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Henry's Settlement at Sagres and First Discoveries. 1418-28.

In Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery

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Charles Raymond Beazley

Prince Henry was a significant explorer and adventurer in a period of enlightenment and expansion of European trade and knowledge of the wor…

Red-fleshed Mushroom to Candle Clavaria

In Mushrooms and Toadstools (Third Edition)

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Worthington George Smith

This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible and poisonous fungi found in Great Britain. Although the book is well ill…

Book 1, 1-559

In Achilleid

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Publius Papinius Statius

The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the l…

Book V, Chapter 14

In Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…

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