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- cervantes/donquixote2/
3 Sep 2009, 1.09 MB
by Miguel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE GOD bless me, gentle... to this preface, expecting to find there retaliation,... and abuse against the author of the second Don Quixote-
- cervantes/donquixote1/
3 Sep 2009, 1.03 MB
by Miguel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE IDLE READER: thou... that I would this book, as it is the child of my brain, were the fairest, gayest, and cleverest that... shall beget its like; and what, then, could this sterile,
- swift/gulliver/
16 Aug 2003, 584.37 KB
TRAVELS by JONATHAN SWIFT, 1726 based on the 1735 Faulkner edition source:... INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD BY LEMUEL... FIRST A SURGEON, THEN A CAPTAIN OF SEVERAL SHIPS.... PRINTED FOR BENJ. MOTTE, AT THE MIDDLE TEMPLE-GATE IN FLEET-STREET.
- nietzsche/zarathustra/
4 Mar 2007, 513.22 KB
was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and his... and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before
- code/past.txt
15 Jul 2012, 479.40 KB
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0000 406 BC: Euripides, Greek playwright, the last of the great tragedians... classical Athens (the others being Aeschylus and... Greek philosopher, considered the “father of science”, dies
- Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts.
18 Feb 2011, 159.34 KB
Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts. Edited By The Rev. Alexander Dyce. Tamburlaine the Great. Who, from a Scythian... and terrour in Warre) was tearmed, The Scourge of God. Deuided into
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
23 Nov 2009, 178.34 KB
CLAUDIUS, king of Denmark. HAMLET, son to the late, and nephew to the present king. POLONIUS, lord... son to Polonius. LUCIANUS, nephew to the king. VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS,... SCENE 1. Elsinore. A platform before the castle. [FRANCISCO at his post.
- 9
6 Nov 2009, 90.98 KB
was gelatinous with fatigue. Gelatinous was the right word. It had come into his head... His body seemed to have not only the weakness of a jelly, but its... up his hand he would be able to see the light through it. All the blood and lymph had been drained out
- The Doors of Perception
25 Feb 2011, 101.55 KB
The Doors of Perception If the doors of perception were cleansed... William Blake I t was in 1886 that the German pharmacologist,... Lewin, published the first systematic study of
- The History of Henrie the fovrth
22 Oct 2009, 142.84 KB
The History of Henrie the fovrth By William Shakespeare. First... 1597. Dramatis Personae KING Henry the Fourth. HENRY,... of Wales, son to the King. Prince John
- Antony and Cleopatra
22 Oct 2009, 158.53 KB
and other Attendants. Scene In several parts of the Roman empire. ACT I SCENE I... dotage of our general's O'erflows the measure: those his... eyes, That o'er the files and musters of the war Have glow'd like
- King Henry the Sixth
23 Aug 2009, 131.66 KB
King Henry the Sixth By William Shakespeare.... 1590. Dramatis Personæ KING HENRY the Sixth DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, uncle to the King, and Protector... OF BEDFORD, uncle to the King, and Regent of France THOMAS
- Romeo and Juliet
22 Oct 2009, 142.46 KB
of Verona. PARIS, a young Nobleman, Kinsman to the Prince. MONTAGUE & CAPULET, Heads of... to Montague. MERCUTIO, Kinsman to the Prince,& BENVOLIO, Nephew to... a Franciscan. FRIAR JOHN, of the same Order. BALTHASAR, Servant to... Chorus. Scene Verona: Once (in the Fifth Act), at Mantua. ACT I PROLOGUE
- Othello, the Moor of Venice
22 Oct 2009, 155.30 KB
Othello, the Moor of Venice By William... Brabantio. OTHELLO a noble Moor in the service of the Venetian state. CASSIO his... MONTANO Othello's predecessor in the government of Cyprus. Clown, servant
- Utopia: Book I
30 Aug 2009, 71.54 KB
Book I Henry VIII, the unconquered King of... a prince adorned with all the virtues that become a great monarch,... no small consequence with Charles, the most serene Prince of Castile, sent... and composing matters between them. I was colleague and companion to
- As You Like It
22 Oct 2009, 124.21 KB
Dominions. AMIENS, JAQUES, Lords attending upon the banished Duke. LE BEAU, a Courtier,... HYMEN. ROSALIND, Daughter to the banished Duke. CELIA, Daughter to... near his House; afterwards, in the Usurper's Court, and in the Forest of Arden. ACT I SCENE I.
