The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14
SOME FAMOUS YOUNG MEN.
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Chatterton was not 20 when hr died.
Landseer began his studies of dogs
at q.
Johnson wrote his best poetry in early
manhood.
II Perugino had finished AN altar paint
ing at II.
Auber wrote an operetta for the stage
before II.
Cornelle had planned Il tragedy before
he was i5
Moliere finished ii comedy. one of his
best at Il.
Claude Lorraine began landscape paint
ing at 13
Rembrandt had finished Il portrait be-
fore he was r.
ira Angelica painted superb altar
piece before ~
Correggto manifested his superb arts-
tic genius at II.
Fi1 Baltlomeo executed two altar
pieces before II.
Titan began his long series of allegor-
ical works at H.
Pitt was chancellor of the exchequer
before he was %.
TassSo Is said 10 have planned his great
epic when only 10
Livy began his History of the Roman
State" at n
Tennyson was Is when his first book
OF poems appeared.
Weber had planned a grand opera at the
time he was ~
Schiller was widely known as a poet
before the age of 70,
Hail was q when his first volume Of
poetry was published.
Plalus was noted as u comic drama tiSt
before ne was 10.
West was only 8 when he showed his
marked artistic talent
Albert Durer was considered a great
artist before he WAS IL.
Sir Thomas Moore was sent to Parlia-
ment before he was 22,
Chaucei was We'll known at court as
poet before ne was 70.
Lord Burleigh was Il minister in parlia-
ment before ne was 22.
David, the great historical painter was
nCted for his genius at lS.
Nerontse showed the modest begin
ninSs of u great artist at q.
Guido Reni executed several mastery
landscapes In oil before II.
Beethoven was known as a skllful COM
poser before he was ~
Dickens was mere boy when he began
his Sketches by Boz"
Dunn did his best poctical work before
he had attained the age OF %.
Van Dyke was widely known as Il por-
trait painter before he was -.
Steele was famous as u writer before
he attained the age of 30 years.
t'ichte was celebrated Tor his writings
on philosophy before nc was 10.
kaulbach at II was pronounced the first
artistic genius in Germany.
HOou'S poems were admired before their
author was ~ years of age.
Nicola Tesla began his career as an
electrical inventor when about 10.
Peter the Great exhibited wonderful mil
itary genius before he was ~.
Batch wrote fuges and studies in coun-
terpo.nt before he was Gears Old.
Cherubni had produced number OF
solos and choruses al the age OF 10.
Browne, after four years work, iinshel
the ''Reg!igio Medici' at q.
Alma-Tadema executed one of his best
classical pictures before he was II.
Fisher Ames's greatest speech is said
to have been mace when he was 2S.
Horace wrote odes when about IL years
of age, and was famous at %.
TacituS is said to have begun his Annals
Of Rome" before he was 2G.
Rubens had finished a number of great.
ly admired portraits before he was IL.
Martial, the Latin satir.st, wrote cpl
grams when he was only II years old.
HeSel began writing essays on the phil
oSophy of history before ne was 20
Dryden's poems were extensively read
before their author was II years of age.
Hans Hoibein was known ali over Ger
many before he had reached the age Of i3
Akcnside produced his masterpiece.
Pleasures of immigration" when he WAS
Alexander the Great finished his con-
! quests of the Eastern world before he was
Kant began his philosophical and met
aphysical specu!ations before the age If
Willianv Ill, of England exhibited his
remarkable military genius before ne was
".
Young produced several OF hi: most ac-
ceptable poems before reaching the age
of ~,
Maurice the son of The first Prince uf
Orange" showed himself u born soldier
at IL.
Lamartine's best poetry was written
| when he was not more than % years OF
age.
Hooke 5 iiist works were published " hen
their author was nearly IL years of age
Beaumoit wrote all his brilliant dramas
before the age OF 20 al which he died
Danas early writings. produced before
| he was q. are generally declared to be MS
| best
Jefferson before 49, was considered tn,
! Campbell wrote THE Pleasures OF
Hope at "a He never did better af,e,
! ward.
washington was only % when made com
! mander-in- chief of the forces of virginia,
Milton wrote "Comus." BY some Is!
teemed as one OF his most charming poems
! at ~.
| The first Prince of Orange exhibited his
wonderfully military talents at the age
of II.
Fielding was extensively known AS q
novelist and general htera,eur before he
was 30
Charles XII. of Sweden when he was
u very young man, entered upon his career
| Of glory.
Sheridan Know lea had produced several
successful dramas before attaining nis
| 2ist year u!r..
PairicK Henry. Sag inown'all over tn,
american colonies astan orator long he
| VultniIs wrote his first unams nj Pm. =, ~.