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bk6_02 - The Legende of Calidore - Canto 02

In The Faerie Queene Books 6 & 7

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Edmund Spenser


'The Sixth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of S, Calidore or of Cvrtesie.' Apart from Books 1-6, the only surviving section…

Chapter 4

In Herodotus' Histories Vol 2

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Herodotus


The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…

Observ. XX.

In Micrographia

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Robert Hooke


Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…

04 - Ch 20: Rebellions in Germany & Judea (69-70 A.D.) Sect. I

In The Students’ Roman Empire part 2, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Found…

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John Bagnell Bury


The writings of J. B. Bury, on subjects ranging from ancient Greece to the 19th-century papacy, are at once scholarly and accessible to the …

The History of the Caliph Vathek 01

In The History of the Caliph Vathek

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William Beckford


This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …

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