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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 1
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...
2 hours 59 minutes
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Samuel Johnson - Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language
The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold for the huge price of £4/10s. ($400?). It would be years before «Johnson's...
2 hours 22 minutes