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| Duchesse d Orleans | Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V1 — Duchesse d Orleans |
Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V1 “She [Madame de Montespan] was more of an ambitious than a libertine woman, but as wicked as the devil himself. Nothing could stand between her and the gratification of her ambition…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duchesse d Orleans | Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V2 — Duchesse d Orleans |
Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V2 “The Marechale d'Uxelles hated my son mortally;, but after the King's death he played the fawning dog so completely that my son forgave him and took him into favour again. In the la…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duchesse d Orleans | Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V3 — Duchesse d Orleans |
Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V3 “The Queen-mother of England had not brought up her children well: she at first left them in the society of femmes de chambre, who gratified all their caprices; and having afterward…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duchesse d Orleans | Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V4 — Duchesse d Orleans |
Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency, V4 “When jealousy is once suffered to take root, it is impossible to extirpate it--therefore it is better not to let it gain ground. My daughter pretends not to be affected by hers, bu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Duchesse d Orleans | The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency — Duchesse d Orleans |
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV. and the Regency “If my father had loved me as well as I loved him he would never have sent me into a country so dangerous as this, to which I came through pure obedience and against my own inclinat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Adventures South | Back Again to Paris — Jaques Casanova: Adventures South |
Back Again to Paris “I had two objects in speaking thus: I wanted to frighten him and to make him jealous of me. I felt certain that a man in a passion of jealousy would be quite confused, and I hoped …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Adventures South | Depart Switzerland — Jaques Casanova: Adventures South |
Depart Switzerland “The girl came back with the packet, and putting myself in a proper position I told her to try one on. She proceeded to do so with a sulky air and with a kind of repugnance which ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Adventures South | Milan — Jaques Casanova: Adventures South |
Milan “Clementine had conquered me in the space of a few hours. True, I was an inflammable subject, but hitherto no beauty had committed such ravages upon me in so short a time. I did not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Adventures South | Return to Italy — Jaques Casanova: Adventures South |
Return to Italy “The woman who shewing little succeeds in making a man want to see more, has accomplished three-fourths of the task of making him fall in love with her; for is love anything else th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Adventures South | Return to Naples — Jaques Casanova: Adventures South |
Return to Naples “Momolo took the money, and promised to buy the garden the following day, and the young man shedding tears of joy and gratitude fell on his knees and kissed my hand. All the girls w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest | Holland and Germany — Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest |
Holland and Germany “The so-called Countess Piccolomini was a fine example of the adventurers. She was young, tall, well-made, had eyes full of fire, and skin of a dazzling whiteness; not, however, tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest | Paris and Holland — Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest |
Paris and Holland “At these words I rose and went to the window, where I stayed for more than a quarter of an hour reflecting on her infatuation. When I returned to the table where she was seated she…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest | Return to Paris — Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest |
Return to Paris “I went to see her every morning, and as my interest in her condition was genuine, she could have no suspicion that I was acting a part, or attribute my care of her to anything but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest | Switzerland — Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest |
Switzerland “Her room was just behind the recess in which my bed stood. I went in with her and was astonished to see a great display of dresses, and in an adjoining closet all the array of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest | With Voltaire — Jaques Casanova: Eternal Quest |
With Voltaire “M. de Voltaire said that if I liked to play it at his house he would write to M. de Chavigni to send the Lindane, and that he himself would play Montrose. I excused myself by sayin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: London Moscow | The English — Jaques Casanova: London Moscow |
The English “The reader who imagines that at these words rage gave place to love, and that I hastened to obtain the prize, does not know the nature of the passion so well as the vile woman whos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: London Moscow | London to Berlin — Jaques Casanova: London Moscow |
London to Berlin “I found her sitting up in her bed; she looked about forty-five, and still preserved traces of her former beauty; her countenance bore the imprint of sadness, but had no marks of si…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: London Moscow | To London — Jaques Casanova: London Moscow |
To London “Madame Cornelis then made her appearance, and everyone asked her the same questions, and made the same remarks about me. She said bravely that I was her best and her oldest friend,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: London Moscow | Russia and Poland — Jaques Casanova: London Moscow |
Russia and Poland “The empress, who was a woman of moderate height and yet of a majestic appearance, thoroughly understood the art of making herself loved. She was not beautiful, but yet she was sure…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: London Moscow | South of France — Jaques Casanova: London Moscow |
South of France “Marcoline was charming in bed. I had not enjoyed the Venetian vices for nearly eight years, and Marcoline was a beauty before whom Praxiteles would have bent the knee. I laughed at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison | Convent Affairs — Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison |
Convent Affairs “There is nothing, there can be nothing, dearer to a thinking being than life; yet the voluptuous men, those who try to enjoy it in the best manner, are the men who practise with th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison | The False Nun — Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison |
The False Nun “Awake in a moment she came to open the door in her smock, and without a light. As I wanted one, I told her to get the flint and steel, which she did, warning me in a modest voice t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison | Paris — Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison |
Paris “I thought that my newly-found cousin was unknown to me, but when I looked at her with more attention, I fancied I recollected her features. She was the Catinella, a dancer of reput…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison | Under the Leads — Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison |
Under the Leads “The Leads, used for the confinement of state prisoners, are in fact the lofts of the ducal palace, and take their name from the large plates of lead with which the roof is covered.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison | Venice — Jaques Casanova: Paris and Prison |
Venice “She assured me that the excellent woman would be delighted to see me, and to do anything I might ask her. "At all events," she concluded, "I hope to find myself in a few months in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions | Spain — Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions |
Spain “I went to see Bodin, a dancer, who had married Madame Joffroy, one of my thousand mistresses whom I had loved twenty-two years ago, and had seen later at Turin, Paris, and Vienna. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions | Old Age and Death — Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions |
Old Age and Death “Intimately connected with Casanova's life at this period was a girl named Francesca Buschini. This name does not appear in any of the literary, artistic or theatrical records of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions | Expelled from Spain — Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions |
Expelled from Spain “Every day I spent at Aix I thought of Henriette. I knew her real name, and remembering the message she had sent me by Marcoline I hoped to meet her in some assembly, being ready to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions | Florence to Trieste — Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions |
Florence to Trieste “A few days after he had gone, I made the acquaintance of the fair Viscioletta, and fell so ardently in love with her that I had to make up my mind to buy her with hard cash. The ti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions | Return to Rome — Jaques Casanova: Spanish Passions |
Return to Rome “. The duchess told me as much on the occasion of my third visit. She did not give me the information in a complaining tone, or as if she was fain to be consoled, but merely to defy…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years | Childhood — Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years |
Childhood “I felt neither happy nor unhappy; I had nothing to say. I had neither fear nor hope, nor even a feeling of curiosity; I was neither cheerful nor sad. The only thing which grated up…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years | A Cleric in Naples — Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years |
A Cleric in Naples “Dear reader, I said enough at the end of the last chapter to make you guess what happened, but no language would be powerful enough to make you realize all the voluptuousness which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years | Military Career — Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years |
Military Career “A short time afterwards, Madame F---- whispered a few words to the general, who turned to me and said that he would be glad to hear me relate what had occurred to me in Constantino…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years | Milan and Mantua — Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years |
Milan and Mantua “I had felt interested in the young Frenchwoman when she was hiding under the bed-clothes: she had taken my fancy the moment she had shewn her features, and still more when I had se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years | Return to Venice — Jaques Casanova: Venetian Years |
Return to Venice “He left us, and I remained alone with Christine. I spent an hour with her without trying to give her even a kiss, although I was dying to do so, but I prepared her heart to burn wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 1 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 1 “The simplicity of this rural life was of infinite advantage in opening my heart to the reception of true friendship. The sentiments I had hitherto formed on this subject were extre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 2 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 2 “My uncle Bernard did the same thing, he arrived at Consignon, received information that I was gone to Annecy, and immediately returned back to Geneva; thus my nearest relations see…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 3 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 3 “The disdain of Madam de Breil was fully compensated by the kindness of her father-in-law, who at length began to think of me. The evening after the entertainment, I have already me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 4 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 4 “The gayety of the journey, and the chat of these girls, so enlivened me, that during the whole time we passed together we never ceased talking a moment. They had set me so thorough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 5 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 5 “The colored plans of our geometricians had given me a taste for drawing: accordingly I bought colors, and began by attempting flowers and landscapes. It was unfortunate that I had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 6 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 6 “She frequently said there would be no justice in the Supreme Being should He be strictly just to us; because, not having bestowed what was necessary to render us essentially good, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 7 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 7 “Being this time more at leisure, I saw her more frequently, and she made the most sensible impressions on my heart. I had some reason to believe her own was not unfavorable to my p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 8 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 8 “Theresa's father was a good old man, very mild in his disposition, and much afraid of his wife; for this reason he had given her the surname of Lieutenant Criminal, which Grimm, jo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 9 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 9 “I wished fearlessly to give to my subject everything it required; fully persuaded that not being of a satirical turn, and never wishing to be personal, I should in equity always be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 10 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 10 “Grimm, Diderot and D'Holbach were, on the contrary, in the centre of the vortex, lived in the great world, and divided amongst them almost all the spheres of it. The great wits, me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 11 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 11 “The same confidence in quacks, which destroyed the grandson, hastened the dissolution of the grandfather, and to this he added the pusillanimity of wishing to dissimulate the infir…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 12 — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book 12 “I considered Frederic as my benefactor and protector, and became so sincerely attached to him, that from that moment I interested myself as much in his glory as until then I had th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Entire — Jean Jacques Rousseau |
