Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . of the legion of honor from Napoleon. He died atWeimar, on the 22d of March, 1732, at the ripe age of eighty-three. Goethe was an intellectual giant; and his profound knowledge of life andindividual character, place his works among the first ever produced. Theirnumber is large, and so versatile were his talents that almost every subje
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . of the legion of honor from Napoleon. He died atWeimar, on the 22d of March, 1732, at the ripe age of eighty-three. Goethe was an intellectual giant; and his profound knowledge of life andindividual character, place his works among the first ever produced. Theirnumber is large, and so versatile were his talents that almost every subjectconnected with science, art, and literature, in turn, employed his pen. Hissatirical productions display much wit, but his force was the of language, elegance, and correctness, are the chief characteristics ofhis style. His three novels, Sorrows of Werther, Wilhelm Meister, and Elec-tive Affinities, are regarded in Germany as models of classic composition. On art and literature his writings are numerous ; the principal are, The Pro*pelia (a periodical work): Wincklemann and his Age; and Translation andObservations of Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. All of these contain solid andextensive information, brilliancy, and elegance of HENRY KNOX. HENRY KNOX, major-general of the United States army in the revolutionarywar, was born in Boston, July 25, 1750. He received a common school edu-cation in his native place. Early in life, he began business as a bookseller,which, however, he relinquished for the purpose of devoting himself to thecause of the Revolution. Before hostilities between this country and Great Britain in the revolution-ary war commenced, he discovered an uncommon zeal in the cause of placed at the head of an independent company in Boston, he exhibitedin this station a skill in discipline which presaged his future eminence. Itwas at the unanimous request of all the officers of artillery, that he was intrustedwith the command in
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