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SaltyDog615: "De Rerum Natura: The Latin Text of Lucretius (Latin and English Edition) Paperback – August 8, 2008 English Edition by Lucretius (Author), William Ellery Leonard (Editor)"

ScottAndPark: In the autumn of 1940, Lewis visited his old acquaintance, William Ellery Leonard, in Madison, Wisconsin. Leonard arranged a meeting with the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a tour of the campus.

5starresultsnow: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

EliteFitnessAH: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

EliteFitnessAH: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

5starresultsnow: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

makemoneyonflus: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

jprapke: Indian Summer by William Ellery Leonard (After completing a book for one now dead) (O Earth-and-Autumn of the Setting Sun, She is not by, to know my task is done.) In the brown grasses slanting with the wind, Lone as a lad whose dog's no longer near,…

DrShandles: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.- William Ellery ChanningThere is a crack in everything, that\'s how the light gets in.- Leonard Cohen If life were predictableit wou

ScottAndPark: In the autumn of 1940, Lewis visited his old acquaintance, William Ellery Leonard, in Madison, Wisconsin. Leonard arranged a meeting with the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a tour of the campus.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to writer/poet/playwright William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876), author of “The Locomotive-God” (1927) et al.

dreamsofbeing_: “And stiffening frost seeps inward to our bones…” —De Rerum Natura (tr. William Ellery Leonard)

pj_at_sc: “Beowulf Heritage Press 1939 Exclusive Translated by William Ellery Leonard illustrated by Lynd Ward Fine Linen Binding Sandglass 5K Included”

jprapke: The Image Of Delight by William Ellery Leonard HOW came I that loved stars, moon, and flame, And unimaginable wind and sea, All inner shrines and temples of the free, Legends and hopes and golden books of fame; I that upon the mountain carved my name…

jprapke: Indian Summer by William Ellery Leonard (After completing a book for one now dead) (O Earth-and-Autumn of the Setting Sun, She is not by, to know my task is done.) In the brown grasses slanting with the wind, Lone as a lad whose dog's no longer near,…

TheRealSPA: In the autumn of 1940, Lewis visited his old acquaintance, William Ellery Leonard, in Madison, Wisconsin. Leonard arranged a meeting with the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a tour of the campus.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to writer/poet/playwright William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876), author of “The Locomotive-God” (1927) et al.

jprapke: The Image Of Delight by William Ellery Leonard HOW came I that loved stars, moon, and flame, And unimaginable wind and sea, All inner shrines and temples of the free, Legends and hopes and golden books of fame; I that upon the…

MalatestaCarina: William Ellery Leonard: The Pied Piper

uwmspeccoll: My Staff pick for the week is our Limited Editions Club printing of 'Beowulf,' with illustrations by Lynd Ward. This edition, with a verse translation by Wisconsin scholar and author William Ellery Leonard, was designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg in an edition of 1500 copies.

elletrice: This also covers, for me, the figure of William Ellery Leonard, whom I first encountered at 17 as a translator of the De Rerum Natura, and then romanticized at 21 thanks to his depiction in Wallace Stegner’s Crossing to Safety.

tamaramillman: Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. - William Ellery Channing There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen If life were…

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to writer/poet/playwright William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876), author of “The Locomotive-God” (1927) et al.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to writer/poet/playwright William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876), author of "The Locomotive-God" (1927) et al.

accident_ny: Leonard, William Ellery. TWO LIVES: A POEM. Very Rare Manuscript Edition 1922

lenhardt_jake: James Franco Child of God have anything at all to do with William Ellery Leonard's Translation of Beowulf or Ed Gein?

lenhardt_jake: Have you read William Ellery Leonard's translation of Beowulf? or anything by him

accident_ny: Leonard, William Ellery. TWO LIVES: A POEM. Very Rare Manuscript Edition 1922

CatapultStory: Neighborhood walks lead to an obsession with reimagining the life of poet William Ellery Leonard. A short story:

Robert_K_A: Great find today. A son of Earth by William Ellery Leonard.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to writer/poet/playwright William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876), author of "The Locomotive-God" (1927) et al.



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