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15 - A Mission to Ireland

In In Freedom's Cause

Read by Ted Garvin

G. A. Henty

Another stirring tale from the master of historical fiction set in the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace and their struggle for Scotl…

The Lay of Graelent

In French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France

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Marie de France. [Translated by Eugene Mason] and Marie De France

The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess the…

05 - The Utility of Religion, Part 01

In Three Essays on Religion

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John Stuart Mill

The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature'…

Life in the Wakalah, part 1

In Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah

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Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hyp…

013 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea

In The Man Who Laughs

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Victor Hugo

The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published unde…

02 - OF SORROW

In Essays book 1

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Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

04 - Ch XXXIX: The Journey Is Continued

In Waverley, Volume 2

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Sir Walter Scott

Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…