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12 - Book 7, Chapters 14-23: The theory of generation; some account of the teet…

In The Natural History Volume 2

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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 …

05 - The Utility of Religion, Part 01

In Three Essays on Religion

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John Stuart Mill


The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature'…

02 - OF SORROW

In Essays book 1

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Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne


Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

013 - Part I, Book the Second, Chapter III - Troubled Men on the Troubled Sea

In The Man Who Laughs

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Victor Hugo


The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published unde…

6 - Observations by a Commander of a British Merchant-Ship

In Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

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J. W. Norie and John William Norie


Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…

04 - Ch XXXIX: The Journey Is Continued

In Waverley, Volume 2

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Sir Walter Scott


Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…