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The Little Peasant
The Little Peasant There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and…Of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Mock Turtle's Story
by Lewis Carroll The Queen's Croquet-GroundThe Lobster QuadrilleThe Mock Turtle's Story 'You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing!' said the Duchess, as she…Our Foreign Correspondent
Our Foreign CorrespondentLondonDearest People, Here I really sit at a front window of the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly. It's not a fashionable place, but Uncle stopped here years ago, and won't go…Purvey, John
(Encyclopedia) Purvey, John, c.1354–c.1421, English scholar, who in support of the Lollardry movement completed the first thorough translation of the Bible into English. Becoming associated with John…Piaf, Edith
(Encyclopedia) Piaf, EdithPiaf, Edithpēäfˈ [key], 1915–63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion. She began to sing at 15 in cafés and on the streets of Paris and was soon engaged to…Southcott, Joanna
(Encyclopedia) Southcott, JoannaSouthcott, Joannasouthˈkət [key], 1750–1814, English religious visionary. Uneducated, even illiterate, she spent her earlier years in domestic service. She began c.…Gratian, Italian legal scholar
(Encyclopedia) Gratian, fl. 1140, Italian legal scholar, founder of the science of canon law. Almost nothing is known of his life beyond the fact that he was a monk, almost certainly Camaldolite, and…Round the Fire
Round the FireWith the October frosts came the cheery fires in the great fireplaces; and Demi's dry pine-chips helped Dan's oak-knots to blaze royally, and go roaring up the chimney with a…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Happy Family
The Old HouseThe Story of a MotherThe Happy Family Really, the largest green leaf in this country is a dockleaf; if one holds it before one, it is like a whole apron, and if one holds it…The Philosophy of Antoninus
The Philosophy of Antoninus by George Long, M. A. IT has been said that the Stoic philosophy first showed its real value when it passed from Greece to Rome. The doctrines of Zeno and his…Trending
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