Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence
MoreEditor’s note: The following is extracted from An Introduction to the History of Western Europe, by James Harvey Robinson (published 1902). (Contined from Part 1) Position of Henry V Agincourt, 1415 Henry
MoreEditor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from American Notes, by Rudyard Kipling (published 1891). All spelling in the original. The race is neither to the swift nor the battle to
MoreEditor’s note: The following is extracted from An Introduction to the History of Western Europe, by James Harvey Robinson (published 1902) Extent of the king of England’s realms before Edward I (1272–1307)
MoreEditor’s note: The following account of a battle in the War of 1812 is extracted from Our Country, Volume 2, by Benson J. Lossing (published 1877). All spelling in the original. We
MoreEditor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from Tremendous Trifles, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1909). All spelling in the original. Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe
MoreEditor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from A Short History of England, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1917). The last chapter began, in an apparent irrelevance, with the name of St.
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MoreEditor’s note: The following verses (Book III) are excerpted from The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1911). This fictional confrontation in song between heathenism and Christianity, set in
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