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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania St... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...enry. “V ery like a whale.” —Hamlet. “Which to secure, no skill of leach’s art Mote him availle, but to returne againe To his wound’s worker, that wit... ...ck a grove of pikes appears.” —Waller’ s Battle of the Summer Islands. “By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Common- wealth or State—(in L... ...o the northward of us.” —Captain Cowley’ s V oy- age Round the Globe, A.D. 1729. “... and the breath of the whale is frequendy attended with such an i... ... how bitterly will burst those straps in the first howling gale, when thou art driven, straps, buttons, and all, down the throat of the tempest. But t...

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...ond Edition. The first edition of this tale was put forth without explaining the old fable on which it was founded--a fable recurring again and again in fairy myths, though not traceable in the classic world till a very late period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, however, fragments...

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...LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Love and Life by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...SYLL A SYLL A SYLL A SYLLAB AB AB AB ABUB P UB P UB P UB P UB PAR AR AR AR ART T T T TY Y Y Y Y Oft had I shadowed such a group Of beauties that ... ...VE VE VE VE I know thee well, thy songs and sighs, A wicked god thou art; And yet, most pleasing to the eyes, And witching to the heart. —... ...ce of the block there was a name— ‘WILLIAM SEDHURST, Aged 27, DIED MAY 13, 1729.’ On the other side was this inscription:— ‘MARY, ONLY DAUGHTER OF GEO... ...MARY, ONLY DAUGHTER OF GEORGE SEDHURST, ESQUIRE, Aged 19, DIED AUGUST 1st, 1729. Love is strong as Death. Sorrow not as others that have no Hope.’ In ... ...HE SECOND THE SECOND T T T T TASK ASK ASK ASK ASK Hope no more, Since thou art furnished with hidden lore, To ‘scape thy due reward if any day Without...

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.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... .................... 158 IX. ON GENERAL HENRY WITHERS, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1729. ................................................. 159 X. ON MR ELIJAH... ...f poetry as Aristotle, and nearly as eloquent an expounder of the rules of art and the glories of genius as Longinus. In the same year, Pope printed “... ...his fine epistle to Jervas, the painter. Pope was passionately fond of the art of painting, and practised it a good deal under Jervas’s instructions, ... ... London. The first perfect edition, however, did not appear in London till 1729. On the day of its publication, according to Pope, a crowd of authors ... ...- stances connected with the publication of his letters. It seems that, in 1729, Pope had recalled from his correspondents the letters he had written ... ... more complete pieces. They constantly applied themselves not only to that art, but to that single branch of an art, to which their talent was most po...

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...lly published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the writer to continue longer in the possession of his incognito were communicated in 1827, in the Introduction to the first series of Chronicles of the Canongate, consisting (besides a biographical sketch of the imaginary chronicler) of three tales, enti...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...peaking simple and natural, yet full of vivacity and point; and he has the art, if it be art, of relaxing into a certain homeliness of manner, without... ...erfectly unnecessary for him to enter into any vindication of the dramatic art, which they had come here to support. This, however, he considered to b... ...tions, at proper times and on proper occasions. In all ages the theatrical art had kept pace with the improvement of mankind, and with the progress of... ...nd mother of the 10th and 11th Earls. She survived her hus- band, who died 1729, no less than fifty-seven years, and died March 1780, in her ninety-fi...

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...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from N... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...NDIX ENDIX ENDIX ENDIX ENDIX T T T T TO P O P O P O P O P AR AR AR AR ART I T I T I T I T I EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRACT CT CT CT CTS FR S FR ... ...presentatives of the people that he fell into a fever, of which he died in 1729. The Legislature had refused him a salary while alive; but they approp... ...VII VII THE THE THE THE THE TEA P TEA P TEA P TEA P TEA P AR AR AR AR ART T T T TY AND LEXINGT Y AND LEXINGT Y AND LEXINGT Y AND LEXINGT Y AND LE...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ives with La T orpille—” “What an irreparable loss to literature, science, art, and politics!” exclaimed Blondet. “La Torpille is the only com- mon pr... ... still have a heart while occupied with politics or science, literature or art. There is not in Paris another woman who can say to the beast as she do... ..., thrown on matter, animates it and elevates it to the marvelous realms of art; her robe displays unimagined splendor, her fingers drop gems as her li... ... has nothing but his salary, with that of a councillor to the Parlement in 1729. How great is the difference! In these days, when money is the uni- ve...

