In a rare fit of editorial prerogative, I have added Henley’s poem “Invictus” as a prefatory note. . .Michael S. Hart INVICTUS Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed....
This is a prototype copy! A more presentable version will be coming up after my exams. The Princessby Alfred, Lord Tennyson PROLOGUE Sir Walter Vivian all a summer’s dayGave his broad lawns until the set of sun Up to the people: thither flocked at noon His tenants, wife and child, and thither half The neighbouring borough with their Institute Of which he was the patron. I was thereFrom college, visiting the son,–the son A Walter too,–with others of our set,Five others: we were seven at Vivian-place....
** Transcriber’s Notes ** The printed edition from which this e-text has been produced retains the spelling and abbreviations of Hakluyt’s 16th-century original. In this version, the spelling has been retained, but the following manuscript abbreviations have been silently expanded: – vowels with macrons = vowel + ‘n’ or ‘m’ – q; = -que (in the Latin) – y’e = the; y’t = that; w’t = with This edition contains footnotes and two types of sidenotes....
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Transcriber’s Notes: The footnotes in the main portion of the original text, which are lengthy and numerous, have been converted to endnotes that appear at the end of each chapter. Their numeration is the same as in the original. The original spelling remains unaltered, with the following exceptions: This text was originally printed with tall-s. They have been replaced here with ordinary ‘s.’ Some quotations from the 17th-century French reproduce manuscript abbreviation marks (macrons over vowels)....
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[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] ZIBELINE By PHILIPPE DE MASSA Translated by D. KNOWLTON RANOUS ALEXANDRE-PHILIPPE-REGNIER DE MASSA MARQUIS DE MASSA, soldier, composer, and French dramatist, was born in Paris, December 5, 1831. He selected the military career and received a commission in the cavalry after leaving the school of St....
