The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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Page 950
... best - known works are the operas The Barber of Seville ( 1816 ) and William Tell ( 1829 ) , and the celebrated Stabat Mater ( 1842 ) . 950 Munro Jack put it , " the best record of the characters and the turn of events in the Vic ...
... best - known works are the operas The Barber of Seville ( 1816 ) and William Tell ( 1829 ) , and the celebrated Stabat Mater ( 1842 ) . 950 Munro Jack put it , " the best record of the characters and the turn of events in the Vic ...
Page 1066
... best - known poem is Pan in Wall Street . Stedman was a journalist in his early career but spent most of his life as a successful New York stock broker . Steed , Henry Wickham ( 1871- ) . Well- known English journalist . Foreign ...
... best - known poem is Pan in Wall Street . Stedman was a journalist in his early career but spent most of his life as a successful New York stock broker . Steed , Henry Wickham ( 1871- ) . Well- known English journalist . Foreign ...
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... known for her syndicated newspaper column On the Record , dealing with politics and foreign affairs and expressing ... best known for the popular romance Alice of Old Vincennes ( 1900 ) . Thompson , Sylvia ( 1902- ) . English novelist ...
... known for her syndicated newspaper column On the Record , dealing with politics and foreign affairs and expressing ... best known for the popular romance Alice of Old Vincennes ( 1900 ) . Thompson , Sylvia ( 1902- ) . English novelist ...
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