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Chapter XVII, Part 01

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 17)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 17 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

THE FALSE DAUPHINS IN FRANCE

In Claimants to Royalty

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John H. Ingram and John Henry Ingram

A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. (Summary by Carmen H)

17 - The Literary Emperors and Their Time (A.D. 886-963)

In The Byzantine Empire

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Charles William Chadwick Oman

Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …

How Pantagruel became sick, and the manner how he was recovered

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II

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François Rabelais

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

Chapter 23, part 04

In History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…

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David Hume

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

Chapter XVIII, Section 01

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18)

Read by Richard Carpenter

Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 18 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Appendix III, part 1

In History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…

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David Hume

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…