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...t, several of the author’s books are mentioned. Some are already available English, and their titles are only in English. Some are in the process of ... ... Some are in the process of being translated, and their titles are also in English. Some are available as of this time only in Italian: these titles... ...le as of this time only in Italian: these titles have been translated into English and placed in brackets { }. A list of all the authors books with ... ...mised by the Christian religion. 26 If humanity is partially (as the Catholics say) or completely (as the Protestants say) corrupted by origin... ...ovie, says to Ben-Hur: “You have Messala inside yourself”. Messala is the Roman horseman dressed in black. We have to look at life not as a race ag... ...e created. Life as a work of art is not intended here like Neitzsche or the Romantics intended it. It is the creation of a unified and unifying field...

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... was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I know of this sad affair, I knew nothing whatever. Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an Engli...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...t all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I kn... ...ever been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I had known the shallows. I don’t mean to say that we were n... ...s. With the far-away look in her eyes— which wasn’t, however, in the least romantic—I mean that she didn’t look as if she were seeing poetic dreams, o... ...d without making the stipulation that the children should be brought up as Catholics. And that, of course, was spiritual death to Leonora. I have give... ...ee that Leonora was a woman of a strong, cold conscience, like all English Catholics. (I cannot, myself, help disliking this religion; there is always... ...ence. For, of course, that frame of mind has been driven in on the English Catholics. The centuries that they have gone through—centuries of blind and... ... had never undeceived him on that point. She thought it made her seem more romantic. No, Edward had no remorse. He was able to say to himself that he ... ...nough, the first real trouble between them came from his desire to build a Roman Catholic chapel at Branshaw. He wanted to do it to honour Leonora, an...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... .................................................... 37 THE TOUCH OF PARISIAN ROMANCE....................................................................... ...esus polite and gracious, does not make him meek. The picture of him as an English curate of the farcical comedy type, too meek to fight a policeman, ... ...han any- where else except perhaps in Ulster, retranslations into mod- ern English have been introduced perforce to save its bare intelligibility. It ... ...pollo, and Apollo comes to her in the shape of a serpent, or the like. The Roman emperors, following the example of Augustus, claimed the title of God... ...y of the Holy Ghost is a later interpolation bor- rowed from the Greek and Roman imperial tradition. But experience shows that simultaneous faith in t... ...ng a heresy as the discarding of transubstantiation in the Mass was to the Catholics of the XVI century. JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS Jesus entered as a m...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ections. There was a good edition of them in 1870 among the very valuable “English Reprints” for which we are indebted to Professor Edward Arber. H.M.... ...essor Edward Arber. H.M. 5 TRA VELS IN ENGLAND WE ARRIVED AT RYE, a small English seaport. Here, as soon as we came on shore, we gave in our names to... ...seen the statues of two giants, said to have assisted the English when the Romans made war upon them: Corinius of Britain, and Gogmagog of Albion. Ben... ...orinius of Britain, and Gogmagog of Albion. Beneath upon a table the *This romantic inscription probably alluded to Philip II., who wooed the Queen af... ...n old square tower, called Mirefleur, supposed to be that mentioned in the romance of “Amadis de Gaul;” and join- ing to it a plain, where knights and... ...name of Recusant then began first to be known to the world; until then the Catholics were no more than Church-Papists,* but now, commanded by the Pope...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...rom a want of common sense which leads them to value their lives less than Englishmen do (lives are really less worth liv- ing in a poor country), and... ...d partly because even the most cowardly Irishman feels obliged to outdo an Englishman in bravery if possible, and at least to set a perilous pace for ... ...ish recruiting was badly bungled in 1915. The Irish were for the most part Roman Catholics and loyal Irishmen, which means that from the English point... ...cruiting was badly bungled in 1915. The Irish were for the most part Roman Catholics and loyal Irishmen, which means that from the English point of vi... ...tle. They were discouraged and repulsed by refusals to give commissions to Roman Catholic officers, or to allow distinct Irish units to be formed. T o... ... the collar of gold that Malachi won from the proud invader. Oh, she’s the romantic woman is my mother, and no mistake. SIR PEARCE [in great perturbat...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... is wonderful, is inter- esting enough; but it must not lead us astray. We English stand as yet without the sphere of it; neither will we plunge * Wit... ...asure into his peculiar point of vision, that a right study of him, for an Englishman, even of ingenuous, open, inquisitive mind, becomes unusually di... ...estruction or captivity; and peace of this sort is like that of Galgacus’s Romans, who ‘called it peace when they had made a desert.’ Here the ardent ... ...iet country town on the Lahn, one of the seats of govern- ment of the Holy Roman Empire. The emperors lived at Vienna; they were crowned at Frankfort;... ...In the interior of the house my eyes were chiefly attracted by a series of Roman views, with which my father had orna- mented an ante-room. They were ... ...s- ter over the old Adam. We were taught that we were much better than the Catholics for the very reason, that we were not obliged to confess any thin...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...etrating study of the genteel littleness of our class govern- ments in the English language, that whenever an abuse becomes oppressive enough to persu... ... by the operation of the mere impulse to contradict them, always strong in English human nature. Why the Managers Love the Censorship The only one of ... ...be great poems, or edifying sermons, or important documents, or charm- ing romances: our tribal citizens know nothing about that and do not want to kn... ... worthy and pious people. They are at present con- demned by the Greek and Roman Catholic censor- ships as unfit for general reading. A censorship of ... ...pation and the admis- sion of Jews to parliament needed no toleration from Catholics and Jews: the toleration they needed was that of the people who r... ...of the Bible, which was always in the hands of our regi- cides; but as the Roman Catholic Church does not hesitate to accept that consequence of the c... ...to the most cherished opinions of the Unionists. A law to compel the Roman Catholics to attend service at St. Paul’s, or the Liberals to attend the me...

