The History of Herodotus, volume 2
Author: HerodotusLanguage: English
Translated by: G.C. Macaulay
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of low birth.[4] Not to work is counted most honourable, and to be a worker of the soil is above all things dishonourable: to live on war and plunder is the most honourable thing. 7. These are their most remarkable customs; and of the gods they worship only Ares and Dionysos and Artemis.
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The History of Herodotus, volume 1
Author: HerodotusLanguage: English
Translate: G.C. Macaulay
Released:
established. There is no intention to put forward any theory about pronunciation.
The index of proper names will, it is hoped, be found more complete and accurate than those hitherto published. The best with which I was acquainted I found to have so many errors and omissions[3] that I was compelled to do the work again from the beginning. In a collection of more than ten thousand references there must in all probability be mistakes, but I trust they will be found to be few.
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History of Egypt
Author: Leonard W. KingLanguage: English
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Released: 1906
This came from the top plateau, not from the slopes (or subsidiary plateaus at the head of the wadis), as did the great St. Acheulian weapons. The circular object is very remarkable: it is the half of the ring of a "morpholith "(a round flinty accretion often found in the Theban limestone) which has been split, and the split (flat) side carefully bevelled. Several of these interesting objects have been found in conjunction with Palæolithic implements at Thebes.
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Abraham Lincoln, a History -- Volume 2
Author: John G. NicolayLanguage: English
Publisher(s):
Released: 1890
While the town of Lawrence was undergoing burning and pillage, Governor Shannon wrote to Colonel Sumner to say that as the marshal and sheriff had finished making their arrests, and he presumed had by that time dismissed the posse, he required a company of United States troops to be stationed at Lawrence to secure "the safety of the citizens in both, person and property," asking also a like company for Lecompton and Topeka.
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Abraham Lincoln: A History -- Volume 1
Author: John G. NicolayLanguage: English
Publisher(s):
Released: 1890
Failure of the Railroad System. Fall of the Banks. First Collision with Douglas. Tampering with the Judiciary
CHAPTER X.
EARLY LAW PRACTICE Early Legal Customs. Lincoln's Popularity in Law and Politics. A Speech in 1840. The Harrison Campaign. Correspondence with Stuart. Harrison Elected. Melancholia
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