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... Montaigne's Essays MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) Translation by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on the e... ...IGNE (1533-1592) Translation by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was pr... ...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ...ems The Author to the Reader I. By divers Meanes men come unto a like End II. Of Sadnesse or Sorrowe III. Our Affections are transported beyond our ... ...bear/montaigne/index.htm (3 of 18)4/10/2005 3:15:19 AM Montaigne's Essays II. Of Drunkennesse III. A Custome of the Ile of Cea IV. To-morrow is a New... ...gne's Essays In the warres which king Ferdinando made against the widow of John king of Hungaria, about Buda; a man at armes was particularly noted o... ...the Scots: As if destiny had fatally annexed the victory unto his limmes. John Zisca, who for the defence of Wickliff's opinions so much troubled the...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ...ass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The ... ...g land journey ever made -- Marco's travels prompted Columbus' first voyage -- John Cabot in Mecca -- -- A brief biography of the Polos -- Circumstanc... ...amander skin -- Story of a wonderful handkerchief -- In the country of Prester John -- Defection from Umcan -- Founding a new nation with Genghis Khan... ...onflicts -- The Pope apportions the world -- ' Discovery of the West Indies -- John Cabot discovers North America -- Voyages of the younger Cabots -- ... ...hould in a large measure be lost again to the nations that made them. CHAPTER II. VISIONS OF THE PAST. All the glories and ambitions of the past are ... ...stablished in society as a man of vast wealth, he had been knighted by Charles II, and was consequently prepared to frown down all lawless attempts on...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

...A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame...

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William ... ... First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... AT THE SAME END............................................... 57 CHAPTER II OF SORROW ................................................................. ...leading incidents in Montaigne’s life seemed, in the presence of Bayle St. John’s charming and able biography, an attempt as difficult as it was usele... ...Book the First to superstition, rather than to the other extreme.”[Essays, ii. 2.] Pierre Eyquem bestowed great care on the education of his children,... ...iament of Bordeaux; in 1559 he was at Bar-le-Duc with the court of Francis II, and in the year following he was present at Rouen to witness the decla-... ...by a descen- dant. It was seen about 1858 by an English traveller (Mr. St. John).’—[“Montaigne the Essayist,” by Bayle St. John, 1858, 2 vols. 8vo, is... ...f it, and most of my papers and cash—[The French word is hardes, which St. John renders things. But compare Chambers’s “Domestic Annals of Scotland,” ...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE .....................................................

...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens 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 ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ... ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................... ............................................115 CHAPTER XIVENGLAND UNDER KING JOHN, CALLED LACKLAND........................ 126 CHAPTER XV ENGLAND UNDER ... ...nds, could not have written it in the sands of the wild sea shore. CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS THE R OMANS HAD scarcely gone aw... ... court at Chester, and went on the river Dee to visit the monastery of St. John, the eight oars of his boat were pulled (as the people used to delight... ...nce to Thomas a Becket. Richard, aged six teen; Geoffrey, fifteen; and John, his favourite, a young boy whom the courtiers named Lackland, because... ...ntlemen paid ransom and went home. The wife of Louis, the fair Blanche of Castile , dutifully equipped a fleet of eighty good ships, and sent it over...

...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Irela...

...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED...................................... 24 CHAPTER IV ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY-KING...

...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation Part Two A Penn State Elec... ...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation Part Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...s Series Publication Don Quixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ... Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...y. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...smission, in any way. Don Quixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed., the Pennsylva- nia State University, Electronic Clas... ...n Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part Two DEDICATION OF PART II TO THE COUNT OF LEMOS: These days past, when sending Your Excellency my ... ...nd rectorships, sustains me, protects me and does me 4 Don Quixote – Part II more favour than I can wish for.” Thus I gave him his leave and I beg mi... ...think now, that it is an easy thing to write a book? 6 Don Quixote – Part II And if this story does not suit him, you may, dear reader, tell him this...

Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Ele... ...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series P... ...s Series Publication Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ... One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...y. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...smission, in any way. Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed., the Pennsylva- nia State University, Electronic Clas... ...e Morisco in Chap. IX not to omit or add anything. 8 Don Quixote – Part I II: ABOUT CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE Four generations had laughed over “Don ... ...t genealogy by Juan de Mena, the poet laureate and historiographer of John II. The origin of the name Cervantes is curious. Nuno Alfonso was almost as... ...y different hands on the death of Isabel de Valois, second queen of Philip II, published by the professor in 1569, to which Cervantes contributed four...

Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...ic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ...ronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.), the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Class... ... injunction laid upon the Morisco in Chap. IX not to omit or add anything. II: ABOUT CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE Four generations had laughed over “Don ... ...t genealogy by Juan de Mena, the poet laureate and historiographer of John II. The origin of the name Cervantes is curious. Nuno Alfonso was almost as... ...y different hands on the death of Isabel de Valois, second queen of Philip II, published by the professor in 1569, to which Cervantes contributed four...

Excerpt: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby (1922 ed.).

...tt, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publicatio... ... the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ff “ appears in place of clift,, to the manifest injury of the passage. In ii. 685, every edition that I have seen since that of 1821 has “ I meant no... ...ious misprints in the first edition which Scott himself overlooked (see on ii. 115, 217,, Vi. 527, etc.), and it is sometimes difficult to de- cide wh... ...distance borne, Were heard the clanging hoof and horn. 7 Sir Walter Scott II. As Chief, who hears his warder call, ‘To arms! the foemen storm the wal... ...rly scowl, Maid Marian, fair as ivory bone, Scarlet, and Mutch, and Little John; Their bugles challenge all that will, In archery to prove their skill... ...n vain, for Douglas came.— For life is Hugh of Larbert lame; Scarce better John of Alloa’s fare, Whom senseless home his comrades bare. Prize of the w... ...aw The Commons rise against the law, And to the leading soldier said: ‘Sir John of Hyndford, ’twas my blade That knighthood on thy shoulder laid; For ...

...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When...

...E M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte M. Yonge 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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...” “Mere strength is little,” said the Squire, “else were that comely giant John Ingram, the best warrior in the army. Nor does height reckon for much;... ...sions were greatly diminished. Nor had the turmoils of the reign of Edward II. failed to leave their traces on the fortunes of the Lynwoods. Sir Henry... ...ast and dimmed his eye. A few days brought the troop to Southampton, where John of Gaunt was collecting his armament, and with it they em- barked, cro... ...nwood would not be absent where knightly work is to be done. Is my brother John arrived?” “Yes, my Lord,” replied Reginald; “I parted from him but now... ...ed that remarkable beauty which dis- tinguished the countenance of Richard II. On the other side of the Prince sat his sister-in-law, the Countess of ... ...who had rejoiced at their marriage, they found only the Young King Richard II. and his mother, the Princess Joanna, once the Fair Maid of Kent, but no...

...Preface: For an explanation of the allusions in the present Tale, scarcely any Notes are necessary, save a reference to the bewitching Chronicle of Froissart; and we cannot but hope that our sketch may serve as an inducement to some young readers to mak...

...ERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...oinville, son of that Duke of Guise who was murdered by the order of Henry II. at Blois, was, after the death of his father, confined here for more th... ...o a little way before you reach the cathedral. 10 A Little Tour in France II. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CHURCH of the second order of impor- tance, with... ...e Chateau, of Chenonceaux, a royal residence upon the Cher, built by Henry II. for Diana of Poitiers, whose ini- tials are still to be seen there, and... ...ose, after a sudden stare, and approached me with a smile, in which (to be Johnsonian for a moment) certitude was mitigated by modesty and eagerness w... ...que value. It looks par- ticularly well on the Shakspearean page (in “King John”), where we imagine it uttered (though such would not have been the ut... ...tations, to bid the whole world come and get warm. It was the invention of John, Duke of Berry and Count of Poitou, about 1395. I give this informatio...

... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...e of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. 12 Ivanhoe CHAPTER II A Monk there was, a fayre for the maistrie, An outrider that loved vener... ...ion, “I wish her devotion may choose fair weather for the next visit to St John’s Kirk;—but what, in the name of ten devils,” contin- ued he, turning ... ...names are worthy to be mentioned with the Knights of the Temple, and of St John?” “ Forgive me, lady,” replied De Bois-Guilbert; “the English monarch ... ...himself, and five of his knights, held a tournament after the taking of St John-de-Acre, as challengers against all comers. I say that, on that day, e... ...ge, T o prove it on thee to the extremest point Of martial daring. Richard II. EVEN LUCAS BEAUMANOIR himself was affected by the mien and appearance o... ...ck, And throw the rider headlong in the lists, A caitiff recreant! Richard II. OUR SCENE NOW RETURNS to the exterior of the Castle, or Preceptory, of ...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

...RLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...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... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmis- sion, in any way. A Book of Golden Deeds, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...m for the child Jehoash. And when ‘in the spirit and power of Elijah’, St. John the Baptist denounced the sin of Herod Antipas in marrying his brother... ...sland of Rhodes. This Greek isle had become the home of the Knights of St. John, or Hospitaliers, an order of sworn brethren who had arisen at the tim... ...pital, or house of healing. The Hospital at Jerusalem was called after St. John the Almoner, a charitable Bishop of old, and the brethren were Hospita... ... citizens of Calais guarded their walls. England was invaded by King David II. of Scotland, with a great army, and the good Queen Philippa, who was le... ...ed from one, which had, in the year 1000, been presented by Pope Sylvester II. to Stephen, the second Christian Duke, and first King of Hungary. A cro... ... The massive walls protect the halls, Thy children safely sleep.’ II. ‘T is night’s full noon, fair shines the moon On Altenburg’s old halls...

...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

... ! "# ... ... ! "# ! St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Lou... ...a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...than wit, and more tender than a caress. It said (plain as language), ‘I do not and I cannot know you. Here is my brother—you can know him; this is th... ... ‘Frinds—frinds—dam frinds.’ To my great surprise, the doctor appeared very much affected. He nodded his little bob-wigged head at us, and 27 Stevens... ...ting in the dark along the highway; to explain which sudden movement of retreat I must trouble the reader with a reminiscence of my services. I lay on... ... of courtesies, but doubtless it would be impossible to wink at so gross a fault, or rather so pitiable a misadventure as mine; and you are to conceiv... ... part of the country. I had lost my way when I saw your torches, and came by chance on this—this incredible scene. Who was the man?’ ‘A suicide,’ said... ... lost her coming two year agone; a remarkable fine woman, my old girl, sir! if you’ll excuse me,’ he added, with a burst of humility. In short, he gav...

Excerpt: St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson.

...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely is a publi... ...s) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely 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... ...ut the pride of a Belgian burgher was superior to the haughty arrogance of Castile: after the civil rights were instituted, Balthazar Claes cast aside... ...r: at present, it is enough to make known its general arrangement. CHAPTER II TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST, 1812, on a Sunday evening after vespers, a wo... ...the forest of Waignies and leave his children as naked as the little Saint Johns. The forest is now worth about fourteen hundred thousand francs; but ...

... and which I hope will equal your almost maternal kindness to me, would last beyond the limits prescribed for human affection. This sublime privilege of prolonging life in our hearts for a time by the life of the work we leave behind us would be (if we could only be sure of gaining it at last) a reward indeed for all the labor undertaken by those who aspire to such an immo...

...Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...st, and said simply: “I didn’t think the Mingotts would have tried it on.” II. NEWLAND ARCHER, during this brief episode, had been thrown into a stran... ... the importance of the occasion. The du Lac Sevres and the Trevenna George II plate were out; so was the van der Luyden “Lowestoft” (East India Compan... ...hood had been saturated with Ruskin, and he had read all the latest books: John Addington Symonds, V ernon Lee’s “Euphorion,” the essays of P . G. Ham... ... friends—such delightful distinguished people: the highest nobility of old Castile—how I wish you could know them! But I was called away by our dear g... ...dearest, why do you keep on laughing? Do hush, or you’ll wake Mamma.” Book II XIX. THE DAY WA S FRESH, with a lively spring wind full of dust. All the...

