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...PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA FIRST AID TO CRITICS BY BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ...ty is an equal opportunity university. 3 GB Shaw PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA FIRST AID TO CRITICS BY BERNARD SHAW N.B. The Euripidean verses in the seco... ...an equal opportunity university. 3 GB Shaw PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA FIRST AID TO CRITICS BY BERNARD SHAW N.B. The Euripidean verses in the second act... ...poignant qual- ity that romantic fiction lacked. The book, in spite of its first failure, is not dead: I saw its title the other day in the cata- logu... ...ics to raise a cry of Ibsenism. I therefore assure them that the sensation first came to me from Lever and may have come to him from Beyle, or at leas...

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............ 16 CANTO II. Dante, doubtful of his own powers, is discouraged at the outset.?Virgil cheers him by telling him that he has been sent to his aid by a blessed Spirit from Heaven.?Dante casts off fear, and the poets proceed. ................ 19 CANTO III. The gate of Hell.?Virgil lends Dante in.?The punishment of the neither good nor bad.?Aeheron, and the sinners on...

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...m that he y telling him that he y telling him that he has been sent to his aid b has been sent to his aid b has been sent to his aid b has been sent t... ...has been sent to his aid b has been sent to his aid b has been sent to his aid b has been sent to his aid by a blessed S y a blessed S y a blessed S y... ...L ante into Limbo imbo imbo imbo imbo, the F , the F , the F , the F , the First C irst C irst C irst C irst Cir ir ir ir ircle of H cle of H cle of H... ...3 43 43 CANT CANT CANT CANT CANTO XII. O XII. O XII. O XII. O XII. F F F F First r irst r irst r irst r irst round of the S ound of the S ound of the ... ...II. E E E E Eighth C ighth C ighth C ighth C ighth Cir ir ir ir ircle: the first pit: panders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers... ...nders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers... ...nders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers.—V cle: the first pit: panders and seducers.—Venedico C enedico C enedico C enedico C e... ...ginner in the study of the Divine Comedy when I first had his incomparable aid in the understanding of it. During the last year of his life he read th... ...ce, who had of old on earth led him aright, now intervened and sent to his aid Virgil, who, as the type of Human Reason, should bring him safe through...

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...Slumber and Dream of Dante.?The Eagle.?Lucia.?The Gate of Purgatory.?The Angelic Gatekeeper.?Seven P?s inscribed on Dante?s Forehead.?Entrance to the First Ledge. ................................. 34 CANTO X. First Ledge: the Proud.?Examples of Humility sculptured on the Rock. ........................................... 39 CANTO XI. First Ledge: the Proud.?Prayer.?Omberto ...

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...gelic Gatekeeper.—Seven P’s inscribed on Dante’s Forehead.—Entrance to the First Ledge. ................................. 34 CANTO X. First Ledge: the... ...ured on the Rock. ........................................... 39 CANTO XI. First Ledge: the Proud.—Prayer.—Omberto Aldobrandeschi.—Oderisi d’ Agubbio.... .............................................................. 42 CANTO XII. First Ledge: the Proud.—Examples of the punishment of Pride graven on the p... ...ire, which was gathering in the serene aspect of the sky, pure even to the first circle, 2 renewed delight to my eyes soon as I issued forth from the ... ... with the Muses, were for their presumption changed to magpies. 2 By “the first circle,” Dante seems to mean the horizon. 7 Dante dead air that had ... ... life, because I delayed good sighs until the end; unless the prayer first aid me which rises up from a heart that lives in grace: what avails the oth... ... it. But if the soul have steadfast purpose to resist temptation, and seek aid from God, that aid will not be wanting. The prayer of the Church which ... ...ool-men. It was she who was called upon by the Virgin (Hell, Canto II.) to aid Dante when he was astray in the wood, and who had moved Beatrice to go ... ... for them by those who have a good root for their will? T ruly we ought to aid them to wash away the marks which they bore hence, so that pure and lig...

