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Book Title: Journal Of The Plague Year
Author: Daniel Defoe
Book Description:
Being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before
It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the rest of myMore... | |
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Book Title: The Song of Roland
Author: Anonymous
Book Description:
Anonymous Old French epic, dating perhaps as early as the middle
11th century.
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Charles the King, our Lord and Sovereign,
Full seven years hath sojourned in Spain,
Conquered the land, and won the western main,
Now no fortress against him doth remain,
No city walls are left for him to gain,
Save Sarraguce, that sits onMore... | |
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Book Title: Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Book Description:
Prologue
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
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Book Title: The Stolen White Elephant
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway
acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his
thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted
the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his
lips. He said:
You know in whatMore... | |
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Book Title: The William Shakespeare Collection
Author: William Shakespeare
Book Description:
Since William Shakespeare was born so long ago, not many facts remain to build a complete biography on. The few facts that there are used to try and fill in the gaps of Shakespeare's life. For example, records show that William Shakespeare was baptized April 26th, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It was theMore... | |
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Book Title: Mark Twain's Speeches
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
INTRODUCTION
These speeches will address themselves to the minds and hearts of those
who read them, but not with the effect they had with those who heard
them; Clemens himself would have said, not with half the effect. I have
noted elsewhere how he always held that the actor doubled the value of
the author's words; and heMore... | |
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Book Title: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Author: William Shakespeare
Book Description:
Act 1
"scene" 1
Scene 1
[Elsinore. A platform before the castle.]
[FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO]
BERNARDO
Who's there?
FRANCISCO
Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.
BERNARDO
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Book Title: Complete Letters of Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description:
FOREWORD
Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters.
Notin literary letters--prepared with care, and the thought of possible
publication--but in those letters wrought out of the press of
circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind. A collection of such
documents, written by one whose life hasMore... | |
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Book Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Author: William Shakespeare
Book Description:
[Scene 1]
[Enter Hostess and SLY]
SLY
I'll pheeze you, in faith.
Hostess
A pair of stocks, you rogue!
SLY
Ye are a baggage: the Slys are no rogues; look in
the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror.
Therefore paucas pallabris; let the world slide:More... | |
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