Early Modern

The Experienced English Housekeeper

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Elizabeth Raffald


'Cut a large old hare in small pieces, and put it in a mug with three blades of mace, a little salt, two large onions, one red herring, six …

Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru

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Frederick A. Ober


Francisco Pizarro (1471 - 1541) was born into poverty, the illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier. After a brief career as a swineherd, he vo…

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…

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

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Martin Luther


Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…

Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, eve…

Summa Theologica - 10 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on the Theological Virtue…

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

Essays book 3

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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 …

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1

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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné


The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re…

Summa Theologica - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

The Phenomenology of Mind, Volume 2

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel


Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's most important and widely discussed philosophical work. Hegel's fi…

Summa Theologica - 07 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on the Passions

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, pour l'abolition de la traite des Noirs

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Société Des Amis Des Noirs and Société Des Amis Des Noirsandjacques Pierre Brissot De Warville


La Société des Amis des Noirs est une association créée le 19 février 1788 qui avait pour but l'abolition…

History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: V…

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Rev. James Maccaffrey


In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the …

Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers …

Summa Theologica - 12 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on Gratuitous Graces and …

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Saint Thomas Aquinas


The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia

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Thomas Browne


Religio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) sets out Sir Thomas Browne's spiritual testament as well as being an early psychological self-port…

Captain Cook

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Walter Besant


James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy was the son of a farm laborer. Apprenticed …

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

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Bartolomé De Las Casas


A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an ac…

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

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George Berkeley


Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hyl…

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