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21 - Book 18, Chapters 30-45:Leguminous plants; the bean; the chick-peas; the k…

In The Natural History Volume 4

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Pliny the Elder

Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Chapter XXII

In Mary: A Fiction

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Eliza, Mary's mother, is obsessed with novels, rarely considers anyone but herself, and favours Mary's brother. She neglects her daughter, w…

Epistola IV: To the Marquis Moroello Malaspina, circa 1309

In Epistolae, the letters of Dante

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Dante Alighieri

This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controv…

Canzone XVI - True Nobility

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…

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