The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I

Name: The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I
Author: Lodge

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GREAT BRITAIN ANDSample
IN PRAISE OF BOOKS
THE ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO CONSTANTINOPLE
AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT CHAN
Preface
JOHN WYCLIF
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
OF ACQUIRING AND USING RICHES
OF TRUE NOBILITY AND CHIVALRY
Chapter
SIR THOMAS MORE
LIFE IN UTOPIA
JOHN KNOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Preface
OF GENTLE METHODS IN TEACHING
THE DEATH OF ANNE BOLEYN
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
THE MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS
FRANCIS BACON
OF TRAVEL
OF RICHES
OF YOUTH AND AGE
OF REVENGE
OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
OF ENVY
OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
OF STUDIES
OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH
BRUTUS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN
SHYLOCK IN DEFENSE OF HIS RACE
HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS
OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER WITS
THE ANTIQUITY OF ANGLING
OF THE TROUT
THE DEATH OF GEORGE HERBERT
Preface
THE BUCENTAUR CEREMONY IN VENICE
THE CITY OF ROME IN 1621
OF CHARITY IN JUDGMENTS
NOTHING STRICTLY IMMORTAL
ON HIS OWN LITERARY AMBITION
ON READING IN HIS YOUTH
IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS
OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED VIRTUE
OF CHARLES I
QUALITIES OF THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER
THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY
OF OBSCURITY
OF PROCRASTINATION
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER CROMWELL
JOHN BUNYAN
AND OF STAND-FAST
ANCIENT VANITY FAIR
Preface
OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS
SAMUEL PEPYS
ENGLAND WITHOUT CROMWELL
CHARLES II
THE SHIPWRECK OF CRUSOE
Preface
THE RESCUE OF MAN FRIDAY
IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT PLAGUE
JONATHAN SWIFT
ON PRETENSE IN PHILOSOPHERS
ON THE HOSPITALITY OF THE VULGAR
THE ART OF LYING IN POLITICS
GULLIVER AMONG THE GIANTS
JOSEPH ADDISON
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
WILL HONEYCOMB AND HIS MARRIAGE
PRIDE OF BIRTH
SIR ROGER AND HIS HOME