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Entire “Of the different works I had upon the stocks, that I had longest resolved in my mind which was most to my taste; to which I destined a certain portion of my life, and which, in my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V1 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V1 “My sisters thought it of extreme importance to possess positive knowledge as to their future condition and the events which fate held in store for them. They managed to be secretly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V2 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V2 “The King's studies with his preceptor, Perefixe, had been of only a superficial sort, as, in accordance with the express order of the Queen- mother, this prelate had been mainly co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V3 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V3 “I do not desire to hold up to ridicule the rites of that religion in which I was born and bred. Neither would I disparage its ancient usages, nor its far more modern laws. All reli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V4 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V4 “As Madame de Maintenon's character happened to please the King, as I have already stated, he allotted her handsome apartments at Court while waiting until he could keep her there a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V5 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V5 “"I admit, Sire," I answered him, "that I am not the person required for affairs of that sort. Your cousin is proud and cutting; I would not endure what she has made others endure. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V6 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V6 “Since the birth of Mademoiselle de Blois, and the death of Mademoiselle de Fontanges, the King hardly ever saw me except a few minutes ceremoniously,--a few minutes before and afte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V7 — Madame de Montespan |
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, V7 “Pere de Latour, going further, wished to impose hard, not to say murderous, penances on me; I begged him to keep within bounds, and not to make me impatient. This Oratorian and his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Madame de Montespan | The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Madame de Montespan |
The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan “Mademoiselle de la Valliere, after having begged me, and begged me often, to come and help her to entertain the King, grew suddenly suspicious and uneasy. She is candour itself, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v1 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v1 “"These secret excursions, and his too habitual intercourse with ladies more distinguished for their personal charms than for the advantages of education, were no doubt the means by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v2 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v2 “Such was the state of the public mind when the young Archduchess Marie Antoinette arrived at the Court of Versailles, just at the moment when the party which brought her there was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v3 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v3 “Marie Antoinette took little pains to promote literature and the fine arts. She had been annoyed in consequence of having ordered a performance of the "Connstable de Bourbon," on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v4 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v4 “Marie Antoinette had then no direct influence over State affairs until after the deaths of M. de Maurepas and M. de Vergennes, and the retirement of M. de Calonne. She frequently r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v5 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v5 “After the 14th of July, by a manoeuvre for which the most skilful factions of any age might have envied the Assembly, the whole population of France was armed and organised into a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v6 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v6 “On my arrival at Paris on the 25th of August I found the state of feeling there much more temperate than I had dared to hope. The conversation generally ran upon the acceptance of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v7 — Marie Antoinette |
Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, v7 “The King and Queen said nothing to me at the Feuillans about the portfolio which had been deposited with me; no doubt they expected to see me again. The minister Roland and the dep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Marie Antoinette | The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire — Marie Antoinette |
The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire “MARIE ANTOINETTE JOSEPHE JEANNE DE LORRAINE, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Francois de Lorraine and of Maria Theresa, was born on the 2d of November, 1755, the day of the ear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | Memoirs of Napoleon, V1 — Napoleon |
Memoirs of Napoleon, V1 “One day, it being Bonaparte's turn to enjoy this indulgence, some of the professors who were at table designedly made some disrespectful remarks on Paoli, of whom they knew the you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V2, 1798 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V2, 1798 “Bonaparte had to encounter so many disagreeable contrarieties, both in the negotiators for peace and the events at Paris, that he often displayed a good deal of irritation and disg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V3, 1799 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V3, 1799 “Our bulletins may form curious materials for history; but their value certainly will not depend on the credit due to their details. Bonaparte attached the greatest importance to th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V4, 1800 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V4, 1800 “When the First Consul contemplated the building of the Pont des Arts we had a long conversation on the subject. I observed that it would be much better to build the bridge of stone…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V5, 1802 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V5, 1802 “Before I speak of the conspiracy of Ceracchi, Arena, Topino-Lebrun, and others, I must notice a remark made by Napoleon at St. Helena. He said, or is alleged to have said, "The two…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V6, 1803 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V6, 1803 “It may truly be said that history affords no example of an empire founded like that of France, created in all its parts under the cloak of a republic. Without any shock, and in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V7, 1804 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V7, 1804 “The truth is, the tide of opinion never set in with such force against Bonaparte as during the trial of Moreau; nor was the popular sentiment in error on the subject of the death o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V8, 1805 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V8, 1805 “Our former intimacy at Malmaison made me feel more at my ease respecting an interview of which my knowledge of Bonaparte's character led me to entertain some apprehension. Was I to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V9, 1807 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V9, 1807 “Victory everywhere favoured the French arms. Prince Hohenlohe, who commanded a corps of the Prussian army, was forced to capitulate at Prentzlau. After this capitulation General Bl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V10, 1809 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V10, 1809 “The Emperor had promised to support Charles IV against his son; and, not wishing to take part in these family quarrels, he had not answered the first letters of the Prince of the A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V11, 1812 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V11, 1812 “The commencement of 1811 was sufficiently favourable to the French arms in Spain, but towards the beginning of March the aspect of affairs changed. The Duke of Belluno, notwithstan…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V12, 1814 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V12, 1814 “The campaign of France forced Napoleon to adopt a kind of operations quite new to him. He had been accustomed to attack; but he was now obliged to stand on his defence, so that, in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, 1815 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, 1815 “Even now I am filled with astonishment when I think of the Council that was held at the Tuileries on the evening of the 13th of March in M. de Blacas' apartments. The ignorance of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, 1815 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, 1815 “One of the first public men to see Napoleon after his return from Waterloo was Lavallette. "I flew," says he, "to the Elysee to see the Emperor: he summoned me into his closet, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, 1815 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, 1815 “But for them, but for their bad conduct, their insatiable exactions, but for the humiliation that was felt at seeing foreign cannon planted in the streets of Paris, and beneath the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | The Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, 1821 — Napoleon |
The Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, 1821 “Owing to the haste with which they had left England the painting of the ship had been only lately finished, and this circumstance confined Napoleon, whose sense of smell was very a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | Napoleon Bonaparte — John S. C. Abbott |
Napoleon Bonaparte “. Desaix, upon his arrival in Paris, found letters for him there from the First Consul. As he read the confidential lines, he was struck with the melancholy air with which they wer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | Memoirs — Prince De Joinville |
Memoirs “They undertook the exclusive care of the exhumation and transport of the remains over British territory, and it was all done with the utmost propriety. The only request I made and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Napoleon | Maxims of Napoleon — Napoleon |
Maxims of Napoleon “Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Preface and Life — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Preface and Life “[October 21st, 1653. "Memorandum: that Peapys and Hind were solemnly admonished by myself and Mr. Hill, for having been scandalously over-served with drink ye night before. This wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/'60 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan 1659/'60 “Mr. Jenkins shewed me two bills of exchange for money to receive upon my Lord's and my pay. It snowed hard all this morning, and was very cold, and my nose was much swelled with co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb 1659/'60 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb 1659/'60 “In the meantime she and I and Joyce went walking all over White Hall, whither General Monk was newly come, and we saw all his forces march by in very good plight and stout officers…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/'60 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/'60 “3d. To Westminster Hall, where I found that my Lord was last night voted one of the Generals at Sea, and Monk the other. I met my Lord in the Hall, who bid me come to him at noon. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 “The contents of the letter are his offer of grace to all that will come in within forty days, only excepting them that the Parliament shall hereafter except. That the sales of land…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 “This afternoon I showed my Lord my accounts, which he passed, and so I think myself to be worth near L100 now. In the evening I made an order for Captain Sparling of the Assistance…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 “3rd. Up betimes this morning, and after the barber had done with me, then to the office, where I and Sir William Pen only did meet and despatch business. At noon my wife and I by c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov/Dec 1660 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov/Dec 1660 “November 1st. This morning Sir W. Pen and I were mounted early, and had very merry discourse all the way, he being very good company. We came to Sir W. Batten's, where he lives lik…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb/Mar 1660/61 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb/Mar 1660/61 “January 1st. Called up this morning by Mr. Moore, who brought me my last things for me to sign for the last month, and to my great comfort tells me that my fees will come to L80 cl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1661 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1661 “2d. Among my workmen early and then along with my wife and Pall to my Father's by coach there to have them lie a while till my house be done. I found my mother alone weeping upon m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul/Aug 1661 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul/Aug 1661 “21st (Lord's day). At home all the morning, putting my papers in order against my going to-morrow and doing many things else to that end. Had a good dinner, and Stankes and his wif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1661 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1661 “13th. This morning I was sent for by my uncle Fenner to come and advise about the buriall of my aunt, the butcher, who died yesterday; and from thence to the Anchor, by Doctor's Co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1661 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1661 “7th. This morning came one Mr. Hill (sent by Mr. Hunt, the Instrument maker), to teach me to play on the Theorbo, but I do not like his play nor singing, and so I found a way to pu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 “7th. Long in bed, and then rose and went along with Sir W. Pen on foot to Stepny to Mrs. Chappell's (who has the pretty boy to her son), and there met my wife and Sir W. Pen's chil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 “5th. In the morning to the Painter's about my little picture. Thence to Tom's about business, and so to the pewterer's, to buy a poore's-box to put my forfeits in, upon breach of m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1662 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1662 “6th. This morning I got my seat set up on the leads, which pleases me well. So to the office, and thence to the Change, but could not meet with my uncle Wight. So home to dinner an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 “7th. Up and to my office early, and there all the morning alone till dinner, and after dinner to my office again, and about 3 o'clock with my wife by water to Westminster, where I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1662 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1662 “5th. Up by break of day at 5 o'clock, and down by water to Woolwich: in my way saw the yacht lately built by our virtuosoes (my Lord Brunkard and others, with the help of Commissio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1662 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1662 “Lady Batten did send to speak with me, and told me very civilly that she did not desire, nor hoped I did, that anything should pass between us but what was civill, though there was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1662/63 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1662/63 “Up, and after paying Jane her wages, I went away, because I could hardly forbear weeping, and she cried, saying it was not her fault that she went away, and indeed it is hard to sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1662/63 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1662/63 “6th. Up betimes, and about eight o'clock by coach with four horses, with Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, to Woolwich, a pleasant day. There at the yard we consulted and ordered se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1663 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1663 “Being weary last night, I slept till almost seven o'clock, a thing I have not done many a day. So up and to my office (being come to some angry words with my wife about neglecting …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1663 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1663 “Lady Batten had sent twice to invite me to go with them to Walthamstow to-day, Mrs. Martha' being married already this morning to Mr. Castle, at this parish church. I could not ris…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1663 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1663 “He being gone, Creed, my wife, and I to Cornhill, and after many tryalls bought my wife a chintz, that is, a painted Indian callico, for to line her new study, which is very pretty…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1663 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1663 “This morning waking, my wife was mighty-earnest with me to persuade me that she should prove with child since last night, which, if it be, let it come, and welcome. Up to my office…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1663/64 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1663/64 “So home, where I found the house full of the washing and my wife mighty angry about Will's being here to-day talking with her mayds, which she overheard, idling of their time, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1663/64 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1663/64 “So I sent for a barrel of oysters, and they dined, and we were very merry, I being willing to be so upon this news. After dinner we took coach and to my brother's, where contrary t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1664 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1664 “He commended her body, and discoursed that for all he knew the thing was lawful. She says she did give him a very warm answer, such as he did not excuse himself by saying that he s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1664 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1664 “So I left them, and I to my Lord Chancellor's; and there coming out after dinner I accosted him, telling him that I was the unhappy Pepys that had fallen into his high displeasure,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1664 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1664 “After dinner up to my chamber and made an end of Dr. Power's booke of the Microscope, very fine and to my content, and then my wife and I with great pleasure, but with great diffic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov 1664 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov 1664 “Up and to the office, where busy all the morning, among other things about this of the flags and my bringing in of callicos to oppose Young and Whistler. At noon by promise Mr. Pie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1664 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1664 “Then home, and there Mr. Andrews and Hill come and we sung finely, and by and by Mr. Fuller, the Parson, and supped with me, he and a friend of his, but my musique friends would no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1664/65 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1664/65 “Up and to White Hall, where long waited in the Duke's chamber for a Committee intended for Tangier, but none met, and so I home and to the office, where we met a little, and then t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1664/65 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1664/65 “Up and to the office, at noon home to dinner, and to the office again, where very late, and then home to supper and to bed. This day returned Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes from L…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1665 “By water to the Duke of Albemarle, where I hear that Nixon is condemned to be shot to death, for his cowardice, by a Council of War. Went to chapel and heard a little musique, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1665 “Up and forth to give order to my pretty grocer's wife's house, who, her husband tells me, is going this day for the summer into the country. I bespoke some sugar, for my father, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1665 “Here I staid talking with Sir G. Carteret, he being mighty free with me in his business, and among other things hath ordered Rider and Cutler to put into my hands copper to the val…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, September 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, September 1665 “My wife before I come out telling me the ill news that she hears that her father is very ill, and then I told her I feared of the plague, for that the house is shut up. And so she …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1665 “This night comes Sir Christopher Mings to towne, and I went to see him, and by and by he being then out of the town comes to see me. He is newly come from Court, and carries direct…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1665 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1665 “Up, and to Sir G. Carteret, and with him, he being very passionate to be gone, without staying a minute for breakfast, to the Duke of Albemarle's and I with him by water and with F…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1665/66 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1665/66 “Up, and all the morning till three in the afternoon examining and fitting up my Pursers' paper and sent it away by an Expresse. Then comes my wife, and I set her to get supper read…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1665/66 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1665/66 “March 1st. Up, and to the office and there all the morning sitting and at noon to dinner with my Lord Bruncker, Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen at the White Horse in Lumbard Streete, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1666 “So we left the church and crowd, and I home (being set down on Tower Hill), and there did a little business and then in the evening went down by water to Deptford, it being very la…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1666 “Up, and visited very betimes by Mr. Sheply, who is come to town upon business from Hinchingbrooke, where he left all well. I out and walked along with him as far as Fleet Streete, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1666 “Some of our mayds sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1666 “I find by Hayes that they did expect great glory in coming home in so good condition as they did with the fleete, and therefore I the less wonder that the Prince was distasted with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1666 “The ladies begun presently to be afeard: one fell into fits. The whole town in an alarme. Drums beat and trumpets, and the guards every where spread, running up and down in the str…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1666 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1666 “Thus ends this year of publick wonder and mischief to this nation, and, therefore, generally wished by all people to have an end. Myself and family well, having four mayds and one …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1666/67 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1666/67 “20th (Lord's day). Up betimes and down to the Old Swan, there called on Michell and his wife, which in her night linen appeared as pretty almost as ever to my thinking I saw woman.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1666/67 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1666/67 “5th. Up, and to the office, where all the morning doing business, and then home to dinner. Heard this morning that the Prince is much better, and hath good rest. All the talk is th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1666/67 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1666/67 “14th. Up, and with Sir W. Batten and [Sir] W. Pen to my Lord Treasurer's, where we met with my Lord Bruncker an hour before the King come, and had time to talk a little of our busi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1667 “8th. Up, and having dressed myself, to the office a little, and out, expecting to have seen the pretty daughter of the Ship taverne at the hither end of Billiter Lane (whom I never…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1667 “10th. Up and to the office, where a meeting about the Victuallers' accounts all the morning, and at noon all of us to Kent's, at the Three Tuns' Tavern, and there dined well at Mr.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, June 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, June 1667 “6th. Up, and to the office all the morning, where (which he hath not done a great while) Sir G. Carteret come to advise with us for the disposing of L10,000, which is the first sum…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1667 “9th. Up pretty betimes and to the office, where busy till office time, and then we sat, but nothing to do but receive clamours about money. This day my Lord Anglesey, our new Treas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1667 “10th. Up, and to the Office, and there finished the letter about Carcasse, and sent it away, I think well writ, though it troubles me we should be put to trouble by this rogue so m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, September 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, September 1667 “5th. Up, and all the morning at the office, where we sat till noon, and then I home to dinner, where Mary Batelier and her brother dined with us, who grows troublesome in his talki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1667 “How come to see me, and after dinner parted, and I to my writing to my Lord Sandwich, which is the greatest business I have to do before my going into the country, and in the eveni…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1667 “Up, and to Westminster, where to the Parliament door, and there spoke with Sir G. Downing, to see what was done yesterday at the Treasury for Tangier, and it proved as good as noth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1667 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1667 “Here met Mr. Hinxton, the organist, walking, and I walked with him; and, asking him many questions, I do find that he can no more give an intelligible answer to a man that is not a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1667/68 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1667/68 “Up, and being ready, and disappointed of a coach, it breaking a wheel just as it was coming for me, I walked as far as the Temple, it being dirty, and as I went out of my doors my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1667/68 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1667/68 “After dinner by coach away to Westminster; taking up a friend of Mr. Jackson's, a young lawyer, and parting with Creed at White Hall. They and I to Westminster Hall, and there met …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1667/68 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1667/68 “Thence I to Mrs. Turner, and did get her to go along with me to the French pewterer's, and there did buy some new pewter against to-morrow; and thence to White Hall, to have got a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1668 “After playing a little upon my new little flageolet, that is so soft that pleases me mightily, betimes to my office, where most of the morning. Then by coach, 1s., and meeting Lord…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1668 “Up, and put on my new stuff-suit, with a shoulder- belt, according to the new fashion, and the bands of my vest and tunique laced with silk lace, of the colour of my suit: and so, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1668 “So thence took leave, and he with us through the city, where in walking I find the city pay him great respect, and he the like to the meanest, which pleased me mightily. He shewed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, August 1668 “Up, and by water to Sir W. Coventry to visit him, whom I find yet troubled at the Commissioners of Accounts, about this business of Sir W. Warren, which is a ridiculous thing, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1668 “At the office all the morning, and at noon dined with my people at home, and so to the office again a while, and so by water to the King's playhouse, to see a new play, acted but y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1668 “Up, and at the office all the morning, and so to it again after dinner, and there busy late, choosing to employ myself rather than go home to trouble with my wife, whom, however, I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 1668 “Up, and to the office, where all the morning, and at noon home to dinner, and so the like mighty busy, late, all the afternoon, that I might be ready to go to the drawing up of my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1668/69 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 1668/69 “13th. So up and by coach to Sir W. Coventry's, but he gone out, so I to White Hall, and thence walked out into the Park, all in the snow, with the Duke of York and the rest, and so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb/Mar 1668/69 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Feb/Mar 1668/69 “And so home, where, thinking to meet my wife with content, after my pains all this day, I find her in her closet, alone, in the dark, in a hot fit of railing against me, upon some …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Pepys | Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668 — Samuel Pepys |
