Today's installment concludes Venice Founded,the name of our combined selection from Thomas Hodgkin and John Ruskin. The concluding installment, by
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Venice Founded – 6
When the eye falls casually on a map of Europe, there is no feature by which it is more likely to be arrested than the strange sweeping loop formed by
Venice Founded – 5
As the boat drew nearer to the city, the coast which the traveler had just left sank behind him into one long, low, sad-colored line, tufted
Herodotus Book I, Verses 67-74
Croesus senT messengers to Sparta with gifts in their hands to ask for an alliance.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project
Venice Founded – 4
The dim religious light, half revealing the slowly gathered glories of St. Mark's; the Ducal Palace, that history in stone; the Rialto, with the
Venice Founded – 3
For our present purpose and as a worker out of Venetian history, Po, notwithstanding the far greater volume of his waters, is of less importance than
Venice Founded – 2
And all these gifts of will, of intellect and of soul were employed by Leo with undeviating constancy, with untired energy, in furthering his great
Venice Founded
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Very Beginning.IntroductionThe foundation of Venice (Venetia) is
The California Gold Rush Begins
Today's installment concludes Gold Discovered in California,our selection from Mining in the Pacific States of North America by John S. Hittell