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    William Wordsworth

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    World Literature II April 8‚ 2014 William Wordsworth There is no doubt that nature was the prodigious source of inspiration for William Wordsworth. Like many other romantic poets‚ he possessed great love for nature but unlike them he never expressed his anger for nature’s unkindness to him. Wordsworth started perceiving the nature closely and had a desire to give his feelings some words. Wordsworth enhanced his poetry with his outstanding imagination. William Wordsworth not only used nature‚ but

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    william wordworth

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    Biography William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born and grew up in the Lake District‚ the.We can conclude that the natural beauty and grandeur of this area was a major source of inspiration for Wordsworth throughout his life. In 1790‚ ‚ he went morelike on a walking tour of France . With no doubt‚ he turned to be already sympathetic to the democratic ideals that inspired the French Revolution‚ which filled him with enthusiastic hope that France might lead the way to a new and more just social order

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    William Wegman

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    William Wegman never really wanted a dog. He was too caught up in his photography to be bothered‚ but his wife had a different idea. When William and his wife moved from Wisconsin to California they started looking for a dog. They decided to go with a Weimaraner when there was no luck with finding a Dalmatian. There first weimaraner was named Man Ray and the first thing William did when he took Man Ray home was take his picture‚ the rest is history. Man-Ray was a hand full as a puppy he demand

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    William Sleator

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    or something staring back at me and then the lights would start to flicker. In “The Elevator” by William Sleator a thin twelve-year-old boy called Martin was severely claustrophobic inside elevators.To get to his floor he would have to take the elevator. Which was his his biggest fear that he could not seem to overcome. Martin would eventually have to face his fear to get to his new apartment. William Sleator shows us Martin’s lack of ability to get over his fears of building suspense through Martin’s

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    William Wordsworth

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    Ricardo Villarreal Terrence C Flannery English 1302 October 19‚ 2012 “My Heart leaps up when I behold” In this very short poem‚ “My heart leaps up when I behold”‚ by William Wordsworth‚ the speaker begins by declaring that he is moved by nature‚ and especially by nature’s beauty and how he is excited when he sees the rainbow. He feels so excited inside his heart when he sees a beautiful rainbow in the sky. This is a very romantic poem in both form and structure of the poem itself. The format

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    William Golding

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    William Golding September 23‚ 2013 Period 7 On September 19‚ 1911‚ an aspiring author was born. Sir William Gerald Golding‚ an 82 year old man when he died‚ was born in Saint Columb Minor‚ Cornwall‚ England (biography.com). He was raised by Mildred and Alex Golding‚ both avid workers. His mother was an activist‚ and she fought for women’s right to vote. His father was a schoolmaster. Golding first attended Marlborough Grammar School‚ the place his father worked. Golding said that he would

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    William Shakespeare

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    William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in the Hole Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire on April 23‚ 1564. He was the first son and third child of John Shakespeare‚ a leather tanner and a maker of gloves‚ and Mary Arden Shakespeare. William’s parents were married around 1558 and had a total of eight children‚ three of which died in childhood. William’s family had been living in the area of Warwickshire for many years and was respected. William’s father was at one

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    William Bradford

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    Literary works The front page of the Bradford journal William Bradford’s most well-known work by far is Of Plymouth Plantation. It was a detailed history in manuscript form about the founding of the Plymouth colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1646.[46] It is a common misconception that the manuscript was actually Bradford’s journal. Rather‚ it was a retrospective account of his recollections and observations‚ written in the form of two books. The first book was written in

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    William Glasser

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    Dr. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist. William Glasser was born in 1925. He was raised in Cleveland‚ OH. His first profession was a Chemical Engineer but decided to go into psychiatry when it became apparent to him this was his real interest in life. He attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland for medical school. At Veterans Administration Hospital he took his psychiatric training also attending UCLA. He became board certified in 1961. He did private practice from

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    William Shakespeare

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    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. There is no specific date of birth because at that time the only date of importance was the date of baptism‚ though infants often were baptized when they were three days old. Shakespeare’s baptismal date was April 26‚ 1564. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the time of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father

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