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Page 59
... told them , " Brutus will look for this skin " : meaning thereby , that Brutus for his virtue deserved to rule after him , but yet , that for ambition's sake , he would not show himself unthankful or dis- honorable . Now they that ...
... told them , " Brutus will look for this skin " : meaning thereby , that Brutus for his virtue deserved to rule after him , but yet , that for ambition's sake , he would not show himself unthankful or dis- honorable . Now they that ...
Page 61
... told him , " The Ides of March be come : " " So be they , " softly answered the sooth- sayer , " but yet are they not past . " And the very day before , Cæsar supping with Marcus Lepidus , sealed certain letters as he was wont to do at ...
... told him , " The Ides of March be come : " " So be they , " softly answered the sooth- sayer , " but yet are they not past . " And the very day before , Cæsar supping with Marcus Lepidus , sealed certain letters as he was wont to do at ...
Page 63
... told him that none did like them : then he determined to send Antonius to adjourn the session of the Senate . But in the meantime came Decius Brutus , surnamed Albinus , in whom Cæsar put such con- fidence , that in his last will and ...
... told him that none did like them : then he determined to send Antonius to adjourn the session of the Senate . But in the meantime came Decius Brutus , surnamed Albinus , in whom Cæsar put such con- fidence , that in his last will and ...
Page 70
... thither , one of the mean sort asked him what his name was ? He was straight called by his name . The first man told it to another , and that other unto another , so that it ran straight through them all , that 70 THE DEATH OF CÆSAR.
... thither , one of the mean sort asked him what his name was ? He was straight called by his name . The first man told it to another , and that other unto another , so that it ran straight through them all , that 70 THE DEATH OF CÆSAR.
Page 90
... told him that he had mistaken the direction of the enemy . He never misled his army as to the enemy's strength , or if he misstated their numbers it was only to exaggerate . Yet he was singularly careful of his soldiers . He allowed his ...
... told him that he had mistaken the direction of the enemy . He never misled his army as to the enemy's strength , or if he misstated their numbers it was only to exaggerate . Yet he was singularly careful of his soldiers . He allowed his ...
Contents
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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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