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  1. cervantes/donquixote2/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.09 MB
    shows to greater advantage dead in battle than alive in flight; and so strongly is... had my share in that mighty action, than be free from my wounds this minute... that my novels are more satirical than exemplary, but that they are good;... to heart, and vanished, and for more than a month never once showed himself in
  2. cervantes/donquixote1/ 3 Sep 2009, 1.03 MB
    it cost me some labour, I found none greater than the making of this Preface thou art... of research, and quote no less than the words of God himself: Ego autem... piece of yours aims at nothing more than to destroy the authority and... An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights,
  3. swift/gulliver/ 16 Aug 2003, 584.37 KB
    although I did reverence and esteem her more than any of human Species. But you, or... and Yahoos have no more Existence than the Inhabitants of Utopia. Indeed I... would be of less Consequence to me than the neighing of those two degenerate... Entertainment to our young Noblemen than the common Scribbles of Politicks and
  4. nietzsche/zarathustra/ 4 Mar 2007, 513.22 KB
    thou wilt give unto them, give them no more than an alms, and let them also beg for... would rather go back to the beast than surpass man? What is the ape to man?... and even yet man is more of an ape than any of the apes. Even the wisest... the heart of the unknowable higher than the meaning of the earth! Once the
  5. As You Like It 22 Oct 2009, 124.21 KB
    Know you before whom, sir? [Orlando]: Ay, better than him I am before knows me. I know you... I will no further offend you than becomes me for my good. [Oliver]: Get... and no less beloved of her uncle than his own daughter; and never two... I know not why, hates nothing more than he. Yet he's gentle, never schooled
  6. King Lear 18 Oct 2009, 157.98 KB
    the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall. GLOUCESTER It did always... son by order of law, some year elder than this, who yet is no dearer in my... first. GONERIL Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter; Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty; Beyond
  7. The Merchant of Venice 23 Aug 2009, 122.57 KB
    dock'd in sand, Vailing her high-top lower than her ribs To kiss her burial. Should I... let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.... an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons... showing a more swelling port Than my faint means would grant
  8. The Doors of Perception 25 Feb 2011, 101.55 KB
    long standing. Indeed, it was much more than a friend. In the words of one of the... profoundly and yet is less toxic than any other substance in the... was nothing more, and nothing less, than what they were—a transience... the world in terms of other than spatial categories. At ordinary times
  9. Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts. 18 Feb 2011, 159.34 KB
    to read after your serious affairs and studies than they have been lately delightful for... seem more tedious unto the wise than any way else to be regarded, though... lords; I know you have a better wit than I. COSROE. Unhappy Persia,—that... stay; a greater [task] Fits Menaphon than warring with a thief: Create him
  10. Much Ado about Nothing 22 Oct 2009, 122.83 KB
    lion: he hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you... kindness: there are no faces truer than those that are so washed. How... better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping! [Beatrice]: I pray... It is so, indeed; he is no less than a stuffed man: but for the
  11. Antony and Cleopatra 22 Oct 2009, 158.53 KB
    me one. Soothsayer You shall be yet far fairer than you are. CHARMIAN He means in flesh.... You shall be more beloving than beloved. CHARMIAN I had rather heat... O excellent! I love long life better than figs. Soothsayer You have seen... proved a fairer former fortune Than that which is to approach. CHARMIAN
  12. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 23 Nov 2009, 178.34 KB
    and look pale: Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on't?... To business with the king, more than the scope Of these delated articles... hand more instrumental to the mouth, Than is the throne of Denmark to thy... -- HAMLET: [Aside] A little more than kin, and less
  13. Utopia: Book I 30 Aug 2009, 71.54 KB
    me, there was one that was more acceptable to me than any other, Peter Giles, born at... a good rank in his town, though less than he deserves; for I do not know if... himself more particularly to that than to the former, because he had given... one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in his
  14. Quote 17 Feb 2014, 94.31 KB
    water molecules in an average glass of water than glasses of water in the oceans.... are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the world's... with a wise man is better than ten years of study.|Chinese saying... will fall. Logic: Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A
  15. The History of Henrie the fovrth 22 Oct 2009, 142.84 KB
    us again; For more is to be said and to be done Than out of anger can be uttered.... should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. I must give over... for the third, if he fight longer than he sees reason, I'll forswear arms.... I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I
  16. Twelfth Night 22 Oct 2009, 117.28 KB
    TOBY BELCH Confine! I'll confine myself no finer than I am: these clothes are good enough... sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has:... and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return. VIOLA Say I... will attend it better in thy youth Than in a nuncio's of more grave aspect.
  17. Othello, the Moor of Venice 22 Oct 2009, 155.30 KB
    field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish... you shall more command with years Than with your weapons. [Brabantio]: O... That as it more concerns the Turk than Rhodes, So may he with more facile... this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and
  18. On the Art of War Second Book 4 Aug 2009, 77.26 KB
    this is feared less, even though inconvenient, than for the ranks to spread further... offense relied more on this staff than on the sword, and especially the... Macedonian Phalanx was nothing else than a battalion of Swiss is today, who... particular the arms of the victors than those of the losers. It appears
  19. Romeo and Juliet 22 Oct 2009, 142.46 KB
    think her ripe to be a bride. [Paris]: Younger than she are happy mothers made.... [Romeo]: Not mad, but bound more than a mad-man is; Shut up in prison, kept... be burnt for liars! One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun Ne'er saw... Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, Here in Verona, ladies of
  20. nietzsche/antichrist/ 7 Feb 2011, 205.07 KB
    Frau Förster-Nietzsche went with him farther than any other, but there were bounds... and perhaps even more acceptance than ever before. It seemed to be... theology, and Jesus no more than an innocent bystander. But this... Above all, it fits more snugly than the truth into a universe of false
  21. All 's Well That Ends Well 21 Oct 2009, 135.51 KB
    would stir it up where it wanted rather than lack it where there is such... rather thought you affect a sorrow than have it. [Helena]: I do affect a... able for thine enemy Rather in power than use, and keep thy friend Under thy... tears grace his remembrance more Than those I shed for him. What was he
  22. Titus Andronicus 7 Mar 2007, 124.06 KB
    ANDRONICUS A better head her glorious body fits Than his that shakes for age and... thou wert shipp'd to hell, Rather than rob me of the people's hearts! LUCIUS... he comforts you Can make you greater than the Queen of Goths. Lavinia, you are... My lord, you are unjust, and, more than so, In wrongful quarrel you have
  23. Julius Caesar 22 Oct 2009, 116.50 KB
    You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O you hard hearts,... on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry 'Caesar!' Speak;... Nor construe any further my neglect, Than that poor Brutus, with himself at... me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. [Cassius]: I know that
  24. King Henry the Sixth 23 Aug 2009, 131.66 KB
    blind men with his beams: His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings; His sparking eyes,... dazzled and drove back his enemies Than mid-day sun fierce bent against their... proud; she holdeth thee in awe, More than God or religious churchmen may.... glorious star thy soul will make Than Julius Caesar or bright-- [Enter a
  25. The Tempest 22 Oct 2009, 98.28 KB
    hast aboard. [Boatswain]: None that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor; if you... upon this howling! they are louder than the weather or our office. [Re-enter... We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. GONZALO: I'll warrant him... though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an
  26. On the Art of War Seventh Book 4 Aug 2009, 54.15 KB
    to be as high as occurs to you, and not less than three arm lengths wide, to make it... use conveniently anything else other than small or middle sized guns. If the... one ditch only, it is better inside than outside. BATTISTA: Would you have... dangerous concerning a fortress, than to be able to retire into it, for the
  27. code/past.txt 15 Jul 2012, 479.40 KB
    the smallest countries on the planet with less than 15000 inhabitants|poli 0131 1977:... landing on a planetary body other than Earth|tech 0203 1967: Jimi Hendrix... States, making four times more money than all other films of the... killing six people and injuring more than a thousand 0227 272: Constantine the
  28. Utopia 27 Sep 2009, 43.94 KB
    were at home. If they stay in any place longer than a night, everyone follows his proper... hands who make advantage by it, than to call for it themselves: but if... they more willingly expose to danger than their own people: they give them... intervals, they value it no farther than it deserves, that is, in proportion
  29. A Midsummer Night's Dream 22 Oct 2009, 96.86 KB
    But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin... As well possess'd; my love is more than his; My fortunes every way as fairly... as Demetrius'; And, which is more than all these boasts can be, I am beloved... ever men have broke, In number more than ever women spoke, In that same place
  30. On the Art of War First Book 4 Aug 2009, 64.48 KB
    For I do not know what pertained to him more than to spend himself willingly, not... to find any other better remedy than for us to seek to benefit from his... there is nothing of his more recent than the discussions which the Lord... more widely known by the ancients than are those commonly seen today. And
  31. On the Art of War Third Book 4 Aug 2009, 54.62 KB
    that young men are more adept at reasoning, than they are quick to follow. COSIMO: It... were able rather to become depleted than broken, since the large (size of its)... want to show you anything else other than this. You have to understand that in... a Consular Army, there were not more than two Legions of Roman Citizens, which
  32. The Tragedy of Macbeth 16 Feb 2011, 104.02 KB
    Hail! [Third Witch]: Hail! [First Witch]: Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. [Second Witch]:... the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe... of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings: My thought,... I have left to say, More is thy due than more
  33. Utopia 27 May 2005, 36.55 KB
    concerning the Christian religion with more zeal than discretion; and with so much heat,... as the soul, and reckon it no better than a beast's: thus they are far from... whole behavior is then rather grave than sad, they burn the body, and set up a... oftener and with more pleasure than of his serenity at the hour of death.
  34. The Undertakers 15 Nov 2009, 47.80 KB
    that looked more like a chain of little lakes than a stream, was as smooth as glass,... Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut, older than any man in the village, who had given... ‘Flattery is worse than an empty tin can in the belly. But... though he is more virtuous to behold than any of the cranes, who are all
  35. 9 6 Nov 2009, 90.98 KB
    that made his joints creak. He had worked more than ninety hours in five days. So had... although the water was barely more than tepid. With a sort of voluptuous... portion of Africa. Eastasia, smaller than the others and with a less definite... of civilization war means no more than a continuous shortage of consumption
  36. The Rape of Lucrece 20 Aug 2009, 105.17 KB
    those two armies that would let him go, Rather than triumph in so false a foe. Now thinks... she moralize his wanton sight, More than his eyes were open'd to the light. He... grow, Paying more slavish tribute than they owe. By reprobate desire thus... his wilful eye he tired. With more than admiration he admired Her azure
  37. “Rudyard Kipling” 25 Jan 2011, 35.41 KB
    was not a Fascist. He was further from being one than the most humane or the most... believes in any sanction greater than military power; no one believes that... anything from any event later than the Boer War. He was the prophet of... in its expansionist phase (even more than his poems, his solitary novel, The
  38. The Comedy of Errors 17 Feb 2011, 86.03 KB
    A heavier task could not have been impos'd Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable;... Reserve them till a merrier hour than this. Where is the gold I gave in... [Adriana]: Why should their liberty than ours be more? [Luciana]: Because... and souls, Of more pre-eminence than fish and fowls, Are masters to their
  39. 8 4 Oct 2004, 43.19 KB
    air had tempted him. The sky was a warmer blue than he had seen it that year, and... rockets supposedly travelled faster than sound. Winston clasped his forearms... in those days? Were things better than they are now, or were they worse?'... full litre. 'You are very much older than I am,' said Winston. 'You must have
  40. On Mutual Subjection 1 27 Aug 2009, 19.08 KB
    of mind they should each esteem other better than themselves;” and the Ephesians,... all men to all men is something more than the compliment of course, when our... more honourable in the sight of God than another; otherwise He would be a... advantages of strength or wisdom than other men, and, by an unhappy
  41. Ars amatoria Liber secundus 1 Nov 2009, 84.62 KB
    by my art too. There's no less virtue in keeping than in finding. There's chance in the... A small hill, no mountain, higher than the level plain: there their two... thoughts with the noble arts, more than a little, and learn two languages.... beauty or own to something more than just the flesh. Part III: Be Gentle
  42. On the Art of War Sixth Book 4 Aug 2009, 60.50 KB
    never had more foreign soldiers in their armies than Romans, except for cavalry, which... to the other there would not be more than fifteen arm lengths of space)) in... the ditch and embankment, not less than that mentioned, but greater according... if he himself is the executioner, than if the execution is carried out by
  43. Notes on Nationalism 5 Aug 2009, 43.56 KB
    good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.... of serving something bigger than himself—unshakeably certain of... and more widespread there than among the mass of the people. For... still widespread, and much more so than most observers would have believed a
  44. The Garden of the Prophet 25 Oct 2009, 51.21 KB
    with compassion, and he said: "Life is older than all things living; even as beauty was... unbefriended is indeed greater than that which lies between you and your... morning sun in a dewdrop is not less than the sun. The reflection of... in your soul is not less than life. "The dewdrop mirrors the light
  45. Kaa's Hunting 27 Sep 2009, 49.38 KB
    as a man-cub, had to learn a great deal more than this. Sometimes Bagheera the Black... from head to foot by me who love him than that he should come to harm through... Words? I am more likely to give help than to ask it"—Bagheera stretched... Then he grew angry but knew better than to struggle, and then he began to
  46. Calendar Converter 13 Sep 2012, 89.90 KB
    29.530588 days. Such is the accuracy that more than 13,800 years elapse before a single... with the solar year is better than the Julian calendar, but inferior to... representations of date and time than other calendars devised in antiquity.... better alignment with the solar year than the 360 day tun of the Long Count
  47. Chapter VIII 2 Nov 2009, 25.62 KB
    Breed: But, I think I should rather have died than undergone the Disgrace of leaving a... But my Deliverance came sooner than I expected, and, in a Manner not very... happen. I pretended to be worse than I really was, and desired Leave to... Distance, though better concealed than I could be within a Two-Inch Board.
  48. Chapter I 2 Nov 2009, 27.16 KB
    with much greater Violence, and more Westerly than usual, continuing so for twenty Days... it better spooning before the Sea, than trying or hulling. We reeft the Fore-... to hold on the same Course, rather than turn more Northerly, which might have... he could: He waded not much deeper than his Knees, and took prodigious
  49. I am the First Accused 8 Apr 2011, 61.63 KB
    on the principles of passive resistance. More than 8,500 people defied apartheid laws... might drive the races further apart than they already were. But the hard facts... not hope to achieve anything other than a loss of life and bitterness. At the... racial peace would be more difficult than ever to achieve. We already have
  50. On the Art of War Fourth Book 4 Aug 2009, 34.38 KB
    as also because he is naturally more courageous than I: nor should he be afraid to enter... more satisfied with your questions than those which occurred to me in... this, that there is no greater peril than to over extend the front of your... it rather wide and of short length, than of long length and very narrow. For
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