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Page 68
... seen it ran home to their houses again . But Antonius and Lepidus , which were two of Cæsar's chiefest friends , secretly conveying them- selves away , fled into other men's houses , and forsook their own . Brutus and his confederates ...
... seen it ran home to their houses again . But Antonius and Lepidus , which were two of Cæsar's chiefest friends , secretly conveying them- selves away , fled into other men's houses , and forsook their own . Brutus and his confederates ...
Page 71
... 11. This was a city in Macedonia , the scene of the battle between Brutus and Cassius on the one hand , and Antony and Octavius on the other . the great comet which seven nights together was seen very THE DEATH OF CÆSAR 71.
... 11. This was a city in Macedonia , the scene of the battle between Brutus and Cassius on the one hand , and Antony and Octavius on the other . the great comet which seven nights together was seen very THE DEATH OF CÆSAR 71.
Page 72
Charles H. Sylvester. the great comet which seven nights together was seen very bright after Cæsar's death , the eighth night after was never seen more . Also the brightness of the sun was darkened , the which all that year through rose ...
Charles H. Sylvester. the great comet which seven nights together was seen very bright after Cæsar's death , the eighth night after was never seen more . Also the brightness of the sun was darkened , the which all that year through rose ...
Page 75
... seen , Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch . 1. His night - gown was his dressing - gown . 2. Murther is an old form of murder . 3. Stood on ceremonies means insisted on omens . A lioness hath whelpèd in the streets ; And ...
... seen , Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch . 1. His night - gown was his dressing - gown . 2. Murther is an old form of murder . 3. Stood on ceremonies means insisted on omens . A lioness hath whelpèd in the streets ; And ...
Page 76
... seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes . Cæs . Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once . Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me most strange that ...
... seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes . Cæs . Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once . Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me most strange that ...
Contents
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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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