... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...not? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ...l of Europe and all of Asia. All the people in all the Empires: who had lost sons and daughters and children. All the communities and villages and ... ...feudalism and for thousands of years before that? A culture that sold its own sons out as cannon fodder: the famous mercenaries: Hessians: paid to g... ...st for an easy profit. It was born out of familial hate. Brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers… all hating and killing each other an... ...human civilizations are based upon myths of blindness. Take the Norse sagas. Odin: the King of all the Norse Gods ostensibly gave one of his eyes t... ...ptian bird- god… half human, half-bird. Later to become the Norse god called: Odin, who plucked out one of his eyes and gave it to the Raven to gain... ...ed out one of his eyes and gave it to the Raven to gain wisdom. And what did Odin gain? Nothing but the foreknowledge of his own doom, his own ext...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects a...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

...Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle 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... ...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... ..................................................... 4 THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. .............. 4 LECTURE II. THE HE... ...etained. LECTURES ON HEROES [May 5, 1840.] LECTURE I THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGAN- ISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. W E HAVE UNDERTAKEN to discourse ... ...e known well, all is known. We have chosen as the first Hero in our series Odin the cen- tral figure of Scandinavian Paganism; an emblem to us of a mo... ...ed as Chief God by these Scandinavians, his Twelve Peers made into T welve Sons of his own, Gods like himself: Snorro has no doubt of this. Saxo Gramm... ...this was enough to determine the Signs of the Zodiac, the number of Odin’s Sons, and innumerable other T welves. Any vague rumor of number had a tende... ... as of a young child’s thoughts, in the hearts of these strong men! Strong sons of Nature; and here was not only a wild Captain and Fighter; discernin...

...Excerpt: The text is taken from the printed ?Sterling Edition? of Carlyle?s Complete Works, in 20 volumes, with the following modifications: The footnote (there is only one) has been embedded directly into text, in brackets, [thusly]. Greek text has been transliterated into Latin charact...

...RES ON HEROES ............................................................................................................... 4 THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. .............. 4 LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM............................................... 38 LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. .......................

...ga Saga trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888) 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 liter... ...il they had raised a barrier of their own blood. It was their own kin, the sons of earlier invaders, who stayed the landward march of the Northmen in ... ...who took to him Besla, daughter of Bolthorn, the giant, and they had three sons, Odin, Vili, and Ve. Bor’s sons slew Ymir the giant, but when he fell ... ...ok to him Besla, daughter of Bolthorn, the giant, and they had three sons, Odin, Vili, and Ve. Bor’s sons slew Ymir the giant, but when he fell there ... ...ned, save Hvergelmir and his household, who got away in a boat. Then Bor’s sons took Ymir and bore him into the midst of Yawning-gap, and made of him ... ... and wrought thence many tidings and feats, both on earth and in the Sky . Odin, who is hight Allfather, for that he is the father of all men and sat ... ...ut it, and all that stock are known to be gods. The daugh- ter and wife of Odin was Earth, and of her he got Thor, him followed strength and sturdines...

...............................................5 TRANSLATORS? PREFACE.......................................................................23 THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS.............................26 APPENDIX:.................................................................................................132 EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA.............................

... Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson is a p... ... Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without ... ..., the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produc... ...and made the kava of the dead; and there sat the comers out of the islands of the living, dripping and lamenting. This was a dread place to reach for ... ...th,” said the priest. “Great is the right, and shall prevail!” cried the virtuous person. “There is loyalty in my soul; be sure, there is loyalty in t... ...n to go on again with a better heart. At last one came running, and told them all was lost: that the powers of darkness had besieged the Heavenly Mans... ...s person. “Oh, I hope not,” said the priest. “And at any rate we can but try. But what are you doing with your axe?” says he to the rover. “I am off t... ...THE TOUCHSTONE. THE KING WA S A MAN that stood well before the world; his smile was sweet as clover, but his soul withinsides was as little as a pea. ... ... his heart, but the elder was one whom he feared. It befell one morning that the drum sounded in the dun be- fore it was yet day; and the King rode wi...

