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01 - Introduction and Analysis: opening remarks

In Timaeus

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Plato, trans. Jowett and Plato

"Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study…

Giovanni dal Ponte

In Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1

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Giorgio Vasari

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

4 - How Plump and Thin Backs Should be Clothed

In What Dress Makes of Us

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Dorothy Quigley

A wickedly funny book of advice on women's dress. However old, fat or plain you are, Dorothy Quigley will tell you what not to wear. (Summar…

22 - Question. 71 - ON THE WORK OF THE FIFTH DAY (ONE ARTICLE)

In Summa Theologica - 03 Pars Prima, Angels and the Six Days

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Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it …

Book 1

In The Fables of Phaedrus

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Phaedrus

The fable is a small narrative, in prose or verse, which has as its main characteristic the aim of conveying a moral lesson (the "moral…

Chapter 7 part 2: The pension Suisse

In What Katy Did Next

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Susan Coolidge

This is the third book of the famous "What Katy did" series. (Summary by Elli)

01 - In which the Peculiarities and Nationality of the Personages are gradually…

In The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

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Jules Verne

The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wa…

11 - Regina Coeli

In Broquéis

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Cruz e Sousa and João Da Cruz E Sousa

Cruz e Sousa foi um poeta brasileiro, considerado um dos precursores do movimento simbolista no Brasil. Seus poemas são marcados pela…

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