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The Philippics

The Philippics by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Philippics by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered an attack on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BCE.

Cicero consciously modeled his own attacks on Mark Antony, in 44 BC and 43 BC, on Demosthenes’s speeches, and if the correspondence between M. Brutus and Cicero are genuine, at least the fifth and seventh speeches were referred to as the Philippics in Cicero’s time.

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The Eye of Dread

The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskine

The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskine

The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has ended, she has become something else entirely. Wounded, Peter Junior finds his time at Betty’s father’s studio, learning to become an artist, until one day he proposes to her after deciding to go to France. Of course, she agrees to wait for him. Meanwhile, Richard, who has decided to work on the railways, expects that when he gets back, that Betty will be waiting for him. With these complications, problems begin to arise…

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Notes of a War Correspondent

Notes of a War Correspondent by Richard Harding Davis

Notes of a War Correspondent by Richard Harding Davis

Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by “A War Correspondent’s Kit.”

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Royal Children of English History

Royal Children of English History by E. Nesbit

Royal Children of English History by E. Nesbit

E. Nesbit writes about some of the people behind the names, dates and battles of English History in this lovely book for older children.

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