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The Begging-Letter Writer, from Reprinted Pieces

In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

Read by Mary Schneider

Charles Dickens

2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…

Bayard Taylor

In Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton

These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty…

07-Chapter 3. Part 1

In The Myths of the New World

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Daniel Brinton and Daniel Garrison Brinton

The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America",…

14 - MA-TA-OKA OF POW-HA-TAN: THE GIRL OF THE VIRGINIA FORESTS

In Historic Girls

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Elbridge Streeter Brooks

Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times. (Summary by Carmen H)

09 - First Book. The World As Idea. First Aspect 13 & 14

In The World as Will and Idea Volume 1

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer used the word "will" as a human's most familiar designation for the concept that can also be signified by other words…

Chapter XXII

In Mary: A Fiction

Read by Mary J

Mary Wollstonecraft

Eliza, Mary's mother, is obsessed with novels, rarely considers anyone but herself, and favours Mary's brother. She neglects her daughter, w…

25 Chapter XIV

In Herndon's Lincoln

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William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik and William H. Herndon

A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for…

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