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... Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children BY Charles H. Sylvester Author of English and American Literature , Etc. VOLUME TEN BELLOWS - REEVE COMPANY CHICAGO Copyright , 1913 , by CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CONTENTS THE.
... Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children BY Charles H. Sylvester Author of English and American Literature , Etc. VOLUME TEN BELLOWS - REEVE COMPANY CHICAGO Copyright , 1913 , by CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CONTENTS THE.
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... or inn . The old English inns bore very curious names : The George and Vulture , The Marquis of Granby , The Pig and Whistle are examples . 12. Luke lukewarm water . BB . to see that there were no hairs in MR . PICKWICK 13.
... or inn . The old English inns bore very curious names : The George and Vulture , The Marquis of Granby , The Pig and Whistle are examples . 12. Luke lukewarm water . BB . to see that there were no hairs in MR . PICKWICK 13.
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... English literature owes a special debt to him because it is from his Lives that Shakespeare drew the materials for all of his dramas which deal with ancient history . The translation which Shakespeare used was the one quoted from here ...
... English literature owes a special debt to him because it is from his Lives that Shakespeare drew the materials for all of his dramas which deal with ancient history . The translation which Shakespeare used was the one quoted from here ...
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... James Anthony Froude ( 1818-1894 ) , an English historian . His judg- ment of Cæsar is much more favorable than is that of Plutarch . was observed of him that he was the truest of. 87 JULIUS CÆSAR James Anthony Froude.
... James Anthony Froude ( 1818-1894 ) , an English historian . His judg- ment of Cæsar is much more favorable than is that of Plutarch . was observed of him that he was the truest of. 87 JULIUS CÆSAR James Anthony Froude.
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Contents
55 | |
74 | |
87 | |
THE BATTLE OF CRESSY Jean Froissart | 94 |
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA E S Creasy | 111 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 138 |
THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE | 145 |
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON Selections James Boswell | 155 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Theodore Roosevelt | 277 |
THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS E S Creasy | 284 |
SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY Joseph Addison | 329 |
SIR FRANCIS BACON | 356 |
OF STUDIES Sir Francis Bacon | 362 |
ROBERT OF LINCOLN William Cullen Bryant | 410 |
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS Oliver Wendell Holmes | 423 |
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN John Keats | 433 |
OWLS Gilbert White | 169 |
THE VISION OF MIRZA Joseph Addison | 231 |
PIPPA PASSES Adapted from Robert Browning | 240 |
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln | 272 |
THE FATE OF THE INDIANS Charles Sprague | 439 |
A CALL TO ARMS Patrick Henry | 451 |
HANDY TABLES | 469 |
INDEX | 479 |
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