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Greek Studies: a Series of EssaysGreek Studies: a Series of Essays[1] THE present volume consists of a collection of essays by the late Mr. Pater, all of which have already been given to the public in various Magazines; and it is owing to the kindness of the several proprietors...
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they can legally do...
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Count JulianCount JulianThe daughter of Count Julian is usually called Florindaa fictitious appellation, unsuitable to the person and to the period. Never was one devised more incompatible with the appearance of truth, or more fatal to the illusions of sympathy. The city of Covilla, it...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 12The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 12With this book begins the work of darkness, in which I have for the last eight years been enveloped, though it has not by any means been possible for me to penetrate the dreadful obscurity. In...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — CompleteThe Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete Among the notable books of later timeswe may say, without exaggeration, of all timemust be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutism and...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 11The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 11Although Eloisa, which for a long time had been in the press, did not yet, at the end of the year, 1760, appear, the work already began to make a great noise. Madam de Luxembourg had...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 09The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 09My impatience to inhabit the Hermitage not permitting me to wait until the return of fine weather, the moment my lodging was prepared I hastened to take possession of it, to the great amusement of the...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08Having lived in the two most splendid houses in Paris, I had, notwithstanding my candor and modesty, made some acquaintance. Among others at Dupin's, that of the young hereditary prince of Saxe-Gotha, and of the Baron...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 10The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 10The extraordinary degree of strength a momentary effervescence had given me to quit the Hermitage, left me the moment I was out of it. I was scarcely established in my new habitation before I frequently suffered...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 07The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 07After two years' silence and patience, and notwithstanding my resolutions, I again take up my pen: Reader, suspend your judgment as to the reasons which force me to such a step: of these you can be...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 05The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 05It was, I believe, in 1732, that I arrived at Chambery, as already related, and began my employment of registering land for the king. I was almost twenty-one, my mind well enough formed for my age,...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 04The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 04Let any one judge my surprise and grief at not finding her on my arrival. I now felt regret at having abandoned M. le Maitre, and my uneasiness increased when I learned the misfortunes that had...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 06The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 06I cannot add, 'auctius acque di melius fecere'; but no matter, the former is enough for my purpose; I had no occasion to have any property there, it was sufficient that I enjoyed it; for I...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 03The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 03Leaving the service of Madam de Vercellis nearly as I had entered it, I returned to my former hostess, and remained there five or six weeks; during which time health, youth, and laziness, frequently rendered my...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 02The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 02The moment in which fear had instigated my flight, did not seem more terrible than that wherein I put my design in execution appeared delightful. To leave my relations, my resources, while yet a child, in...
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The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 01The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 01Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all timemust be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutism and...
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Court Memoirs of France Series — CompleteCourt Memoirs of France Series — CompleteLouis XVI. possessed an immense crowd of confidants, advisers, and guides; he selected them even from among the factions which attacked him. Never, perhaps, did he make a full disclosure to any one of them, and certainly he...
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Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 7Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 7MY LORD:Though loudly complained of by the Cabinet of St. Cloud, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has conducted itself in these critical...
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Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — CompleteMemoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete The present work contains particulars of the great Napoleon not to be found in any other publication, and forms an interesting addition...
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Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 6Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 6My LORD:I was lately invited to a tea-party by one of our rich upstarts, who, from a scavenger, is, by the Revolution...
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