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03 -- Bk First, Ch First, Sec 3

In In the Days of the Comet

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H. G. Wells

William ("Willie") is a student living in the British town of Clayton. As a Socialist, he tries to move power from the upper class…

34 - The Combat

In The Small House at Allington

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Anthony Trollope

Fifth novel in the Barsetshire series, The Small House at Allington is largely focused on the Small House's inhabitants, Mrs. Dale and her t…

Chapter 1: "Something Like An Adventure"

In Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar

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G. A. Henty

"He is sharp, and does his lessons well. I have no difficulty with him, on that score; but he is a perfect imp of mischief." Young…

48 - Chapter XI, part 01

In The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …

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David Hume

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

097 - Book X, Chapter 2

In Camilla

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Frances Burney

Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels…

69 - Pert Poppet!

In The Duke's Children

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Anthony Trollope

In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, findin…

17 - Book III, Chapters 27-30

In Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

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The Venerable Bede

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England gene…