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| Arthurian | Le Morte d'Arthur Vol. 2 — Arthurian |
Le Morte d'Arthur Vol. 2 “Part Two of Mallory's epic. Hey, the way some of the stories are out of order isn't my fault.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Le Morte d'Arthur Vol. 1 — Arthurian |
Le Morte d'Arthur Vol. 1 “Part 1 of Thomas Mallory's classic. Or, for them of you that's scholarly, some dude in jail translates the Vulgate Cycle.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Robin Hood — Arthurian |
Robin Hood “J. Walker McSpadden's tale of the Guy in Green and his Merry Men. I've chalked it in with Arthur because of, well, you know, Ivanhoe and Bulfinch's and stuff.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur — Arthurian |
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur “A personal favorite.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Idylls of the King — Arthurian |
The Idylls of the King “And indeed He seems to me/ Scarce other than my king's ideal knight,/`Who reverenced his conscience as his king;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Arthurian |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight “In translation from the West Midland dialect (sorry, prose was best I could find.)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | History Of The Britons (Historia Brittonum) — Arthurian |
History Of The Britons (Historia Brittonum) “Then it was, that the magnanimous Arthur, with all the kings and military force of Britain, fought against the Saxons. And though there were many more noble than himself, yet he wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The High History of the Holy Graal — Arthurian |
The High History of the Holy Graal “Translation of Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal -- Toni Morrison Fans take note.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | On the Ruin of Britain — Arthurian |
On the Ruin of Britain “the poor remnants of our nation (to whom flocked from divers places round about our miserable countrymen as fast as bees to their hives, for fear of an ensuing storm), being streng…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood — Howard Pyle |
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood “At this there was bustling at the Sheriff's castle, and men ran hither and thither upon this business and upon that, while the forge fires of Nottingham glowed red far into the nig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Hengist, King of Kent, or The Mayor of Quinborough — Arthurian |
Hengist, King of Kent, or The Mayor of Quinborough “GENTLEMAN SAXON/They're besieg'd,/Aurelius Ambrose and his brother Uther,/With numbers infinite in Britain forces,/Beset their castle, and they cannot 'scape/Without your speedy su…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | MERLIN — Arthurian |
MERLIN “And many a moving candle, in whose light/The prisoned wizard, mirrored in amazement,/Saw fronting him a stranger, falcon-eyed,/Firm-featured, of a negligible age,/And fair enough t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood — Howard Pyle |
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood “At this there was bustling at the Sheriff's castle, and men ran hither and thither upon this business and upon that, while the forge fires of Nottingham glowed red far into the nig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Men of Iron — Arthurian |
Men of Iron “Then, suddenly, there was a commotion in the hall without, loud voices, and a hurrying here and there. The black knight half arose, grasping a heavy iron mace that lay upon the ben…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Adventures of Arthur at the Tarn Wadeling — Arthurian |
The Adventures of Arthur at the Tarn Wadeling “"Sir Cador, Sir Constantine, Sir Cleges, Sir Kay,"/ She cries, "knights uncourteous, by cross and by creed,/ Thus lonely to leave me, at this, my death-day,/ With the grisliest gho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Sir Cleges — Arthurian |
Sir Cleges “Thus the good knight and his gentle son went on their way to Kardyf all on this Christmas Day; to the castle they came in safety, even as men made ready for meat, and Sir Cleges ve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Quest of the Holy Grail — Arthurian |
The Quest of the Holy Grail “Now the story tells how when Perceval had left Lancelot, he started back to the recluse from whom he thought to hear news of the knight who had escaped them. And when he had turned…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Tales from the Old French — Arthurian |
Tales from the Old French “Nor was there any seneschal so strong or so skilful but if he carried a plate, let it tremble or fall. He who would cut the bread cut his own hand. All were astounded by the horn a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Order of Chivalry — Arthurian |
The Order of Chivalry “The king gave heed to all this, and thereafter asked if there were now no more to be done. "Yes, fair sir, but this one thing I dare not." "And what may it be?" "Sir, the accolade.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Arthur and Gorlagon — Anonymous |
Arthur and Gorlagon “Gorlagon: There was a king well known to me, noble, accomplished, rich, and far-famed for justice and for truth He had provided for himself a delightful garden which had no equal, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | AVILLION; OR, THE HAPPY ISLES. — Dinah Maria Craik |
AVILLION; OR, THE HAPPY ISLES. “The King, seemed to strive with troubled dreams. His huge limbs tossed restlessly, and his sleeping fingers ever sought blindly the renowned Excalibur, which lay beside him--at onc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS — HENRY GILBERT |
KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS “Full title: KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS. THE TALES RETOLD FOR BOYS AND GIRLS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | SIR LIBEAUS DESCONUS — translated by JESSIE WESTON |
