The Collection Of Antiquities By Honore De Balzac

THE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES BY HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Ellen Marriage DEDICATION To Baron Von Hammer-Purgstall, Member of the Aulic Council, Author of the History of the Ottoman Empire. Dear Baron,–You have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast “History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,” you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it....

November 10, 2022 · 94 min · 19954 words · Deborah Comeaux

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare Love S Labour S Lost

SCENE:Navarre ACT I. SCENE I.Navarre. The King’s park [Enter the King, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN.] KING. Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist’red upon our brazen tombs, And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, Th’ endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour which shall bate his scythe’s keen edge, And make us heirs of all eternity....

November 10, 2022 · 65 min · 13718 words · Robert Chadwell

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare The Taming Of The Shrew

1594 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare Dramatis Personae Persons in the Induction A LORD CHRISTOPHER SLY, a tinker HOSTESS PAGE PLAYERS HUNTSMEN SERVANTS BAPTISTA MINOLA, a gentleman of Padua VINCENTIO, a Merchant of Pisa LUCENTIO, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca PETRUCHIO, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katherina Suitors to Bianca GREMIO HORTENSIO Servants to Lucentio TRANIO BIONDELLO Servants to Petruchio GRUMIO CURTIS A PEDANT Daughters to Baptista KATHERINA, the shrew BIANCA A WIDOW Tailor, Haberdasher, and Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio SCENE: Padua, and PETRUCHIO’S house in the country SC_1 INDUCTION....

November 10, 2022 · 66 min · 13928 words · Norma Schaefer

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

SCENE:A city in Illyria; and the sea-coast near it ACT I. SCENE I.The DUKE’S palace Enter ORSINO, Duke of Illyria, CURIO, and other LORDS; MUSICIANS attending DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. That strain again! It had a dying fall; O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour!...

November 10, 2022 · 61 min · 12809 words · Brian Fulton

The Confessions Of J J Rousseau Book 08 By Jean Jacques Rousseau

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 BOOK VIII. At the end of the preceding book a pause was necessary. With this begins the long chain of my misfortunes deduced from their origin....

November 10, 2022 · 110 min · 23391 words · Sophie Arvesen

The Crown Of Thorns By E H Chapin

A token for the sorrowing by E. H. Chapin PREFACE. One of the discourses in this volume-“The Mission of Little Children”–was written just after the death of a dear son, and was published in pamphlet form. The edition having become exhausted sooner than the demand, it was deemed advisable to reprint it; and accordingly it is now presented to the reader, accompanied by others of a similar cast, most of them growing out of the same experience....

November 10, 2022 · 86 min · 18184 words · Melissa Magera

The Discovery Of Yellowstone Park By Nathaniel Pitt Langford

THE DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK Journal of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870 by Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1905 CONTENTS Foreword (not included) Introduction Journal Index (not included) INTRODUCTION When the rumored discovery in the year 1861 of extensive gold placers on Salmon river was confirmed, the intelligence spread through the states like wild fire. Hundreds of men with dependent families, who had been thrown out of employment by the depressed industrial condition of the country and by the Civil War, and still others actuated by a thirst for gain, utilized their available resources in providing means for an immediate migration to the land of promise....

November 10, 2022 · 91 min · 19334 words · Brenda Hernandez

The Dog Crusoe And His Master By Robert Michael Ballantyne

THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies By ROBERT MICHAEL BALLANTYNE Author of “The Coral Island,” “The Young Fur-Traders,” “Ungava,” “The Gorilla-Hunters,” “The World of Ice,” “Martin Rattler.” &c 1894 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The backwoods settlement–Crusoe’s parentage and early history–The agonizing pains and sorrows of his puppyhood, and other interesting matters. CHAPTER II. A shooting-match and its consequences–New friends introduced to the reader–Crusoe and his mother change masters....

November 10, 2022 · 79 min · 16777 words · Christopher Azar

The Dramatic Works Of Gerhart Hauptmann Social Dramas Volume 1 By Gerhart Hauptmann

THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF GERHART HAUPTMANN (Authorized Edition) Edited By LUDWIG LEWISOHN Assistant Professor in The Ohio State University VOLUME ONE: SOCIAL DRAMAS 1912 PREFACE The present edition of Hauptmann’s works contains all of his plays with the exception of a few inconsiderable fragments and the historical drama Florian Geyer. The latter has been excluded by reason of its great length, its divergence from the characteristic moods of Hauptmann’s art, and that failure of high success which the author himself has implicitly acknowledged....

November 10, 2022 · 63 min · 13355 words · Ike Garguilo

The Dramatic Works Of John Dryden Vol I By Sir Walter Scott

THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY VOL. I. EDINBURGH: WILLIAM PATERSON 1882 [Illustration: M’ John Dryden.] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN EDITOR’S PREFACE. The best-edited book in the English language is, according to Southey, Wilkin’s edition of Sir Thomas Browne. If Sir Walter Scott’s “Dryden” cannot challenge this highest position, it certainly deserves the credit of being one of the best-edited books on a great scale in English, save in one particular,–the revision of the text....

November 10, 2022 · 91 min · 19293 words · Michael Mcaulay

The Education Of The Child By Ellen Key

The Education of the Child by Ellen Key INTRODUCTORY NOTE Edward Bok, Editor of the “Ladies’ Home Journal,” writes: “Nothing finer on the wise education of the child has ever been brought into print. To me this chapter is a perfect classic; it points the way straight for every parent and it should find a place in every home in America where there is a child.” The Education of the Child Goethe showed long ago in his Werther a clear understanding of the significance of individualistic and psychological training, an appreciation which will mark the century of the child....

