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Bk 08 Ch 15-16

In Les Misérables, Volume 3

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Victor Hugo, transl. Hapgood and Victor Hugo


This is book 3 of 5.An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the wa…

09 - Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will, pt 1

In Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2

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John Calvin


Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western worl…

Ch 11: The Laura Again (3941 words)

In Hypatia

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Charles Kingsley


Charles Kingsley (June 12 1819 - January 23 1875) was an English divine, university professor, historian, and novelist, particularly associa…

Queen Elizabeth

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Edward Spencer Beesly


A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)

Montcalm and Wolfe

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Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothr…

The Old Régime in Canada

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Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman is an nineteenth century American historian. He devoted most of his life to a seven volume history of "The French and E…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.To quote from the …

Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

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Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that …

Ch. III: Rivers and Valleys, pt 1

In The Elements of Geology

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William Harmon Norton


Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…

Chapter 7, Part 1

In The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

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Alessandro Manzoni


The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…