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The Coquette - a Portrait by John Godfrey Saxe

In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

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John Godfrey Saxe

Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…

June 24, 1938

In The Fireside Chats

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thirty radio addresses made throughout his terms as President of the United States between 1933 and 1944…

Charles Lamb (I & II)

In Figures of Several Centuries

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Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…

I Have a Dream—Martin Luther King, Jr. & Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate—Ronald…

In The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…

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US Department of Homeland Security, United States Department Of Homeland Security and United States Of America

New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…

Chapter 6 Conclusion. The Religion Of Humanity Part 5

In A General View of Positivism

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Auguste Comte

Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…

4.1 Introdction to part 4 and The Life and Execution of Sir John Oldcastle

In Curiosities of Street Literature

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Various

This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…

The Fight For the Queen

In Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2)

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Andrew Lang

The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history o…