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...ed Earl of Banbury in 1626, and died in 1632. The “Fragmenta Regalia” were first published in 1641, after Sir Robert’s death. They were reprinted in 1... ...es little more than a span over. Flimwell, a village: here we returned our first horses, and mounted fresh ones. We passed through Tunbridge, another ... ...lame. 3. Moorgate, from a neighbouring morass, now converted into a field, first opened by Francetius* the mayor, A.D. 1414. 4. And Bishopsgate, from ... ...ngland, and created by his father Earl of Richmond. He was thrice married; first to Blanche, daughter and heiress of Henry Duke of Lancaster; by her h... ...Derby, Lieutenant of Aquitain, High Steward of England, died in the twenty-first year of Richard II., A.D. 1398. A little farther, almost at the entra... ...ance, and commanded the second army of five the Queen had sent thither, in aid of the French. I have heard it spoken that, had he not slighted the Cou...

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...maids together; your gifts I sing. And thou, for whose delight the war horse first Sprang from earth’s womb at thy great trident’s stroke, Neptune; an... ...reared. Up then! if fat the soil, let sturdy bulls Upturn it from the year’s first opening months, And let the clods lie bare till baked to dust By th... ... while yet in tender blade Feeds down the crop’s luxuriance, when its growth First tops the furrows? Why of him who drains The marsh land’s gathered o... ...e great Sire himself No easy road to husbandry assigned, THE GEORGICS 6 And first was he by human skill to rouse The slumbering glebe, whetting the m... ... The corn blade win, and strike out hidden fire From the flint’s heart. Then first the streams were ware Of hollowed alder hulls: the sailor then Thei... ...ng with a song, Speeds the shrill comb along the warp, or else With Vulcan’s aid boils the sweet must juice down, And skims with leaves the quivering ... ...ter juices and slow lingering taste Of the blest citron fruit, than which no aid Comes timelier, when fierce step dames drug the cup With simples mixe... ...could I do? how else from bonds be freed, Or otherwhere find gods so nigh to aid? There, Meliboeus, I saw that youth to whom Y early for twice six day... ...ut sing me then, Nor Linus, though his mother this, and that His sire should aid Orpheus Calliope, And Linus fair Apollo. Nay, though Pan, With Arcad...

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...cross! KUONI. Why, what’s the matter, friend? WERNI. Who are pursuing you? First tell us that. BAUM. (to the fisherman). Quick, quick, man, quick! the... ... am lost. RUODI. Why are the troopers in pursuit of you? 9 Schiller BAUM. First make me safe and then I’ll tell you all. WERNI. There’s blood upon yo... ...* [Enter Tell with a crossbow.] TELL. What man is he that here implores of aid? KUONI. He is from Alzellen, and to guard his honour From touch of foul... ...l you, with this paltry place! 1ST W. How many molehills such as that must first Be piled up each on each, ere you make A mountain equal to the least ... ...tumult is heard around the scaffolding.] MASON (running in). What’s wrong? FIRST WORKMAN (running forward). The slater’s fallen from the roof. BERTHA ... ...ildest rule. Such things as now we suffer ne’er were known, Since herdsman first drove cattle to the hills. FURST. Yes, our oppressions are unparallel... ...not to avenge the past. Now tell me what you’ve done, and what secured, To aid the common cause in Unterwald. How stand the peasantry disposed, and ho... ...not the field. MELCH. We stand aside. We are but suppliants here, Invoking aid from our more potent friends. STAUFF. Let Uri have the sword. Her banne... ...an and Italian soil; And, like the other free men of his realm, Engaged to aid him with their swords in war; The free man’s duty this alone should be,...

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...ull the tooth out for you so gently, you won’t notice it.” Standing at the first litany, Levin attempted to revive in himself his youthful recollectio... ...voice told him, was therefore false and wrong. During the service he would first listen to the prayers, trying to attach some meaning to them not disc... ...must choose your path and keep to it. Pray to God that He may in His mercy aid you and have mercy on you!” he concluded. “Our Lord and God, Jesus Chri... ...ice old fellow had said had not been at all so stupid as he had fancied at first, and that there was something in it that must be cleared up. “Of cour... ...utside public had by now passed through all the phases of anticipation. At first they imagined that the bride and bridegroom would arrive immediately,... ...their voices and blow- ing their noses. The priest was continually sending first the beadle and then the deacon to find out whether the bridegroom had... ...other’s life or to relieve his suffering. But a sense of his regarding all aid as out of the question was felt by the sick man, and exasperated him. A... ...niversity courses with medals, Alexey Alexandrovitch had, with his uncle’s aid, immediately started in a prominent position in the service, and from t... ...ll. Succor and comfort you will find not in me, though I have come only to aid you if I can. If I could take from off you all these petty, humiliating...

