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21 - Foch, part 1

In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

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J. Walker McSpadden

These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

01 - Book I ch.1-9

In Commentaries on the Gallic War

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Julius Caesar and Gaius Julius Caesar

Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…

Book 1, Chapter V

In Last Days of Pompeii

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton and Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culmi…

chapter 10

In Lady Rose's Daughter

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Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mary Augusta Ward

"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…

Aspasia of Cyrus

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…

00 - Preface

In Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

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Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson

The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

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