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... Essay on Man by Alexander Pope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ...rsity. 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... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essay on Man by Alexander Pope , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit... ...lvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Essay on Man By Alexander Pope THE DESIGN HA VING PROPOSED TO WRITE some pieces on hum... ...se my lord Bacon’s expression) came home to men’s busi ness and bosoms , I thought it more satis factory to begin with considering Man in the abs... ...l for ever escape our observation. The disputes are all upon these last, and I will venture to say , they have less sharpened the wits than the hearts... ...ave diminished the practice, more than ad vanced the theory of morality. If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit, it is in steer in... ...s. The one will appear obvious; that principles, maxims, or Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 3 precepts so written, both strike the reader more strong...

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

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...THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE VOL. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by THE REV. GE... ...I. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Expl... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explana... ...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... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explana... ...nia State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE ............................................................... ......................................................................... 116 I. CHAUCER ................................................................... ......................................................................... 154 I. ON CHARLES EARL OF DORSET, IN THE CHURCH OF WITHYAM, IN SUSSEX. ...........

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Excerpt: The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A., F.S.A.

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...THE ILIAD OF HOMER TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NOTES BY TES BY TES BY... ....S.A. .S.A. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckl... ...N STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S.... ...otes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S. A. 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... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S.... ...n grapherthai. Vit. Hom. in Schweigh Herodot t. iv. p. 299, sq. Section 6. I may observe that this Life has been paraphrased in English by my learned ... ...urned to Smyrna, where he applied him- self to the study of poetry. [Note: I.e. both of composing and reciting verses for as Blair observes, “The firs... ...s consecrated by the presence of gods and great men. See Cicero de Legg II I, sub init., where he speaks of the plane tree under which Socrates used t...

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...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Irela...

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...THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS By THOMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V... ... Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Quincey 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... ...is an equal opportunity university. Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4... ...s purpose, we shall lead the discussion through four capi- tal questions:— I. What is it that has been done by the moving party? II. How was it done? ... ...lts of these acts? IV . What are the remote results yet to be apprehended? I. First, then, WHAT is it that has been done? Up to the month of May in 18... ...rcepting the direct power of haranguing mobs in open assemblies, then will I harangue them, and cause them to be harangued, in the same spirit, upon t... ...ors had faced; a more logical vanity than that inverse artifice imputed to Alexander, of burying in the Punjaub gigantic mangers and hyperbolical suit... ...ing after effect. Witness St. Paul before Agrippa, and St. Paul at Athens; Alexander the Great, or the Archan- gel Michael. Nowhere throughout the who...

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...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

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... Series Publication The Caged Lion 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... ...t unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms of fri... ...Barante’s ‘Histoire de Bourgogne’ will be at no loss for the origin of all I have ven- tured to say of the really historical personages. Mr. Fox Bourn... ...ne’s ‘English Merchants’ furnished the tradition respect- ing Whittington. I am afraid the knighthood was really con- ferred on Henry’s first return t... ...w, and Jamie,’—he lowered his voice,—’when men say that Harry hath more of Alexander in him than there is in other men, it strikes to my heart to thin... ... or tell me if it be all one grand error. Men there have been like Caesar, Alexander, or Charlemagne, who thought my thoughts and worked them out; and... ...e aged Persian queen perished away from grief for the courteous and gentle Alexander, so now the king of the conquered realm was actually wasting to d...

