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  • The Plague of Athens Which Happened in the Second Year of the Peloponnesian Warre, First Described in Greek by Thucydes

    de Thomas Sprat ...
    I Know not what pleasure you could take in bestowing your commands so unprofitably, unless it be that for which Nature sometimes cherishes and allows Monsters, The love of Variety. This onely delight you will receive by turning over this rude and unpolisht Copy, and comparing it with my excellent Patterns, the Greek and Latin. By this you will see how much a noble Subject is chang’d and disfigured ... Leer más

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  • The Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre

    Enriched edition. First described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius. Now attempted in English

    The anthology 'The Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre' presents a compelling tapestry of historical narrative and philosophical examination, emerging from the ancient throes of the Peloponnesian War. Spanning styles from meticulous first-hand chronicles to introspective analyses, this collection embodies a profound exploration of human resilience and ... Leer más

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  • An Essay on Man

    An Essay on Man is an epic poem by Alexander Pope that was published in 1734. The poem is noted for helping to popularize optimistic philosophy throughout Europe. A table of contents is included. ... Leer más

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  • The Fable of the Bees

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  • The Eclogues (Mobi Classics)

    de Virgil ...
    The Eclogues (also called the Bucolics) are the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil.Imitating the Greek Bucolica ("on care of cattle", so named from the poetry's rustic subjects) by Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version partly by offering a dramatic and mythic interpretation of revolutionary change at Rome in the turbulent period between roughly 44 and 38 BC. Virgil ... Leer más

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  • An Essay on Criticism

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  • Collected Poems of John Donne - A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning + 57 other Songs and Sonnets (Annotated)

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    This collection gathers "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" with fifty-seven other songs and sonnets, presenting Donne's lyric art at its most intellectually daring and emotionally volatile. These poems transform love, absence, jealousy, constancy, and spiritual anxiety into intricate arguments, shaped by the metaphysical conceit, dramatic address, paradox, and startling shifts of tone. Situated ... Leer más

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