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...ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli...

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...by W. K. Marriott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, trans. W. K. Marriott is a publication of the... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, trans. W. K. Marriott, the Pennsylvania State... ...ia State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Machiavelli The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli Translated by W. K. Marriott Nicolo Machiavell... ... influence; but he died, within a few weeks of the expulsion of the 4 The Prince Medici, on 22nd June 1527, in his fifty-eighth year, with- out havin... ...f Florence, he only furnished Machiavelli with a subject of a gibe in “The Prince,” where he is cited as an example of an unarmed prophet who came to ... ...it in his writings, and it is to Lorenzo’s grandson that he dedicates “The Prince.” Machiavelli, in his “History of Florence,” gives us a pic- ture of... ... from which he drew the experiences and charac- ters which illustrate “The Prince.” His first mission was in 1499 to Catherina Sforza, “my lady of For... ... first mission was in 1499 to Catherina Sforza, “my lady of Forli” of “The Prince,” from whose conduct and fate he drew the moral that it is far bette... ...velli, and is urged by him in many ways as a matter of vital importance to princes. In 1500 he was sent to France to obtain terms from Louis XII for c...

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...The Little Prince is a poetic tale, with watercolour illustrations by the author, in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. The story is philosophical and includes social criticis...

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Excerpt: The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...Contents. I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. II. Tom?s early life. III. Tom?s meeting with the Prince. IV. The Prince?s troubles begin. V. Tom as a patrician. VI. Tom receives instructions. VII. Tom?s first royal dinner. VIII. The question of the ...

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ... ...y for the mate- rial contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ... ...00 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Prince and the Pauper ... ... by Mark Twain Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, to Lord Cromwell, on the birth of the Prince of Wales (afterward Edward VI... ... days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it. Contents. I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. II. Tom’s e... ...d it. Contents. I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. II. Tom’s early life. III. Tom’s meeting with the Prince. IV. The Prince’s troubles ... ... instructions. VII. Tom’s first royal dinner. VIII. The question of the Seal. IX. The river pageant. X. The Prince in the toils. XI. At Guildh... ... The Prince in the toils. XI. At Guildhall. XII. The Prince and his deliverer. XIII. The disappearance of the Prince. 5 The Prince and the Pauper... .... ‘Le Roi est mort—vive le Roi.’ XV. Tom as King. XVI. The state dinner. XVII. Foo-foo the First. XVIII. The Prince with the tramps. XIX. The Pr...

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Excerpt: The Prince and the Page by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...harlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prince and the Page by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prince and the Page by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...vania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e The Prince and the Page By Charlotte M. Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A A... ...s own household books, as quoted by Mrs. Everett Green in her Lives of the Princesses, and that of Edward I. in Carte’s History, and more recently in ... ... his cause by their violence, and after holding out Kenilworth against the Prince, retired to the Continent, where they sac- rilegiously murdered Henr... ...led the Demoiselle de Montfort, married, as is well known, the last native prince of Wales, and died after a few years. The adventure of Edward with t... ...r of one of the proscribed family of Montfort. The commencement was 4 The Prince and the Page placed in one of the manuscript magazines which are so ... ... of wattled boughs was carefully se- cured by a long twisted withe. 6 The Prince and the Page A halbert, a broken arrow, a deer-skin pegged out on th... ... to the King, of the venison we have consumed, with small thanks to him?” “Prince Edward is at Alton! What think you of that, Sir? Come to seek throug...

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Excerpt: The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope.

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...ollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ... University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Trollope The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope F ew Englishmen or Englishwomen are int... ...built, a singularly gloomy edifice,—Romanesque, as it is 4 The Chateau of Prince Polignac called, in its style, but extremely similar in its mode of ... ...n the back of her head she wore a jaunty small lace cap, 6 The Chateau of Prince Polignac which seemed to tell, in conjunction with her other ap- poi... ...uy had whispered a little, suggesting that M. Lacordaire 8 The Chateau of Prince Polignac knew very well what he was about. But might not Mrs. Thomps... ...om such impertinences as these? “But madame really must see the chateau of Prince Polignac before she leaves Le Puy,” said M. Lacordaire. “The chateau... ...mmy, to whose young ears the French words were already becoming familiar. “Prince Polignac, my dear. Well, I really don’t know, M. Lacordaire;—I have ... ...Mimmy, “why won’t you go with M. Lacordaire to that place belonging to the prince? Prince— Polly something, wasn’t it?” “Mind your work, my dear,” sai...

