Charlotte M. Yonge
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The Rock Of The Capitol by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 389 The city of Rome was gradually rising on the banks of the Tiber, and every year was adding…
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The Pass Of Thermopylae by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 430 There was trembling in Greece. ‘The Great King’, as the Greeks called the chief potentate of the East,…
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The Last Fight In The Coliseum by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Last Fight In The ColiseumJean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso, 1872A.D. 404 As the Romans grew prouder and more fond of…
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The Keys Of Calais by Charlotte M. Yonge
1347 Nowhere does the continent of Europe approach Great Britain so closely as at the straits of Dover, and when…
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The Housewives Of Lowenburg by Charlotte M. Yonge
1631 Brave deeds have been done by the burgher dames of some of the German cities collectively. Without being of…
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The Devotion Of The Decii by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 339 The spirit of self-devotion is so beautiful and noble, that even when the act is performed in obedience…
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The Cup Of Water by Charlotte M. Yonge
No touch in the history of the minstrel king David gives us a more warm and personal feeling towards him…
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The Crown Of St. Stephen by Charlotte M. Yonge
1440 Of all the possessions of the old kingdom of Hungary, none was more valued than what was called the…
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The Constant Prince by Charlotte M. Yonge
1433 The illustrious days of Portugal were during the century and a half of the dynasty termed the House of…
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The Chief Of The Arverni by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 52 We have seen the Gauls in the heart of Rome, we have now to see them showing the…
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