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Chapter XXII, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

01 - Chapter XXIII, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 23)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 5 chapter 23 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death. To quote from the …

01 - Chapter XXIV, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 5 chapter 24 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859). Volume 5 was published after his death.Chapter 2…

24 - CHAPTER XXIV - AN OLD STAGE-COACHING HOUSE

In The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

Preface

In A Half Century of Conflict

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Francis Parkman, Jr.

Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley…

Chapter XVII, Part 01

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 17)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 17 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

01 - The Life of David Hume, Esq.

In The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …

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David Hume

David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

How Pantagruel became sick, and the manner how he was recovered

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II

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François Rabelais

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…