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...CONTENTS DEDICATION...1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE BY THE TRANSLATOR.....3 PART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE......

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... THE COMING OF MESSIAH IN GLORY AND MAJESTY BY JUAN JOSAFAT BEN-EZRA, A CONVERTED JEW TRANSL... ... A CONVERTED JEW TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. EDWARD IRVING, A.M. Volume I ... ...DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. EDWARD IRVING, A.M. Volume I PUBLISHED BY L. B. SEELEY AND SON FLEET STREET, LONDON MDCCCXXVII ... ... of the last thirty years to be as the first droppings of the shower, and our religious works and societies to be a sickly uncertain hue of verdure ... ...g witness to the righteousness which is by faith, against the righteousness which is by works; the one upon the limited scale of a particular nation,... ... angels from the possession of the earth and the heavens, in the destruction of all his works of despotism and superstition, infidelity and radicali... ...ions of the Church, I received nothing but the highest approbation of the spirit of the writer and the power of his argument. This ought to be known... ...e prophetic Scriptures, (and to him all Scripture is prophetic), there is no Protestant writer whom I know of, to be at all compared to him. His boo... ...at it is useful, yea, and of the utmost usefulness. Wherefore all venerable divines and writers of the best times, are ever wont to place the USES o...

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Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

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............................................................................................................................ 21 NOTE ON THE EARLY POEMS, BY MRS. SHELLEY. ...................................................................................... 22 POEMS WRITTEN IN 1816 ...................................................................................................

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...EVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF THE OXFORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn S... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylva... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ................................................. 21 NOTE ON THE EARLY POEMS, BY MRS. SHELLEY. ............................................................. ................................................... 31 NOTE ON POEMS OF 1816, BY MRS. SHELLEY. ............................................................. ...ey could not be printed. They are not among the best of his productions, a writer being always shackled when he endeavours to write down to the compre... ...s for his po- etry by associating it with the compositions of more popular writers; and also because he might feel shackled in the free expression of ...

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...Excerpt: If you remember, madame, the pleasure your conversation gave to a traveler by recalling Paris to his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it wit...

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...A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in for... ...h your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese. You have an Eugenie, already beautiful, whose ... ...e this. Felix, however, found in his work the same pleasure that painters, writers, architects take in their creations. He dou- bly enjoyed both the w... ...an apathetic indifference (the result of the political drama) by producing works more or less Byronian, in which the only topics really discussed were... ...eceived illustrious artists, leading financial personages, dis- tinguished writers; but only after subjecting them to so rigid an examination that the...

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...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...

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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS By George Meredith 1 1 1 1 189 89 89 89 897 7 7 7 7 A lady of high distinct... ...wit: ‘an unusual combina- tion,’ in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of h... ...lks well, and has an agreeable voice; likewise ‘delicate extremities.’ The writer was created for popularity, had he chosen to bring his art into our ... ...antaloon demanded of us in every work of fiction,’ she says, lamenting the writer’s compulsion to go on pro- ducing them for applause until it is extr... ...biting at Greek. What a wise recommendation that was of Mr. Redworth’s! He works well in the House. He spoke excellently the other night.’ ‘He runs ov... ...shuddered to feel, that she could draw from dark stores. Hith- erto in her works it had been a triumph of the good. They revealed a gaping deficiency ...

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...Introduction: 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 unc...

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...The Argonautica The Argonautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written in Ancient ... ...B.C.) Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apollonius Rhodius (“Apollonius the Rhodian”). Tran... ...lexandrian poet Apollonius Rhodius (“Apollonius the Rhodian”). Translation by R.C. Seaton, 1912. The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius, translation b... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...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... ... and many authors’ names are given in the Scholia to Apollonius, but their works have perished. The best known earlier account that we have is that in... ... cities, accounts of strange cus The Argonautica 6 toms, descriptions of works of art, such as that of Ganymede and Eros playing with knucklebones, ... ... 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 ...

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...ray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tr... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...versity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thackeray George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray Reprinted from the W estminster Review for J... ...ail and mop. Even so we are moved by the sight of some of Mr. Cruikshank’s works—the “Busen fuhlt sich jugendlich erschuttert,” the “schwankende Gesta... ...afterwards for the separate prints, and taking his choice in rotation? The writer of this, too, had the honor of drawing the first lot, and seized imm... ... imagine that an artist could make anything of such a subject as this? The writer begins by stating,— “I love to go back to the days of my youth, And ... ...close the career of the three heroes by bringing them all to ruin, but the writer, or publish- ers, would not allow any such melancholy subjects to da... ... called “Points of Humor.” These “Points” were selected from various comic works, and did not, we believe, extend beyond a couple of numbers, containi...

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...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... Publication A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylv... ..., in any way. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...n their heart and brain. Men who have so much in them to give out in great works long dreamed of, profess a certain contempt for conversation, a comme... ... as that nowadays. Mortifications and want only fall to the lot of unknown writers; as soon as a man’s name is known, he grows rich, and I will be ric... ...r the harvest is that we 41 Balzac reap in these days. Nowhere else can a writer find the living works of the great dead, the works of art which quic... ...e 41 Balzac reap in these days. Nowhere else can a writer find the living works of the great dead, the works of art which quicken the imagination in ... ...ed by the ep- och, and surprised at the spirited imagination which a young writer always displays in the scheming of a first plot—he had not been spoi...

