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Versio Latina (Homeri Odyssea) Liber VI

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Homer

The Versio Latina, or Latin translation of the works of Homer, has existed since the 14th century, but was first printed, under the name of …

Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1

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Walter Pater

Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboratio…

Book 4, Chapter 4

In History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1

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Niccolò Machiavelli

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli. Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal…

Part I, Chapter III - Section 1

In Dead Souls

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

Book Seven, Part 2

In Paradise Lost

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John Milton

Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Ho…

Chapter 1

In Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East

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Alexander Kinglake and Alexander William Kinglake

A classic of Victorian travel writing, Kinglake’s book describes his journey through the Ottoman empire to Cairo, and his residence there in…

Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt

In History of Holland

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George Edmundson

The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province…