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In Letters of Pliny

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Pliny the Younger and Pliny The Younger

The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and…

Chapter LX: The Fourth Crusade Part I

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The White Pet

In The Mary Frances Sewing Book

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Jane Eayre Fryer

This enchanting book was first published in 1913 “for all girls who love to make pretty things”. Meet Tommy Pin Cushion, Mr. Silver Thimble,…

Ch 03: The Lady of the Fountain (Continued)

In The Age of Chivalry

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Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…

"A Century Dead"

In The Fringe of an Art: Appreciations in Music

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Vernon Blackburn

A collection of essays on things musical by Vernon Blackburn, including composers, music in different time periods, and modern music. (Summ…

Chapters 18-22

In Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

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Benvenuto Cellini

Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

Ch 15: Of Husband and Wife

In Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 1 (1765)

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William Blackstone

~ BOOK THE FIRST ~The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th century treatise on the common law of England by Sir Willi…

Bk 3 pt 1

In Anabasis

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Xenophon

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…

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