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668 “Yesterday, at my coming home, I found that my wife had, on a sudden, put away Matt upon some falling out, and I doubt my wife did call her ill names by my wife's own discourse; but…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont |
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont “So we started off into the unknown, with no more provision or equipment than if we were going for a stroll of a mile or so. Yamba carried her yam-stick and basket, and I had my usu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 2 |
Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 2 “During this summer of 1846, while her literary hopes were waning, an anxiety of another kind was increasing. Her father's eyesight had become seriously impaired by the progress of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 1 |
Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 1 “This is perhaps a fitting time to give some personal description of Miss Bronte. In 1831, she was a quiet, thoughtful girl, of nearly fifteen years of age, very small in figure--"s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of PT Barnum |
Life of PT Barnum “About this time Barnum, with a Mr. Samuel Sherwood, of Bridgeport, started for Pittsburg, where they proposed to open a lottery office. On reaching New York, however, and talking o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of John Bunyan |
The Life of John Bunyan “The Pilgrim, having now floundered through the Slough of Despond, passed through the Wicket Gate, climbed the Hill Difficulty, and got safe by the Lions, entered the Palace Beautif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners |
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners “WHEN, by the good hand of my God, I had for five or six years together, without any interruption, freely preached the blessed gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; and had also, through…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Charles Darwin |
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin “When I left the school I was for my age neither high nor low in it; and I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Great Astronomers |
Great Astronomers “There may have been other discoverers who have done more for science than ever Ptolemy accomplished, but there never has been any other discoverer whose authority on the subject of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane |
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane “When fired upon Capt. Egan was shot. I was riding in advance and on hearing the firing turned in my saddle and saw the Captain reeling in his saddle as though about to fall. I turn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Samuel Butler; A Sketch |
Samuel Butler; A Sketch “This was the second great event in his life, and henceforward Italy and Handel were always present at the bottom of his mind as a kind of double pedal to every thought, word, and d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi |
God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi “The youths welcomed Francis into their fellowship because, though he had not a noble name, he had splendid clothes to wear, and much money to spend; and because, among them all, no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson |
The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson “Unremitting exertions were made to equip the ships which he had chosen, and especially to refit the VICTORY, which was once more to bear his flag. Before he left London he called a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Edison, His Life and Inventions |
Edison, His Life and Inventions “American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. In Edis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | "Boots And Saddles": Or Life In Dakota With General Custer |
"Boots And Saddles": Or Life In Dakota With General Custer “If time could have been measured by sensations, a cycle seemed to have passed in those few seconds. The Indians snatched up their guns, leaped upon their ponies, and prepared for a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Pocahantas |
The Story of Pocahantas “The simple story of the life of Pocahontas is sufficiently romantic without the embellishments which have been wrought on it either by the vanity of Captain Smith or the natural pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Captain John Smith |
Captain John Smith “The London to which Smith returned was the London of Shakespeare. We should be thankful for one glimpse of him in this interesting town. Did he frequent the theatre? Did he perhaps…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Charles Darwin |
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin “I have heard my father and elder sister say that I had, as a very young boy, a strong taste for long solitary walks; but what I thought about I know not. I often became quite absor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Shelley |
Shelley “The true visionary is often a man of action, and Shelley was a very peculiar combination of the two. He was a dreamer, but he never dreamed merely for the sake of dreaming; he alwa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rashi |
Rashi “As of old many cities in Greece asserted that they were the birthplace of Homer, the national poet, so a number of cities disputed for the honor of being the birthplace of Rashi, o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Epicurus |
The Life of Epicurus “and he used to say, that he began to study philosophy when he was fourteen years of age; but Apollodorus, the Epicurean, in the first book of his account of the life of Epicurus, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nietzsche |
Nietzsche “For a while he lived with his sister, and projected with her great schemes for a kind of monastic seminary, wherein a few noble spirits, dissatisfied with the world and, needless t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Last of the Great Scouts, The Life Story of William F. Cody |
Last of the Great Scouts, The Life Story of William F. Cody “Though to us younger children our brother Samuel was but a shadowy memory, in him had centered our parents' fondest hopes and aims. These, naturally, were transferred to the younge…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Queen Victoria |
Queen Victoria “The death of the Prince Consort was the central turning-point in the history of Queen Victoria. She herself felt that her true life had ceased with her husband's, and that the rema…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume One |
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume One “There were no possible means of obtaining news from the garrison, and information from outside could not be otherwise than unfavorable. What General Taylor's feelings were during t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of a Pioneer |
The Story of a Pioneer “Thus, when he took up his claim of three hundred and sixty acres of land in the wilderness of northern Michigan, and sent my mother and five young chil- dren to live there alone un…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist |
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist “The first books he read were for the most part borrowed. Customers who came to the shop to be shaved or have their hair dressed, took an interest in the conversation of the bright,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Industrial Biography |
Industrial Biography “That industry had a sore time of it during the civil wars will further appear from the following brief account of Andrew Yarranton, which may be taken as a companion memoir to that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Thomas Telford |
The Life of Thomas Telford “But, as Telford afterwards used to say, very much depends on whether the man has got a head with brains in it of the right sort upon his shoulders. In London, the weak man is simpl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point |
Henry Ossian Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point “"An officer who was in his tent near by came out and ordered me to be put under guard in one of the guard tents, where I was kept until next morning, when I was put 'in arrest.' Wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Robert Louis Stevenson “But we on this side are the poorer - by how much we can never know. What strengthens the conviction that he might yet have surpassed himself and dwarfed his own best work is, certa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Notes of Roundabout to Boston |
Notes of Roundabout to Boston “My notion was that which afterwards became Bartley Hubbard's. "Get a basis," said the softening cynic of the Saturday Press, when I advised with him, among other acquaintances. "Ge…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | William Ewart Gladstone |
William Ewart Gladstone “Adding these charms of manner to a memory of extraordinary strength and quickness and to an amazing vivacity and variety of mental force, any one can understand how fascinating Mr.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2 |
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2 “Soon after his return from Knoxville I ordered Sherman to distribute his forces from Stevenson to Decatur and thence north to Nashville; Sherman suggested that he be permitted to g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Abraham Lincoln |
Abraham Lincoln “To return to the trip to New Orleans. As soon as the cargo was loaded, the two boys started upon their voyage, Abraham serving as "bow-hand, to work the front oars." It was a very …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Jacob Astor |
John Jacob Astor “Having collected several thousand dollars' worth of furs he shipped them to London and embarked as a passenger in the steerage. The trip showed him that ability to sell was quite a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sidney Percival Bunting |
Sidney Percival Bunting “Bunting's letter, dated Berlin, August 15, 1922. gives a most interesting account of the German capital under the shadow of inflation. " It is still a great capital, but no longer …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Boys' Life of Mark Twain |
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain “It was at the mature age of nine that he found he could endure this no longer. One day when the big packet came down and stopped at Hannibal, he slipped aboard and crept under one …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Cesare Borgia |
The Life of Cesare Borgia “And in that you have most probably the origin of the famous secret poison of the Borgias. Having been invented to fit the alleged poisoning of Prince Djem, which it was desired to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography |
Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography “Patronage does not really help a party. It helps the bosses to get control of the machinery of the party--as in 1912 was true of the Republican party--but it does not help the part…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography and Selected Essays |
Autobiography and Selected Essays “Thomas Huxley's Autobiography and Selected Essays, that is.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fabre, Poet of Science |
Fabre, Poet of Science “In the domain of things positive, it is not always sufficient to gather the facts, to record them, and to codify in bare formulae the results of inquiry. Doubtless every essential …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of George Borrow |
The Life of George Borrow “Borrow was in reality endeavouring to convey to his "little congregation," as he called them, some idea of abstract morality. He was bold enough "to speak against their inveterate …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Emile Zola |
Emile Zola “Zola was an artist, and one of the very greatest, but even before and beyond that he was intensely a moralist, as only the moralists of our true and noble time have been. Not Tolst…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beethoven: the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words |
Beethoven: the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words “15. "My miserable hearing does not trouble me here. In the country it seems as if every tree said to me: 'Holy! holy!' Who can give complete expression to the ecstasy of the woods …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Robert Louis Stevenson, A Record, An Estimate, A Memorial |
Robert Louis Stevenson, A Record, An Estimate, A Memorial “"In years to come, when his grave is perchance forgotten, a rugged ruin, home of the lizard and the bat, Tusitala - the story-teller - 'the man with a heart of gold' (as I so often…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Americanization of Edward Bok |
The Americanization of Edward Bok “Afterward, Edward found out that, as a matter of fact, it was the President's only copy. Though the boy did not then appreciate this act of consideration, his instinct fortunately …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography |
Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography “With the inpouring of vigor into his constitution the ideal of an academic life, often sedentary in mind as well as in body, ceased to lure him. He craved activity, and this cravin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thomas Jefferson |