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...Excerpt: LIBER I. (ll. 1-28) Right is it that we praise the King of heaven, the Lord of hosts, and love Him with all our hearts. For He is great in power, the Source of all created things, the Lord Almighty. Never hath He known beginning, neither cometh an end of His eternal glory. Ever in majesty He reigneth over celestial thrones; in righteousness and strength He ke...

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...esis B,” “Exo dus,” “Daniel,” and “Christ and Satan.” All are works found in the manuscript of Anglo Saxon verse known as “Junius 11.” These works w... ...nglo Saxon verse known as “Junius 11.” These works were originally written in Anglo Saxon, sometime between the 7th and 10th Centuries A.D. Although s... ... single poet. The poems are not a translation of the Bible but a retelling in the Germanic Epic Style of the time during which they were composed. Thi... ...th to his heart one whit of evil shall dwell in blackest hell. Though thou art come with lies and secret wiles, I know not that thou art an Codex Juni... ...d. He bade me heed His word, observe it well, and keep His precepts. Thou art not like to any of His angels that ever I have seen, nor hast thou sho... ...ame? Thou didst not formerly feel shame before Me, but only joy. Wherefore art thou humbled and abashed, knowing sorrow, covering thy body with leave... ...ir virtues far and wide upon the earth. Codex Junius 11 38 XXVI (ll. 1719 1729) Then was the time fulfilled, and Abraham brought a wife unto his home...

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...pt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Ma...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Biographical Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...cting in opposite directions upon the estimation of the stage and scenical art, and therefore of all the ministers in its equipage. Puritanism frowned... ... natural gifts as himself, may give us the key to the result: “Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won; Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assail’d;... ... himself, it may be said, that “within that circle” (the circle of his own art)” none durst tread but he, “solemnly and for ever renounces his mysteri... ...eption of two labors, which occupied Pope in the interval between 1726 and 1729, the rest of his life may properly be described as dedicated to the fu... ...e editors choose to write it, that is, (without perplexing the reader,) in 1729. On March 12 of which year it was presented by the prime minister, Sir...

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...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...per division and combination of their different operations. In every other art and manufacture, the effects of the division of labour are similar to w... ...on of labour, however, so far as it can be introduced, occasions, in every art, a proportionable increase of the productive powers of labour. The sepa... ...the reason why the improvement of the productive powers of labour, in this art, does not always keep pace with their improve- ment in manufactures. Th... ...1 17 0 1725 2 8 6 1726 2 6 0 1727 2 2 0 1728 2 14 6 1729 2 6 10 1730 1 16 6 1731 1 12 10 1 12 10 1732 1 6 8 ...

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...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 wi...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylv... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...han a mass of prose. Let us hear Hazlitt: “Pope saw nature only dressed by art; he judged of beauty by fashion; he sought for truth in the opinions of... ...ring power of imagi- nation; and, 4th, Some objects in nature, and some in art, need less of this transforming magic than others, and are thus intrins... ...ind of cultivation. He weakened it as a faculty, but strengthened it as an art; he lessened its inward force, but increased the elegance and fa- cilit... ...’s Paraphrase on the Fourth Chapter of Gen- esis. Writ by E. Roome. Folio. 1729. Labeo. A Paper of Verses by Leonard Welsted, which after came into On... .... Octavo. III.—ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDI- TION—WITH NOTES, IN QUARTO, 1729. It will be sufficient to say of this edition, that the reader has her... ... Dunciad Dissected. 145 Roome, Paraphrase on the 4th of Genesis, printed 1729. 146 Character of Mr Pope and his Writings, in a Letter to a Friend, ...

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...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...

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...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...at science. And I read about this time Locke On Human Understanding, and the Art of Think ing, by Messrs. du Port Royal. While I was intent on improv... ...it, those are very bad women; I can see it in all their actions; and if thee art not upon thy guard, they will draw thee into some danger; they are st... ...ng that the partnership was dissolved. I think this was in or about the year 1729. About this time there was a cry among the people for more paper mon... ... will give for the forming of future great men; and in conjunction with your Art of Virtue (which you design to publish) of improving the features of ... ... or “Leathern Apron” Club. 1728 With Hugh Meredith, opens a printing office. 1729 Becomes proprietor and editor of the “Pennsylvania Gazette”; prints,...