SIR LIBEAUS DESCONUS “Then the maiden kneeled in the hall before all the knights, and greeted them with honour, and said to the King, "Evil is the case of which I tell thee; within walls was never a sad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Accolon of Gaul — MADISON CAWEIN |
Accolon of Gaul “For her half-brother Morgane had conceived/ Unnatural hatred; so much so, she grieved,/ Envious and jealous, for the high renown/ And might the King had gathered round his crown/ T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | For All Ladies of Shalott — ALINE KILMER |
For All Ladies of Shalott “The mirror cracked from side to side;/ I saw its silver shadows go./ "The curse has come on me!" she cried./ Poor lady! I had told her so./…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Camlan — ROBERT BUCHANAN |
Camlan “A moment paused Sir Arthur/ To cool his burning brow;/ Three hundred knights had followed him --/ How many follow now?/ But only two! And wounded sore,/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | EXCALIBUR: AN ARTHURIAN DRAMA — RALPH ADAMS CRAM |
EXCALIBUR: AN ARTHURIAN DRAMA “Archbishop./ Now speak, magician, if thou hast a tongue,/ For in thy words is somewhat ominous/ Of welfare to Pendragon's kingdom. Speak!/ Where is the sign of God?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Geraint of Devon — MARION LEE REYNOLDS |
Geraint of Devon “And it chanced/ That Enid, passing through the darksome hall,/ Came to the court's low portal, where she saw/ The young knight all in armour, saw his steed/ Harnessed for war and r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Modred, a fragment — EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
Modred, a fragment “Time and the dark/ Had come, but not alone. The southern gate/ That had been open wide for Lancelot/ Made now an entrance for three other men,/ Who strode along the gravel or the g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Morgan Le Fay — MADISON CAWEIN |
Morgan Le Fay “For all her looks were full of spells,/ And all her words, of sorcery;/ And in some way they seemed to say,/ "Oh, come with me!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | MORDRED, A TRAGEDY — HENRY NEWBOLT |
MORDRED, A TRAGEDY “Lancelot. Nay, do not trouble him:/ Gawaine's his brother still;/ I could not bear/ To gain the tidings of our rich content/ From him that's beggared by it. Yonder's the guard,/ We…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The New King Arthur — EDGAR FAWCETT |
The New King Arthur “Full title: THE NEW KING ARTHUR: AN OPERA WITHOUT MUSIC…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | At the Palace of King Lot — OSCAR FAY ADAMS |
At the Palace of King Lot “Lot, King of Orkney in the Northern seas,/ Long ere the time when, fighting sword in hand/ 'Gainst Arthur in the barons' wars he made/ His name to all true men a byword like/ A thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Peredur the Son of Evrawc — Translation by Lady Charlotte Guest |
Peredur the Son of Evrawc “"Mother," said Peredur, "what are those yonder?" "They are angels, my son," said she. "By my faith," said Peredur, "I will go and become an angel with them." And Peredur went to th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Lady of Shalott — ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS |
The Lady of Shalott “If you had held her up by the window--for she could not hold up herself--she would have hung like a porcelain transparency in your hands. And if you had said, laying her gently dow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Sir Tray: An Arthurian Idyl — General Edward Hamley |
Sir Tray: An Arthurian Idyl “The widowed Dame of Hubbard's ancient line/ Turned to her cupboard, cornered anglewise/ Betwixt this wall and that, in quest of aught/ To satisfy the craving of Sir Tray,/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Doom-Well of St. Madron — ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER |
The Doom-Well of St. Madron “"Now rede me my riddle, Sir Mordred, I pray,/ My kinsmen, mine ancient, my Bien-aimé;/ Now rede me my riddle, and rede it aright,/ Art thou traitorous knave or my trusty knight?"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Sword of Kingship — THOMAS WESTWOOD |
The Sword of Kingship “Beside his yule-fire sate that peerless knight,/ And read, from monkish page, the legend old/ Of the Nativity--the Orient Star,/ The mystic Magi, with their gift of myrrh,/ The God…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | THE TALE OF BALEN — ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
THE TALE OF BALEN “Swift as a shadow and strange as light/ That cleaves in twain the shadow of night/ Before the wide-winged word takes flight/ That thunder speaks to depth and height/ And quells the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Water Carriers — OSCAR FAY ADAMS |
The Water Carriers “For he, Lavaine, who lov'd Sir Lancelot/ But reverenced his King and conscience more,/ Had hasten'd to the standard of his King/ When evil-hearted Modred rais'd revolt,/ And Lancel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL — JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL “The drawbridge dropped with a surly clang,/ And through the dark arch a charger sprang,/ Bearing Sir Launfal, the maiden knight,/ In his gilded mail, that flamed so bright/ It seem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | NARRATIVE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA — Arthurian |
NARRATIVE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA “And in the middle of the feast of unleavened bread, His disciple John comes, and we no longer beheld the robber as to what took place. And John asked Jesus: Who is this, that Thou …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Old French Romances — William Morris |
