...- DEDICATION. To the C HURCH OF C HRIST of all denominations who Worship God in the English tongue, and believe that Jesus Christ, who came here... ...and annihilation of this earth; I have thought it my duty to translate the same into the English tongue for your sake, that you may be able to disabu... ..., Roman Catholics, Greek church, Armenians, &c. and all the sects of each, as Scottish, English, Irish, Lutheran and Calvinistic churches, with the ... ... end that the great scheme which contemplateth universality and eternity may not be cut short in its progress, and require to be begun anew. The res... ...r as I can learn, first printed in Spain in the year 1812, in three volumes, during the short period of the Cortez, from which edition our translati... ...ve been a sealed book to me, by reason of my ignorance of the language, but during that short time having taken a few lessons, and practised a littl... ...end of their Antichrist with more minute circumstances. We shall briefly give the whole story, which for its interest and singularity it were not go... ... shall open her mouth before he alights, and give him a free passage down to hell. The story is very singular: I doubt much if the angelical doctor ... ...f others, as he is wont to do in his very brief commentary. The foundation of the whole story is the eleventh chapter of Daniel, where they point ou...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...arise. He is the friend of the young especially. Have we not read, all the story-books that his wonderful pencil has illustrated? Did we not forego ta... ...s bidden by his master not to laugh while waiting at table—”Don’t tell the story of Grouse in the Gun-room, mas- ter, or I can’t help laughing.” Repea... ...ugh at Falstaff and the humor of Joseph Andrews; and honest Mr. Pickwick’s story can be felt and loved by any person above the age of six. Some may ha... ...e, at the present moment, the En- glishman on the stage is the caricatured Englishman at the time of the war, with a shock red head, a long white coat... ..., and thought their occupations and amusements were those of all high-bred English gentlemen. Tom knocking down the watchman at Temple Bar; Tom and Je... ...y of the moment, left up stairs his br—; his—psha! a part of his dress, in short, with a number of bank- notes in the pockets. Look in the next page, ... ...es, policemen, tall life-guardsmen, charity children, pumps, dustmen, very short pantaloons, dandies in spectacles, and ladies with aquiline noses, re... ...18 George Cruikshank man have something in him essentially absurd? Why are short breeches more ridiculous than long? What is there particularly jocose...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and ... ...d the famous Library, founded by Ptolemy Soter, but the dates of the chief writers are still matters of conjecture. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is... ... Theocritus, who was a little his senior, but he was much admired by Roman writers who derived inspiration from the great classical writers of Greece ... ...ith eddies. (ll. 936 960) There is a lofty island inside the Propontis, a short distance from the Phrygian mainland with its rich cornfields, sloping... ... his destiny thereafter to sail any fur ther. But him there on the spot a short sickness laid to rest far from his native land, when the company had ... ...in my halls, how have ye come returning back to Aea? Did some calamity cut short your escape in the midst? Y e did not listen when I set before you th... ...ld. For how could I prepare the charms without my parents’ knowledge? What story call I tell them? What trick, what cunning device for aid can I find?... ...they have not so much as heard the name of the Aeaean isle; yet there is a story that Minyas starting thence, Minyas son of Aeolus, built long ago the... ...ft them when he departed, he set out to go with them, telling them all the story, to the gathering of the heroes; and together they approached the shi...

...on: Much has been written about the chronology of Alexandrian literature and the famous Library, founded by Ptolemy Soter, but the dates of the chief writers are still matters of conjecture. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is placed by scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C., while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very little informat...

...of a calumny. It has latterly been exam- ined and exposed as baseless. The story of Diana of the Crossways is to be read as fiction. DIANA OF THE CROS... ...the scandal, and politics in his day flushed the concep- tions of men. His short references to ‘that Warwick- Dannisburgh affair’ are not verbally mal... ...and Ireland changeing their parts, until later, after the breach, when the English- man and Irishwoman resumed a certain resemblance to the yoked Isla... ...m of the woman. He treats the scandal as we might do in like manner if her story had not to be told. But these are not reporting columns; very little ... ... upon Irish agitation by saying rather neatly: ‘You have taught them it is English as well as common human nature to feel an interest in the dog that ... ... butter juries.’ She had need to be beautiful to be tolerable in days when Englishmen stood more openly for the strong arm to main- tain the Union. He... ...ches inward are not absent: ‘To have the sense of the eternal in life is a short flight for the soul. To have had it, is the soul’s vitality.’ And als... ...hen to join the mass in crushing the individual. Where- with let us to our story, the froth being out of the bottle. CHAPTER II AN IRISH BALL IN THE A... ...ounds. He threatened Saxondom. Man up, man down, he challenged the race of short-legged, thickset, wooden-gated curmudgeons: and let it be pugilism if...

