| Author |
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 |
| Title |
First and Last
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| Contents |
On weighing anchor -- The Reveillon -- On cheeses -- The captain of industry -- The inventor -- The views of England -- The lunatic -- The inheritance of humour -- The old gentleman's opinions -- On historical evidence -- The absence of the past -- St. Patrick -- The lost things -- On the reading of history -- The victory -- Reality -- On the decline of the book -- José Maria de Heredia -- Normandy and the Normans -- The old things -- The Battle of Hastings -- The Roman roads in Picardy -- The reward of letters -- The eye-openers -- The public -- On entries -- Companions of travel -- On the sources of rivers -- On error -- The great sight -- The decline of a state -- On past greatness -- Mr. the duke: the man of Malplaquet -- The game of cards -- "King Lear" -- The excursion -- The tide -- On a great wind -- The letter -- The regret -- The end of the world.
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| Credits |
Tonya Allen, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| Subject |
Essays
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
7352 |
| Release Date |
Jan 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
May 1, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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