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06 - Chapter 3, Part 2

In Metamorphosis or The Golden Ass

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Lucius Apuleius

The Metamorphosis, also known as The Golden Ass, is one of the very few novels of the Ancient World that survived to our days; one of the tw…

28 - Smuggling

In The Vicomte De Bragelonne

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Alexandre Dumas

After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues!The Vicomte of Br…

06 - The Utility of Religion, Part 02

In Three Essays on Religion

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John Stuart Mill

The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature'…

25 - Book VII ch.72-90

In Commentaries on the Gallic War

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Julius Caesar and Gaius Julius Caesar

Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…

01 - Cadmus

In Romulus

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Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…

02 - OF SORROW

In Essays book 1

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Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

6 - Observations by a Commander of a British Merchant-Ship

In Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

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J. W. Norie and John William Norie

Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…