...re is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: ?an unusual combination,? in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her. It is otherwise in his case and a general fling at the sex we may deem pardonable, for doing as little harm to womankind as the stone of an urchin...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ....” But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illino... ...lf-way through it before the three o’clock bell called her to the class in English history. She sighed, “That’s what I’ll do after college! I’ll get m... ...for it, she felt robbed of her work. It was the advice of the professor of English which led 11 Sinclair Lewis her to study professional library-work... ... the principal query was, “Can you tell me of a good, light, exciting love story to read? My husband’s going away for a week.” 14 Main Street She was... ...line of stinging tobacco smoke, and with it a crackle of laughter over the story which the young man in the bright blue suit and lavender tie and ligh... ...kindly gardens. The expanse was relieved by clumps of oaks with patches of short wild grass; and every mile or two was a chain of cobalt slews, with t... ...rofessional training. She studied singing and oratory and dramatic art and shorthand for a year, in Milwaukee.” Miss Stowbody was reciting. As encore ... ...know. I don’t mean cut them out entirely. Course Jenson is tricky—give you short weight—and Ludelmeyer is a shiftless old Dutch hog. But same time, I ...

... little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...................................................... 31 FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY. ....................................................................... ..................................................... 104 FRAGMENT: ‘A GENTLE STORY OF TWO LOVERS YOUNG’. .................................................. ...h they were written. Of course, mistakes will occur in placing some of the shorter ones; for, as I have said, many of these were thrown aside, and I n... ...of the works of Cicero, a large proportion of those of Seneca and Livy. In English, Milton’s poems, Wordsworth’s “Excursion”, Southey’s “Madoc” and “T... ... most delightful and instructive books in the world. The list is scanty in English works: Locke’s Essay, Political Justice, and Coleridge’s Lay Sermo... ...rey that fetter humankind. _10 NOTE: For the metre see Fragment: “A Gentle Story” (A.C. Bradley.) FRA FRA FRA FRA FRAGMENT GMENT GMENT GMENT GMENT: SA... ...”, etc., 1903, page 63. To thirst and find no fill—to wail and wander With short unsteady steps—to pause and ponder— To feel the blood run through the... ...ected also translating the “Hymns” of Homer; his version of several of the shorter ones remains, as well as that to Mercury already published in the “...

................................................................................................................................. 31 FRAGMENT OF A GHOST STORY. ....................................................................................................................... 31 NOTE ON POEMS OF 1816, BY MRS. SHELLEY. ..........................................................

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...”The Nigger of the Narcissus,” and “The Mirror of the Sea” (and in the few short sea stories like “Y outh” and “T yphoon”— I have tried with an almost... ...thern hemisphere. But at that moment the mood of visions and words was cut short by the third officer, a cheerful and casual youth, coming in with a b... ...eshment after the memorable performance of an op- era which was the tragic story of Lucia di Lammermoor in a setting of light music. I could recall no... ...ion of the Eastern Archi- pelago which I certainly hoped to see again. The story of “Almayer’s Folly” got put away under the pillow for that day. 13 ... ... London ship-brokers which had char- tered the ship to the, I will not say short-lived, but ephemeral Franco-Canadian Transport Company. A death leave... ...in a remote sense interrupted the rhythmical development of Nina Almayer’s story. The then secretary of the London Shipmasters’ Society, with its mode... ...e which was my destination. “Dear boy” (these words were always written in English), so ran the last letter from that house received in London— ”Get y... ...costume, we discovered that the place was really a boarding house for some English engineers engaged at 37 Joseph Conrad the works of the St. Gothard...