The Symposium By Xenophon Translation by H. G. Dakyns Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. The Symposium records the discussion of Socrates and company at a dinner given by Callias for the youth Autolycus....
PRODUCTION NOTES: First published in French in 1770 under the pseudonym of Mirabaud. This e-book based on a facsimile reprint of an English translation originally published 1820-21. This e-text covers the second of the original two volumes. THESYSTEM OF NATURE; or, _THE LAWS_of theMORAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD. TRANSLATEDFROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH OFM. DE MIRABAUD VOL. II. CONTENTS PART II. Of the Divinity.–Proofs of his existence.– Of his attributes.–Of his influence over the happiness of man....
I Professor Joslin, who, as our readers are doubtless aware, is engaged in writing the life of Mrs. Aubyn, asks us to state that he will be greatly indebted to any of the famous novelist’s friends who will furnish him with information concerning the period previous to her coming to England. Mrs. Aubyn had so few intimate friends, and consequently so few regular correspondents, that letters will be of special value....
We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article 1 Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives....
OR, AN EXPOSITION OF REV. 13:11-17. BY URIAH SMITH. 1874 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. REV. 13:13. Preface. If we read the signs of the times aright, events are soon to transpire of such a nature as to preclude the necessity of any apology for the publication of what is contained in the following pages....
THE VALET’S TRAGEDY AND OTHER STUDIES BY ANDREW LANG TO THE MARQUIS D’EGUILLES ‘FOR THE LOVE OF THE MAID AND OF CHIVALRY’ CONTENTS PREFACEI. THE VALET’S TRAGEDYII. THE VALET’S MASTERIII. THE MYSTERY OF SIR EDMUND BERRY GODFREY IV. THE FALSE JEANNE D’ARC.V. JUNIUS AND LORD LYTTELTON’S GHOST VI. THE MYSTERY OF AMY ROBSARTVII. THE VOICES OF JEANNE D’ARCVIII. THE MYSTERY OF JAMES DE LA CLOCHE IX. THE TRUTH ABOUT ‘FISHER’S GHOST’X....
The Birds’ Christas Carol is available as our Etext #721, Nov. 1996. In 1904, Jack London wrote (from Manchuria!) to say that Rebecca had won his heart. (“She is real,” he wrote, “she lives; she has given me many regrets, but I love her.”) Some eighty years later I happened to pick up and read “Rebecca” for the first time. The book was so thoroughly enjoyable that when I had finished it, I began at once a search for other works by the same author– especially for a sequel to “Rebecca”, which seemed practically to demand one....
THE WING-AND-WING OR LE FEU-FOLLET A TALE BY J. FENIMORE COOPER “Know, Without star or angel for their guide, Who worship God shall find him.” PREFACE. It is difficult to say of which there is most in the world, a blind belief in religious dogmas, or a presumptuous and ignorant cavilling on revelation. The impression has gone abroad, that France was an example of the last, during the height of her great revolutionary mania; a charge that was scarcely true, as respects the nation, however just it might be in connection with her bolder and more unquiet spirits....
[Illustration: The Forester, Charley and Lew Crossed to the Brook Where the Battle with the Flames Had Begun] The Young Wireless Operator–As a Fire Patrol or The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol By Lewis E. Theiss Illustrated byFrank T. Merrill W. A. Wilde CompanyChicago Boston Copyright, 1921,By W. A. Wilde CompanyAll rights reserved The Young Wireless Operator–As A Fire Patrol. This book is dedicated to Gifford Pinchot sometime forester for the United States of America, and now Commissioner of Forestry for Pennsylvania, whose ceaseless and undiscouraged efforts to save from spoliation the vast timber stands and other natural resources of America have inspired this story Foreword Boys and dogs go well together....
Two years of German occupation in Belgium BY EMILE CAMMAERTS ILLUSTRATED WITH CARTOONS BY LOUIS RAEMAEKERS MCMXVII CONTENTS. I. The Prison Gates II. The Lowered Flag III. The Poisoned Wells IV. The Sacking of Belgium V. The Modern Slave 1. The Creeping Tide 2. “By the Waters of Babylon” VI. The Olive Branch Through the Iron Bars I. THE PRISON GATES. The English-speaking public is generally well informed concerning the part played in the war by the Belgian troops....
eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders Author: Victor Appleton Release Date: Apr, 1996 [EBook #499][Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on March 11, 2002] [Most recently updated: March 11, 2002] Edition: 11 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226....
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Marcus Tullius Cicero Translated by E S Shuckburgh INTRODUCTORY NOTE MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, the greatest of Roman orators and the chief master of Latin prose style, was born at Arpinum, Jan. 3,106 B.C. His father, who was a man of property and belonged to the class of the “Knights,” moved to Rome when Cicero was a child; and the future statesman received an elaborate education in rhetoric, law, and philosophy, studying and practising under some of the most noted teachers of the time....
