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06 - Chapter 3, part 2
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida L. Pfeiffer and Ida Laura Pfeiffer
In A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
Ida Pfeiffer travelled alone in an era when women didn't travel. She went first on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, then went on to Egypt and …
Life in Town
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Eva March Tappan
In When Knights Were Bold
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictur…
Bothwell
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Jacob Abbott
In Mary Queen of Scots
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Letter 07
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J. O. Choules and John Overton Choules
In Young Americans Abroad
It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with th…
06 - Learning to Read
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William James Mcglothlin
In Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
00 - Author's Note
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Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
To-day
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Thomas Carlyle
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Letter 06
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Elizabeth Davis Bancroft
In Letters from England, 1846-1849
Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As …
03 - Robert and John
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William James Mcglothlin
In Child’s New Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)