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First and Last Things : A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life

By: H. G. Wells

...rt of an ongoing student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...ned analysis of this or that among the questions I discuss, and there is a literature so enormous in the aggregate that only a specialist scholar coul... ...ld hope to know it. I have not been unmindful of these professors and this literature; I have taken such opportunities as I have found, to test my pro... ...ut it needs erudition and ac- 6 First and Last Things cumulated and alien literature to make metaphysics obscure, and some of the most fruitful and a... .... It happens that in my younger days I found a character in the history of literature who had a singular and extraordinary charm for me, of whom the t... ...a general rule of life that all men may try to follow. We have now a whole literature with many very fine things in it, written about the Rule. “The R... ...sts among the Samurai through habit, intercourse and a living contemporary literature. These minor obliga- tions do not earmark more than an hour in t... ...medley of Church fragments and out of all that is worthy in our poetry and literature, just as the worldwide Socialist State at which I aim must devel... ...e indeed paid mercenaries from the region of violence, but legislation and literature, teaching and tradition, organized religion, getting themselves ...

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Le Morte Darthur

By: Thomas Malory

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Heartsease or Brother's Wife

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...blish The Crusaders, take a lodging in London, and there busy himself with literature while awaiting the fulfilment of a promise of further diplo- mat... ...e language.’ ‘There is so much that is beautiful and untranslatable in its literature, that I am sure it would recompense you.’ ‘I do not like the Ger... ...t of occupation, and thus the sense of her loss was ever renewed. Science, literature, and accomplish- ments had been her pursuits, chiefly because he... ...artsease ‘That is what you have been doing for some time.’ ‘No such thing. Literature was my holiday friend at first; and if she put a gold piece or t...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ... ease. He was, as we have already said, perfectly well acquainted with the literature of all coun- tries. A glance at the walls of his salon proved to...

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This Publication of Mark Twains the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain

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Plutarchs Lives Volume Two

By: Hugh Clough

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The Waste Land

By: T. S. Eliot

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Night and Day

By: Virginia Woolf

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ... profound reason was that in her mind mathematics were directly opposed to literature. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferre... ...ken liberally from English, French, and Italian, are the supreme pearls of literature. Further, he was fond of using metaphors which, com- pounded in ... ...clerk in a Government office, he was one of those martyred spirits to whom literature is at once a source of divine joy and of almost intolerable irri... ...l one’s desires were bound to be frustrated, he concentrated his mind upon literature, and determined, philosophically, to get what he could out of th... ...k a heavy meal in the middle of the day.” “What’s the very latest thing in literature?” Mary asked, good-humoredly pointing to the yellow-covered volu... ... to absent himself with a smile and a bow which signified that, al- though literature is delightful, it is not work. Mrs. Seal rose at the same time, ... ...d be- gan to read. Although Katharine had just disclaimed any knowledge of literature, she listened attentively. At least, she lis- tened to the first... ... should be balked of her priceless discovery, a young man truly devoted to literature. “In my spare time,” Denham reassured her. “In your spare time!”...

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One of Our Conquerors

By: George Meredith

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make ... ... and betray the effects; and it’s patent in their Journals, all over their literature. Where it’s not seen, another blood’s at work. The Kelt won’t ac... ...ut the business of the Office and his friend’s contributions to periodical literature, in which he was interested for as long as he had assurance that... ...nd befoul it, and you’re fearfully credible! You don’t read that olfactory literature. However, friend Carling is a concil- iatory carle. Three or fou... ...or so a year he started old bachelor on; add his miserable pay for Essays. Literature! Of course, he sours. But don’t let me hear of bachelors moralis... ...prehension of labour, in regard to the very unremunera- tive occupation of literature. Colney he did not want, and he let him go, as Nataly noticed, w... ...uded productiveness, both of your juvenile and your senile, in your modern literature, is it ever a crop? Is it even the restorative perishable stuff ... ...re many uneducated ladies in the land. Many, too, whose tastes in romantic literature betray now and then by peeps a similarity to Nesta’s maid Mary’s... ...matic at the mouth conversant, one might expect, with the disin- tegrating literature of her country. In public, the two talked of St. Louis. One of t...

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare

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The Moon and Sixpence

By: Somerset Maugham

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...ave people to dinner. He’s very quiet. He’s not in the least interested in literature or the arts.” “Why do nice women marry dull men?” “Because intel... ...ant of kindred arts, and his 72 The Moon and Sixpence taste for music and literature gave depth and variety to his comprehension of painting. To a yo... ...ps both were trying to put down in paint ideas which were more suitable to literature. Strickland at this time must have been nearly forty-seven. 173...

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Timon of Athens

By: William Shakespeare

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Typee a Romance of the South Seas

By: Herman Melville

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...many renowned English writers. Dana is, indeed, great. There is nothing in literature more remarkable than the impression produced by Dana’s portrai- ... ...ndard books of all classes, including, of course, a proportion of nautical literature. Especially interesting are fifteen or twenty first editions of ... ...erican critics alike recognised the book’s importance as a contribution to literature. Melville, in a letter to Hawthorne, speaks of himself as having... ... believe that ‘Typee’ will ever lose its position as a classic of American Literature. The pioneer in South Sea ro- mance- -for the mechanical descrip... ...hy of comparison—this book has as yet met with no superior, even in French literature; nor has it met with a rival in any other language than the Fren... ...tled ‘Stubb Kills a Whale’ ranks with the choicest examples of descriptive literature. 18 Typee ‘Moby Dick’ appeared, and Melville enjoyed to the ful...

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The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make ... ...sent from her knowledge, for she had gathered from her ac- quaintance with literature that it was often a source of interest and even of instruction. ... ...the girl would distinguish herself in print. Mrs. Varian thought highly of literature, for which she entertained that esteem that is connected with a ... ...ment as I have one at my own dinner-table. He has elegant tastes—cares for literature, for art, for science, for charm- ing young ladies. The most ele... ... sciousness to the organ of pure reason. Of late, it was not to be denied, literature had seemed a fading light, and even after she had reminded herse... ...one? Has she no taste?” he asked. “Oh yes, a great deal; but it’s more for literature,” said Pansy —”and for conversation. But papa cares also for tho... ...left it to your friend Miss Stackpole—’in rec- ognition of her services to literature.’ Does he mean her following him up from Rome? Was that a servic... ...and with the proceeds she’ll set up a newspaper. Will that be a service to literature?” This question Isabel forbore to answer, as it exceeded the lit... ...y to submit on her arrival. Besides, she had never been less interested in literature than to-day, as she found when she occasionally took down from t...

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The Winters Tale

By: William Shakespeare

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Twelfth Night or What You Will

By: William Shakespeare

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Othello

By: William Shakespeare

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Typhoon

By: Joseph Conrad

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Pictures from Italy

By: Charles Dickens

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make ... .../jmanis/ dickens.htm. If you would like to receive more classical works of literature in PDF , go to http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/ jimspdf.ht...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ... old library at Queen’s Crawley a considerable provision of works of light literature of the last century, both in the French and En- glish languages ... ...d construe to her satisfaction: and, besides giving her his aid in profane literature, he was kind enough to select for her books of a more serious te... ...in was an especial favourite of this old General. Dobbin was versed in the literature of his profession, and could talk about the great Frederick, and... ...through; and Law’s Serious Call or the Whole Duty of Man suffices them for literature for the year—and we quarrel with them because, when their relati...

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