- All 's Well That Ends Well
21 Oct 2009, 135.51 KB
PAROLLES, a follower of Bertram. Steward to the Countess of Rousillon. LAVACHE, a... HELENA, a Gentlewoman protected by the Countess. An Old Widow of... DIANA, Daughter to the Widow. VIOLENTA, MARIANA,... and Friends to the Widow. Lords, Officers, Soldiers,
- Letting in the Jungle
15 Nov 2009, 58.13 KB
Letting in the Jungle Veil them, cover them, wall them round— Blossom, and
- Quiquern
15 Nov 2009, 48.83 KB
Quiquern The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow—
- Red Dog
15 Nov 2009, 54.11 KB
For our white and our excellent nights—for the nights of swift running, Fair... good hunting, sure cunning! For the smells of the dawning, untainted,... dew has departed! For the rush through
- Julius Caesar
22 Oct 2009, 116.50 KB
Servants to Brutus PINDARUS, Servant to Cassius The Ghost of Caesar Senators, Citizens,... PORTIA, wife to Brutus Scene Rome, the conspirators' camp near Sardis, and the plains of Philippi. ACT I SCENE I.... walk Upon a labouring day without the sign Of your profession? Speak, what
- image/clip/fauna/rose.jpg
20 Sep 2009, 37.28 KB
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- Much Ado about Nothing
22 Oct 2009, 122.83 KB
name. [Leonato]: A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. I... Pedro: he hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion: he hath indeed
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
22 Oct 2009, 96.86 KB
Premiered circa 1595. Dramatis Personæ THESEUS, Duke of Athens. EGEUS, Father to... with Hermia. PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus. QUINCE, a Carpenter. SNUG, a... a Tailor. HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to
- Kaa's Hunting
27 Sep 2009, 49.38 KB
His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo's pride. Be clean, for the strength of
- The Undertakers
15 Nov 2009, 47.80 KB
The Undertakers When ye say to Tabaqui,... Brother!’ when ye call the Hyena to meat, Ye may cry the Full Truce with Jacala— the Belly that runs on four
- The Rape of Lucrece
20 Aug 2009, 105.17 KB
To The Right Honorable Henry Wriothesly,... Southampton, and Baron of Tichfield. The love I dedicate to your lordship is... is but a superfluous moiety. The warrant I have of your... disposition, not the worth of my untutored lines, makes it
- The Second Day, The Seventh Novell
2 Jan 2010, 57.72 KB
The Second Day, The Seventh Novell A... Demonstration, That The Beauty Of A Woman (Oftentimes)... Very Hurtfull To Her Selfe, And The Occasion Of Many Evils, Yea,
- The Garden of the Prophet
25 Oct 2009, 51.21 KB
The Garden of
the Prophet First published in... by Alfred A. Knopf. Cover of
the 1986 edition.
The Garden of
- Barrack-Room Ballads
2 Nov 2009, 57.96 KB
Cells Gunga Din Oonts Loot 'Snarleyow' The Widow at Windsor Belts The Young British... Mandalay Troopin' The Widow's Party Ford o' Kabul... here's my best respects to you! O there'll surely come a day When
- How Fear Came
15 Nov 2009, 35.64 KB
How Fear Came The stream is shrunk—the pool is dry, And we be comrades, thou... dusty flank Each jostling each along the bank; And by one drouthy fear made... or kill. Now ’neath his dam the fawn may see,
- The Spring Running
15 Nov 2009, 44.78 KB
The Spring Running Man goes to Man! Cry the challenge through the Jungle! He that was our Brother goes... Hear, now, and judge, O ye People of the Jungle,— Answer, who shall turn
- 8
4 Oct 2004, 43.19 KB
8 From somewhere at the bottom of a passage the smell of roasting coffee—real... Coffee—came floating out into the street. Winston paused involuntarily.... perhaps two seconds he was back in the half-forgotten
- "Tiger! Tiger!"