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’” and “The Mirror of the Sea” (and in the few short sea sto- ries like “Youth” and “Typhoon”), I have tried with an almos... ...thern hemisphere. But at that moment the mood of visions and words was cut short by the third officer, a cheerful and ca- sual youth, coming in with a... ...freshment after the memorable performance of an opera which was the tragic story of Lucia di Lammermoor in a setting of light music. I could recall no... ...ion of the East- ern Archipelago which I certainly hoped to see again. The story of “Almayer’s Folly” got put away under the pillow for that day. I do... ...of London ship-brokers which had chartered the ship to the, I will not say short-lived, but ephemeral Franco-Canadian Trans- port Company. A death lea... ...in a remote sense interrupted the rhythmical development of Nina Almayer’s story. The then secretary of the London Shipmasters’ So- ciety, with its mo... ...e which was my destination. “Dear boy” (these words were always written in English), so ran the last letter from that house re- ceived in London,—”Get... ...of the St. Gothard Tunnel; and I could listen my fill to the sounds of the English language, as far as it is used at a breakfast-table by men who do n...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e itself. Marlow (at least I think that is how he spelt his name) told the story, or rather the chronicle, of a voyage: “Yes, I have seen a little of ... ...ad been grossly overrated, being in fact no greater than that of men. “The story of the ship was known, by this, all up the Chan- nel from Land’s End ... ...suddenly. No doubt about it—I was in the air, and my body was describing a short parabola. But short as it was, I had the time to think several though... ...ntle and inflexible way that it was part of our duty to save for the under-writers as much as we could of the ship’s gear. According we went to work a... ...l, and vanished. Others followed. One, on the point of going over, stopped short to drain his bottle, and with a great swing of his arm flung it at th... ...t the skipper said we must save as much property as we could—for the under-writers—and so I got my first command. I had two men with me, a bag of bisc... ...d anchored. ‘I wish,’ said the old man, ‘you would find out whether she is English. Perhaps they could give us a passage somewhere.’ He seemed nervous... ...tlandish, an- gry words, mixed with words and even whole sentences of good English, less strange but even more surprising. The voice swore and cursed ...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... Lockhart’s first edition, the “ Globe “ edition, and about a dozen others English and American. I found many misprints and corrup- tions in all excep... ...rown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown,— The sportive toil, which, short and light 14 The Lady of the Lake Had dyed her glowing hue so bright... ...ke Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace T ... ...uture bard, sad Harp! shall fling T riumph or rapture from thy string; One short, one final strain shall flow, Fraught with unutterable woe, Then shiv... ... with silver spread, And winked aside, and told each son Of feats upon the English done, Ere Douglas of the stalwart hand Was exiled from his native l... ...k uncommon pains to verify the accuracy of the local circumstances of this story. I recollect, in particular, that to ascertain whether I was telling ... ...more polished in its dic- tion, and more regular in its versification; the story is con- structed with infinitely more skill and address; there is a g... ...leaped of them- selves out of the scabbard at the instant he was born. The story passed current among his clan, but, like that of the story I have jus...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...es and the shape of their sideboards; but there had not as yet been, among English novels, such an example of beauty of ex- ecution and “intimate” imp... ...ce is so well known that I needn’t describe it; he looked to me at once an English gentleman and a man of genius, and I thought that a happy combinati... ... me- chanical submission. We went a few steps further, and then he stopped short and called the boy, beckoning to him repeatedly. “Dolcino, come and s... ...eturned—doubtless with a due suffisance—”he’s quite the greatest of living writers.” “Of course I can’t judge. Of course he’s very clever,” she said w... ...he looked, but was a strange indirect uncomfortable embarrassing woman. My story gives the reader at best so very small a knot to untie that I needn’t... ...ere were evidently not a few types for which he had little love. London in short was grotesque to him, and he made capital sport of it; his only allus... ... book— which, though unfinished, he had indulged in the luxury, so dear to writers of deliberation, of having “set up,” from chapter to chapter, as he... ...d smoked on stiles, broaching paradoxes in the decent English air; we took short cuts across a park or two where the bracken was deep and my companion...