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Excerpt: A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad.

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Excerpt: Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray.

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Excerpt: Seraphita by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...assics Series Publication Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State... ... transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Penn- sylvania State University, Electr... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ckeray. London:December 24, 1845. PREFACE ON THE 20TH OF AUGUST, 1844, the writer of this little book went to dine at the—Club, quite unconscious of t... ...made partly to convince some incredulous friends—who insist still that the writer never went abroad at all, and wrote the following pages, out of pure... ...k it on either side. The vast Rock rises on one side with its interminable works of defence, and Gibraltar Bay is shining on the other, out on which f... ...ttle opera, a good old library filled full of good old books (none of your works of modern science, travel, and history, but good old useless books of... ...believe that it was not the bill and the bugs at the inn which induced the writer hereof to speak so slight- ingly of the residence of Basileus. These...

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...Excerpt: Some envious being may think on seeing this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,--a fancy of the fashions of the day,-- but you and a few others, dear count, will kn...

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...Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...eley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...on looking at it, his attention was excited by a sort of vision, which the writers of those days would have called “cornue,”—perhaps with ref- erence ... ...ster’s face. The two men were a picture in themselves. History and romance-writers have consecrated the brown camlet coat, and the breeches of the sam... ...d his collar of the order of Saint-Michel, are not less celebrated; but no writer, no painter has represented the face of that terrible monarch in his... ...ists among the older in- habitants of Touraine that a contractor of public works, named Bohier, found the miser’s treasure and used it in the construc...

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...Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...rking for the masses, goes on destroying the creations of ancient art, the works of which were once as personal to the consumer as to the artisan. Now... ...e consumer as to the artisan. Nowadays we have products, we no longer have works. Public buildings, monuments of the past, count for much in the pheno... ...that of a trollop,” replied the rector,—”a woman of questionable morals, a writer for the stage; frequenting the- atres and actors; squandering her fo... ...rnalist, and has at this very moment in her house the most venomous of all writers,—so the post- master says, and he’s a juste-milieu man who reads th... ...iterature of the dead languages, and to a very restricted choice of French writers. When, at sixteen, he began what the Abbe Grimont called his philos...

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Excerpt: The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells.

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...s A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...rsity is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells THE NEW MACHIAVELLI by H. G. Wells BOOK THE FIRST THE MAKING OF A MAN CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER C... ...utter meanness as that which made him sound the note of the begging-letter writer even in his “Dedication,” reminding His Magnificence very urgently, ... ... fallen brother—and at the same time that nobly dressed and nobly dreaming writer at the desk. That vision of the strengthened and perfected state is ... ...lined and uncoordinated minority of inventors, experi- menters, educators, writers and organisers has achieved this development of human possibilities... ...arefully tinted pictures of British plants, and one or two other important works in the sitting-room. I was allowed to turn these over and even lie on... ...London from the corrupt and devastating control of a Metropolitan Board of Works. Then there were also School Boards; I was already practically in pol...

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...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ible, such criticisms on living per- sonages as it seemed fair towards the writer to omit. Criti- cisms upon their publications are of course a differ... ...h Greek and Roman customs, law courts and expressions, and Greek and Roman writers. I do not find myself wanting in making out a stiff bit of Greek or... ...e duty of study and endeavour at appreciation which everyone owes to great works of art, instead of turning aside with shallow conceit if he do not en... ...een what delighted him most. He did not greatly enter into Michel Angelo’s works, and perhaps hardly did their religious spirit full justice under the... ...ts of climates. The result was very amusing to ourselves, and added to the writer’s 50 Life of John Coleridge Patteson stock of words on particular s...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...eley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...I publish these letters.” May I not say to you, in imitation of that great writer, “I have studied the march of my epoch and I publish this work”? The... ...sight the lead- ing characters of a class too long unheeded by the pens of writers who seek novelty as their chief object. Perhaps this forgetfulness ... ...n the midst of the present demo- cratic ferment, into which so many of our writers blindly rush, it becomes an urgent duty to exhibit the peasant who ... ...upon Les Aigues. What palace, what royal castle, what mansions, what noble works of art, what gold brocaded stuffs are sacred now? The petticoats of o... ...his rope-walk, a manufactory which requires the very smallest capital. The workshop is, as we have seen, any convenient wall; the machinery costs abou...

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Excerpt: Plutarch?s Lives -- Volume One. translated by Arthur Hugh Clough.

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...The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridg... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publication of the Pen... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M., the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...with which the public has been already made familiar in these cel- ebrated works, we should not be surprised if its popularity were less splendid and ... ...enerally found in the morning relieved of their troubles—by death. Another writer, in 1843, says that the pool is still visited, not by people of the ... ...ange opposition to Homer’s slightly named ‘sea-crows, who have care of the works of the sea,’ and Dante’s singing-birds, of undefined species. Com- pa... ...amiliar with old English poetry, in which it was often used where a modern writer would choose another word. Cf. Surrey, Virgil’s AEneid: “With wailin... ...h to say, to say sooth, in sooth, in good sooth, etc., are com- mon in old writers. Cf. the Lay, introd. 57: “the sooth to speak.” 65. T o claim its a...