Thomas Jefferson “Jefferson's committee abolished the frightful penalties of the ancient code; he set on foot the movement for the improvement of public education; he drew the bill for the establish…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Francis Marion |
The Life of Francis Marion “Watson was terrified. He was heard to say that "he had never seen such shooting in his life." There was no effecting the passage in the face of such enemies, and stealing down to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of General Francis Marion |
The Life of General Francis Marion “Second work about the life of the Swamp Fox, this one by Mason Locke Weems (deemed less credible).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis |
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis “I left Key West on the morning of the 24th in the Dolphin with the idea of trying to get on board the flagship on the strength of Roosevelt's letter. Stenie Bonsal got on just befo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Iron Puddler |
The Iron Puddler “Subtitled: MY LIFE IN THE ROLLING MILLS AND WHAT CAME OF IT--by James J. Davis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sketch of the Life of BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS MARION |
Sketch of the Life of BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS MARION “The year 1781 commenced under auspices more propitious than those of the last year. The British had exercised so much oppression and rapacity over all those who would not join them…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Honoré de Balzac |
Honoré de Balzac “Alas, none of the actualities of life would ever break down his robust confidence nor his golden dreams! Even before The Country Doctor was published he found himself involved in a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions |
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions “By talent and conviction he was the natural pet of the aristocracy whose selfish prejudices he defended and whose leisure he amused. The middle class, as has been noted, disliked a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old John Brown — Walter Hawkins |
Old John Brown “But not long could he stay at home. The year of Jubilee for all these bondmen was his one thought, and he found friends who regarded him as a tried man and were prepared to trust h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker &Missionary — George Smith |
The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker &Missionary “The answer, big with consequence for the future of the East, was in their hands, in the form of a letter from Carey, who stated that "Mr. Thomas, the Bengal missionary," was trying…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Elizabeth Sara Sheppard — Anonymous |
Elizabeth Sara Sheppard “Very early she displayed a most decided poetic predisposition, - - writing, when but ten years old, with surprising facility on every possible subject. No metre had any difficultie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of a Southerner — Edward J. Thomas |
Memoirs of a Southerner “The dogs were docile and obedient, only intended to trail the outlaws, not to injure them. We were much interested in their welfare, for were they not our own?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mary Somerville — Anonymous |
Mary Somerville “"The Connection of the Physical Sciences" and the "Physical Geography" are the later works of Mrs. Somerville. These volumes have probably been more read in our country than in Eur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Indian Boy's Story — Daniel La France |
An Indian Boy's Story “One might imagine that with such a great variety of occupations we would soon become rich -- especially as we raised much of our own food and seldom had any rent to pay -- but this…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl “"No, honey. I hadn't heerd no preachin', -- been to no meetin'. Nobody hadn't told me. I'd kind o' heerd of Jesus, but thought he was like Gineral Lafayette, or some o' them. But o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | David Crockett: His Life and Adventures — John S. C. Abbott |
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures “"While we were conversing," writes Crockett, "Colonel Bowie had occasion to draw his famous knife, and I wish I may be shot if the bare sight of it wasn't enough to give a man of a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Memories of Eighty Years — Chauncey M. Depew |
My Memories of Eighty Years “As secretary of state it was my duty to have the papers all prepared for execution as soon as the college had voted, and to attach to them the great seal of the State, and then the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Angel DeCora — An Autobiography |
Angel DeCora “I opened a studio in Boston and did some illustrative work for Small &Maynard Company, and for Ginn &Company. I also did some designing although while in art schools I had never ta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Diary and Notes — Louisiana Barraud Cocke |
Diary and Notes “Having completed my ride on horseback before breakfast I wrote a french exercise, got a french grammar lesson and read two fables in Wanostrchts RecueilI read 30 pages of history a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Count Leon Tolstoi — Madame Dovidoff |
Count Leon Tolstoi “Tolstoi has strange ideas about education -- ideas which shift and change like the pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope -- and the result has been very curious, and by no means always…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor — Isabel Hapgood |
Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor “IT is a well-known fact that the sympathy between Count Lyof Tolstoi and the censor of the Russian press is the reverse of profound. Nevertheless, the manner in which the two men a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Elizabeth Cady Stanton — Ida Husted Harper |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton “It would not be amiss to say that Mrs. Stanton furnished the base of supplies to which Miss Anthony went for the ammunition to rout the enemy. Or that she represented the loom and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War — C. C. Harrison |
A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War “We stopped overnight at Manassas, five ladies, sleeping in a tent guarded by a faithful sentry, upon a couch made of rolls of cartridge-flannel. I remember the comical effect of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Girlhood of Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Girlhood of Harriet Beecher Stowe “Written by Charles Edward Stowe and Lyman Beecher Stowe.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | EMMA GOLDMAN — HIPPOLYTE HAVEL |
EMMA GOLDMAN “The first years of her childhood Emma Goldman passed in a small, idyllic place in the German-Russian province of Kurland, where her father had charge of the government stage. At th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation |
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation “This man was a thorough student, spoke, and read, several different languages; he boarded with. I liked him, and stood in awe of him because of his superior education, never thinki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mrs. Helen Jackson ("H.H.") — Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Mrs. Helen Jackson ("H.H.") “Includes a biography as well as Mrs. Jackson's last works.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Recollections of My Childhood — Louisa May Alcott |
Recollections of My Childhood “The girlish folly did not last long, and the letters were burned years ago; but Goethe is still my favorite author, and Emerson remained my beloved "Master" while he lived, doing m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson — Louisa May Alcott |
Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson “Here, too, in the pleasant room with the green hills opposite, and the pines murmuring musically before the windows, Emerson wrote essays more helpful than most sermons; lectures w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Haydn — J. Cuthbert Hadden |
Haydn “A more interesting meeting took place at Bonn. Beethoven, then a young man of twenty-two, was still living with his people in the Wenzegasse, but already arrangements had been made…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Reminiscences of Captain Gronow |
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow “"Monk" Lewis, unable to stand against the outcry thus raised against him, determined to try the effects of absence, and took his departure for the island in which his property was;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone — John Filson |
The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone “On the fourteenth day of July, 1776, two of Col. Calaway's daughters, and one of mine, were taken prisoners near the fort. I immediately pursued the Indians, with only eight men, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | James Otis, The Pre-Revolutionist |
James Otis, The Pre-Revolutionist “By this time, Otis had become not only a man eminent in his profession in Boston, but a powerful factor in the public life of the city. The New England commonwealth was then beginn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Narrative of Sojourner Truth |
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth “Note: This version was dictated by Sojourner Truth; and edited by Olive Gilbert.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Balzac — Frederick Lawton |
Balzac “One has little doubt in deciding that, of the two spurs which goaded Balzac's labours, his desire for wealth acted more persistently and energetically than his desire for glory. In…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Henry Bibb |
Henry Bibb “Full title: Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Days Before Yesterday — Lord Frederic Hamilton |
The Days Before Yesterday “The French tutor selected for me enjoyed a great reputation at that time. Oddly enough, she was a woman, but it will be gathered that she was quite an exceptional woman, when I say…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words |
Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words “Compiled by Friedrich Kerst.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself |
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself “"Brother, you have often declared that you would not end your days in slavery. I see no possible way in which you can escape with us; and now, brother, you are on a steamboat where…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Promised Land — Mary Antin |
The Promised Land “MY father and mother could tell me much more that I have forgotten, or that I never was aware of; but I want to reconstruct my childhood from those broken recollections only which,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Up From Slavery — Booker T. Washington |
Up From Slavery “No one connected with the boarding department seemed to have any idea that meals must be served at certain fixed and regular hours, and this was a source of great worry. Everything…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings — Rene Doumic |
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings “George Sand did not have to wait long for success. She won fame with her first book. With her second one she became rich, or what she considered rich. She tells us that she sold it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mariner of St Malo — Stephen Leacock |
The Mariner of St Malo “Subtitled: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD — Henry Venn Lansdown |
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD “How great was my astonishment some time after, on visiting Fonthill, at perceiving, suspended from the cul de lamp, the very crimson cord that once supported this precious vessel! …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini |
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini “The gentlewoman, also slightly blushing, said: You know well that I want you to serve me; and reaching me the lily, told me to take it away; and gave me besides twenty golden crown…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Laperouse — Ernest Scott |
Life of Laperouse “That direction is especially important, because if Laperouse had not perished, but had lived to carry out his programme, it is evident that he would have forestalled the later disc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Autobiography — Catherine Helen Spence |
An Autobiography “If South Australia was the first of the States to exhaust her agricultural soil, she was the first to restore it by means of fertilizers and the seed drill. When I see the drilled …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chaucer — Adolphus William Ward |
Chaucer “But, in accordance with the taste of his age, which shunned such sheer straightforwardness in poetry, the "Book of the Duchess" contains no further transparent reference to the act…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain |
The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain “The considerations which governed Champlain in his dealings with the Indians lay quite outside the rights and wrongs of their tribal wars. His business was to explore the continent…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Se-quo-yah |
Se-quo-yah “Should this man be thus lost? He was aroused to his danger by the relative to whom he owed so much. His temper was eminently philosophic. He was, as he proved, capable of great eff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Sir Richard Burton — Thomas Wright |
The Life of Sir Richard Burton “From Ptolemy downwards writers and travellers had prayed for the unveiling of Isis, that is to say, the discovery of the sources of the Nile; but for two thousand years every effor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Margot Asquith, An Autobiography |
Margot Asquith, An Autobiography “The East End of London was not a new experience to me. Laura and I had started a creche at Wapping the year I came out; and in following up the cases of deserving beggars I had com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My School Days — E. Nesbit |
My School Days “Here let me make a confession, I had never really loved a doll. My affections up to that time had been lavished on a black and white spotted penny rabbit, bought at a Kentish fair;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Chopin — Franz Liszt |
