Early Kings of Norway
by Thomas Carlyle
The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship, says Dahlmann. It i ...
Early Australian Voyages
by John Pinkerton
Contents:
Introduction
Pelsart
Tasman
Dampier
INTRODUCTION.
In the days of Plato, imagination found its way, before the m ...
ESSAYS, Political, Economical and Philosophical. Volume 1.
by Benjamin Rumford
Contents
Dedication
First Essay
An account of an Establishment for the Poor at Munich
Second E ...
ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT
In the appendix to Croker's Boswell's Johnson one finds this anecdote:
CATO'S SOLILOQUY.--One day Mrs. Gastrel set a little girl to repeat to him [Dr. Samuel Johnson ...