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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

Chapter IV - Conspiracy

In The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just bef…

Chapter 23, part 01

In History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…

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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…