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...I am not, I hope, a modern man in any sense of the word. I’m not really an Englishman: my family is Irish: Ive lived all my life in Italy—in Venice mo... ...—in Venice mostly—my very title is a foreign one: I am a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. SAVOYARD. Where’s that? THE COUNT. At present, nowhere, excep... ...n it. You remember Byron’s words: “I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth of that country. I believe the... ...s a Frenchman [Savoyard is rather scandalized]: I asked her not to have an English hero. That is all I know. [Ruefully] I havnt been consulted even ab... ...o!!! You dont tell me that old geezer has a brother a Monsignor! And youre Catholics! And I never knew it, though Ive known Bobby ever so long! But of... ... find out about a person is their religion, isnt it? MRS GILBEY. We’re not Catholics. But when the Samuelses got an Archdeacon’s son to form their boy... ...er people did to me. MRS KNOX. I hope you dont think yourself a heroine of romance. MARGARET . Oh no. [She sits down again at the table]. I’m a heroin... ...confident]. JUGGINS. Very dangerous, sir. No woman will deny her- self the romantic luxury of self-sacrifice and forgiveness when they take the form o...

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...g student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ing to the honor and con- science of a doctor. Doctors are just like other Englishmen: most of them have no honor and no conscience: what they commonl... ... might pay you four visits for it, seems to have no equivalent nowadays in English society. Better be a railway porter than an ordinary English genera... ...u- lity precisely as the apparitions at Lourdes excited the credu- lity of Roman Catholics. Suppose it were ascertained that every child in the world ... ...y precisely as the apparitions at Lourdes excited the credu- lity of Roman Catholics. Suppose it were ascertained that every child in the world could ... ... there was a time when some trust could be placed in this distinction. The Roman Catholic Church still maintains, with what it must permit me to call ... ...tely very hard to persuade people to admit so much and thereby destroy the romance of doctoring) we may guess that the medical profession, like the ot...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... barracks. A certain terror held him. In a week the great structure of his romantic world, so full of many colors and harmonies, that had sur- vived s... ...e a beer at the En- glish canteen.” “Can you get beer?” “Sure, over in the English camp.” They went out into the slanting rain. It was nearly dark, bu... ...s his throat. He stuttered a little. To Fuselli he seemed to speak like an Englishman. “Fuselli.” “Italian parentage, I presume?” “Yes,” said Fuselli ... ...n, ain’t yer? Well, he’s a good friend o’ hers; see? Bein’ as they’re both Catholics … But I’m goin’ out this afternoon, see what the town’s like … an... ...that shone like lacquer. “This is wonderful,” said Andrews involuntarily. “Romantic I call it. Makes you think of Dickens, doesn’t it, and Locksley Ha... ...tween the palms of both hands. He remembered a speech out of some very bad romantic play he had heard when he was very small. “About your head I fling...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ifted with infallibility in the inter- pretation of Scripture, such as the Roman Catholics boast. (75) But as we can never be perfectly sure, either o... ...with infallibility in the inter- pretation of Scripture, such as the Roman Catholics boast. (75) But as we can never be perfectly sure, either of such... ...hould not be deterred by the fact that there have been heretic and impious Roman pontiffs; for among the Hebrew high-priests of old there were also he... ...f the Hebrew high- priests telling in confirmation of the authority of the Roman pontiffs to interpret religion, it would rather tend to establish ind...

