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...nder Pope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Odyssey of Homer trans. Alexander Pope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in 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... ... were to feed Homers, they would be encumbered with a multitude of useless people.” “From this circumstance,” says the writer, “Melesigenes acquired t... ... as must be indispensably sup posed for long manuscripts, among the early Greeks, was thus one of the points in Wolf’s case against the primitive int... ...p wrecked, seems to prove beyond a doubt, that the pronun ciation of the Greek language had undergone a considerable change. Now it is certainly dif... ... sense). It argued a new way of looking at the old epical treasures of the people, as well as a thirst for new poetical effect; and the men who stood ... ...it as a most delightful work in itself,— a work which is as much a part of English literature as Homer himself is of Greek. We must not be torn from o... ...ENT GUMENT GUMENT GUMENT MINER MINER MINER MINER MINERV V V V VA A A A A’S DESCENT ’S DESCENT ’S DESCENT ’S DESCENT ’S DESCENT T T T T TO ITHA O ...

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...n Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in 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... ...n a cave (like the Baron of Bradwardine), he lay for many days so near the English sentinels, that he could hear their muster-roll called, His food wa... ...f some duration to a noble peer on the confines of the shire, of untainted descent, steady T ory prin- ciples, and the happy father of six unmarried a... ...w and foolish fashion is introduced to break the natural dependence of the people upon their landlords.’ Sir Everard had done his best to correct this... ...h! I’ll tell you, though, doctor, you must knock out some of the Latin and Greek; heavy, doctor, damn’d heavy—(beg your pardon) and if you throw in a ... ...isaffected, and, showed little hospitality to the military guests; and the people of the town, chiefly engaged in mercantile pursuits, were not such a... ... &c. ‘Change we our shields, and for ourselves assume the trappings of the Greeks.’ Neb, nose. Nebulones nequissimi, worthless scamps. Nec naturaliter...

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...E DAWN ................................................................................................................................ 31 THE RESCUE OF PLUFFLES .................................................................................................... 38 CUPID?S ARROWS .................................................................................................

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...Introduction: Fielding?s third great novel has been the subject of much more discordant judgments than either of its forerunners. If we take the period since its appearance as covering four generations, we find the greatest authority in the earliest, Johnson, speaking of it with something...

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...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slen...

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...DYNEVOR TERRACE: OR THE CLUE OF LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. V V V... ...STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Dynevor Terrace: or The Clue of Life, Volume One by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ...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... ...n, men can, Tom, if you would but educate yourself like Edmund! in the Old English Baron. But then, you know whose son you are. There can’t be no cata... ...not? She wished she had never teased him by going out so much, and letting people talk nonsense; he had been very kind, and she was not half good enou... ...n wonder and reproof, ‘Is that on purpose?’ ‘Adventures are thrust on some people,’ was the noncha- lant reply, with shoulders depressed, and a twinkl... ...—are you hurt?’ she cried, as with shaking limbs she prepared to begin the descent. ‘Not that way,’ he called; ‘it gave way—go to the left.’ She was a... ... it, and Louis feared Mrs. Ponsonby was seeing through all. ‘ A morning of Greek would be insupportable,’ thought he; and yet he felt as if the fetter... ... their departure by exclaiming, ‘Well done, Strasburg system! A high-power Greek-imbibing machine, he may be, but as to comprehend- ing Fitzjocelyn—’ ...

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...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people c...

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...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE...................

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...THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS By THOMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V... ...L ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS By THOMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL.... ... Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...ginal act of invitation. And yet, in defiance of that notorious fact, some people go so far as to assert, that a call is not good unless where it is s... ... inoperative, is and must be moonshine. Yet be- tween two moonshines, some people, it seems, can tell which is the denser. W e have all heard of Barme... ...eans could have been discovered by the learned for putting a stop to him. [Greek Text: Aperantologia] was his forte; upon this he piqued himself, and ... ..., my dear North, and believe me to be always your old friend and admirer, [Greek Text: Cap Omega, Cap Phi] SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE THE FIRST THE... ... Biblical and from Arabic authority, that it was a practice of Patriarchal descent amongst both the African and Asiatic Bedouins, to suspend rings of ...

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... A preface generally begins with a truism; and I may set out with the admission that it is not always expedient to bring to light the posthumous work of great writers. A man generally contrives to publish, during his lifetime, quite as much as the public has time or inclination to read; and his surviving friends are apt to show more zeal than discretion in dragging forth f...

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...Excerpt: Subject Of Contention. One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the househ...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists. Thither we must now accompany him, and endeavo...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. In the time before steamships, or then more frequently than now, a stroller along the docks of any considerable sea-port would occasionally have his attention arrested by a group of bronzed mariners, man-ofwar?s men or merchant-sailors in holiday attire ashore on liberty. In certain instances they would flank, or, l...

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