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Book II, Chapters 32 to 42

In On Christian Doctrine

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Saint Augustine of Hippo


De doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine, is a famous treatise by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of four books that describe how to int…

Lesson V. Class of Fishes

In The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

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William Ruschenberger


This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

Childhood

In Catherine Booth

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Mildred Duff


Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her …

Déjazet

In Among the Great Masters of the Drama

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Walter Rowlands


In "Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text&q…

The Voice of the Winds

In The Houses of Sin

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Vincent O'Sullivan


This is a volume of poetry by notable American horror story author Vincent O'Sullivan. These poems are as dark as most of his other writings…

Chapter 1 Early Life

In Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…

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P. T. Barnum


The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…

Topic 10, First Paper, by Mrs. R. D. Sprague

In Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topi…

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Daniel Wallace Culp


The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, w…

Part 1 Chapter 18

In Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by …

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Constance Campbell Petrie and Thomas Petrie


Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was t…

Part 1. Chapter 5: The Disagreeable Man

In Ships That Pass in the Night

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Beatrice Harraden


This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…

Part II Chapter 3, Articles I-V

In The Christian Nurse and Her Mission in the Sick Room

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François-Xavier Gautrelet


François-Xavier Gautrelet was a French Jesuit priest whose legacy survives as being the inspiration and originator of the Apostleshi…

Psalm 34: Discourse the Second

In Expositions on the Book of Psalms Vol. 1

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Saint Augustine of Hippo


The Book of Psalms is commonly known as the Psalms or the Psalter, and is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology. The titl…

The Twelfth Chapter

In Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

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Wilhelm Meinhold


Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author ass…

JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL

In The Book of American Negro Poetry

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James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.


The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…

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