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The Philippics

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…

Bk2,C5-Voyage along the coast,Dona Marina

In History of the Conquest of Mexico

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William H. Prescott

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fe…

Arduous Years In The Central West

In Edison, His Life and Inventions

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Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer

A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…

Book 1, Part 1

In The Annals Vol 1

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Tacitus - Church/Brodribb and Publius Cornelius Tacitus

The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but bo…

School for Scandal, The, Act I Scene ii

In James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic…

Book 15, part 4a

In The Annals Vol 3

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Tacitus - Church/Brodribb and Publius Cornelius Tacitus

The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but bo…

Bk 7 Ch 6: Origin of the animosity between Sixtus IV. and Lorenzo de' Medici

In History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2

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Niccolò Machiavelli

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). Toward the end of 1520, …

Chapter 17, part 1-3

In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II

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John Bagnell Bury

J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it is such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition…