Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11

Name: Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
Author: Warner

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VOLUME XISample
(1787-1879)
From 'The Buccaneer'
From 'The Buccaneer'
From 'Paul Felton'
(1815-1882)
From 'Two Years Before the Mast'
From 'Two Years Before the Mast'
From 'Two Years before the Mast'
I
II
III
Notes
SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF DANTE
FROM THE 'NEW LIFE'
FROM THE 'DIVINE COMEDY'
II THE FIRST SALUTATION OF HIS LADY
III THE PRAISE OF HIS LADY
IV THE LOVELINESS OF HIS LADY
V THE DEATH OF HIS LADY
VI THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HIS LADY
VII THE HOPE TO SPEAK MORE WORTHILY OF HIS LADY
THE CONVITO I THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY
II THE DESIRE OF THE SOUL
III THE NOBLE SOUL AT THE END OF LIFE
HELL CANTO I THE ENTRANCE ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ETERNAL WORLD
CANTO II THE ENTRANCE ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ETERNAL WORLD, CONTINUED
CANTO V THE PUNISHMENT OF CARNAL SINNERS
PURGATORY CANTO XXVII THE FINAL PURGATION
CANTOS XXX AND XXXI THE MEETING WITH HIS LADY IN THE EARTHLY PARADISE
PARADISE CANTO XXXIII THE BEATIFIC VISION
(1849-1894)
From 'Selected Essays': copyrighted 1895 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
From 'Selected Essays': copyrighted 1895 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
(1809-1882)
From 'A Naturalist's Voyage'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From 'Life and Letters'
From the 'Origin of Species'
From 'Origin of Species'
From 'The Origin of Species'
From the 'Origin of Species'
From the 'Origin of Species'
From the 'Origin of Species'
From 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication'
From 'The Descent of Man'
(1840-)
From 'Tartarin of Tarascon'
From 'Tartarin of Tarascor'
From 'Letters from My Windmill'
From 'Jack'
From 'Jack'
From 'Kings in Exile'
(1697-1780)
TO THE DUCHESSE DE CHOISEUL
TO MR. CRAWFORD
TO HORACE WALPOLE
PORTRAIT OF HORACE WALPOLE
(1660?-1731)
FROM 'ROBINSON CRUSOE' CRUSOE'S SHIPWRECK
CRUSOE MAKES A NEW HOME
A FOOTPRINT
FROM 'HISTORY OF THE PLAGUE IN LONDON' SUPERSTITIOUS FEARS OF THE PEOPLE
HOW QUACKS AND IMPOSITORS PREYED ON THE FEARS OF THE PEOPLE
THE PEOPLE ARE QUARANTINED IN THEIR HOUSES
MORAL EFFECTS OF THE PLAGUE
TERRIBLE SCENES IN THE STREETS
THE PLAGUE DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES
SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE THROUGH NECESSITIES OF THE POOR
FROM 'COLONEL JACK' COLONEL JACK AND CAPTAIN JACK ESCAPE ARREST
COLONEL JACK FINDS CAPTAIN JACK HARD TO MANAGE
COLONEL JACK'S FIRST WIFE IS NOT DISPOSED TO BE ECONOMICAL
From 'The Modern History of the Devil'
From 'An Appeal to Honor and Justice'
From "Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business"
From 'The True-Born Englishman'
From 'The Storm'
(1820-1887)
From 'Max Havelaar'
From 'Max Havelaar'
(1570?-1637?)
FROM 'THE GUL'S HORNE BOOKE' HOW A GALLANT SHOULD BEHAVE HIMSELF IN POWLES WALK[49]
SLEEP
From 'Old Fortunatus'
From 'Patient Grissil'
From 'The Sun's Darling'
From 'Patient Grissil'
(1793-1843)
THE CONFESSION OF LOUIS XI.
(384-322 B.C.)
THE ARGUMENT
INVECTIVE AGAINST LICENSE OF SPEECH
JUSTIFICATION OF HIS PATRIOTIC POLICY
(1785-1859)
From 'Biographical Essays'
From 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'
From 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'
From 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'
From 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'
From 'Miscellaneous Essays'
(1848-)
From 'Chants du Paysan'
From 'Poèmes Militaires' Mirebeau, 1871
From 'Poèmes Militaires'
From 'Poèmes Militaires'
(1596-1650)
From the 'Discourse on Method'
From the 'Discourse on Method'
From the 'Meditations'
(———)
THE PRESENT DUTY
THE CONVERSION OF THE CHURCH
From 'Notes Contemporaines'
(1788-1846)
THE CRUSADERS
From 'The Crusaders'
THE ROCK OF CASHEL
THE RIGHT USE OF PRAYER
THE CHURCH
SONNET
(1498-1593)
THE CAPTURE OF GUATIMOTZIN
THE MORTALITY AT THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
CORTÉS
CORTÉS DESTROYS CERTAIN IDOLS
(1745-1814)
SEA SONG
SONG: THE HEART OF A TAR
POOR JACK
TOM BOWLING
(1812-1870)
THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DICKENS
From 'Hard Times'
From 'Mugby Junction'
From 'Barnaby Rudge'
From 'A Tale of Two Cities'
The Gorgon's Head
THE IVY GREEN
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