November 10, 2022 · 86 min · 18223 words · Anthony Rollins

The Elevator By William D Howells

THE ELEVATOR by William D. Howells I. SCENE: Through the curtained doorway of MRS. EDWARD ROBERTS’S pretty drawing-room, in Hotel Bellingham, shows the snowy and gleaming array of a table set for dinner, under the dim light of gas-burners turned low. An air of expectancy pervades the place, and the uneasiness of MR. ROBERTS, in evening dress, expresses something more as he turns from a glance into the dining-room, and still holding the portiere with one hand, takes out his watch with the other....

November 10, 2022 · 40 min · 8389 words · Matthew Huff

The Errand Boy By Horatio Alger Jr

“Joe’s Luck,” “Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy,” “Tom Temple’s Career,” “Tom Thatcher’s Fortune,” “Ragged Dick,” “Tattered Tom,” “Luck and Pluck,” etc., etc. THE ERRAND BOY. CHAPTER I. PHIL HAS A LITTLE DIFFICULTY. Phil Brent was plodding through the snow in the direction of the house where he lived with his step-mother and her son, when a snow-ball, moist and hard, struck him just below his ear with stinging emphasis. The pain was considerable, and Phil’s anger rose....

November 10, 2022 · 49 min · 10249 words · Sammie Franklin

The Essays Of Montaigne V04 By Michel De Montaigne

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 4. XXII. Of custom, and that we should not easily change a law received XXIII. Various events from the same counsel....

November 10, 2022 · 86 min · 18246 words · Rhonda Mooney

The French Revolution Volume 3 The Origins Of Contemporary France Volume 4 By Hippolyte A Taine

The French Revolution, Volume 1.^M The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2^M ^M by Hippolyte A. Taine^M THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOLUME III.PREFACE.BOOK FIRST. The Establishment of the Revolutionary Government. CHAPTER I.BOOK SECOND. The Jacobin Program.CHAPTER I.CHAPTER II.BOOK THIRD. The Governors.CHAPTER I. Psychology of the Jacobin Leaders. CHAPTER II. The Rulers of the Country.CHAPTER III. The Rulers. (continued). BOOK FOURTH. The Governed.CHAPTER I. The Oppressed.CHAPTER II. Food and Provisions.BOOK FIFTH. The End of the Revolutionary Government....

November 10, 2022 · 89 min · 18859 words · Gerald Enriquez

The Golden Slipper By Anna Katharine Green

THE GOLDEN SLIPPERAnd Other Problems for Violet Strange by ANNA KATHARINE GREEN(Mrs. Charles Rohlfs) CONTENTS I THE GOLDEN SLIPPER II THE SECOND BULLET III THE INTANGIBLE CLEW IV THE GROTTO SPECTRE V THE DREAMING LADY VI THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS VII THE DOCTOR, HIS WIFE, AND THE CLOCK VIII MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN IX VIOLET’S OWN The Golden Slipper And Other Problems for Violet Strange PROBLEM I THE GOLDEN SLIPPER “She’s here!...

November 10, 2022 · 74 min · 15683 words · Keith Gillilan

The Heart Of Mid Lothian Complete By Sir Walter Scott

THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN By Walter Scott TALES OF MY LANDLORD COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM, SCHOOLMASTER AND PARISH CLERK OF GANDERCLEUGH. SECOND SERIES. THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. Hear, Land o’ Cakes and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat’s, If there’s a hole in a’ your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel’s amang you takin’ notes, An’ faith he’ll prent it! Burns. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN....

November 10, 2022 · 93 min · 19653 words · Thomas Ward

The High School Boys Canoe Club By H Irving Hancock

The High School Boys’ Canoe CluborDick & Co.’s Rivals on Lake Pleasant By H. Irving Hancock CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The “Splendid” War Canoe II. “RIP” Tries Out His Bargain III. Buying Fuel for a Bonfire? IV. Hiram Pries a Secret Loose V. Birch Bark Merchants VI. Meeting the Fate of Greenhorns VII. “Danny Grin” is Silent VIII. What an Expert Can Do IX. Dick Trembles at His Nerve X. Putting Up a Big Scheme XI....

November 10, 2022 · 64 min · 13554 words · Linda Reed

The History Of Don Quixote Vol 1 Part 13 By Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby Volume I. Part 13. CHAPTER XXXIII. IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY” In Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy in the province called Tuscany, there lived two gentlemen of wealth and quality, Anselmo and Lothario, such great friends that by way of distinction they were called by all that knew them “The Two Friends....

November 10, 2022 · 109 min · 23103 words · Maria Chartier

The History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia Called Frederick The Great V17 By Thomas Carlyle

Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” Book XVII THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR: FIRST CAMPAIGN. 1756-1757. Chapter I. WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS. The ill-informed world, entirely unaware of what Friedrich had been studying and ascertaining, to his bitter sorrow, for four years past, was extremely astonished at the part he took in those French- English troubles; extremely provoked at his breaking out again into a Third Silesian War, greater than all the others, and kindling all Europe in such a way....

November 10, 2022 · 87 min · 18340 words · Melissa Roberts