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Excerpt: Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare.

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...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...nnsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE By William Shakespeare (written about 1608) RAMATIS PERSON... ...written about 1608) RAMATIS PERSONAE ANTIOCHUS: king of Antioch. PERICLES: prince of Tyre. HELICANUS and ESCANES: two lords of Tyre. SIMONIDES: ki... ...n Was with long use account no sin. The beauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame, To seek her as a bed fellow, In marriage pleasures... ... justify. [Exit.] SCENE I: Antioch. A room in the palace. [Enter ANTIOCHUS, Prince PERICLES, and followers .] ANTIOCHUS: Young prince of Tyre, you h... ...and servant to your will, To compass such a boundless happiness! ANTIOCHUS: Prince Pericles,— PERICLES: That would be son to great Antiochus. ANTIOC... ...ine eye Presumes to reach, all thy whole heap must die. Yon sometimes famous princes, like thyself, Drawn by report, adventurous by desire, Tell thee,... ...erst they did; So I bequeath a happy peace to you And all good men, as every prince should do; My riches to the earth from whence they came; But my un... ...nly danceth at so harsh a chime. Good sooth, I care not for you. ANTIOCHUS: Prince Pericles, touch not, upon thy life. For that’s an article within o...

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...“The Lost Prince” is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his fa...

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...The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that ends of princes,...

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...Robert Barr (1849 - 1912) was a Scottish Journalist, editor, humorist and author. A Prince of Good Fellows was published in 1902, and is a series of Historical Fiction stories about the young James V, King of Scots (1512 – 1542). The chapters are full of humor and adventure and portrays a young King who is b...

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...Paralyzed in an accident while a baby, young Prince Dolor is imprisoned in a lonely tower by his usurping uncle. He is visited by his mysterious godmother who provides him with magical gifts, including a travelling cloak that allows him to fly across the land. He uses h...

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...Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Modern...

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...Adieu by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley T o Prince Frederic Schwartzenburg. A PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ... Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION T o Prince Frederic Schwartzenburg. CHAPTER I AN OLD MONASTERY “COME, deputy of...

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...The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet'...

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...The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title,...

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...The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusiv...

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...The Prince and Betty is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally published in Ainslee's Magazine in the United States in January 1912, and, in a slightly different form, as a serial in Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom b...

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Excerpt: Prince Otto -- A Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905 Edition).

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...obert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Prince Otto – A Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905 Edition) is a publi... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Prince Otto – A Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905 Edition), the Penns... ...e University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Robert Louis Stevenson Prince Otto A Romance 1905 edition by Robert Louis Stevenson TO NELLY VAN D... ...LAST, AFTER SO MANY YEARS, I have the pleasure of re-intro- ducing you to ‘Prince Otto,’ whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger in fac... ...y and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of ‘Prince Otto’! 4 Prince Otto Well, we will not give in that we are finally ... ...n – where you are well-beloved. R. L. S. Skerryvore, Bournemouth. BOOK I – PRINCE ERRANT CHAPTER I IN WHICH THE PRINCE DEPARTS ON AN ADVENTURE Y OU SH... ...nited the crowned families of Grunewald and Maritime Bohemia; and the last Prince of Grunewald, whose history I purpose to relate, drew his descent th... ...out the north-west corner of the principality, they told them- selves that Prince Otto and his hunt were up and out for the last time till the return ... ...ighway, bound to Brandenau in Gerolstein, descended the slope obliquely 6 Prince Otto and by the easiest gradients. The other ran like a fillet acros...