...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House whi...

...e by Somerset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...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... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State University,... ... D’you think Mrs. Carey will get over it, sir?” The doctor shook his head. II IT WA S A WEEK LATER. Philip was sitting on the floor in the drawing-roo... ...hun- dred a year; and his heart yearned for the V enice and Florence which John Ruskin had so magi- cally described. He felt that he was unsuited to t... ...s frigid smile. “You think it proves the truth of Roman Ca- tholicism that John Henry Newman wrote good English and that Cardinal Manning has a pictur... ...es, Dickens, Thackeray , they were hurried into the flames; Mr. Gladstone, John Bright, and Cobden; there was a moment’s discussion about George Mered... ...ecause she was my first child and I dedicated her to the glo- rious sun of Castile; but her mother calls her Sally and her brother Pudding-Face.” The ... ...mselves the wide distances, the tawny wastes, the snow-capped mountains of Castile, the sunshine and the blue sky , and the flowering plains of Andalu...

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Second T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William ... ... Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furn... ...R ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS ............................................................ ...“We are turned about like the top with the thong of oth- ers.”—Idem, Sat., ii. 7, 82.] We do not go, we are driven; like things that float, now leisur... ...e mentem” [“Words which might add courage to any timid man.”— Horace, Ep., ii. 2, 1, 2.] “Pray employ,” answered he, “some miserable plundered sol- di... ...eek out some other to join with them than me, who will reckon the Kings of Castile and Portugal amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, becaus... ...ee kings, and for the transmission of that great king- dom to the crown of Castile, was extremely sick when the Portuguese entered in an hostile manne... ...And this also was one reason why our King Philip consented to send his son John upon a for- eign expedition, that he might take along with him a great...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second translated by Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

...Contents CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS .............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER II...

...AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SER... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...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... .................................................................. 10 CHAPTER II OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR ........... ................................................................... 124 BOOK II OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK ... 222 INTRODUCTIO... ................................................................. 224 CHAPTER II OF MONEY, CONSIDERED AS A PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE GEN- ERAL STOCK OF TH... ...to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. King John of England, for example, appears to have been a most munificent benefa... ...accurate and intelli- gent author of the Memoirs of Wool, the Reverend Mr. John Smith, that the price of the best English wool in England, is generall... ...with pieces which had been current before of much greater value. When king John of France, {See Du Cange Glos- sary, voce Moneta; the Benedictine Edit...

Excerpt: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

...Contents INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DIS...

... [Paradiso] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton 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... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ..................................................................... 6 CANTO II. Proem.—Ascent to the Moon.—The cause of Spots on the Moon.—Influence of... ................. 90 CANTO XXV. St. James examines Dante concerning Hope.—St. John appears,with a brightness so dazzling as to deprive Dante, for the tim... ......................................................... 93 CANTO XXVI. St. John examines Dante concerning Love.—Dante’s sight restored.—Adam appears, ... ...the bow shoots the arrow to its mark. 10 Norton CANT CANT CANT CANT CANTO II. O II. O II. O II. O II. Proem.—Ascent to the Moon.—The cause of Spots o... ...re the way by which their vir- tue descends to the things below.”—Convito, ii. 7. 17 Which moves the heavens. 13 Dante – Paradise multiplied through... ...om. 2 “Of the Seraphim he who is most in God, Moses, Samuel, and whichever John thou wilt take, I say, and even Mary, have not their seats in another ...

...Contents CANTO I. Proem.?Invocation.?Beatrice and Dante ascend to the Sphere of Fire.?Beatrice explains the cause of their ascent.......................................................................................................................................................... 6 CANTO II. Proem....