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...incial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, T wo Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend David in the provincial to... ...avid, reverts to the setting of Angouleme. Following this trilogy Lucien’s story is continued in yet another book, Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life. A D... ...e portions were cut with so strict an eye to business that they savored of short commons. In such small matters Paris does not show its best side to t... ...man or woman from Angouleme who hap- pens to see you would cut your career short in a strange fash- ion. You would simply be Lucien’s mistress. “If yo... ...rers furnish and let to wealthy deputies and persons of consideration on a short visit to Paris—showy and uncomfortable. It was eleven o’clock when Lu... ...costume has only to walk in the Tuileries,” he said, “and he will marry an English heiress within a fortnight.” Lucien brightened a little under the i... ...ou have some notion of style, conceptions, ideas, and the art of telling a story, I don’t ask better than to be of use to you. What do we want but goo... ...ree hundred francs for a romance; I give two hun- dred for translations of English books. Such prices would have been exorbitant in the old days.” “Si...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...your life you will never probably have a chance again to see so much in so short a time. Consider—it is as easy as a journey to Paris or to Baden. ”Mr... ...rounded by a host of mendicants, screaming, “I say, sir! penny, sir!I say, English! tam your ays! penny!” in all voices, from extreme youth to the mos... ...m is the regular route practised by the travel- ler who has to make only a short stay, and accordingly a couple of carriages were provided for our par... ...mythological pieces relative to the kings before alluded to, and where the English visitor will see some astonishing pictures of the Duke of Wellingto... ... the source of so much bodily and mental discomfort to me. ”To make a long story short, I am anxious to apologise for a want of enthusiasm in the clas... ...ource of so much bodily and mental discomfort to me. ”To make a long story short, I am anxious to apologise for a want of enthusiasm in the classical ... ...r- ous in esteeming their neighbours. As far as I can get at the authentic story, Saladin is a pearl of refinement compared to the brutal beef-eating ... ...od-humoured pageant, like those of the Scott romances—but a real authentic story to instruct and frighten honest people of the present day, and make t...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...h appeared to have the fullest or the clearest expression. In general, the story is best told in letters to the home party; while thoughts are general... ...alking about. It gives you an idea of the Majesty of God, who could in one short second turn it all into confu- sion. There is nothing to me more beau... ...han leading University men, for the impress they leave is on the flower of English youth, at the very time of life when thought has come, but action i... ...e at the same time with the cham- 36 Life of John Coleridge Patteson pion English eleven, one of the most noted professional crick- eters, meeting hi... ...al merits; and I thank God if I shall be found not to have fallen entirely short in the use of 47 Yo n g e those talents which He has entrusted to me... ...ers. We must all look onwards: we must try to think of this world as but a short moment in our exist- ence; our real life and home is beyond the grave... ...it was the relief I had longed for. The few simple words told me the whole story, and I prayed with my whole heart that you might find strength in the... ...twenty Banks Islanders as I told them that most excellent of all tales—the story of Joseph. How their eyes glistened! and they pushed out their heads ...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...eep. “Before we part, Monsieur Hermann will, I trust, tell one more German story to terrify us?” These words were said at dessert by a pale fair girl,... ...only what his tale may have had of interest and poesy with the coolness of writers who forget to put on the title pages of their books: “Translated fr... ...outs of the boatmen, went out hastily, but presently returned conducting a short stout man, behind whom walked two sailors carrying a heavy valise and... ...vy valise and several packages. When these were deposited in the room, the short man took the valise and placed it beside him as he seated himself wit... ...had any need to live; he supposed the case of his never having existed. In short, he planned the crime in a manner to secure himself impunity. The oth... ...head from a shot on board a boat. Brousson hopes to cure him. They say the English have dis- covered a mode of treating the disease with prussic acid—... ...nds to whom I attribute most delicacy, probity, and honor. I in- vited two Englishmen, the secretary of an embassy, and a puritan; a former minister, ...

