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The Life of St. Teresa

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Frances Alice Forbes

Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October …

Child and Student

In Pope Pius the Tenth

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Frances Alice Forbes

Pope Saint Pius X (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was Pope from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was t…

Chapter 07 Part 01 On the Levels

In A Life's Morning

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George Gissing

This is the story of a poor young lady Emily Hood who while working as a governess falls in love with Wilfrid Athel the son of her employer.…

Sheila in London

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05

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William Black

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Chapter VIII. Of some amiable Cats, and Cats that have been good Mothers

In The Book of Cats

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Charles Henry Ross

One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: t…

THE PASTORAL BEES

In Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs

Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

Charlotte Bronte, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…

Sunset on the Spire

In Nets to Catch the Wind

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Elinor Wylie

This is the first volume of Poems by American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie, published in 1921. - Summary by Carolin