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Magna Carta

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The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…

The Tale of Sir Thopas

In The Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer


The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…

Appendix 01

In The Prince

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Niccolò Machiavelli


ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (…

The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .

In History of Holland

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George Edmundson


The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province…

Babby Burds

In Short Poetry Collection 008

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John Hartley


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 008: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Th' Next Morning

In Short Poetry Collection 009

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John Hartley


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 009: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Chapter 02 - How the Baron Went Forth to Shear

In Otto of the Silver Hand

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Howard Pyle


The story of little Otto, a gentle, peace-loving child born into the heart of turmoil and strife in the castle of a feuding robber baron in …

Ch. IX. Trafalgar Part 1

In Famous Sea Fights

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John R. Hale


I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…

Chapter 12

In Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

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Jerome K. Jerome


Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…

Vol 04, Ch. 19

In The Mysteries of Udolpho

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Ann Radcliffe


Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…

01 - A Wayfarer

In Saint George for England

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G. A. Henty


A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed i…

Chapter VII, Part 1

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…