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The Ordeal of Mark Twain

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Van Wyck Brooks


This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

03 - Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

Chapter II

In The Deluge Volume 1

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Henryk Sienkiewicz


The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

Vashti's Scroll

In Earlier Poems

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Julia Caroline Dorr


This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin

Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 2

In A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

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Walter Terence Stace


This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…

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In Women of History

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Anonymous


An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An in…

"Presuppositions" in Old Testament Criticism (Parts 1-3)

In The Bible Under Trial

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James Orr


The papers composing this volume were prepared in response to urgent request as a popular apologetic series in defence of the Bible from the…

Dedications and Preface

In The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 1

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Margaret of Navarre and Marguerite Of Navarre


THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day cont…

Chapter 1

In The Coming of the Fairies

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being…

31 - Gulliver Escapes From The Eagle

In The Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

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William Patten and Variousandwilliam Patten


A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's…