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...released from the seminary. Their firm healthy faces were covered with the first down of manhood, down which had, as yet, never known a ra- zor. They ... ...s, seat yourselves, each where he likes best, at the table; come, my sons. First of all, let’s take some corn-brandy,” said Bulba. “God bless you! Wel... ...em to all his old comrades, steeled in warfare; how he would observe their first ex- ploits in the sciences of war and of drinking, which was also reg... ...ing, which was also regarded as one of the principal warlike qualities. At first he had intended to send them forth alone; but at the sight of their f... ...d groaned as they lay in different corners. The watchman went to sleep the first of all, he had drunk so much in honour of the young masters’ home-com... ...o those towns where any hope lay in the garrison and the civic forces. The aid sent in season by the govern- ment, but delayed on the way, consisted o... ...Setch itself. There he undertook to cure him, with unswerving care, by the aid of herbs and liniments. He sought out a skilled Jewess, who made Taras ... ...ket and discoloured gold braid, and who was the first to catch it with the aid of his long arms, would kiss his booty, press it to his heart, and fina... ...ion, so that the patient might not be left entirely without the beneficent aid of medicine; but at the same time, he predicted his end in thirty-six h...

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...fringed purple aw- ning, which reached from the wall of the stables to the first terrace of the palace; the common soldiers were scattered be- neath t... ...ble at last to gorge at pleasure, and songs were beginning here and there. First they were served with birds and green sauce in plates of red clay rel... ...down, and then looking to heaven, and still holding the cup he said: “Hail first to thee, Baal-Eschmoun, the deliverer, whom the people of my country ... ...f, clothed in black garments, appeared on the threshold. She descended the first staircase, which ran obliquely along the first story, then the second... .... He was the son of a Greek rhetor and a Campanian prosti- tute. He had at first grown rich by dealing in women; then, ruined by a shipwreck, he had m... ...t would soon perish from famine, for it was impossible to live without the aid of the provinces, the citizens not paying contributions as they did at ... ...self to be vanquished! Are the others perchance more strong? Show thyself! aid us! that the peoples may not say: ‘Where are now their gods?’” The coll... ..., with fifty-three thousand nebels of pure wheat. A deeper reason prompted aid to Carthage. It was felt that if the Mercenaries triumphed, every one, ...

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... the let- ters to which the authorities objected, is entirely borne out by first-hand information. The kind of badger- ing which the youth received wa... ... sous-lieutenant, met me half-way. I caught the words: “And Cummings” (the first and last time that my name was correctly pronounced by a Frenchman), ... ... ou shall put all your baggage in the car, at once”—then, to tin-derby-the-first, who appeared in an occult manner at his master’s elbow—“Go with him,... .... My eyes, jumping from those ears, lit on that helmet and noticed for the first time an emblem, a sort of flowering little explosion, or hair-switch ... ...letely astonished. T-d’s revolver, which had hopped from its holster at my first move, slid back into its nest. The owner of the revolver was mutterin... ...f. Monsieur le Gestionnaire looked as if he was trying very hard, with the aid of his beribboned glasses and librarian’s jacket (not to mention a very... ...omplex- ion and those black puttees who had formed the rear rank, with the aid of The Zulu Himself, upon the arrival of Babysnatcher, Bill, Box, Zulu,... ...his mouth to the end of the pipe created for himself a telephone, with the aid of which he carried on a conversation with The Wanderer (at that moment...

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...or him to do? To go on writing at his book he had indeed attempted, and at first he used to go to the library and make extracts and look up references... ... she wanted. When he had heard everything, even to the detail that for the first second she could not help flush- ing, but that afterwards she was jus... ...t now behave as stupidly as he had done at the election, but would try the first time he met Vronsky to be as friendly as possible. “It’s so wretched ... ...s quite lame,” he said. “What does your honor wish to be done?” During the first part of their stay in Moscow, Levin had used his own horses brought u... ...Alexandrovna?” asked Konzma. Levin was not by now struck as he had been at first by the fact that to get from one end of Moscow to the other he had to... ...lutching at his head he ran downstairs. “Lord have mercy on us! pardon us! aid us!” he repeated the words that for some reason came suddenly to his li...

