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Chapter 20, The Material of Ornament, part 2

In The Stones of Venice, Volume 1

Read by Lucretia B.

John Ruskin

The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from …

02 - Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In The Morals (Moralia), Book 1

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Plutarch and Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus

The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is…

03 - Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey

Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

Chapter II

In The Deluge Volume 1

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Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

Letter LIX

In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 3

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Samuel Richardson

Clarissa Harlowe, is the tragic heroine of this story, she is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recen…

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