verse . Among his best prose writings are " Life and Character of Napo- leon Bonaparte , " " Milton , " and " Self - Culture . " AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT ( 1799-1888 ) . Born in Connecticut . An educator and philosopher of ...
... prose and verse . Among his best prose writings are " Life and Character of Napo- leon Bonaparte , " " Milton , " and " Self - Culture . " AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT ( 1799-1888 ) . Born in Connecticut . An educator and philosopher of ...
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... prose writer of Massachusetts . Ambassador at The Hague in 1818 , and at Madrid in 1825. For several years editor and proprietor of The North American Review . His principal works are " Europe , " " America , " and " Critical and ...
... prose writer of Massachusetts . Ambassador at The Hague in 1818 , and at Madrid in 1825. For several years editor and proprietor of The North American Review . His principal works are " Europe , " " America , " and " Critical and ...
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... prose writer , and poet of New York City , though born in Massachusetts . One of the founders of The New York Mirror , long the most popular journal in this country . Author of an " Account of the War with Great Britain , " and a volume ...
... prose writer , and poet of New York City , though born in Massachusetts . One of the founders of The New York Mirror , long the most popular journal in this country . Author of an " Account of the War with Great Britain , " and a volume ...
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