Old French Romances “Therewith they went their ways to the Court of the Count and found him not there, because he was gone to Bericain to visit Amis his fellow, and comfort him of the death of his fath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic — Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic “And while he was thus singing his verse near the door, there came suddenly a mighty storm of wind, so that the king and all his nobles thought the castle would fall on their heads.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian | The Last Tournament — Alfred Lord Tennyson |
The Last Tournament “Note: AUTHOR'S EDITION FROM ADVANCE SHEETS This poem forms one of the "Idyls of the King." Its place is between "Pelleas" and "Guinevere."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes | Cliges — Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes |
Cliges “He who wrote of Erec and Enide, and translated into French the commands of Ovid and the Art of Love, and wrote the Shoulder Bite, and about King Mark and the fair Iseut, and about …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes | Yvain or, The Knight with the Lion — Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes |
Yvain or, The Knight with the Lion “The King could not reply to all before he saw the lady coming toward him to hold his stirrup. However, he would not wait for this, but hastened to dismount himself as soon as he ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes | Lancelot or, The Knight of the Cart — Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes |
Lancelot or, The Knight of the Cart “From the moment he caught sight of her, he did not turn or take his eyes and face from her, defending himself with backhand blows. And Meleagant meanwhile attacked him as fiercely …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes | Erec et Enide — Arthurian: Chretien de Troyes |
Erec et Enide “The damsel advanced and tried to pass him by force, holding the dwarf in slight esteem when she saw that he was so small. Then the dwarf raised his whip, when he saw her coming tow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Welsh Texts | The Mabinogion — Arthurian: Welsh Texts |
The Mabinogion “A Welsh cycle of Arthurian tales. If you read, as a kid, the Lloyd Alexander series "Chronicles of Prydain," some names might seem familiar.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Welsh Texts | The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel — Arthurian: Welsh Texts |
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel “So in this wise Conaire fared forth; and on each of the four roads whereby men go to Tara there were three kings awaiting him, and they had raiment for him, since it had been foret…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arthurian: Welsh Texts | The Mabinogion — Arthurian: Welsh Texts |
The Mabinogion “This version supersedes the earlier translation (nicer Itals 'n stuff).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Hagakure (The Way of the Samurai). Selections — Asia |
Hagakure (The Way of the Samurai). Selections “Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, "What is the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things — Asia |
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things “Japanese tales, translated by Lafcadio Hearn.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Book of Tea — Asia |
The Book of Tea “Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Almanac of Love — Chikamatsu |
The Almanac of Love “"What am I up to? Pray, why have you bound Tama for all the world as if she'd been taken up by a policeman? I'd have you call to mind that it's against the law for a mere tradesman…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Aoi No Uye — ZENCHIKU UJINOBU |
Aoi No Uye “Witch: How strange! I see a fine lady whom I do not know riding in a broken coach. She clutches at the shafts of another coach from which the oxen have been unyoked. And in the sec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Aya No Tsuzumi — SEAMI |
Aya No Tsuzumi “Gardener:/Longed for as the moon that hides/In the obstinate clouds of a rainy night/Is the sound of the watchman's drum,/To roll the darkness from my heart.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Kagekiyo — SEAMI |
Kagekiyo “Kagekiyo: I have heard of him indeed. But I am blind, and have not seen him. I have heard such sad tales of his plight that I needs must pity him. Go further; ask elsewhere.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Kumasaka — Author Uncertain |
Kumasaka “Listen! I thought you were taking me to where there would be a chapel, so that I could begin my prayers. But here I can see no painted picture nor carven image that I could put up.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Tsunemasa — SEAMI |
Tsunemasa “Tsunemasa: It was long ago that I came to the Palace. I was but a boy then, but all the world knew me; for I was marked with the love of our Lord, with the favour of an Emperor. An…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | THE GATELESS GATE — Asia |
THE GATELESS GATE “That evening Joshu returned and Nansen told him what had happened. Joshu thereupon took off his sandals and, placing them on his head, walked away. Nansen said, "If only you had be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | IKUTA — Zembo Motoyaso |
IKUTA “Beauty, perception, knowledge, motion, consciousness,--/ The Five Attributes of Being,--/ All are vain mockery./ How comes it that men prize/ So weak a thing as body?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | GO RIN NO SHO: A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS — Miyamoto Musashi |
GO RIN NO SHO: A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS “My Way of strategy is the sure method to win when fighting for your life one man against five or ten. There is nothing wrong with the principle "one man can beat ten, so a thousand…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Cloud Dream of the Nine, Illustrated — Kim Man-Choong |
