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The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants
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George Payne Rainsford James
The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers…
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Modern Essays
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Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Lost Leaders
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
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Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the Englis…
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William J. Long
This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has thr…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
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Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
Andrew the Glad (Dramatic Reading)
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Maria Thompson Daviess
"There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major t…
Areopagitica (Version 2)
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John Milton
The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…
The Full Blessing of Pentecost
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Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray opens his Introduction to the book with these words: "The message which this little book brings is simple but most solemn…
Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles
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Godfrey Sweven
John Macmillan Brown was born in New Zealand and a University professor, wrote under the pseudonym Godfrey Sweven. An excerpt from the Int…
Out from the Heart
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James Allen
James Allen teaches us how to purify our hearts through the fundamental lessons of virtue: physical discipline, mental discipline, doing you…
The Divine Companion (Version 2)
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James Allen
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…
Books and Reading
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Noah Porter
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…