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...le every social arrangement is educative in effect, the edu- cative effect first becomes an important part of the pur- pose of the association in conn... ...ctory. The presence of this medium incites bellicose exhibitions in a boy, first in games, then in fact when he is strong enough. As he fights he wins... ...ditions which stimulate certain visible and tangible ways of acting is the first step. Making the individual a sharer or partner in the associated act... ...e same manner of use is found in the fact that the thing and the sound are first employed in a joint activity, as a means of setting up an active conn... ...orth while to specify a few directions in which its effect is most marked. First, the habits of language. Fundamental modes of speech, the bulk of the... ...and jealousy as to those with- out, and yet be a model of amity and mutual aid within. Any education given by a group tends to socialize its members, ... ...ween genuine and simulated or mock problems. The fol- lowing questions may aid in making such discrimination. (a) Is there anything but a problem? Doe... ...atory exercises, as well as of play, depends upon the extent in which they aid in bringing about a sensing of the meaning of what is going on. In effe... ...may be technological, a tool for en- gineering; or it may be commercial—an aid in the suc- cessful conduct of business; under other conditions, its wo...

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...one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, he snatches at the first approxima- tion to a cause that seems to him intelligible and says: “... ...rical events (where the actions of men are the subject of observation) the first and most primitive ap- proximation to present itself was the will of ... ...ep- tion of some one man who saved Russia and destroyed Na- poleon. In the first place it is hard to understand where the profundity and genius of thi... ...the broad river Oka, which cannot be crossed early in winter. This was the first indication of the necessity of deviating from what had previously see... ...l assurance that whatever entered his head was right, wrote to Kutuzov the first words that oc- curred to him, though they were meaningless. Monsieur ... ...r. The men took their places and crossed themselves…. “Forward, with God’s aid!” “Hurrah-ah-ah!” reverberated in the forest, and the Cos- sack compani... ...e of the welfare of a state, live like brothers, render 25 Tolstoy mutual aid and protection one to another, unite to defeat the intentions of the ev...

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... cases, Germany, learned, indefatigable, deep thinking Germany comes to our aid. It is, after all, a blessing that, in these rev olutionary times, t... ...nd our horizon. Selection being indispensable, we shall here glance over his First Part only in the most cursory manner. This First Part is, no doubt,... ...o, the Library Editors are welcome to dig in it for their own behoof. To the First Chapter, which turns on Paradise and Fig leaves, and leads us into ... ...d drop perform their work. “Thinking reader, the reason seems to me twofold: First, that Man is a Spirit, and bound by invisible bonds to All Men; sec... ..., and first become all powerful; the rather if, as we often see, the Hand too aid her, and (by wool Clothes or otherwise) reveal such even to the outwa... ...ing. Till lately a cheerful daystar of hope hung before him, in the expected Aid of Hofrath Heuschrecke; which daystar, however, melts now, not into t... ... rendered manifest. To the Genesis of our Clothes Philosopher, then, be this First Chapter consecrated. Unhappily, indeed, he seems to be of quite obs... ...es, gives out variety of colors, some of which are prismatic. Thus, with the aid of Time and of what Time brings, has the stripling Diogenes Teufelsdr... ...et, so each human heart can properly exhibit but one Love, if even one; the “First Love which is infinite” can be followed by no second like unto it. I...

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...se relatives and together seriously erode the tranquil continuity of yore. But the first serious crack in the classical (intuitive) weltanschauung ... ...t simultaneously (as a group) and still be highly discontinuous. Take a set of the first 10 integers. This set has a boundary and will react in the... ... original set. The second generation set will have no resemblance whatsoever to the first generation set. An example: heating the wooden stick will ... ...as yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that." R. P. Feynman (1967) "The first processes, therefore, in the effectual studies of the scie... ...l the time, more or less everywhere. Do we not have jumping then all the time? The first charge against 'measurement', in the fundamental axioms of... ...f steps to the result. This is why these methods were usable by humans without the aid of an apparatus (with the exception of pencil and paper as m...

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..., Latin for "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Sir Isaac Newton, first published 5 July 1687. Newton also published two further editions, in 1713 and 1726. The Principia states Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of universal gravitatio...

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