...Contents I. ? THE PERSONS OF THE TALE. ............................................................................................................................ 4 II. ? THE SINKING SHIP. ................................................................

...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... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Odyssey of Homer trans. Alexander Pope , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ef of the Euboeans; Tlepolemus, of the Rhodians; Pandarus, of the Lycians; Odins, of the Halizonians: Pirous and Acamas, of the Thracians. None of th... ...ous Cyclops tore His quivering limbs, and quaff’d his spouting gore. Three sons remain’d; to climb with haughty fires The royal bed, Eurynomus aspires... ... more; our house from its foundation bows, Our foes are powerful, and your sons the foes; Hither, unwelcome to the queen, they come; Why seek they not... ...ss from juster laws, And raise all Ithaca to aid our cause: But while your sons commit the unpunish’d wrong, You make the arm of violence too strong.”...

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...Series Publication The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge 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 docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...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... ...when the vipers were gnawing him to death, and he gloried to think how his sons would bring the ravens to feast upon the Saxon. Oh! had I been his son... ... your mind with these revengeful thoughts, fit only for the worshippers of Odin and Thor. Neither Ragnar nor his sons knew better than to rejoice in t... ...hts, fit only for the worshippers of Odin and Thor. Neither Ragnar nor his sons knew better than to rejoice in this deadly vengeance, but we, who are ... ... “Yes, father, but I could never have pardoned, had I been one of Ragnar’s sons.” “It may be that you will be in their case, Richard,” said the Duke, ... ...e of your Duke’s death!’ said the Dane. ‘Ha, ye Normans are fallen sons of Odin, to see him yet live!’” “You said, I trust, my son, that we follow not... ...him yet live!’” “You said, I trust, my son, that we follow not the laws of Odin?” said Fru Astrida. “I had no space for a word, grandmother; the Danes...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On a bright Autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set i...

...Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...raved in every British heart, Oh never let those names depart! Say to your sons—Lo, here his grave, Who victor died on Gadite wave; To him, as to the ... ...the lofty line. Warmed by such names, well may we then, Though dwindled sons of little men, Essay to break a feeble lance In the fair fields of old... ...er visions met his sight, Foreshowing future conquests far, When our son’s sons wage northern war; A royal city, tower and spire, Reddened the midnigh... ...s mirth the while, As best might to the mind recall The boist’rous joys of Odin’s hall. And well our Christian sires of old Loved, when the year it...

...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... ...men, and others who, like David himself, had done battle with the gigantic sons of Anak. Yet even these valiant men, so wild and lawless, could be kep... ... of the two kings of Sparta, the city that above all in Greece trained its sons to be hardy soldiers, dreading death infinitely less than shame. Leoni... ...ly, not merely for their strength and courage, but selecting those who had sons, so that no family might be altogether destroyed. These Spartans, with... ...ating the sight of a Christian church as an insult to their gods, Thor and Odin; but the lapse of a hundred years had in some degree changed the tempe...

...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...

...I. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Expl... ...ation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan 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... ... and lift thy eyes! See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Dema... ... When to repress, and when indulge our flights: High on Parnassus’ top her sons she show’d, And pointed out those arduous paths they trod; Held from a... ...d! Oh may some spark of your celestial fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights, Glows wh... ...aracters were graved around. There sat Zamolxis 63 with erected eyes, And Odin here in mimic trances dies. There on rude iron columns, smear’d with b...

Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

...Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE.................................................................................................................................. 6 PREFACE2......................................................................

...eries Publication Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...as have we rowed in, But we seldom saw them thus; Our master is angry with Odin— Odin is angry with us! Heavy odds have we taken, But never before suc... ...d humble search into the veritable causes of things—at the proper time—the sons of wisdom may combat even the plague.’ H’m!’ Puck replied. ‘For my own... ...rning to Harold, “T ell us here how thy people fought us?” said he. “Their sons serve me now against my Brother Robert!” ‘The old man shook his head c...

......................... 71 THE KNIFE AND THE NAKED CHALK .................................................................................. 72 The Run of the Downs ................................................................................................................................................ 72 The Knife and the Naked Chalk .....................................

