Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 13
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The family belonged to the high-caste cultivated Hindus, and Toru's education was conducted on broad lines.
One critic called these poems, in which Toru so faithfully reproduced the spirit of one alien tongue in the forms of another, transmutations rather than translations.
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- VOLUME XIIISample
- (1856-1877)
- JOGADHYA UMA
- From the Atlantic Monthly, 1870, by permission of Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- (1837-)
- From 'An Egyptian Princess'
- (1832-)
- FROM 'MADMAN OR SAINT?'
- FROM 'THE GREAT GALEOTO'
- (ICELANDIC; NINTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES) BY WILLIAM H. CARPENTER
- From 'Northern Antiquities': Bohn's Library (London), 1878
- From the 'Elder Edda'
- OF THE LAMENTATION OF GUDRUN OVER SIGURD DEAD First Lay of Gudrun
- From 'The Story of Sigurd the Völsung,' by William Morris
- (1825-1889)
- From 'The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah'
- (1767-1849)
- From 'Castle Rackrent'
- From 'Castle Rackrent'
- (1849-1892)
- OPEN SESAME
- From 'A Rescuing Angel'
- (1703-1758) BY EGBERT C. SMYTH
- FROM NARRATIVE OF HIS RELIGIOUS HISTORY
- RESOLUTIONS
- WRITTEN ON A BLANK LEAF IN 1723
- From 'Of Being'
- EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST
- From 'The Nature of True Virtue,' Chapters i, ii
- (1854-)
- From 'The Massacre of the Innocents, and Other Tales by Belgian Writers': copyright 1895, by Stone & Kimball
- From 'The Massacre of the Innocents, and Other Tales by Belgian Writers': copyrighted 1895, by Stone & Kimball
- (1837-)
- From 'The Beginners of a Nation': copyright 1896, by Edward Eggleston
- EGYPTIAN LITERATURE
- I. The Ancient Kingdom, about B.C. 4500-3000
- II. The Middle Kingdom, B.C. 3000 TO 1600
- List of Selections
- THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
- THE STORY OF SANEHAT
- Copy of the command which was brought to the humble servant to bring him back to Egypt.
- Copy of the acknowledgment of this command.
- THE DOOMED PRINCE
- THE STORY OF THE TWO BROTHERS
- THE STORY OF SETNA
- THE STELA OF PIANKHY
- INSCRIPTION OF UNA
- LOVE SONGS
- Love-Sickness
- The Lucky Doorkeeper
- Love's Doubts
- The Unsuccessful Bird-catcher
- HYMN TO USERTESEN III.
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- HYMN TO THE ATEN[217]
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- SONGS TO THE HARP
- I Songs which are in the tomb of King Antef, justified, which are in front of the singer on the harp
- II [Saith the player on the harp who is in the tomb of the Osirian, the divine father of Amen,[229] Neferhetep, Justified, he saith:—]
- FROM AN EPITAPH
- FROM A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS SOUL
- 'THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION'
- First Confession
- Second Confession
- THE TEACHING OF AMENEMHAT
- THE PRISSE PAPYRUS
- Instruction of the governor of the royal city, and wazîr Ptahetep, before the majesty of King Assa, who liveth forever and ever
- FROM THE 'MAXIMS OF ANY'
- INSTRUCTION OF DAUF
- CONTRASTED LOTS OF SCRIBE AND FELLÂH
- REPROACHES TO A DISSIPATED STUDENT XIXth Dynasty
- FOOTNOTES
- (1788-1857)
- FROM 'OUT OF THE LIFE OF A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING'
- SEPARATION
- LORELEI
- (1819-1880) BY CHARLES WALDSTEIN
- From 'The Mill on the Floss'
- From 'Silas Marner'
- From 'Adam Bede'
- From 'Adam Bede'
- From 'Romola'
- "OH, MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE"
- (1803-1882) BY RICHARD GARNETT
- From the Lecture on 'The Times,' 1841
- FRIENDSHIP
- NATURE
- COMPENSATION
- LOVE
- CIRCLES
- SELF-RELIANCE
- HISTORY
- EACH AND ALL
- ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER?
- THE HUMBLE-BEE
- THE PROBLEM
- DAYS
- MUSKETAQUID
- FROM THE 'THRENODY'