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Watchers for the dawn, and other studies of Christian character

Bitha Lloyd · 1870 · Scanned text

91,293 words · about 6 h 24 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1870, author long deceased · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/38024327); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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Author
Bitha Lloyd
Language
English
Published
1870
Length
91,293 words · about 6 h 24 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (6)
  1. Contents about 6 min
  2. Preface about 6 h 4 min
  3. II. Battles of America, by Sea and Land under 1 min
  4. III. History of the United States under 1 min
  5. IV. Washington about 5 min
  6. 2 about 8 min
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Contents

Preface p. vii

THE LAMP IN THE CELL.

The cell the only refuge — Book-collecting — England's first pictures — The slake of Jarrow — Singing-school of England — Bede's journeys — The monks at work — Quiet heroism — Bede's authorship — Seeing life — " Write quickly ! " — Taking sanctuary — "The chair of Bede" — A cresset-lamp in monkish cell . p. 9

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