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Inhalt: Bassompierres Geschichte von der schËnen Krâ°merin Ferdinands Schuld und WandlungDer Prokurator Bassompierres Geschichte von der schËnen Krâ°merin Erzâ°hlung aus Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten (1795) “Der Marschall von Bassompierre”, sagte er, “erzâ°hlt sie in seinen Memoiren; es sei mir erlaubt, in seinem Namen zu reden: Seit f¸nf oder sechs Monaten hatte ich bemerkt, so oft ich ¸ber die kleine Br¸cke ging–denn zu der Zeit war der Pont neuf noch nicht erbauet–, daï¬ eine schËne Krâ°merin, deren Laden an einem Schilde mit zwei Engeln kenntlich war, sich tief und wiederholt vor mir neigte und mir so weit nachsah, als sie nur konnte....
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre–Buch 3 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Drittes Buch Erstes Kapitel Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen bl¸hn, Im dunkeln Laub die Goldorangen gl¸hn, Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht, Kennst du es wohl? Dahin! Dahin MËcht ich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehn! Kennst du das Haus, auf Sâ°ulen ruht sein Dach, Es glâ°nzt der Saal, es schimmert das Gemach, Und Marmorbilder stehn und sehn mich an: Was hat man dir, du armes Kind, getan?...
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA A Story Of The American Civil War. by G.A. Henty PREFACE. My Dear Lads: The Great War between the Northern and Southern States of America possesses a peculiar interest for us, not only because it was a struggle between two sections of a people akin to us in race and language, but because of the heroic courage with which the weaker party, with ill-fed, ill-clad, ill-equipped regiments, for four years sustained the contest with an adversary not only possessed of immense numerical superiority, but having the command of the sea, and being able to draw its arms and munitions of war from all the manufactories of Europe....
THE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERSWHO LIVE ON THE ROUND BALL THAT FLOATS IN THE AIR BY JANE ANDREWS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LOUISA PARSONS HOPKINS FORMERLY SUPERVISOR IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR MY THREE LITTLE FRIENDS Marnie, Bell, and Geordie I HAVE WRITTEN THESE STORIES CONTENTS. MEMORIAL OF MISS JANE ANDREWSTHE BALL ITSELFTHE LITTLE BROWN BABYAGOONACK, THE ESQUIMAU SISTERHOW AGOONACK LIVES THROUGH THE LONG SUMMER GEMILA, THE CHILD OF THE DESERTTHE LITTLE MOUNTAIN MAIDENTHE STORY OF PEN-SETHE LITTLE DARK GIRLLOUISE, THE CHILD OF THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER RHINE LOUISE, THE CHILD OF THE WESTERN FORESTTHE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS MEMORIAL OF MISS JANE ANDREWS....
E. Nesbit TO My Dear GodsonHUBERT GRIFFITHand his sisterMARGARET TO HUBERT Dear Hubert, if I ever foundA wishing-carpet lying round,I’d stand upon it, and I’d say:‘Take me to Hubert, right away!’And then we’d travel very farTo where the magic countries areThat you and I will never see,And choose the loveliest gifts for you, from me. But oh! alack! and well-a-day!No wishing-carpets come my way.I never found a Phoenix yet,And Psammeads are so hard to get!...
THE PILGRIMS OF HOPE by William Morris Contents: The Message of the March Wind The Bridge and the Street Sending to the War Mother and Son New Birth The New Proletarian In Prison–and at Home The Half of Life Gone A New Friend Ready to Depart A Glimpse of the Coming Day Meeting The War-Machine The Story’s Ending THE MESSAGE OF THE MARCH WIND Fair now is the springtide, now earth lies beholding With the eyes of a lover the face of the sun; Long lasteth the daylight, and hope is enfolding The green-growing acres with increase begun....
THE PRIVATE MEMOIRSAND CONFESSIONSOF A JUSTIFIED SINNER WRITTEN BY HIMSELF WITH A DETAIL OF CURIOUS TRADITIONARY FACTS, AND OTHER EVIDENCE, BY THE EDITOR By James Hogg THE EDITOR’S NARRATIVE It appears from tradition, as well as some parish registers still extant, that the lands of Dalcastle (or Dalchastel, as it is often spelled) were possessed by a family of the name of Colwan, about one hundred and fifty years ago, and for at least a century previous to that period....
THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE by Oliver Wendell Holmes PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. The reader of to-day will not forget, I trust, that it is nearly a quarter of a century since these papers were written. Statements which were true then are not necessarily true now. Thus, the speed of the trotting horse has been so much developed that the record of the year when the fastest time to that date was given must be very considerably altered, as may be seen by referring to a note on page 49 of the “Autocrat....
