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The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland IIIThe Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland IIIMr. Thomas Davies the actor, who then kept a bookseller's shop in Russell street, Covent Garden, told me that Johnson was very much his friend, and came frequently to...
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National PolicyJOHN F. TROW, Publisher, 50 GREENE STREET, NEW YORK. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by John F. Trow, in the Clerk's Office of the...
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The Short-storyThe Short-storyMankind has always loved to tell stories and to listen to them. The most primitive and unlettered peoples and tribes have always shown and still show this universal characteristic. As far back as written records go we find stories; even before that time,...
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Immortal MemoriesImmortal MemoriesThe following addresses were delivered at the request of various literary societies and commemorative committees. They amused me to write, and they apparently interested the audiences for which they were primarily intended. Perhaps they do not bear an appearance in print. But they...
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of these changes is found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled and hyphenated words is found at the end...
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Obiter Dicta: Second SeriesObiter Dicta: Second SeriesI am sorry not to have been able to persuade my old friend, George Radford, who wrote the paper on Falstaff in the former volume, to contribute anything to the second series of Obiter Dicta. In order to enjoy the pleasure...
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IIThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IIBorn in Ireland in 1672; died in Wales in 1729; companion of Addison at Oxford; served in the army in 1694, becoming a captain; elected to Parliament, but...
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Child Stories from the MastersChild Stories from the Masters - Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of theUnderlined letters indicate diacritical marks and special characters that may not be visible in all browsers. The following symbols are used as indicated: [+a], [+e], [+o], [+u] = a,...
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland IThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland IBorn in 1281, died in 1345; the son of Sir Richard Aungerville, his own name being taken from his birthplace, Bury St. Edmonds; educated at Oxford,...
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A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 If any of these characters do not display properlyin particular, if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letteror if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you...
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - RomeThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - RomeBorn in Tusculum, Italy, in 234 b.c., died in 149; celebrated as statesman, general, and writer; questor under Scipio in 204; Consul in 195; served in Spain in 194; censor...
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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1A preface, being the entrance to a book, should invite by its beauty. An elegant porch announces the splendour of the interior. I have observed that ordinary readers skip over these little elaborate compositions. The ladies consider them as so...
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The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of AllegoryThe Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory - (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)As this volume, although not the first in chronological order, is likely to be the first to appear in the Series of which it forms part, and of which...
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The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 - of Literature, Science and Art.Of the revolutions of the age, one of the most interesting and important is that which has taken place in the forms of Literature and the Modes of its...
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Figures of Several CenturiesFigures of Several CenturiesThe Confessions of St. Augustine are the first autobiography, and they have this to distinguish them from all other autobiographies, that they are addressed directly to God. Rousseau's unburdening of himself is the last, most effectual manifestation of that nervous, defiant...
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The Bibliotaph, and Other PeopleThe Bibliotaph, and Other PeopleI am also indebted to the literary editor of the Springfield Republican and to the editors of Poet-Lore, respectively, for allowing me to reprint the paper on Thomas Hardy and the lecture on An Elizabethan Novelist. A popular and fairly...
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On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and LiteratureDo you think that the sculpture in the British Museum should be in the same building with the pictures in the National Gallery, that is...
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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume ILittle Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume IAcknowledgments are made herewith to the following publishers, who have kindly consented to allow the reproduction of the material designated. In addition, the Editor desires to make his personal acknowledgments to the following authors: F. P....
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Book of Wise SayingsBook of Wise Sayings - Selected Largely from Eastern SourcesCynics may ask, how many have profited by the innumerable proverbs and maxims of prudence which have been current in the world time out of mind? They will say that their only use is to...
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Jokes For All OccasionsJokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public SpeakersWit and humor, and the distinction between them, defy precise definition. Luckily, they need none. To one asking what is beauty, a wit replied: "That is the question of a...
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