Rescue of Helena and Sabre at the castle ramparts
In a tense sequence Sabre frees Helena after a night of danger at the castle. The dog signals release from the moat and Sabre guides the narrator to Helena, whose courage unsettles colleagues as plans unfold. The pursuit of Carlotta and Yorick leads to a dramatic ambush and near catastrophe before reinforcements arrive.
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Sabre
Helena
Pharaoh
Bugle
Helene
John Spencer
Bailey
Carlotta
Yorick
Coupe
Yorik
Origin of Yankee Doodle in Doubt Says Sonneck
The origin of Yankee Doodle is uncertain after an exhaustive Library of Congress study. Oscar Sonneck outlines sixteen plausible claims, including British officer composition, Hessian march roots, resemblance to European tunes, and possible Irish links, with various authors and sources cited.
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Library of Congress
Oscar F. G. Sonneck
Indianapolis News
Pyrenes
Holland
Grenadier Guards
Cromwell
Charles
New England
Lydia Fisher
Walsh
Fisher
Kitty Fisher
Thompson
Ulysses
J. G. Smith
Little
Galway
Edward Bangs
Harvard University
Things to Prize by Henry Van Dyke
A verse urging appreciation of simple beauties and dear possessions. The poem lists sapphire skies, silent hills, forests, grass, birdsong, streams, drifting clouds, rain scents, flowers, earth, and, above all, friendship and mirth.
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Henry van Dyke
He Won't Stay Out It A Hustler Seeks Door To Success
A fragment from a historical piece discusses hustling as a path to success in America and contrasts giving with receiving. It notes fame as recognition by millions and mentions gendered social dynamics of admiration and pursuit in a reflective, aphoristic tone.
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United States
Eccentricity and Courage: Reflections on Character and Achievement
A series of aphorisms on behavior and virtue. It notes that eccentric behavior is forgivable yet rare but warns against vanity and sneering. It argues inner strength over pose, the danger of fault-finding, and suggests courage as essential to greatness from Napoleon to Lindbergh.
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Napoleon
Lindbergh
Howells’s Venetian Life Launches His Career
After four years as consul in Venice Howells met a Boston publisher who joked about publishing his manuscript on Venetian life. The manuscript was promptly turned over and published in 1866 as Venetian Life, marking the start of Howells’s successful literary career.
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Venice
William Dean Howells
Boston
Howells
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