15 Nov 2009, 35.74 KB
"Tiger! Tiger!" What of the hunting, hunter bold? Brother, the watch was long and cold. What of the quarry ye went to... Brother, he crops in the jungle still. Where is
- The White Seal
16 Nov 2009, 38.65 KB
The White Seal Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
- 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 herds are shut in byre and hut
- The King’s Ankus
15 Nov 2009, 39.29 KB
The King’s Ankus These are the Four that are never content,... have never been filled since the Dews
- The Sixt Day, The Tenth Novell
14 Feb 2011, 37.07 KB
The Sixt Day, The Tenth Novell Wherein May Be Observed,... Abuses Do Many Times Passe, Under The Counterfeit Cloake Of Religion. Fryer... promised certaine honest people of the Countrey, to shew
- The Miracle of Purun Bhagat
28 Jun 2009, 30.69 KB
The Miracle of Purun Bhagat The night we felt the earth would move We... and plucked him by the hand, Because we loved him with
- Venus and Adonis
7 Mar 2007, 65.01 KB
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.’ To The Right Honorable Henry Wriothesly,... lines to your lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so... you with some graver labour. But if the first heir of my invention prove... may always answer your own wish and the world's hopeful expectation. Your
- Notes on Nationalism
5 Aug 2009, 43.56 KB
May 1945. Somewhere or other Byron makes use of the French word longeur , and remarks in... in England we happen not to have the word, we have the thing in considerable profusion. In the same way,
- Part One 1
30 Aug 2009, 35.91 KB
One 1 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.... his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions,... dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and
- The Crab That Played With The Sea
12 Sep 2009, 22.96 KB
The Crab That Played With The Sea Before the High and Far-Off Times,... my Best Beloved, came the Time of
- Chapter Eighteen
25 Feb 2011, 29.57 KB
Chapter Eighteen The door was ajar; they entered. "John!" From the bathroom came an unpleasant... characteristic sound. "Is there anything
- Ars amatoria Liber secundus
1 Nov 2009, 84.62 KB
puellae: vos eritis chartae proxima cura meae! The Art Of Love Book II... I: His Task Sing out the Paean: sing out the Paean twice! The prize I searched for falls into my
- Chapter Seven
25 Feb 2011, 25.84 KB
Chapter Seven The mesa was like a ship becalmed in... strait of lion-coloured dust. The channel wound between precipitous... and slanting from one wall to the other across the valley ran a streak of green-
- 2
27 May 2005, 39.12 KB
like a camp bed, except that it was higher off the ground and that he was fixed down in... looking down at him intently. At the other side of him stood a man in a... surroundings only gradually. He had the impression of swimming up into this... it. How long he had been down there he did not know. Since
- Ars amatoria Liber tertius
1 Nov 2009, 92.17 KB
in Aesonios altera nupta sinus. quantum in te, Theseu, volucres Ariadna marinas pavit in... pars monitis erudienda tuis. probra Therapnaeae qui dixerat ante maritae, mox... aurea quae pendent ornato signa theatro inspice, contemnes: brattea ligna... et modo marmoreis referant audita theatris, et modo Niliacis carmina lusa
- The Fourth Day, The Tenth Novell
9 Feb 2011, 34.07 KB
The Fourth Day, The Tenth Novell Wherein Is Declared,... By Adventurous Accident, Rather Then Any Reasonable Comprehension, A Man... Two Lombard usurers, stealing the Chest, in hope of a
- web/sound/songs.txt
30 Jul 2009, 50.08 KB
du ins Buch des Lebens schreibst. #name Title: The name of the game Performed by: Abba Album: The Album Written by: Year: 1977... But I think I can see in your face There's a lot you can teach
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