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Last Poems by Laurence Hope (1865 – 1904)

Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This collection, her third, was originally published in 1905. – Summary by Newgatenovelist Post Views: 6

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Hobbes by Leslie Stephen (1832 – 1904)

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature “the life of man” was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” In his own long life of ninety-one years, Hobbes survived the turmoil of the English Civil War. In … Continue reading

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