... was written by my wife with a view to the publication of “The Professor,” shortly after the appear- ance of “Shirley.” Being dissuaded from her inten... ...aware that my fa- ther-once reckoned a Croesus of wealth—became bankrupt a short time previous to his death, and that my mother lived in destitution f... ...ar, he was fast making a fortune. Of this I was apprised by the occasional short letters I received from him, some three or four times a year; which s... ...” said he, “show Mr. William the letters from Voss, Brothers, and give him English copies of the answers; he will translate them.” Mr. Steighton, a ma... ...ers on the desk, and I was soon seated at it, and engaged in rendering the English answers into German. A sentiment of keen pleasure accompanied this ... ...then, the idea of a foreigner. In form and features he might be pronounced English, though even there one caught a dash of something Gallic; but he ha... ... the lobby, Hunsden turned to mount a narrower stair which led to a higher story; I saw his mind was bent on the attics. “Here, Mr. Hunsden,” said I q... ...ntly penetrated and possessed the mean- ing of more ardent and imaginative writers. Byron excited her; Scott she loved; Wordsworth only she puzzled at...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...dies, was spent in needlework done for the poor, or in walks like those an Englishwoman allows herself on Sunday, saying, apparently, “Not so fast, or... ...ere in each other. Their tender confidences at night in whispers, or a few short sentences exchanged if their mother left them for a moment, contained... ...all doors. His hands were of the kind that are dirty as soon as washed. In short, his old body, badly poised on its knotted old legs, proving to what ... ...aughters, with an arm round each little waist, and stepping with their own short steps, the father would stop short behind a clump of trees, out of si... ...e well-fitting clothes, had a charming “desinvoltura,” and was a votary of English nicety, to which, in earlier days, Lady Dudley had trained him. Mar... ...y before at- taining to her present precarious success. She had come down, story by story, from the garret to the first floor, through so many vicissi... ...llet had departed. That evening Florine had an ovation at the theatre; the story of her sacrifice had circulated among the audience. “I’d rather be ap... ...of a Princess Beatrix Galathionne, Prince and Princess (both not in each story) The Secrets of a Princess The Middle Classes Father Goriot A...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s no anachronism in his language; he put the Spanish of Cervantes into the English of Shakespeare. Shakespeare himself most likely knew the book; he m... ...or even a moder- ate popularity for Shelton was vain. His fine old crusted English would, no doubt, be relished by a minority, but it would be only by... ...tor, and he has left 6 Don Quixote – Part I a version which, whatever its shortcomings may be, is singularly free from errors and mistranslations. Th... ...er hand, it is clear that there are many who desire to have not merely the story he tells, but the story as he tells it, so far at least as difference... ... always be the one who approaches nearest to the original. Seeing that the story of “Don Quixote” and all its characters and incidents have now been f... ... the oppo- site side. It was built, or as some say restored, by Alfonso VI shortly after his occupation of Toledo in 1085, and called by him San Serva... ... captive himself, contrived to do all this, is one of the mysteries of the story. Wild as the project may appear, it was very nearly successful. The v... ... a passing fishing boat, and beat a hasty retreat. On renewing the attempt shortly afterwards, they, or a portion of them at least, were taken prisone...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...reface The translator’s idea of rendering the Upanishads into clear simple English, accessible to Occidental readers, had its origin in a visit paid t... ...e. Where he has been obliged to use the Sanskrit term for lack of an exact English equivalent, he has invariably interpreted it by a familiar English ... ...It has since appeared in various languages; and English, German and French writers are all agreed in pronouncing it one of the most perfect expression... ...under the name of “The Secret of Death,” and Ralph Waldo Emerson gives its story in brief at the close of his essay on “Immortality.” There is no cons... ... Veda, while a large number put it down as a part of the Atharva-Veda. The story is first suggested in the Rig-Veda; it is told more definitely in the... ... they weaken the vigour of all the senses in man. Even the longest life is short. Keep thou thy chariots, dance and music. XXVII Man cannot be satisfi... ... vision. XVI The intelligent man, who has heard and repeated the an- cient story of Nachiketas, told by the Ruler of Death, is glorified in the world ...

...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...tements of accounts), and after sitting with the mother and daughter for a short time, he very wisely left the little apart- ment in their possession.... ... brother, are secrets, and out of the domain of V anity Fair, in which our story lies. But this may be said, that when the tea was finally announced, ... ...to the hotel, who was in a very maudlin state, and had told his tiger-hunt story with great effect, both at the mess-table and at the soiree, to Mrs. ... ... served him for conversation for many years after, and even the tiger-hunt story was put aside for more 18 V anity Fair – V olume Two stirring narrat... ...place of the well-bred and well-fed London domestics, who could only speak English, Dobbin procured for Jos’s party a swarthy little Belgian servant w... ...and cigars and greasy ordinaries. But it may be said as a rule, that every Englishman in the Duke of W ellington’s army paid his way. The remembrance ... ...f of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. “I’m an honest man,” he said, “and if I have a feeling I show it, as... ...nnot describe the feelings of his admirable mother, when she learned, very shortly after her noble husband’s demise, that her son was a member of seve...