... This publication of The Divine Comedy of Dante Paradise , Translated by H.F. Cary , is a publication of th... ...rsity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ... for the file as an elec tronic transmission, in any way. The Divine Comedy of Dante Paradise , Translated by H.F. Cary , the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ng on the earth.” So said, she turn’d toward the heav’n her face. CANTO II All ye, who in small bark have following sail’d, Eager to listen, on t... ...re of gall. Of seraphim he who is most ensky’d, Moses and Samuel, and either John, Choose which thou wilt, nor even Mary’s self, Have not in any other... ...rs were mark’d In your first childhood? Tell me of the fold, That hath Saint John for guardian, what was then Its state, and who in it were highest se... ... the former. v. 19. Marsyas.] Ovid, Met. 1. vi. fab. 7. Compare Boccaccio, II Filocopo, 1. 5. p. 25. v. ii. Ediz. Fir. 1723. “ Egli nel mio pett... ...h he hath to work on is unframeable.” Hooker’s Eccl. Polity, b. 5. 9. CANTO II v. 1. In small bark.] Con la barchetta mia cantando in rima Pulci, Mo... ...te in the Notes to XXVI. v. 126. He of Spain.] “To Pope Adrian V succeeded John XXI a native of Lisbon a man of great genius and extraordinary acqu...

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...Excerpt: CANTO I. In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e?en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Re...

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...Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner and Fragmenta Regalia by Sir Robert Nau... ...LECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner, and Fragmenta Rega- lia by Sir Robert ... ...l Hentzner, and Fragmenta Rega- lia by Sir Robert Naunton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is fur... ...acred to the memory of Sir Christopher Hatton, son of William, grandson of John, of the most ancient family of the Hattons; one of the fifty gentlemen... ...t of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and his lady: and near it, that of John, Duke of Lancaster, with this inscription Here sleeps in the Lord, Joh... ... to the most desired tranquillity of England. The most illustrious prince, John, surnamed Plantagenet, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, Ea... ...quitain, High Steward of England, died in the twenty-first year of Richard II., A.D. 1398. A little farther, almost at the entrance of the choir, in a... ...nd, having conquered Scotland, brought it from thence. The tomb of Richard II. and his wife, of brass, gilt, and these verses written round it: Perfec... ... held at some determined place. The present hall was built by King Richard II. in the place of an ancient one which he caused to be taken down. He mad...

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...MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL ... ...TUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL T ranslated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...ny Motteux A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel ... ...ook III. appeared posthumously in 1693, with a new edition of Books I. and II., under Motteux ’s editorship. Motteux ’s rendering of Books IV. and V. ... ... There he might have made the ac- quaintance of the prototype of his Friar John, a brother of the name of Buinart, afterwards Prior of Sermaize. He wa... ...ma went very far for a time, and the comic authors of the reign of Charles II., evi- dently from a reaction, and to shake off the excess and the weari... ...e of Francis I. of September, 1545, and the new privilege granted by Henry II. on August 6th, 1550, Cardinal de Chatillon present, for the third book,... ... of the fourth and fifth books, and notes. Nineteen years after his death, John Ozell, translator on a large scale of French, Ital- ian, and Spanish a... ...oured his dry bread with the smoke of the roast, and the judgment of Seyny John, truly worthy of Solomon? It comes from the Cento Novelle Antiche, rew...

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... The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, trans. W. K. Marriott 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- ... ...llowing the choice of the College to fall on Giuliano delle Rovere (Julius II), who was one of the cardinals that had most reason to fear the duke. Ma... ... himself. Julius did not rest until he had ruined Cesare. It was to Julius II that Machiavelli was sent in 1506, when that pontiff was commencing his ... ...ance had dictated the entire policy of the Republic. When, in 1511, Julius II finally formed the Holy League against France, and with the assistance o... ...lao, King of Naples. *Giovanni Acuto. An English knight whose name was Sir John Hawkwood. He fought in the English wars in France, and was knighted by... ... and without any fear of hindrance, for he held the minds of the barons of Castile occupied in thinking of the war and not antici- pating any innovati...

...Introduction: Nicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility....