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Canzone XX - Laudes Florentiae

In Canzoniere

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Dante Alighieri


Le Rime (in English, The Rhymes) are the collection of lyric poems written by Dante Alighieri throughout his life. While the rest of Dante's…

Introduction

In Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories

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Giovanni Verga


The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…

Ch. XIV: Concluding Remarks and Summary, Part 2

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …

Appendix A

In The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV

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James Boswell


This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this…

Treatise II, Chapters 1-6

In The Convivio

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Dante Alighieri


Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four tr…

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