Life of Chopin “He was so entirely filled with the sentiments whose most perfect types he believed he had known in his own youth, with the ideas which it alone pleased him to confide to art; he co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Biographies of Working Men — Grant Allen |
Biographies of Working Men “Of course there were not people wanting who ascribed this wonderful discovery of Herschel's to pure chance. If he hadn't just happened to turn his telescope in that particular dire…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Percy Bysshe Shelley — John Addington Symonds |
Percy Bysshe Shelley “A glimpse into the cottage at Great Marlow is afforded by a careless sentence of Leigh Hunt's. "He used to sit in a study adorned with casts, as large as life, of the Vatican Apoll…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bjornstjerne Bjornson — William Morton Payne |
Bjornstjerne Bjornson “It will be well, however, to make certain distinctions between the life work of Bjornson and that of the two men whom a common age and common aims bring into inevitable association…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of Mrs. Clive |
The Case of Mrs. Clive “IN order to put an End to some false Reports, which have been raised in Relation to my not acting this Season, as well as to bespeak the Favour of the Publick, I have, by the Advic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Starr King in California — William Day Simonds |
Starr King in California “This last criticism invites us to notice--all too briefly--a phase of King's experience in New England fitting him most admirably for the larger work he was to do on the Pacific Co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Seven Wives and Seven Prisons — L.A. Abbott |
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons “Full title: SEVEN WIVES AND SEVEN PRISONS: OR EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF A MATRIMONIAL MANIAC. A TRUE STORY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 1 — Frederick Niecks |
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 1 “The fundamental characteristics of Chopin's style--the loose-textured, wide-meshed chords and arpeggios, the serpentine movements, the bold leaps--are exaggerated in the works of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives of the Poets: Addison, Savage, etc. — Samuel Johnson |
Lives of the Poets: Addison, Savage, etc. “Under such a tutor, Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality; and perhaps many of the misfortunes which the want of those virtues brought upon him in the following …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives of the Poets: (Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, Etc.) — Samuel Johnson |
Lives of the Poets: (Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, Etc.) “Gay is represented as a man easily incited to hope, and deeply depressed when his hopes were disappointed. This is not the character of a hero, but it may naturally imply something…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Notes to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Mary W. Shelley |
Notes to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley “Shelley possessed two remarkable qualities of intellect--a brilliant imagination, and a logical exactness of reason. His inclinations led him (he fancied) almost alike to poetry an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mirrors Of Washington — Anonymous |
The Mirrors Of Washington “As a legislator he had left no mark on legislation. If he had retired from Congress at the end of his term his name would have existed only in the old Congressional directories, li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chopin: The Man and His Music — James Huneker |
Chopin: The Man and His Music “War was declared upon Chopin by a part of the musical world. The criticism was compounded of pure malice and stupidity. Chopin was angered but little for he was too sick to care no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography |
The Log-Cabin Lady “So Tom sent for mother and the twins to come to us, and they arrived at the Waldorf Hotel, where we were staying. Dear, simple mother, in her terrible clothes, and the twins, got u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of John Coleridge Patteson — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Life of John Coleridge Patteson “There is a light-heartedness about his letters like that of the old Eton times. Something might have been owing to the impulse of health, which was due to the tropical heat. Most p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 2 — Frederick Niecks |
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 2 “While in examining the earlier works, the praise bestowed on them was often largely mixed with censure, and the admiration felt for them tempered by dissatisfaction; we shall have …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V1 |
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V1 “During the two or three years following my senatorial term, work in the founding and building of Cornell University was so engrossing that there was little time for any effort whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2 |
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2 “I have no apology to make for the Russian system--far from it; but I would state, in the interest of international comity, that it is best for Americans not to be too prompt in bel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Biographical Study of A. W. Kinglake — Rev. W. Tuckwell |
Biographical Study of A. W. Kinglake “How could one clear harp, men asked themselves as they read, have produced so diverse tones? The riddle is solved when we learn that the first part only was from Kinglake's pen: ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Painter of "Diana of the Tides" — Walter Prichard Eaton |
The Painter of "Diana of the Tides" “But the present John Elliott, artist, though he is of the kin of Stevenson, and bears the dark hair and rather prominent, melancholy eyes of the traditional Elliott stock, yet phys…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. |
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. “On the following day I was taken a round of the ironworks, and inspected their machinery, as well as that of the collieries, in the details of which Mr. Hartop had introduced many …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Story of My Life — Helen Keller |
Story of My Life “I recall my surprise on discovering that a mysterious hand had stripped the trees and bushes, leaving only here and there a wrinkled leaf. The birds had flown, and their empty nest…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot — Translated by Oliver C. Colt |
The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot “All the armed forces were set in motion for this war. I regretted that I was not involved; and being destined to carry back to my regiment the knowledge I had acquired at the schoo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Open Mind: William James — Walter Lippmann |
An Open Mind: William James “And in that he was simply keeping America's promise: he was actually doing what we, as a nation, proclaimed that we would do. He was tolerant; he was willing to listen to what seem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Young Girl's Diary — Prefaced with a Letter by Sigmund Freud |
A Young Girl's Diary “Dora asked me to-day how it was I knew all about these things, whether Hella had told me. I did not want to give Hella away, so I said quite casually: "Oh, one can read all about t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Acres of Diamonds — Russell H. Conwell |
Acres of Diamonds “Yet Conwell did not get readily into his life- work. He might have seemed almost a failure until he was well on toward forty, for although he kept making successes they were not pe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, V1 |
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, V1 “6. I have the materials for a monograph upon the Acalephae and Hydrostatic Acalephae. I have examined very carefully more than forty genera of these animals--many of them very rare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope — Samuel Johnson |
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope “"How," says the critic, "can wit be scorned where it is not? Is not this a figure frequently employed in Hibernian land! The person that wants this wit may indeed be scorned, but t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS |
THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS “A story of education -- seventy years of it -- the practical value remains to the end in doubt, like other values about which men have disputed since the birth of Cain and Abel; bu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Life, Volume II — Richard Wagner |
My Life, Volume II “We travellers--Blandine and I, that is--soon fell into a frivolous mood which was much intensified by Ollivier's query, repeated after each burst of laughter, 'Qu'est-ce qu'il dit?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Experiences of a Bandmaster — John Philip Sousa |
The Experiences of a Bandmaster “This placed me in a predicament, as I did not wish the President to believe that the band was not at all times able to respond to his wishes. Fortunately, one of the bandmen rememb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jane Austen and Her Times — G. E. Mitton |
Jane Austen and Her Times “The whole tone of Jane's own writings and letters redeems her memory from any possible reproach of affectation, and the evidence all points to the fact that though not averse from …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Renegade Psychiatrist's Story — Paul Rosenfels |
A Renegade Psychiatrist's Story “As I built a psychotherapeutic practice, I became increasingly aware that my independent insights were worth far more in helping the patient than the psychoanalytic theories dispen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Reminiscences of Chekhov |
Reminiscences of Chekhov “Combined writings of M. Gorky, A. Kuprin, and I. A. Bunin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Flirtations — Ella Hepworth Dixon |
My Flirtations “In the dining-room the prim, thin Chippendale furniture was ranged against a pale-coloured wall, while the round table, with its fine damask and Georgian silver, and the soft lampl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thomas Hariot — Henry Stevens |
Thomas Hariot “COLLECTORS OF RARE English books always speak reverently and even mysteriously of the 'quarto Hariot' as they do of the 'first folio.' It is given to but few of them ever to touch …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Life, Volume I — Richard Wagner |
My Life, Volume I “On the other hand, I tried to strengthen myself by again working energetically at Lohengrin. While doing this, I proceeded in a manner that I have not since repeated. I first of al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative of the Life of James Watkins |
Narrative of the Life of James Watkins “Full title: Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a "Chattel" in Maryland, U. S.; Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Diary of a Soldier of Fortune — Stanley Portal Hyatt |
Diary of a Soldier of Fortune “The risk of accident was considerable. A gun might go off by mistake, a wounded buck might charge, the cattle might trample you, or a fall on one of the smooth boulders might resul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ruin of a Princess — translated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley |
Ruin of a Princess “The scenes of horror of which I have just spoken were followed by some tranquillity, so that the royal family continued the uniform system of life which they had adopted on enterin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains — William F. Drannan |
Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains “Full title: THIRTY-ONE YEARS ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OR, THE LAST VOICE FROM THE PLAINS. AN AUTHENTIC RECORD OF A LIFE TIME OF HUNTING, TRAPPING, SCOUTING AND INDIAN FIG…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Anthony Hamilton |
The Memoirs of Count Grammont “He had paid his devoirs to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ormond, while his heart was still taken up with his former passion: the king's love for Lady Castlemaine, and the adva…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee |
History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee “Full title: History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee, Body Servant of General Robert E. Lee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, v1 |
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, v1 “The advance from Camargo was commenced on the 5th of September. The army was divided into four columns, separated from each other by one day's march. The advance reached Cerralvo i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, v2 |
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, v2 “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Baron d'Holbach — Max Pearson Cushing |
Baron d'Holbach “Full title: Baron D'Holbach: A Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man — J. W. Johnson |
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man “As soon as we landed, four of us went directly to a lodging-house in 27th Street, just west of Sixth Avenue. The house was run by a short, stout mulatto man, who was exceedingly ta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Far Away And Long Ago — W. H. Hudson |
Far Away And Long Ago “Here, then, I begin, aged five, at an early hour on a bright, cold morning in June -- midwinter in that southern country of great plains or pampas; impatiently waiting for the load…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Adventure With A Genius — Alleyne Ireland |
An Adventure With A Genius “Full title: AN ADVENTURE WITH A GENIUS Recollections of JOSEPH PULITZER.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox — Charles E. Morris |
The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox “"A man who has occupied this position without interruption during three administrations would be a failure at the very outstart if he resorted to devious conduct or political dupli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1. |
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1. “I AM in good health, but always sleepy. Papa has snatched from my pen all that I had to write about, which is, that he has already written everything. Signora Gabrielli is here, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Autobiography “Besides these dainties, which we gradually learned to enjoy and to digest with perfect ease, it was very agreeable for us children to be in some measure released from fixed hours o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Anecdotes of Johnson — Hesther Lynch Piozzi |