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...g student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... called him, I won’ t attempt to explain. I knew a young lady of the last “roman- tic” generation who after some years of an enigmatic passion for a g... ...s not very large, but very delicate and conspicuously aquiline. “A regular Roman nose,” he used to say, “with my goitre I’ve quite the countenance of ... ...” he used to say, “with my goitre I’ve quite the countenance of an ancient Roman patri- cian of the decadent period.” He seemed proud of it. Not long ... ...i- ably, and was very fond of cleaning his smart calf boots with a special English polish, so that they shone like mirrors. He turned out a first rate... ...n country than we are? I wouldn’t change a dandy I know of for three young englishmen,” observed Marya Kondratyevna tenderly , doubt- less accompanyin... ...ome, and not even the whole of Rome, it’s false-those are the worst of the Catholics the Inquisitors, the Jesuits!… And there could not be such a fant... ...ere’s something of the same mystery at the bottom, and that that’s why the Catholics so detest the Masons as their rivals breaking up the unity of the...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...n country than we are? I wouldn’t change a dandy I know of for three young englishmen,” observed Marya Kondratyevna tenderly , doubt- less accompanyin... ... s robes, as he was the day before, when he was burning the enemies of the Roman Church—at this moment he is wear- 85 Dostoevsky ing his coarse, old,... ...at He has said of old. One may say it is the most funda- mental feature of Roman Catholicism, in my opinion at least. ‘All has been given by Thee to t... ...ome, and not even the whole of Rome, it’s false-those are the worst of the Catholics the Inquisitors, the Jesuits!… And there could not be such a fant... ...f course it’s a fantasy. But allow me to say: do you really think that the Roman Catholic movement of the last centuries is actually nothing but the l... ...ere’s something of the same mystery at the bottom, and that that’s why the Catholics so detest the Masons as their rivals breaking up the unity of the...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... of the upper circles there was an over-fondness for Ger- man, French, and English words. Between them the two friends, by force of their great genius... ...- sian novel its direction to this very day. More than that. The nomad and romantic in him, troubled and restless with Ukrainian myth, legend, and son... ...sian critic’s observation about Gogol: “Seldom has nature created a man so romantic in bent, yet so masterly in portraying all that is unromantic in l... ...tator.” Into this short work he poured all his love of the heroic, all his romanti- cism, all his poetry, all his joy. Its abundance of life bears one... ...han any mere scholar could be. That letter, unfor- tunately unknown to the English reader, would make ev- ery lover of the classics in this day of the... ...sed and all the shore spoke:— *That is of the Greek Church. The Poles were Catholics. *Lyakhs, an opprobrious name for the Poles. 47 Taras Bulba & Ot... ... secret intercourse with your enemies, and we will have nothing to do with Catholics; may the evil one fly away with them! We are like own brothers to... ...ach us with any insulting speeches. Now, hey there, men! we’ll call on the Catholics.” And then he struck his horse, and there followed him a camp of ...

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... but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to the best of my ability...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...nts of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Pros... ...oquent than myself, who, kindled with generous ardour, have endeavoured by Roman eloquence to smooth the jarring elements of their tongue, if they hav... ...t I have got together all that I could find as well from the annals of the Romans as from the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Hieronymus, Eusebius, ... ... miles; i.e. from Penguaul, which village is called in Scottish Cenail, in English Peneltun, to the mouth of the river Cluth and Cairpentaloch, where ... ...e, bishop of Milan, was then eminent for his skill in the dog- mata of the Catholics. V alentinianus and Theodosius reigned eight years. At that time ... ...m of the Oghgul 1 race, demanded for his daughter the province, called in English, Centland, in British, Ceint, (Kent.) This cession was made without...

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...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorpora...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ollected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various t... ...s have been made, with a view to rendering it as acceptable as possible to English readers. 4 The History of the Thirty Y ears’ War Contents History ... ...r the slightest suspi- cion of heresy. Distrust on the part of the Ro- man Catholics, and a rupture with the church, would have been fatal also to man... ...stances natu- rally placed this prince at the head of the league which the Roman Catholics formed against the Reformers. The principles which had actu... ...s natu- rally placed this prince at the head of the league which the Roman Catholics formed against the Reformers. The principles which had actuated t... ...the church widened, the firmer became the attachment of the Span- iards to Roman Catholicism. The German line of the House of Austria was apparently m... ...con- sistency could an apostate from the Romish Church wear the crown of a Roman emperor?) bound the successors of Ferdinand I. to the See of Rome. Fe... .... for the use of Germany, to rec- oncile the differences between the Roman Catholics and the Lutherans, which, however, was rejected by both parties —...

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...By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsy... ...e document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... opens at the depopulation of Italy by the aggressive great estates of the Roman Empire, at the impoverishment of the French peas- antry by a too cent... ...; the rhythm is a little altered. As between the Gallic peasant before the Roman conquest, the peasant of the Gallic province, the Carlovingian peasan... ... chose to deal with them as they should be dealt with, as out of date as a Roman legion or a Zulu impi. Now, first, as to the impossibility of getting... ...ls is concerned. There are, for example, those great elements, the Spanish Catholics, the French Catholic population of Louisiana, the Irish Catholics... ...lent factors in the American synthesis, the immigrant European aliens, the Catholics, the coloured blood, and so forth. I would now observe that, in t...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...n said, though somewhat less absolutely, of the barbarians who overran the Roman Empire. It required centuries of time, and an entire change of circum... ...mprovement than to make them free: when freed, they may often be fit, like Roman freedmen, to be admitted at once to the full rights of citizenship. T... ...ings, and energies of the people. The despo tism of Augustus prepared the Romans for Tiberius. If the whole tone of their character had not first bee... ... of French people is to say, “Il faut de la 47 J S Mill patience;” and of English people, “What a shame!” The people who think it a shame when any th... ...l. A benefit of the same kind, though far less in degree, is pro duced on Englishmen of the lower middle class by their li ability to be placed on j... ...e majority would allow equal justice to the minority? Suppose the majority Catholics, the minority Prot estants, or the reverse; will there not be th... ... of proselytism, to place his children in a Roman Catholic seminary; Irish Catholics will not send their children to schools in which they can be made...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ... ish individuals, called the public. The most intoler ant of churches, the Roman Catholic Church, even at the canonization of a saint, admits, and l... ...sonable person can doubt that Christianity might have been extirpated in the Roman empire. It spread, and became pre dominant, because the persecutio... ...n of the wish to persecute, as an example of that very frequent infirmity of English minds, which makes them take a preposterous pleasure in the asser... ...nded from an obscure sect of the despised He brews into the religion of the Roman empire. When their enemies said, “See how these Christians love one... ...roved, it must be by foreigners. They have succeeded beyond all hope in what English philanthropists are so industriously working at—in making a peopl... ...ngs, On Liberty — Mill 101 and of the attempt to enforce them against non Catholics? Yet, if mankind are justified in interfer ing with each other...

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...g student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...passes with- out its harvest, large or small, of lectures from Scot- tish, English, French, or German representatives of the science or literature of ... ...erament, as well as the peculiar political temperament, that goes with our English speech may more and more pervade and influence the world. As regard... ...l these writers; but how devoid of passion or exultation the spirit of the Roman Emperor is! Compare his fine sentence: “If gods care not for me or my... ...just as the first Christians were accused of indulgence in or- gies by the Romans. It is probable that there never has been a century in which the del... ...eauty. They read his character, not in the disordered world of man, but in romantic and har- monious nature. Of human sin they know perhaps little in ... ...ourignon, a good woman, much persecuted in her day by both Protestants and Catholics, because she would not take her religion at second hand. When a y... ...en will serve as a specimen of the orthodox philosophical theology of both Catholics and Protestants. Newman, filled with enthusiasm at God’s list of ... ...gativity of it is to the Catholic mind incomprehensible. To intel- lectual Catholics many of the antiquated beliefs and practices to which the Church ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven. In Moscow he felt a... ...d his waistcoat, of abus- ing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society. For a long time h... ...ees. I went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indul- gence for doing woolwork on Sunda... ... went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indul- gence for doing woolwork on Sundays. An...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...vlovna. “Y ou are staying the whole evening, I hope?” “And the fete at the English ambassador’s? Today is W ednesday. I must put in an appearance ther... ...e secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of ... ...ur letter of the 13th has given me great delight. So you still love me, my romantic Julie? Separation, of which you say so much that is bad, does not ... ...than the feelings which the beautiful eyes of a young man can inspire in a romantic and loving young girl like your- self. The news of Count Bezukhov’... ...Bourienne, they quite understood one another as to the first part of their romance, up to the appearance of the pauvre mere; they understood that they... ... went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indulgence for doing woolwork on Sundays. And ...