...s Series Publication Countess Kate by Charlotte M. Yonge 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... ...d, and is obliged to go out as governess, that she may be able to send her sons to school. So, Kate, you must think of this, and try to give her as li... ...ehearsed to poor Mrs. Brown all the characters of the gods of the Northmen Odin, Thor, and all when she had just learnt them. So she was more careful ... ...ether Kate was more fond of praise than was good for her, those daily les- sons were more trying than ever they had been. Generally she had liked them... ...e dared to ask. Lord de la Poer had been like a father to his friend’s two sons when they were left in England; and now the Colonel was telling him—as...

...ESIDENCE IN LONDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 BOOK EIGHTH RETROSPECT—LOVE OF NATURE LEADING TO LOVE OF MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . 213 ADVERTISEMENT T he following Poem was commenced in the beginning of the year 1799, and completed in the summer of 1805. The design and occ... ... the year 1799, and completed in the summer of 1805. The design and occasion of the work are described by the Author in his Preface to the Excursion, ... ...shed Mithridates northward passed, And, hidden in the cloud of years, became Odin, the Father of a race by whom Perished the Roman Empire: how the fri... ...itome Of what the mighty City is herself, To thousands upon thousands of her sons, RESIDENCE IN LONDON 123 Living amid the same perpetual whirl 725 O...

...Excerpt: Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native mountains with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him for such an employment. ?As sub...

...Table of Contents: ADVERTISEMENT, ii -- BOOK FIRST INTRODUCTION?CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL-TIME 1 -- BOOK SECOND SCHOOL-TIME (continued), 19 -- BOOK THIRD RESIDENCE AT CAMBRIDGE, 33 -- BOOK FOURTH SUMMER VACATION, 51 -- BOOK FIFTH BOOKS,...

...A Journey to the Interior of the Earth By Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ... were in use in Iceland in former ages. They were invented, it is said, by Odin himself. Look there, and wonder, impious young man, and admire these l... ...id hold of me. It was that of Hans. I suppose I had not taken as many les- sons on gulf exploration as I ought to have done in the Frelsers Kirk at Co...

...Excerpt: While the translation is fairly literal, and Malleson (a clergyman) has taken pains with the scientific portions of the work and added the chapter headings, he has made some emendations concerning Biblical references of his own, listed below?...

... 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... ...isobedience.” Thus spake Prince John, wilfully forgetting, that of all the sons of Henry the Second, though no one was free from the charge, he himsel... ...ction of all the patriarchs of the Old T estament successively against the sons of Ishmael, who were coming to smite them, hip and thigh, with the edg... ...is Reginald, and his Normans, stormed this castle. My father and his seven sons defended their inheritance from story to story, from chamber to chambe... ...” “May the fiend fly away with me, and leave me in Ifrin with the souls of Odin and of Thor!” answered Cedric impa- tiently, and would probably have p...

...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. ...

...omas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...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 transmission, in any way. The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ... certain figure here in Town; had a wife of fashionable habits, with other sons, and also daughters, bred in this sphere. These, all of them, were ami... ... action, when the thing itself is well burnt to ashes. Poor Sterling; poor sons of Adam in general, in this sad age of cobwebs, worn-out symbol- isms,... ...rously against this Scandinavian weather, that I deserve to be ranked with Odin and Thor; and fancy I may go to live at 175 Thomas Carlyle Clifton or...

...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world seem more i...

...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...lotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by ... ...ry Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...f her best, in sending forth from her own bosom these cherished and chosen sons, so let there go forth from every one of us a consenting offering; let... ... Dr. Coleridge, was greatly comforting her by his ministra- tions, and her sons were sent for; but as she did not ask for them, it was thought best th... ...s to their countrymen. He had lately estab- lished, near Auckland, for the sons of the colonists, St. John’s College, which in 1850 was placed under t... ...ions of heathenism, just as St. Boniface made the Germans forsake Thor and Odin by name. There were twenty-five more nearly ready, and a coral-lime bu...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and...

