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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ion Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... used only by the elite. All her invitations without exception, written in French, and delivered by a scarlet-liveried footman that morn- ing, ran as ... ...reast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that re- fined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and with the g... ...ing room, which like all the rooms in the house was exceedingly lofty, the members of the household and the footmen—one behind each chair—stood wait- ... ...were crowding in the hall, waiting to bid good-by to the young prince. The members of the house- hold were all gathered in the reception hall: Michael... ...premium for the man who writes a history of Suvorov’s wars. Send it to the Academy. Here are some jottings for you to read when I am gone. Y ou will f...

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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ... J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by th... ...son, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J.... ...h Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...olphus after the Battle of Leipzig. — Progress of Gustavus Adolphus. — The French invade Lorraine. — Frankfort taken. — Capitulation of Mentz. — Tilly... ...nd. — Death of Richelieu and Louis XIII. — Swedish Victory at Jankowitz. — French defeated at Freyburg. — Battle of Nordlingen gained by Turenne and C... ...e was ef- fected; a guarantee, which, being rejected by the Roman Catholic members of the Diet, and only inserted in the treaty under their protest, c... ...other; the eccle- siastical princes in particular, as the most defenceless members of the empire, were in- cessantly tormented by the ambition of thei... ...varia, under whose eyes he was instructed and edu- cated by Jesuits at the Academy of Ingolstadt. What principles he was likely to imbibe by his inter...

...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the ...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Four

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...E VOLUMES Volume Four A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a publication ... ...Volume Four A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a publication of the Pen... ... Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ... number of antiquated notions; and then, too, upon conversing with several members of the company, my apprehensions were immediately and fully dispell... ...eral side-dishes on the table, containing what appeared to be the ordinary French rabbit—a very delicious morceau, which I can recommend. “Pierre,” cr... ...elf under the side-board. I had expected more resolution at his hands. The members of the orchestra, who, for the last fifteen min- utes, had been see... ...into your article. Now write! “‘Aussi tendre que Zaire’—as tender as Zaire-French. Al- ludes to the frequent repetition of the phrase, la tendre Zaire... ...ie- Gras, just come of age, author of the ‘Mazurkiad,’ and Mem- ber of the Academy, should divest myself at your bidding of the sweetest pantaloons ev...

Excerpt: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four.

...Contents THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY ................................................................................................................................... 4 LIONIZING ............................................................

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The Kalevala the Epic Poem of Finland Translated into English

By: John Martin Crawford

...THE KALEVALA The Epic Poem of Finland T ranslated into English By John Martin Crawford 1888 1888 1888 ... ... 1888 1888 1888 A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION The Kalevala trans. John Martin Crawford is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... P UBLICATION The Kalevala trans. John Martin Crawford is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ce is subject to strict rules of euphony. The dotted o; (equivalent to the French eu) of the first syllable must be followed by an e or an i. The Finn... ... invisible deities, termed haltiat, regents or genii. These haltiat, like members of the human family, have distinctive bodies and spirits; but the m... ...o several European languages; into Swedish by Alex. Castren, in 1844; into French prose by L. LeDuc, in 1845; into German by Anton Schiefuer, in 25 T... ...tise on this subject; it appeared in the, T rans actions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Philological Department, for 1870. Again, in 1868, tw... ...n every vein is coursing. Quick the maiden moves her shoulders, Shakes her members in succession, Shakes the nest from its foundation, And the eggs fa...

...Preface: The following translation was undertaken from a desire to lay before the English-speaking people the full treasury of epical beauty, folklore, and mythology comprised in The Kalevala, the national epic of the Finns. A brief d...

... IIIWAINAMOINENANDYOUKAHAINEN............................................................................................................. 46 RUNE IV THE FATE OFAINO................................................................................................................................................ 58 RUNE VWAINAVOINEN’S LAMENTATION..................................

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