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    William Wordsworth

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    What kind of poet was Wordsworth? Write about his life and his place in Romantic poetry. Explicate (explain) one of his poems‚ or compare and contrast a few of his poems. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH‚ who was considered as the one the nest romantic poet in his era‚ was born in 1770‚ at Cockermouth‚ on the Derwent‚ located in Cumberland. His family history is very much similar to the Scott’s; as like Scott he was also the son of an attorney‚ law-agent to the earl of Lonsdale‚ a prosperous man in his profession

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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 Shakespear

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    Early Life: William Shakespeare was born April 23‚ 1564 to Mary and John Shakespeare. Three days after birth‚ Shakespeare was baptized at the Holy Trinity Church. He grew up with his other seven siblings in the small town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. His father was a glove maker and his mother was the daughter of an affluent farmer. Shakespeare saw his first play when he was four and instantly fell in love with them. Marriage and Family Life: At the age of eighteen‚ Shakespeare had a shotgun

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    William James

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    Research Paper-William James William James‚ an American psychologist and philosopher was born on January 11‚ 1842 at the Astor House in New York City. His father James Sr. is described as an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. (wikipedia‚ 2011‚ p.1) The James family were remarkable epistolary of talents. His brother became a prominent novelist and his sister publicly published a diary. James

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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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    William Wilberforce

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    WILLIAM WILBERFORCE Initial decision[edit] The British initially became involved in the slave trade during the 16th century. By 1783‚ the triangular route that took British-made goods to Africa to buy slaves‚ transported the enslaved to the West Indies‚ and then brought slave-grown products such as sugar‚ tobacco‚ and cotton to Britain‚ represented about 80 percent of Great Britain’s foreign income.[49][50] British ships dominated the trade‚ supplying French‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ Portuguese and British

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    William Wordsworth

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    Describe similarities and differences between “I wandered lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and the extract from The Grasmere Journals by his sister Dorothy Wordsworth. Comparison must include comments on the‚ language‚ imagery‚ genre and audience of the two texts. “I wandered lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a lyric poem focusing on the poet’s response to the beauty of nature. A lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet rather than telling a story or presenting

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    William Shakespeare

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    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was baptised in 26 April‚ 1564 and died in 23 April‚ 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely known as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare

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    William Wilberforce

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    member of parliament and social reformer who was very influential in the abolition of the slave trade and eventually slavery itself in the British empire. William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull‚ the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied at Cambridge University where he began a lasting friendship with the future prime minister‚ William Pitt the Younger. In 1780‚ Wilberforce became member of parliament for Hull‚ later representing Yorkshire. His dissolute lifestyle changed completely when

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    William Blake

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    Mapping the Soul -------With the freedom of poetic language‚ William Blake expressed his abhorrence of the Church’s deep-rooted stance on faith; such a stance on Christianity was considered blasphemous‚ but he could not be charged with a crime. He believed that with true spirituality‚ the individual could fully engage in their faith and attain eternal salvation without the intrusion of organized religion—for the Church is solely concerned with subduing Christians with an orthodox emphasis

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