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...e Life of Henry the Fift by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc.... ...s ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Life of Henry the Fif... ...5 Actus Quartus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Actus Quintus. - i - The Life of Henry the Fift h1 1 Enter Prologue. 2 O F... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Actus Quintus. - i - The Life of Henry the Fift h1 1 Enter Prologue. 2 O For a Muse of Fir... ...e talke of Horses, that you see them 28 Printing their prowd Hoofes i’th’ receiuing Earth: 29 For ’tis your thoughts that now must deck ... ...our part, 117 Then cherishing th’ exhibiters against vs: 118 For I haue made an offer to his Maiestie, 119 Vpon our Spirituall Conuocat... ...is fet from Fathers of Warre- proofe: 1102 Fathers, that like so many Alexanders, 1103 Haue in these parts from Morne till Euen fought, 1104... ...e and valour in this Welchman. 1934 Enter three Souldiers, Iohn Bates, Alexander Court, 1935 and Michael Williams. 1936 Court. Broth... ...t Monmouth Captaine Gower: 2537 What call you the Townes name where Alexander the 2538 pig was borne? 2539 Gow. Alexander the Grea...

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...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... ...tay a while, My wildered fancy still beguile! From this high theme how can I part, Ere half unloaded is my heart! For all the tears e’er sorrow drew, ... ...o my lay, A knightly tale of Albion’s elder day. CANTO FIRST . THE CASTLE. I. Day set on Norham’s castled steep, And T weed’s fair river, broad and de... ...lfreys, and array, Showed they had marched a weary way. IX. ’Tis meet that I should tell you now, How fairly armed, and ordered how, The soldiers o... ...cott XIX. THE HOST’S TALE. “A clerk could tell what years have flown Since Alexander filled our throne, Third monarch of that warlike name, And eke th... ...Arran, Cunninghame, and Kyle. Lord Gifford, deep beneath the ground, Heard Alexander’s bugle sound, And tarried not his garb to change, But, in his wi... ... Elfin Knight fell, horse and man; Yet did a splinter of his lance Through Alexander’s visor glance, And razed the skin—a puny wound. The King, light ...

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...le, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the shadows of the clouds, with here and there a sail fleeting before the wind, and of the rugged headlands of the coast, point beyond point, the nearer distinct, and showing ...

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...Excerpt: Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries. By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer,...

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...ourney in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called Written by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson with a preface by Mr. Stevenson...

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...KIDNAPPED Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 by Robert Louis Stevens... ...s Series Publication Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 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... ...wn aside, and emboldened by my husband’s offer to give me any help needed, I concluded to try and write it myself. As I wanted a trial scene in the Ol... ...d to try and write it myself. As I wanted a trial scene in the Old Bailey, I chose the period of 1700 for my purpose; but being shamefully igno- rant ... ...ant of my subject, and my husband confessing to little more knowledge than I possessed, a London bookseller was com- missioned to send us everything h... ...or Mr. Balfour; not for him. “And who do ye think I am?” says he. “Give me Alexander’s letter.” “You know my father’s name?” “It would be strange if I... ...en long dead?” he asked. “Three weeks, sir,” said I. “He was a secret man, Alexander — a secret, silent man,” he continued. “He never said muckle when... ...Ebenezer was to ask him if my father had not been very quick at his book. “Alexander? No him!” was the reply. “I was far quicker mysel’; I was a cleve...

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...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet 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 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...This appears from Dr. King’s Anecdotes of His Own Times. ‘September, 1750.—I received a note from my Lady Prim- rose, who desired to see me immediatel... ...ote from my Lady Prim- rose, who desired to see me immediately. As soon as I waited on her, she led me into her dressing-room, and presented me to—’ [... ...o her dressing-room, and presented me to—’ [the Chevalier, doubtless]. ‘If I was surprised to find him there, I was still more astonished when he acqu... ...e- stows more than the needful upon his quarterly epistles, into some wise Alexander or sage Alquife, the mystical and magi- cal protector of thy peer... ...er, madam, perhaps. But you inquired for Alan Fairford—my father’s name is Alexander.’ ‘It is Mr. Alan Fairford, undoubtedly, with whom I wished to sp... ..., to fetch you with a vengeance. Thine, in much anxiety, A. F . LETTER IX ALEXANDER FAIRFORD, W.S., TO MR. DARSIE LATIMER Dear Mr. Darsie, Having bee...