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The Greek War of Independence (1821-1827)

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Charles D. Chambers

Written in the style and language of Thucydides, and intended for students in the early stages of learning to read Ancient Greek, this brief…

The Real del Monte

In The Romance of Mining

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Archibald Williams

Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-t…

The Ouphe of the Wood by Jean Ingelow

In The Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

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Variousandwilliam Patten

This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The storie…

The Silver Hen

In The Pot of Gold and Other Stories

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Celebrated prolific 19th century author of dozens of short stories and novels brings us a wistful and whimsical collection of delightful chi…

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d Marquess of Salisbury - On the Desertio…

In The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

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William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey and Various,William Jennings Bryan

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…

BOOK I. The Way to Winchester. Chapter V

In Uther and Igraine

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Warwick Deeping

This beautifully written book imagines the lives of Igraine and Uther Pendragon before the legend of Arthur began. (Summary by A. Gramour)

Pleasures of Analogy — Ambition — Extensions of Sympathy — Philosophy of Taste …

In Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke

There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …