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Boswell the BiographerBoswell the BiographerThe responsibility for upwards of 300 pages in print is a burden which my unaccustomed conscience cannot easily bear, and by accepting it I lose for ever the unassailable dignity of private criticism. In these circumstances I approach my readers in an...
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Victor HugoVictor Hugo1830!... Les gnrations actuelles doivent se figurer difficilement l'effervescence des esprits cette poque; il s'oprait un mouvement pareil celui de la Renaissance. Une sve de vie nouvelle circulait imptueusement. Tout germait, tout bourgeonnait, tout clatait la fois. Des parfums vertigineux se dgageaient des...
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Tales from a Rolltop DeskTales from a Rolltop Desk I take the liberty of dedicating these little stories to you, with affection and respect. They have all grown, in one mood or another, out of the various life of Grub Street, suggested by adventures with publishers, booksellers, magazine...
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The Mentor: American Pioneer Prose WritersThe Mentor: American Pioneer Prose Writers, - Vol. 4, Num. 6, Serial No. 106, May 1, 1916What do we really know of themthese library gods of ours? We know them by name; their names are household words. We know them by fame; their fame...
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The Mentor: American Novelists, Vol. 1, No. 25The Mentor: American Novelists, Vol. 1, No. 25This group of distinguished novelists may be divided into four smaller groups, not only in time, but in selection and treatment of subjects. Mr. James and Mr. Howells are now the senior members of the literary fraternity...
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Henry D. ThoreauHenry D. ThoreauWhen, in 1879, I was asked by my friend Charles Dudley Warner to write the biography of Thoreau which follows, I was by no means unprepared. I had known this man of genius for the last seven years of his too short...
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Elijah Kellogg, the Man and His WorkElijah Kellogg, the Man and His Work - Chapters from His Life and Selections from His WritingsThis book makes no pretence of expounding the doctrines of the theologian or analyzing the methods of the artist. It is simply a remembrancer of a quaint and...
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IntentionsIntentionsM. Charles Grolleau, auquel nous avons confi le soin d'crire l'tude que nous dsirions voir figurer en ce volume, a pieusement recueilli, parmi les notes que nous a laisses Rebell, plusieurs passages recopis par cet auteur qui les jugeait achevs. Je blme galement et...
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Lettres à Mademoiselle de VollandLettres à Mademoiselle de VollandVers 1753, Diderot tait enfin clbre. L'homme sans qualit qui faisait le bel esprit et trophe d'impit, dnonc par l'abb Pierre Hardy, cur de Saint-Mdard, le garon plein d'esprit mais extrmement dangereux qu'un exempt signalait au lieutenant de police Berryer[1],...
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VisagesVisagesIls ne sont pas d'un critique. Le Critique a de lourdes responsabilits: il rend des arrts. Le bohmianisme de l'esprit lui est dfendu. Le portraitiste fait de la partialit son privilge, et presque son devoir: il n'annonce que des impressions. Il ne dclare point...
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Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish NavvyChildren of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish Navvy"I wish the Kinlochleven navvies had been thrown into the loch. They would fain turn the Highlands into a cinderheap," said the late Andrew Lang, writing to me a few months before his death....
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Anecdotes about Authors, and ArtistsAnecdotes about Authors, and ArtistsTHIS collection of anecdotes, illustrative sketches, and memorabilia generally, relating to the ever fresh and interesting subject of Books and Authors, is not presented as complete, nor even as containing all the choice material of its kind. The field from...
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Kulkurielämää: NuoruudenmuistelmiaKulkurielämää: NuoruudenmuistelmiaSaavuin Niagara Fallsiin "sivuovipullmannissa" eli tavallista puhetapaa kyttkseni tavaravaunussa. Avovaunua nimitetn, sivumennen sanoen, "gondoolaksi" korko toisella tavulla. Saavuin siis iltapivll ja astelin suoraa pt putouksille. Ja kun silmni sattuivat tuohon ryppyvien vetten nytelmn, olin hukassa. En saanut itseni siit nyst irti temmatuksi edes...
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Briefe aus Aulestad an seine Tochter Bergliot IbsenBriefe aus Aulestad an seine Tochter Bergliot Ibsen Der grte Teil dieser Briefe ist in den Jahren 1887 bis 1890 geschrieben. Der Zeitraum ist kurz, aber gerade aus diesem Grunde verstrkt sich der Gesamteindruck. Als ich sie von neuem durchlas, berraschte es mich, welch...
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Briefe von Goethe an Lavater aus den Jahren 1774 bis 1783Briefe von Goethe an Lavater aus den Jahren 1774 bis 1783 Die nachfolgenden Briefe von Goethe an Lavater wurden dem Herausgeber von Freunden in Zrich, welche nicht genannt seyn wollten, zur ffentlichen Mittheilung anvertraut. Ebendenselben verdankte er die chronologische Anordnung der Briefe, denen hufig...
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Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2 - being a collection of scattered letters published chiefly in the daily newspapers 1840-1880Some words are needed by way of a general note to the present volumes in explanation of the principles upon which they have been edited....
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Goethes Briefe an Auguste zu StolbergGoethes Briefe an Auguste zu StolbergDer Liebe Sehnsucht fordert Gegenwart. Goethe, mit jedem Pulsschlage seiner Empfindung nach greifbarer Gegenstndlichkeit, nach sinnenflliger Wirklichkeit drngend, ist zu versichern nicht mde geworden, da persnliche Bekanntschaft erforderlich sei, das Siegel eigentlich auf jedes wahre sittliche Verhltnis zu drcken....
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Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long LifeMarion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long LifeFrom the time when, as a mere baby, I dreamed myself to slumber every night by making up stories, down to the present hour, every human life with which I have been associated, or of which...
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Goethe und Werther: Briefe Goethe's, meistens aus seiner JugendzeitGoethe und Werther: Briefe Goethe's, meistens aus seiner JugendzeitUnser Dichter ist dahingegangen; wir betrachten sein mchtiges Leben; wir erforschen seine Spuren; wir sammeln was ihn betrifft, um der Geschichte die verklungenen Tne zu berweisen, aus denen sie die unvergngliche Sprache bildet, zur Erhebung und...
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On a Chinese ScreenOn a Chinese Screen You come to the row of hovels that leads to the gate of the city. They are built of dried mud and so dilapidated that you feel a breath of wind will lay them flat upon the dusty earth from...
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