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Indian Frontier Policy, an Historical Sketch

Read by David Barnes

General Sir John Miller Adye

"The subject of our policy on the North-West frontier of India is one of great importance, as affecting the general welfare of our East…

Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

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John Clare

John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England's greatest nature po…

Chapter V: Ocean Camp

In South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

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Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …

Useful Phrases: eager animosity - entrancing sadness

In Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

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Grenville Kleiser

A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embelli…

1 - Preface

In Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives

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George Müller, edited by A. E. C. Brooks and George Müller

Mr. Brooks, in this compilation, has endeavored to select those incidents and practical remarks from Mr. Müller's Narratives, that show…

Robin Hood and the Tinker

In The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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Howard Pyle

Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…

Chapter 1

In Revelations of Divine Love

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Julian of Norwich, translated by Grace Warrack and Julian Of Norwich

Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside…

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