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The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly

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…

Chapter I, Part 2

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 01)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is chapter 1 of volume 1 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the h…

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…

Chapter IX, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion…

Dedication to Sir Robert Walpole

In The Works of Tacitus, Vol. I

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Tacitus, ed. Thomas Gordon and Publius Cornelius Tacitus


The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only…

Chapter 2 – Paulina

In Villette

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Charlotte Brontë


After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against …

Chapter II, Part 2

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 02)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is the second chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the Succession of James II.In this chapter we see the rest…

Chapter V: Part 2

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

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Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

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…

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.

Magna Carta

In Magna Carta

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25 Barons and a King


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…

Bk II, ch 09: I make the Campaign of 1704

In The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Quee…

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William Makepeace Thackeray


A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne - a story of…

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