Appleton's Bold Boarders Bring Farce to Farce
Mr Appleton plans a lucrative boarding venture to host six children from his wife’s first marriage. He calculates twelve dollars weekly profit, but the twist comes when the Jones children arrive as his new stepchildren, confounding the profit scheme and leaving him despondent rather than delighted.
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Hiram
Mr. Appleton
Liram
Sis
Bix
Jones
Huband
Tie
Baron Macaulay and the limits of his genius
A critic questions Macaulay's rank among great minds arguing his strongest work lies in history and lyric essays but lacks the creative spark to craft masterpieces. The piece contrasts his ornate panoramas with a claim that his spontaneous, unsophisticated grace remains lacking.
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Macaulay
Macaulay described as highest product of refined culture
The piece analyzes Lord Macaulay as a master of the English tongue with vast industry and a ponderous but effective style. It contrasts him with Shakespeare, Fielding, and Lamb, noting lack of natural flexible touch and the disciplined polish shaping his influence. It warns against overreliance on enthusiasms like Carlyle’s speculative genius.
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Galesville
Macaulay
Euthentic
Shakspeare
Fielding
Charles Lamb
Lord Macaulay
Carlyle
Carlyle and Macaulay in Frazer's Magazine
A quoted passage from Frazer's Magazine contrasts Carlyle's demotic radicalism with Lord Macaulay's restrained, orderly literary leadership. The author defends Macaulay's simple moral and political system against the era's speculative excesses, noting his calm, precise style and historical insight.
The Glory of Scotland and its Reformation Heritage
A reflective piece praises Scotland’s religious legacy and literary figures, recounting martyrs and reformers from Patrick Hamilton to John Knox. It highlights the 1517 Reformation wave reaching Scotland by 1527, culminating in Protestant establishment in 1560, and notes the Tri-centenary observances in Edinburgh and abroad.
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Scotland
Ossian
Wallace and Bruce
Walter Scott
Burns
Playfair
Mackintosh
Robertson
McCrie
Sinclair
Bell
Ried
Dick and Riel
Hugh Miller
Hamilton
Wishart
John Welch
Bruce
Alexander
Rutherford
Argyle
Erskine
John Knox
Camerot
Germany
Patrick Hamilton
Thuy
Dunkfield
Edinburgh
General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Ant An Glen
Seotia'y Hoeon Lind
Toson
Adi
Vermont girl in Georgia notes Lincoln election and drill
A Vermont teacher in a Georgia town writes home that locals are excited by Lincoln's election. A youth military company formed and drilled, with each soldier accompanied by a Black man carrying his gun.
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Ayaynrs Ginv
Asrosisnuzyz
Vermont
Georgia
Lincoln
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Baron Macaulay
Church of the Future
Mohammed
Confucius
Brownrigg
Frazer's Magazine
Gatesville
Wellwood
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