Anecdotes of Johnson “I will relate one thing more that Dr. Johnson said about babyhood before I quit the subject; it was this: "That little people should be encouraged always to tell whatever they hear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of My Life — Georg Ebers |
The Story of My Life “The rattle of wheels and the blast of the postilion's horn closed the first period of my childhood. When I was four years old we went to my mother's home to attend my grandparents'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MY STRANGE PETS — RICHARD BELL |
MY STRANGE PETS “Full title: MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In a Walled Garden — Bessie Rayner Belloc |
In a Walled Garden “My younger public, having read the foregoing pages, assure me that I have not given a sufficient description of George Eliot herself. One of them even says, "You have opened a door…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston |
Autobiography of Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston “Yet his vigorous intellect and fervid eloquence gave him a high standing. He had much boldness and sincerity in asserting his opinions. This cost him the loss of his party nominati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of George M. Horton |
Life of George M. Horton “Full title: Life of George M. Horton, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 |
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 “"Aged Botanist?" marry come up! [Sir J. Hooker jestingly congratulated him on taking up botany in his old age.] I should like to know of a younger spark. The first time I heard mys…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1 |
Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1 “Subtitled: From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End" |
Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End" “The four scores of the Beethoven Symphonies, of which you advised me in your friendly letter, reached me yesterday. My eyes are meanwhile revelling and delighting in all the glorie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1 |
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1 “Set my mind at rest by a few lines telling me that I did not offend you some time ago. I live at such a distance from my friends, that I always have a thousand anxieties, especiall…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 |
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 “I can never complain to you again. I go on worrying you with my confidences in a sinful manner, while you keep your own grief to yourself. My troublesome candour knows no bounds; e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century — James Richard Joy |
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century “The wreck of the grand army drifted back over the border, and the dispirited Emperor, having risked everything in one bold experiment and lost, hastened to Paris, and after a vain …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Princess de Montpensier — Mme. de Lafayette |
The Princess de Montpensier “The Duc de Guise recognised her immediately in spite of the changes which had taken place in her appearance in the three years since he had last seen her. He told the Duc d'Anjou w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v1 |
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v1 “I trust a perusal of these pages will prove interesting to the survivors, who have manifested so often their intense love of the "cause" which moved a nation to vindicate its own a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v2 |
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v2 “The temper of Congress and the people would not permit the slow and methodical preparation desired by General Scott; and the cry of "On to Richmond!" which was shared by the volunt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v3 |
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v3 “But during the 10th, the enemy showed no signs of evacuating Dalton, and I was waiting for the arrival of Garrard's and Stoneman's cavalry, known to be near at hand, so as to secur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v4 |
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SHERMAN, Illustrated, v4 “Of course, many families were actually destitute of this, and to these were issued stores from our own stock of supplies. I remember to have given to Dr. Arnold, the mayor, an orde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of Anthony Trollope |
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope “In the preceding pages I have given a short record of the first twenty-six years of my life,--years of suffering, disgrace, and inward remorse. I fear that my mode of telling will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of My Life and Writings — Edward Gibbon |
Memoirs of My Life and Writings “My indiscriminate appetite subsided by degrees in the historic line: and since philosophy has exploded all innate ideas and natural propensities, I must ascribe this choice to the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe |
Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe “Endeavour always to be content in that estate of life which it hath pleased God to call you to, and think it a great fault not to employ your time, either for the good of your soul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence |
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence “. . .I have also a piece of good news to communicate, which will, I hope, lead to very favorable results for me. I think I told you when I left for Paris that my chief anxiety was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romance and Tragedy — William Ingraham Russell |
The Romance and Tragedy “Full title: THE ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY OF A WIDELY KNOWN BUSINESS MAN OF NEW YORK BY HIMSELF (WILLIAM INGRAHAM RUSSELL)... he tried to regroup in Baltimore.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Charles Lamb — Barry Cornwall |
Charles Lamb “You could not mistake him. He was somewhat stiff in his manner, and almost clerical in dress; which indicated much wear. He had a long, melancholy face, with keen, penetrating eyes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi — Father Candide Chalippe |
The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi “After a contest of humility between the two patriarchs, as to who should speak first, Dominic, urged by Francis to take the lead, said to him:--"You excel me in humility, and I wil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton, Volume II |
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton, Volume II “It had long been our desire to visit Palestine and the Holy Land thoroughly, and so in March, 1871, we determined to set out. Richard wished me to go by sea and meet him at Jerusal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters of Anton Chekhov |
Letters of Anton Chekhov “... Even your praise of "On the Road" has not softened my anger as an author, and I hasten to avenge myself for "Mire." Be on your guard, and catch hold of the back of a chair that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Vol. I. |
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Vol. I. “Full title: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Vol. II. |
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Vol. II. “In May 1769, soon after our return from Turkey, our ship made a delightful voyage to Oporto in Portugal, where we arrived at the time of the carnival. On our arrival, there were se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry — William Wirt |
Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry “IT is almost unnecessary to state that the display which Mr. Henry had made in "the parsons' cause," as it was popularly called, placed him, at once, at the head of his profession,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Frederick Douglass — Charles Waddell Chesnutt |
Frederick Douglass “IN 1841 Douglass entered upon that epoch of his life which brought the hitherto obscure refugee prominently before the public, and in which his services as anti-slavery orator and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood And Womanhood — Grace Greenwood |
Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood And Womanhood “She quietly persevered in the "progresses" which annoyed the irascible and unreasonable old King, even visiting the Isle of Wight, though the royal big guns were forbidden to "pop"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters to His Children — Theodore Roosevelt |
Letters to His Children “We walked our ponies up and down steep, rock-strewn, and tree-clad slopes, where it did not seem possible a horse could climb, and on the level places we got one or two smart gallo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 — David Masson |
The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 “While this is clearly the will of a dying man whose property is in such a state of wreck and confusion that he knows not whether any provision whatever will arise out of it for his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Experience of a Physician — John Ellis |
Personal Experience of a Physician “But we know that pure alcohol cannot be used as a beverage, and therefore it is certain that these comparisons were simply as to the clearness of fermented wine after fermentation,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | CHAUCER'S OFFICIAL LIFE — JAMES ROOT HULBERT |
CHAUCER'S OFFICIAL LIFE “Now let us examine the evidence in favour of his close connection with John of Gaunt. We have two pieces of definite evidence of a connection between Chaucer and John of Gaunt; Cha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our Friend John Burroughs — Clara Barrus |
Our Friend John Burroughs “We are coming more and more to like the savor of the wild and the unconventional. Perhaps it is just this savor or suggestion of free fields and woods, both in his life and in his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, V9 — Elbert Hubbard |
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, V9 “The fact that with his own hands he carried five of his offspring to foundling asylums as they came into the world does not alter or change the fact that he was also the author of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventure of Living — John St. Loe Strachey |
The Adventure of Living “I have no recollection of what made me take to writing verse myself. It was the old story. "I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came." My first lisp--the first poem I ever wrote--…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Biographical Essays — Thomas de Quincey |
Biographical Essays “There is in modern literature a whole class of writers, though not a large one, standing within the same category; some marked originality of character in the writer become a coeff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fielding — Austin Dobson |
Fielding “He had discovered its scope and possibilities only when it was too late to re-cast his original design; and though Joseph Andrews has all the freshness and energy of a first attemp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago — Canniff Haight |
Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago “We have but little to complain of as a people. Our progress during the last fifty years has been such as cannot but be gratifying to every Canadian, and if we are only true to ours…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mrs. Shelley — Lucy M. Rossetti |
Mrs. Shelley “In October Claire's departure for Florence, as governess in the family of Professor Bojti, where she went by the advice of her friend Mrs. Mason, formerly Lady Mountcashell, brough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe — Charles Edward Stowe |
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe “It is so far from being irrelevant for England to notice slavery that I already see indications that this subject, on both sides, is yet to be presented there, and the battle fough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Observations of a Retired Veteran — Henry C. Tinsley |
Observations of a Retired Veteran “Well, we have gotten you into a new year! Life and Fate and Time, all have managed to get you here. With many of you they had a hard pull to get you here. Some of you have been nea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan V1 — Thomas Moore |
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan V1 “Mr. Sheridan was now approaching the summit of his dramatic fame;--he had already produced the best opera in the language, and there now remained for him the glory of writing also …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Army Life in a Black Regiment — Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Army Life in a Black Regiment “It must be remembered that, after the first capture of Port Royal, the outlying plantations along the whole Southern coast were abandoned, and the slaves withdrawn into the interio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Abraham Lincoln — Henry Ketcham |
The Life of Abraham Lincoln “Whatever the mental cause of this melancholy, there is no doubt that it had also a physical cause. This was his most violent attack, but by no means his only one. It recurred, with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT — ANNA HARRIETTE LEONOWENS |
THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT “Such was Chow Phya Sri Sury Wongse when I was first presented to him: a natural king among the dusky forms that surrounded him, the actual ruler of that semi- barbarous realm, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 — Frances M.A. Roe |
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 “Their coming was so sudden we did not have a chance to get out of their way, and it so happened that Mrs. Phillips and I were in their line of march, and when the one in the lead g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century — George Paston |
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century “After the Christmas vacation of 1805, Haydon began to attend the Academy classes, where he struck up a close friendship with John Jackson, afterwards a popular portrait-painter and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Four Years — William Butler Yeats |
Four Years “Of late years I have often explained Wilde to myself by his family history. His father, was a friend or acquaintance of my father's father and among my family traditions there is a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Anne Bradstreet and Her Time — Helen Campbell |
