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...MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL ... ...MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL T r... ...TUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL T ranslated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...Motteux A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel by ... ... Laurent Valla, Rabelais had retranslated into Latin the first book of the History. That translation unfortunately is lost, as so many other of his sc... ...t. It is the adventures of Baldo, son of Guy de Montauban, the very lively history of his youth, his trial, imprisonment and deliverance, his journey ... ...th the smoke of the roast, and the judgment of Seyny John, truly worthy of Solomon? It comes from the Cento Novelle Antiche, rewritten from tales olde... ...l take into your hands Majorca, Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica, with the other islands of the Ligustic and Balearian seas. Going alongst on the left hand,... ...reat Soldan is not comparable to you in power. I will then, said he, cause Solomon’s temple to be built. No, said they, not yet, have a little patienc...

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...THE BOOK OF MORMON An Account Written by The Hand of Mormon upon Plates T aken from the Plates of Nephi A PENN STATE... ...THE BOOK OF MORMON An Account Written by The Hand of Mormon upon Plates T aken from the Plates of Nephi A PENN STATE ELECTRON... ...m the Plates of Nephi A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Book of Mormon is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...tes of Nephi A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Book of Mormon is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Port... ...be- hold they are not the plates upon which I make a full ac- count of the history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full account of my... ... did construct it 92 The Book of Mormon after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were no... ... not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon’s temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the tem... ...i 5:33 33 And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the history of my people they must search mine other plates. 2 Nephi 5:34 34 A... ...d from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 2 Nephi 21:12 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the...

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...Excerpt: It would appear that for inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singular, highly significant phenomenon, and now also means more or less complete for ascertaining its significance. A man of wonderful...

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...Excerpt: ?Take thou a book into thine hands as simon the just took the child jesus into his arms to carry him and kiss him. and when thou hast finished reading, close the book and give thanks for every word out of the mouth of god; because in the lord?s field thou hast found a ...

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...Contents PREFACE 3 THE PHILOBIBLON 7 NEWLY TRANSLATED 7 PROLOGUE 7 CHAPTER I 10 CHAPTER II 13 CHAPTER III 15 CHAPTER IV 17 CHAPTER V 23 CHAPTER VI 25 CHAPTER VII 29 CHAPTER VIII 32 CHAPTER IX 38 CHAPTER X 41 CHAPTER XI 44 CHAPTER XII 45 CHAPTER...

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...Contents AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING (1690) ......................................................................... 6 EPISTLE TO THE READER .......................................................................................................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION:...............................................................

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...ctated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information provided ... ...d by Sojourner Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edite... ... Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gil... ..., Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gilbert is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...inding the boy too small for his service, he sent him back to his brother, Solomon Gedney. This man disposed of him to his sister’s husband, a wealthy... ...ing her to take it to the constable at New Paltz, and have him serve it on Solomon Gedney. She obeyed, walking, or rather trotting, in her haste, some... ...son is dead. He died within two days’ sail of Otaheite, one of the Society Islands. The Peter Jackson that used to live at Laterett’s; he died on boar...

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Excerpt: The Divine Comedy, Volume Two, Purgatory [Purgatorio] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton.

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...Prologue: Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, ...

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...Contents PHILOSOPHY OF FURNITURE .................................................................................................................................. 6 A TALE OF JERUSALEM ..............................................................

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...Index A A blow felled Artaxerxes, with a thrust 466 A branch of Est there in the Guelfian tree 392 A bugle small he winded loud and shrill, 162 ?A burning fire, so are those deserts charmed, 307 A Christian once, Macon he now adores, 27 A dreadful thunder-clap at last he heard, 402 A f...

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................ 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL.............................................................................................................. 9 THE CONDEMNED CELL. ..............................................................................................................12 CODLINGSBY ....................................................................................

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..............................................4 FATHER DAMIEN.........................................................................................43 THE PENTLAND RISING A PAGE OF HISTORY 1666 ............................57 THE DAY AFTER TO-MORROW................................................................74 COLLEGE PAPERS..................................................

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