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…, quickly forgets and abandons his devoted wife and son for the wealth of the city and the illicit pleasures of a mysterious woman from the spirit world. Two husbands give their wives exactly the opposite of what they want: Miyagi is hoping for domestic bliss…

…18th century in France and Germany, literary taste began to turn from classical and neoclassical conventions. Inspiration for the romantic approach initially came from two great shapers of thought, French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau and German writer…

…responsibilities, his father abandoned his wife and three children, leaving her to support the family as best she could. She traveled through various cities acting in stage engagements as she could get them, but the struggle eventually took a toll on her health. Towards…

…cities acting in stage engagements as she could get them, but the struggle eventually took a toll on her health. Towards the end of 1811 while in Richmond, Virginia, she became ill and died. Her children were promptly farmed into homes, Edgar being placed…

…, the tale is able to portray men as being cunning but at the same time ridiculous. Even though the wolf has succeeded in his deception it is ultimately the female that comes out on top. After devouring the girl and her grandmother, he has two living beings in his…

…matter tales, anecdotes, and descriptions of a lighter character, which are very graceful additions to the main narrative. Two men are famous contemporaries of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, who were both from Athens. Thucydides (460 BC - 400 BC…

…into the fairy-tale world of the Opera House, to which the two side pavillions that are today occupied by the Library and the Opera Museum. A great deal of sculptures and paintings are also crucial for the overall aspect of the interior decoration of the Opera House…

…Scotland where his many anecdotes and connotations are laidened with a nationalistic air that exudes from his work at almost every page. Despite the appearance of the cover page of the text, Edinburgh is not a tale about medieval castles, brave knights…

…for the rest of his life, except for two brief periods in the 360s. At that time he visited Syracuse, the chief city of Greek Sicily, to serve as tutor for the new king, Dionysius II. Here was his chance to make a king a philosopher. It turned out very badly…

…the 'Pillars of Hercules' to be the Straight of Gibraltar. In fact, even today it is generally agreed upon that they are two in the same. Plato's description of Atlantis could put it no where else but in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coasts of Portugal and Morocco…