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time “Much of the depression evident in Anne Bradstreet's earlier verses came from the circumstances of her family life. No woman could have been less fitted to bear absence from those n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot — Austin Craig |
Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot “Doctor Rizal tells us that it was then that he first began to lose confidence in mankind. A story of a school companion, that when Rizal recalled this incident the red came into hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mark Twain — Archibald Henderson |
Mark Twain “Nevertheless, the observation of M. Forgues is just and authentic--the Attic flavour of l'esprit Gaulois is alien to the loosely articulated structure of American humour. The notew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois |
The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois “In a proceeding chapter we have spoken of M. de Maisonneuve, who was a native of Champenois, and consequently a fellow-countryman of Margaret Bourgeois--so favorably does divine Pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself |
The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself “I, who knew how it stood with me better than he did, felt a weight come over me as soon as he had spoken the word; for I presently saw it would bring a very great exercise upon me.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, V2 — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, V2 “And now, what am I to do? The Times seems to think that, in order to be consistent, I ought to take up the conflict immediately; but, for my part, I think otherwise. What an unreas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | English Men of Letters: Coleridge — H. D. Traill |
English Men of Letters: Coleridge “When, then, and how did this slavery begin? What was the precise date of Coleridge's first experiences of opium, and what the original cause of his taking it? Within what time did …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. — Sarah Tytler |
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. “On the very day after the commutation of the sentence had been announced, Sunday, the 3rd of July, the Queen was again fired at as she sat by the side of her uncle, King Leopold, o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Biography of Edmund Spenser — John W. Hales |
A Biography of Edmund Spenser “It is said that his friend Harvey introduced him to that famous accomplished gentleman--that mirror of true knighthood--Sir Philip Sidney, and it would seem that Penshurst became f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The True Story of My Life — Hans Christian Andersen |
The True Story of My Life “All was sunshine--all was spring! The vine hung in long trails from tree to tree; never since have I seen Italy so beautiful. I sailed on Lago Maggiore; ascended the cathedral of M…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Louis Agassiz as a Teacher — Lane Cooper |
Louis Agassiz as a Teacher “I was to keep the fish before me in a tin tray, and occasionally moisten the surface with alcohol from the jar, always taking care to replace the stopper tightly. Those were not th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" — Minnie L. Carpenter |
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" “This life was not spasmodic. She did not pass in and out of the holy place, or step on and off the highway of holiness. She dwelt there. That does not imply that never during those…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk |
Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk “The old chief had some dogs killed and made a feast preparatory to resigning his scepter, to which all the nation were invited. Great anxiety prevailed among them to know what the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives of the Necromancers — William Godwin |
Lives of the Necromancers “Full title: LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS: OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST EMINENT PERSONS IN SUCCESSIVE AGES, WHO HAVE CLAIMED FOR THEMSELVES, OR TO WHOM HAS BEEN IMPUTED BY OTHERS, THE EXE…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 — Stuart J. Reid, ed. |
Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 “I had one curious experience in writing "Gladys Fane" that may or may not be common to most novelists. Certain of the characters were founded upon real men and women. I painted no …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Catherine Booth: A Sketch — Colonel Mildred Duff |
Catherine Booth: A Sketch “Extravagance and waste of every kind she abhorred, and had she not been so careful in planning and arranging, her time and money would again and again have run short. The sewing, m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne — Frank Preston Stearns |
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne “Why Hawthorne returned to Concord in 1852 is more of a mystery than the suicide of Zenobia. Horace Mann also left Newton, to be President of Antioch College (and to die there in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fra Bartolommeo — Leader Scott |
Fra Bartolommeo “Mariotto imbibed more and more of Baccio's style, till their works so much resembled one another that indifferent judges could scarcely distinguish them apart. It would be interest…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Charles Philip Yorke — Lady Biddulph of Ledbury |
Charles Philip Yorke “Full title: Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N., A Memoir by His Daughter.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I — A. M. W. Stirling |
The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I “"Mr Boyd," relates Stanhope, "was in a singular position. He had originally been one of the first, if not the first banker in Paris. He stood, as I have heard, in a pre-eminent pos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Life and Work — Henry Ford |
My Life and Work “Unduly high prices are always a sign of unsound business, because they are always due to some abnormal condition. A healthy patient has a normal temperature; a healthy market has n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Calamity Jane — Calamity Jane |
The Autobiography of Calamity Jane “Subtitled: The story of Marthy Cannary Burke, in her own words.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Boyhood — John Burroughs |
My Boyhood “I made a cross-gun that had a barrel (in the end of which you dropped the arrow) and a lock with a trigger, and that was really a spiteful, dangerous weapon. About my fifteenth yea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Horace — Theodore Martin |
Horace “Horace himself had manifestly watched the angry surges from the cliffs of Lebedos. But a more interesting record of the Asiatic campaign, inasmuch as it is probably the earliest sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Poets of the South — F.V.N. Painter |
Poets of the South “Poe occupies a peculiar place in American literature. He has been called our most interesting literary man. He stands alone for his intellectual brilliancy and his lamentable failu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nathaniel Hawthorne — George E. Woodberry |
Nathaniel Hawthorne “He had, however, begun to age. He was forty-six years old, and the last year had told upon him, with its various anxieties, excitement, and hard labor with the pen. He was more eas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiographical Sketches — Thomas de Quincy |
Autobiographical Sketches “Reflecting upon the evils which befell me, and the gross mismanagement, under my guardians, of my small fortune, and that of my brothers and sisters, it has often occurred to me th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Woman's Life-Work — Laura S. Haviland |
A Woman's Life-Work “The unbounded confidence they placed in me was surprising; for they often brought their business papers for me to examine, to see whether they were right. One man brought me a note…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders — Ernest Scott |
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders “There never was, until Flinders applied himself to the task, any deliberately-planned, systematic, persistent exploration of any portion of the Australian coast. The continent grew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha — John Niles Hubbard |
An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha “This claim was denied by Red Jacket, who maintained that the place in question belonged rightfully to the Senecas, and sustained his position by a reference to facts and usages in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 |
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 “Full title: THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE BART., M.P. BEGUN BY STEPHEN GWYNN, M.P. COMPLETED AND EDITED BY GERTRUDE M. TUCKWELL.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Early Life of Mark Rutherford |
The Early Life of Mark Rutherford “The recollections of boyhood, so far as week-days go, are very happy. Sunday, however, was not happy. I was taken to a religious service, morning and evening, and understood nothin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John James Audubon — John Burroughs |
John James Audubon “"Had a man the size of a mountain spoken to me in that arrogant style in America, I should have indignantly resented it; but where I then was it seemed best to swallow and digest i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of General Lafayette |
Memoirs of General Lafayette “Full title: MEMOIRS OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO AMERICA, AND OF HIS RECEPTION BY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; FROM HIS ARRIVAL, AUGUST 15TH, TO THE CEL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Autobiography of a Yogi — Paramhansa Yogananda |
Autobiography of a Yogi “Descending the long stairway, I was overwhelmed by memories. This house at 50 Amherst Street, now the residence of Master Mahasaya, had once been my family home, scene of my mother…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag |
Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag “While this meeting was in progress Brother Tiffany Flint from Milwaukee came down and asked me to come and hold a two weeks' meeting for him, but I had no open dates. In those days…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman — Giberne Sieveking |
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman “People have said that Newman gave up all worldly hopes of fame for the sake of this missionary venture. It may be that that is true in part. But, for myself, I cannot help seeing t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Leonardo da Vinci — Maurice W. Brockwell |
Leonardo da Vinci “Leonardo has succeeded in producing the effect of the coup de theatre at the moment when Jesus said "One of you shall betray me." Instantly the various apostles realise that there …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Sheridan, Vol 2 — Thomas Moore |
Life of Sheridan, Vol 2 “Full title: Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Select Speeches of Daniel Webster-- |
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster-- “Gentlemen, it is a most extraordinary case. In some respects, it has hardly a precedent anywhere; certainly none in our New England history. This bloody drama exhibited no suddenly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1. — Matthew L. Davis |
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1. “Thus, in 1777, Burr was the friend of Lee and Gates in opposition to General Washington. In the beginning of January, 1778, it was reported to Burr that Lord Stirling had made some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. — Matthew L. Davis |
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. “On the 11th February, 1801, being the day appointed by law for counting the votes of the electoral colleges, the House of Representatives proceeded in a body to the Senate chamber,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of Kit Carson — Edward S. Ellis |
The Life of Kit Carson “There could be no doubt, however, of the destination of the redskin, and Carson and his brave warrior were equally persistent with their horses. The ground flew beneath their hoofs…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jean-Christophe, Vol. I — Romain Rolland |
Jean-Christophe, Vol. I “"One word only! No more talk of money. I hate money--the word and the thing itself. If I am not rich, I am yet rich enough to give to my friend, and it is my joy to give all I can …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Luther — Julius Koestlin |
Life of Luther “Luther had now become possessed with a burning desire to refute, by means of the truth he had newly learned, the teaching and system of that School-theology on which he himself had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 |
Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 “Of the two great parties now forming on the ruins of the old ones, that which you lead has a claim upon me for the work of justice [disestablishment of the Irish Church] which it h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Over The Top — Arthur Guy Empey |
Over The Top “Full title: "OVER THE TOP" BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WENT ARTHUR GUY EMPEY MACHINE GUNNER, SERVING IN FRANCE TOGETHER WITH TOMMY'S DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Oliver Goldsmith — Washington Irving |
Oliver Goldsmith “While poor Goldsmith was thus struggling with the difficulties and discouragements which in those days beset the path of an author, his friends in Ireland received accounts of his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Personal Recollections — Charlotte Elizabeth |
Personal Recollections “Full title: Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM — JOSEPH P. TUMULTY |
WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM “The contests for the delegates to the National Convention were on in full swing throughout the various states. In the early contests, particularly in the far western states, like U…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sketches and Studies — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Sketches and Studies “When Franklin Pierce declined the honorable offer of the attorney-generalship of the United States, he intimated that there might be one contingency in which he would feel it his d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |