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Chapter VII, Part 6

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 07)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This chapter begins with a description of William, Prince of Orange – his early life, personality, and political policies. It goes on to des…

What Little Jack Horner Did

In Mother Goose in Prose

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L. Frank Baum

Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of…

Valentine

In The Count of Monte Cristo

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Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, …

The Water-Lily. The Gold Spinners

In The Blue Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…

Bk 2, Purgatory: Canto XXVIII - Canto XXXIII

In The Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri, transl. Longfellow and Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 an…

VIIA. Formation of the Constitution: Promise and the Difficulties/Constitutiona…

In History of the United States, Vol. III

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Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

The Hazel-nut Child

In The Yellow Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang

"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Althou…

Chapter V, Part 8

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to su…