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... stood up on their feet to do him honor . Then Katherine Whit THE CONSPIRATORS ABOUT CESAR part of Brutus ' company and confederates stood round about Cæsar's chair , and part of them also came toward him , as though they made suit with ...
... stood up on their feet to do him honor . Then Katherine Whit THE CONSPIRATORS ABOUT CESAR part of Brutus ' company and confederates stood round about Cæsar's chair , and part of them also came toward him , as though they made suit with ...
Page 68
... stood , which ran all of a gore - blood till he was slain . Thus it seemed , that the image took just revenge of Pompey's enemy , being thrown down on the ground at his feet , and yielding up his ghost there , for the number of wounds ...
... stood , which ran all of a gore - blood till he was slain . Thus it seemed , that the image took just revenge of Pompey's enemy , being thrown down on the ground at his feet , and yielding up his ghost there , for the number of wounds ...
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... stood by his bedside , and said nothing : at length he asked him what he was . The image answered him : " I am thy ill angel , Brutus , and thou shalt see me by the city of Philippi . " Then Brutus replied again , and said : " Well , I ...
... stood by his bedside , and said nothing : at length he asked him what he was . The image answered him : " I am thy ill angel , Brutus , and thou shalt see me by the city of Philippi . " Then Brutus replied again , and said : " Well , I ...
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... stood on ceremonies , 3 Yet now they fright me . There is one within , Besides the things that we have heard and seen , Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch . 1. His night - gown was his dressing - gown . 2. Murther is an old ...
... stood on ceremonies , 3 Yet now they fright me . There is one within , Besides the things that we have heard and seen , Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch . 1. His night - gown was his dressing - gown . 2. Murther is an old ...
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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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