Excerpt from The Human Interest Library, Vol. 1: Visualized Knowledge
The boys and girls who lived long ago were just as fond of stories as the children of today. They, too, would ask for stories, and when they grew up, they, too, would tell these stories to their children. So the stories came down to us, right from the earliest time, when there was no reading or writing, but simply story-telling. That is the first way in which we know what h...
Excerpt from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, or Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning: With an Appendix Embracing a Dictionary of Briticisms, Americanisms, Colloquial Phrases, Etc. In Current TimeAnt. Virtuous, conscientious, cor rect, u right, worthy, righteous, self contro ed, high-principled, steady.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....
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