...on Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville 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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ling, his paternal origin was as much a mystery to him as the genealogy of Odin; and, scorned by everybody, he fled the parish workhouse when a boy, a... ... And the small laughter? The small, merry laughter it is Of the sons and daughters of the tattooed.” 29 Melville CHAPTER IX. WE STEER TO T...

...assics Series Publication Kenilworth 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... ...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... ...seemed about twenty, or upwards, was clad in the gayest habit used by per- sons of quality at the period, wearing a crimson velvet cloak richly orname... ...ainted ancestors, whose freedom was first trenched upon by the Romans. The sons of Rome, who came to civilize as well as to con- quer, were next produ... ...s of Britain. They were preceded by two Scalds, who chanted the praises of Odin. 415 Sir Walter Scott Last came the knightly Normans, in their mail-s... ...es, both kneeling before a fald-stoole, together with the figures of three sons kneeling behind their mother. Under the figure of the man is this insc...

...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have ap...

... The Saga of Grettir the Strong is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu ment file is fu... ...sity. This Portable Docu ment file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Saga of Grettir the Strong , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Fac... .... Ofeig Grettir married Asny, the daughter of Vestar, the son of Haeing. His sons were Asmund the Beardless and Asbjorn, and his daughters were named ... ...ern parts. He married Rafarta, the daughter of the Irish king Kjarval. Their sons were Helgi the Lean and Snaebjorn. When Thrand and Onund came to the... ... off all their loose property that same night to a ship and escaped with her sons Asmund and Asgrim to her father Sighvat. A little later The Saga of ... ...r again with the jarl, excepting Bersi. Grettir then spoke: “Comrade of Odin, Thorfinn was born to rescue my life from the fangs of Hel. ... ...le head’s back; close to the garth the thief has come. Frey of the Odin’s cloud, dreadful of aspect, appears from his strength to be bu... ... that the serpent of earth has past on his way. The garrulous brewer of Odin’s mead will come to Gilsbakki before he will rest.” The woman l...

...Excerpt: There was a man named Onund, the son of Ofeig Clumsyfoot, who was the son of Ivar Horsetail. Onund was the brother of Gudbjorg, the mother of Gudbrand Knob, the father of Asta, the mother of King Olaf the Saint. His mother came from the Upplands, while his fathe...

... Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por table Document file is f... ...ity. 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 i... ...e document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman , the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...k that hangs on the Chattahooche or Altamahaw, Patriarchs sit at supper with sons and grandsons and great grandsons around them, In walls of adobie, i... ...portfolio placing Manito loose, Allah on a leaf, the crucifix engraved, With Odin and the hideous faced Mexitli and every idol and image, Taking them ... ... THE W ORLD To the garden the world anew ascending, Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of their bodies, meaning and being, C... ...use, listen, count. 3 I knew a man, a common farmer, the father of five sons, And in them the fathers of sons, and in them the fathers of sons. T...

...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and powe...

...Contents LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 T...

...the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Portable Docu ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...h dew, and springs trickling from the moist banks,— “And now the taller sons, whom Titan warms, Of unshorn mountains blown with easy winds, ... ...breathing space at the building of Rome, continue our journey down through Odin and Christ to— America. It is a wearisome while. And yet the lives of ... ...bridge,— “From steep pine bearing mountains to the plain.” I love these sons of earth every mother’s son of them, with their great hearty hearts ru... ...very sweet voiced minstrel sing; Great is he who is within my walls, Sons of wave echoing Croma.’” Even Ossian himself, the hero bard, pays trib...

...Grosvenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Ch... ...d edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furn... ...ty. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent per- sons, the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biograp... ...ced in years when they married, and never had more than two children, both sons; Samuel, their first born, who lived to be the illustrious character w... ...himself a poet, Johnson was peculiarly happy in mentioning how many of the sons of Pembroke were poets; adding, with a smile of sportive triumph, ‘Sir... ...skull instead of a helmet, and you may drink ale out of it in your hall of Odin, as he is your enemy; that will be truly ancient. There will be Northe...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of gr...