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The Bruised Reed

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Richard Sibbes

Richard Sibbes was a Puritan pastor and theologian in the 17th century. His best known work, The Bruised Reed, is based on a Scripture verse…

09 - On Buttons

In Observations of an Orderly

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Ward Muir

Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…

Great City Snobs

In The Book of Snobs

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W M Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray

The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…

Chapter I

In Aunt Jane's Hero

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Elizabeth Prentiss

Aunt Jane is a good and loving woman, important to everyone except herself, always willing to give good advice. Her "hero", Horace…

John Darrell

In At the Time Appointed

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A. Maynard Barbour and Anna Maynard Barbour

"Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents…

23 - Chapter 15 Part 2

In Holidays at Roselands

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Martha Finley

This is the second book of the much loved Elsie Dinsmore series and starts where the first book left off. Elsie is still recuperating from h…

Chapter XXX

In The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

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Eliza P. Donner Houghton

The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming…