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  1. cervantes/donquixote1/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.03 MB
    READER: thou mayest believe me without any oath that I would this book, as it is the child... the fairest, gayest, and cleverest that could be imagined. But I... not counteract Nature's law that everything shall beget its like; and... peace of mind, these are the things that go far to make even the most barren
  2. cervantes/donquixote2/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.09 MB
    then, the truth is, I am not going to give thee that satisfaction; for, though injuries... What I cannot help taking amiss is that he charges me with being old and... and so strongly is this my feeling, that if now it were proposed to perform an... I would rather have had my share in that mighty action, than be free from my
  3. swift/gulliver/ 16 Aug 2003, 584.37 KB
    publickly, whenever you shall be called to it, that by your great and frequent Urgency... remember I gave you Power to consent that any thing should be... and much less that any thing should be inserted:... I do here renounce every thing of that Kind; particularly a Paragraph about
  4. nietzsche/zarathustra/ 4 Mar 2007, 513.22 KB
    it. Lo! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need... Bless me, then, thou tranquil eye, that canst behold even the greatest... without envy! Bless the cup that is about to overflow, that the water may flow golden out of it,
  5. nietzsche/antichrist/ 7 Feb 2011, 205.07 KB
    "Ecce Homo", "The Antichrist" is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may... of "An Interpretation of All That Happens". Finally, he hit upon "An... get into type until 1895. I suspect that the delay was due to the influence of... by an interpreter who cannot forget that she is the daughter of a Lutheran
  6. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 23 Nov 2009, 178.34 KB
    With us to watch the minutes of this night; That if again this apparition come, He may... let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story... night of all, When yond same star that's westward from the pole... made his course to illume that part of heaven Where now it burns,
  7. Othello, the Moor of Venice 22 Oct 2009, 155.30 KB
    Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As... fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife; That never set a squadron in the field,... a duteous and knee-crooking knave, That, doting on his own obsequious... dwell, Plague him with flies: though that his joy be joy, Yet throw such
  8. King Lear 18 Oct 2009, 157.98 KB
    he values most; for equalities are so weighed, that curiosity in neither can make choice... so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am brazed to it. KENT I cannot... purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom:... Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now.
  9. Utopia: Book I 30 Aug 2009, 71.54 KB
    England, a prince adorned with all the virtues that become a great monarch, having some... I was colleague and companion to that incomparable man Cuthbert Tonstal,... will say nothing; not because I fear that the testimony of a friend will be... do them justice, and so well known that they need not my commendations unless
  10. Romeo and Juliet 22 Oct 2009, 142.46 KB
    moved, thou runn'st away. [Sampson]: A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will... or maid of Montague's. [Gregory]: That shows thee a weak slave; for the... They must take it in sense that feel it. [Sampson]: Me they shall... hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious
  11. As You Like It 22 Oct 2009, 124.21 KB
    stays me here at home unkept; for call you that keeping for a... of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an... horses are bred better; for, besides that they are fair with their feeding,... are taught their manage, and to that end riders dearly hired: but I, his
  12. All 's Well That Ends Well 21 Oct 2009, 135.51 KB
    All 's Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare.... madam; you, sir, a father: he that so generally is at all times good... young gentlewoman had a father,--O, that 'had'! how sad a passage 'tis!--whose... I have those hopes of her good that her education promises; her
  13. Antony and Cleopatra 22 Oct 2009, 158.53 KB
    O'erflows the measure: those his goodly eyes, That o'er the files and musters of the war... ANTONY There's beggary in the love that can be reckon'd. CLEOPATRA I'll set a... to you, 'Do this, or this; Take in that kingdom, and enfranchise that; Perform 't, or else we damn thee.'
  14. Much Ado about Nothing 22 Oct 2009, 122.83 KB
    a Messenger] [Leonato]: I learn in this letter that Don Peter of Arragon comes this night... home full numbers. I find here that Don Peter hath bestowed much honour... much joy in him; even so much that joy could not show itself modest... there are no faces truer than those that are so washed. How much better is it
  15. Twelfth Night 22 Oct 2009, 117.28 KB
    the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The... may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O,... o'er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets,... love! how quick and fresh art thou, That, notwithstanding thy capacity
  16. Julius Caesar 22 Oct 2009, 116.50 KB
    me directly. [Second Commoner]: A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe... [Marullus]: What meanest thou by that? mend me, thou saucy fellow! [Second... [Second Commoner]: Truly, sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle... you not made an universal shout, That Tiber trembled underneath her banks,
  17. Titus Andronicus 7 Mar 2007, 124.06 KB
    title with your swords: I am his first-born son, that was the last That wore the imperial diadem of Rome;... crown] MARCUS ANDRONICUS Princes, that strive by factions and by friends... for rule and empery, Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand
  18. The Merchant of Venice 23 Aug 2009, 122.57 KB
    learn; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.... Do overpeer the petty traffickers, That curtsy to them, do them reverence, As... piers and roads; And every object that might make me fear Misfortune to my... this, and shall I lack the thought That such a thing bechanced would make me
  19. The History of Henrie the fovrth 22 Oct 2009, 142.84 KB
    Wales loaden with heavy news; Whose worst was, that the noble Mortimer, Leading the men... Glendower, Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken, A thousand of his... or spoken of. [King]: It seems then that the tidings of this broil Brake off... Harry Percy and brave Archibald, That ever-valiant and approved Scot, At
  20. Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts. 18 Feb 2011, 159.34 KB
    1590. 4to. To The Gentlemen-Readers 1 And Others That Take Pleasure In Reading Histories. 2... the Scythian shepherd Tamburlaine, that became so great a conqueror and... mighty a monarch. My hope is, that they will be now no less acceptable... either the eloquence of the author that writ them or the worthiness of the
  21. King Henry the Sixth 23 Aug 2009, 131.66 KB
    And with them scourge the bad revolting stars That have consented unto Henry's death!... shall we curse the planets of mishap That plotted thus our glory's overthrow?... French Conjurers and sorcerers, that afraid of him By magic verses have... our arms: Since arms avail not now that Henry's dead. Posterity, await for
  22. On the Art of War Second Book 4 Aug 2009, 77.26 KB
    believe that it is necessary, once the men are... the heavy armor, which was a Casque that came up to the shoulders, they also... a blow, and another underneath, so that in rubbing on the ground, it should... the danger is most apparent. So that all the arms which exceed two arms in
  23. The Rape of Lucrece 20 Aug 2009, 105.17 KB
    incomparable chastity of his wife Lucretia. In that pleasant humour they posted to Rome;... and sudden arrival, to make trial of that which every one had before avouched,... victory, and his wife the fame. At that time Sextus Tarquinius being inflamed... wherewith the people were so moved, that with one consent and a general
  24. The Tragedy of Macbeth 16 Feb 2011, 104.02 KB
    When the battle's lost and won. [Third Witch]: That will be ere the set of sun. [First... [Duncan]: What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his... it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their... Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature
  25. The Comedy of Errors 17 Feb 2011, 86.03 KB
    Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable; Yet, that the world may witness that my end Was wrought by nature, not by... under The pleasing punishment that women bear,-- Had made provision for... not be distinguish'd but by names. That very hour, and in the self-same inn,
  26. 9 6 Nov 2009, 90.98 KB
    of a jelly, but its translucency. He felt that if he held up his hand he would be... and closing of a hand was an effort that made his joints creak. He had worked... patrols, but irrationally convinced that this afternoon there was no danger of... with him. The heavy brief-case that he was carrying bumped against his
  27. On the Art of War First Book 4 Aug 2009, 64.48 KB
    that it is possible for one to praise,... himself willingly, not excepting that courage of his, for his friends,... I do not know of any enterprise that dismayed him when he knew it was for... been able to benefit anyone with that mind of his, for one would know
  28. Utopia 27 Sep 2009, 43.94 KB
    If any man has a mind to visit his friends that live in some other town, or desires... which both certifies the license that is granted for travelling, and limits... were still within it. Thus you see that there are no idle persons among them,... all men live in full view, so that all are obliged, both to perform
  29. The Tempest 22 Oct 2009, 98.28 KB
    whom thou hast aboard. [Boatswain]: None that I more love than myself. You are a... would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's... out. O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who... nought knowing Of whence I am, nor that I am more better Than Prospero,
  30. On the Art of War Third Book 4 Aug 2009, 54.62 KB
    I would like the questioner to be changed, so that I may not be held to be presumptuous,... like to follow the Venetian custom, that the youngest talks first; for this... for young men, I am persuaded that young men are more adept at... a questioner. FABRIZIO: I am certain that, in wanting to show how an army is
  31. Utopia 27 May 2005, 36.55 KB
    infinite, and incomprehensible Deity; as a being that is far above all our apprehensions, that is spread over the whole universe,... the Father of All, and acknowledge that the beginnings, the increase, the... other things, yet all agree in this, that they think there
  32. A Midsummer Night's Dream 22 Oct 2009, 96.86 KB
    according to our law Immediately provided in that case. THESEUS What say you, Hermia?... your father should be as a god; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one... thoughts; But I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me in this case, If I
  33. Quote 17 Feb 2014, 94.31 KB
    All mankind is divided into three classes: Those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.|Arabic proverb Fear not the... his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.|Persian
  34. On the Art of War Sixth Book 4 Aug 2009, 60.50 KB
    well, since the discussion ought to be changed, that Battista take up his office, and I... we want to pursue our subject I say, that it is now time that we quarter this Army... ours, since you know that everything desires repose, and
  35. The Doors of Perception 25 Feb 2011, 101.55 KB
    infinite. — William Blake I t was in 1886 that the German pharmacologist, Louis... learned how to synthesize it, so that the supply no longer depends on the... adrenalin. Further research revealed that lysergic acid, an extremely potent... the others. Then came the discovery that adrenochrome, which is a product of
  36. I am the First Accused 8 Apr 2011, 61.63 KB
    end of May 1961. At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion made by... State in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under... entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity... This is what has motivated me in all that I have done in relation to the
  37. On the Art of War Seventh Book 4 Aug 2009, 54.15 KB
    On the Art of War Seventh Book You ought to know that towns and fortresses can be strong... employ) ladders, if it should happen that the enemy fills them ((which a large... ((subject to a better judgement)) that if you want to make provision against... This is the strongest way to build that is possible, for it protects you from
  38. 2 27 May 2005, 39.12 KB
    lying on something that felt like a camp bed, except that it was higher off the ground and that he was fixed down in some way so that he could not move. Light
  39. “Rudyard Kipling” 25 Jan 2011, 35.41 KB
    , first published February 1942. It was a pity that Mr. Eliot should be so much on the... one has to clear away a legend that has been created by two sets of... has despised him, and at the end of that time nine-tenths of those enlightened... the shallow and familiar charge that Kipling is a ‘Fascist’,
  40. On the Art of War Fifth Book 4 Aug 2009, 37.75 KB
    of the various incidents surrounding it, so that it appears to me now to be the time... And first you have to understand that a Roman Army ordinarily always sent... marched. And if it happened that the Army should be assaulted on the... their baggage, set up a front on that side from which the enemy was coming.
  41. The Garden of the Prophet 25 Oct 2009, 51.21 KB
    earth; and what is there between earth and sky that shall carry the song and solve the... of the beginning. And what is there that shall live and rise unto the heights... shall we be in quest of the shores, that we may sing and be... But what of the wave that breaks where no ear shall
  42. Letting in the Jungle 15 Nov 2009, 58.13 KB
    And none shall inhabit again! ou will remember that after Mowgli had pinned Shere... as were left of the Seeonee Pack that henceforward he would hunt in the... of Mother and Father Wolf said that they would hunt with him. But it is... ‘I am glad I did not see that last,’ said Mother Wolf
  43. Notes on Nationalism 5 Aug 2009, 43.56 KB
    the French word longeur , and remarks in passing that though in England we happen not to... of mind which is now so widespread that it affects our thinking on nearly... but it will be seen in a moment that I am not using it in quite the... to what is called a nation—that is, a single race or a geographical
  44. The Second Day, The Seventh Novell 2 Jan 2010, 57.72 KB
    Day, The Seventh Novell A Lively Demonstration, That The Beauty Of A Woman (Oftentimes) Is... had incited them to weeping: but that it pleased the Queen (upon the Tales... prayers and intercessions aimed at that end, but also their studies and daily... dignity of Kingdomes (beleeving that therein consisted the truest
  45. Mowgli's Brothers 27 Sep 2009, 40.22 KB
    Brothers Now Rann the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free— The... the call!—Good hunting all That keep the Jungle Law! Night-Song in... white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in... apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and
  46. The Undertakers 15 Nov 2009, 47.80 KB
    cry the Full Truce with Jacala— the Belly that runs on four feet. Jungle Law... a thick voice—a muddy voice that would have made you shudder—a... barges, loaded with building-stone, that had just come under the railway... lifted up his hand, said something that was not a blessing, and the boats
  47. Venus and Adonis 7 Mar 2007, 65.01 KB
    white and red than doves or roses are; Nature that made thee, with... at strife, Saith that the world hath ending with thy life.... angry eyes: Rain added to a river that is rank Perforce will force it... captive and my slave, And begg'd for that which thou unask'd shalt have. 'Over
  48. On the Art of War Fourth Book 4 Aug 2009, 34.38 KB
    I desire to resign my speakership, and that, wanting to follow the order that belongs to the youngest, Zanobi now... me. But I believe it is well, Lords, that since you have time left, and have... pass on to another part: the one is, that you would show me if there is another
  49. 8 4 Oct 2004, 43.19 KB
    This was the second time in three weeks that he had missed an evening at the... rash act, since you could be certain that the number of your attendances at the... alone except in bed. It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or... communal recreation: to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even
  50. The Prevention of Literature 5 Dec 2009, 33.47 KB
    said, hesitantly, and in very general terms, that liberty was a good thing; a third... question of obscenity and the laws that deal with it, others were simply... not a single one who could point out that freedom of the press, if it means... persecution. The sort of things that are working against him are the
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