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Page 69
... called to the people to defend their liberty , and stayed to speak with every great personage whom they met in their way . Of them , some followed this troop , and went among them , as if they had been of the conspiracy , and falsely ...
... called to the people to defend their liberty , and stayed to speak with every great personage whom they met in their way . Of them , some followed this troop , and went among them , as if they had been of the conspiracy , and falsely ...
Page 70
... called Cinna , that had a marvellous strange and terrible dream the night before . He dreamed that Cæsar bade him to supper , and that he refused , and would not go : and then Cæsar took him by the hand , and led him against his will ...
... called Cinna , that had a marvellous strange and terrible dream the night before . He dreamed that Cæsar bade him to supper , and that he refused , and would not go : and then Cæsar took him by the hand , and led him against his will ...
Page 71
... called Cinna as himself ) , wherefore taking him for Cinna the murderer , they fell upon him with such fury that they presently despatched him in the market - place . This stir and fury made Brutus and Cassius more afraid than of all ...
... called Cinna as himself ) , wherefore taking him for Cinna the murderer , they fell upon him with such fury that they presently despatched him in the market - place . This stir and fury made Brutus and Cassius more afraid than of all ...
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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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