The Cloud Dream of the Nine, Illustrated “The young lady blushed, and said hesitatingly in reply: "Cloudlet, my dear, you know how I have been as careful of my behaviour as the Book of Rites requires; and how I have guarde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Cloud Dream of the Nine — Kim Man-Choong |
The Cloud Dream of the Nine “THE General then mounted the dragon-car with the Dragon King's daughter beside him; a wonderful wind blew the wheels and they whirled away up into mid air beyond the clouds. He did…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Spider's Web — Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
The Spider's Web “But one morning he feebly raised his poor head, and looking upward towards the darkened sky which spread itself like a pall over the Bloody Pond, his eyes discerned the silvery lin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | The Tale of Genji — Murasaki Shikibu |
The Tale of Genji “In fact, the name she had made for herself was rather different. She had long been famous for her subtlety and refinement, and when her daughter moved to another temporary shrine, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Asia | Malayan Literature — Various Authors |
Malayan Literature “This rampart enclosed seven hills. In the centre of the city extended a pool vast as the sea; from one bank it was impossible to discern an elephant standing up on the other. It co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages — Charlemagne |
Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages “Kinda history, kinda not. You know...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | Orlando Furioso — Charlemagne |
Orlando Furioso “As Chaucer "borrowed" from Boccaccio, Sir Edmund Spenser borrowed from this one.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | The Song of Roland — Charlemagne |
The Song of Roland “Blowing that horn.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | Orlando Furioso — Ludovico Ariosto |
Orlando Furioso “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | Lyf of the noble and Crysten prynce, Charles the Grete — Charlemagne |
Lyf of the noble and Crysten prynce, Charles the Grete “Translation by William Caxton.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlemagne | ROLAND: A tragedy — Quinault |
ROLAND: A tragedy “ROLAND: (alone) I am betrayed! Who could have believed it?/ O heaven! I am betrayed by the beautiful ingrate/ For whom love made me betray my glory./ O sweet hope with which I was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | The Canterbury Tales — Chaucer |
The Canterbury Tales “And we watched the lady/as the Miller Told His Tale/while her face at first just ghostly/turned a whiter shade of pale (almost beat up a Procul Harum cover band for not knowing tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | The Legend of Good Women — Chaucer |
The Legend of Good Women “Cleopatra, Thisbe, Dido and more (advanced research for writing up on the Wife of Bath?)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | Troilus and Criseyde — Chaucer |
Troilus and Criseyde “I've thought of putting this text in the Arthurian section, but then again, that might be pandering.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | The Book of the Duchess — Chaucer |
The Book of the Duchess “Cheer up, oh John of Gaunt. Your son shall be king.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | 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 | |
| Chaucer | THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE — Chaucer |
THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE “Many men seyn that in sweveninges/ Ther nis but fables and lesinges;/ But men may somme swevenes seen,/ Which hardely ne false been,/ But afterward ben apparaunte./ This may I draw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chaucer | 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 | |
| China | Two Years in the Forbidden City — China |
Two Years in the Forbidden City “Princess Dar Ling's chronicle of life at court.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Art of War — China |
The Art of War “Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces; the next in order is to attack the enemy's army i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Tao Te Ching — China |
The Tao Te Ching “The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. -- by Lao-Tse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | CONFUCIAN ANALECTS — China |
CONFUCIAN ANALECTS “CHAP. III. 1. The Master said, 'If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of sha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | THE DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN — China |
THE DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN “While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in thei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | THE GREAT LEARNING — China |
THE GREAT LEARNING “The Master said, "In hearing litigations, I am like any other body. What is necessary is to cause the people to have no litigations." So, those who are devoid of principle find it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | THE HSIÂO KING, Or Classic of Filial Piety — China |
THE HSIÂO KING, Or Classic of Filial Piety “The disciple Zang said, 'I have heard your instructions on the affection of love, on respect and reverence, on giving repose to (the minds of) our parents, and on making our name f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | THE SHIH KING, Or Book of Poetry — China |
THE SHIH KING, Or Book of Poetry “From of old, before our time, The former men set us the example;--How to be mild and humble from morning to night, And to be reverent in discharging the service.-- another of the F…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | THE SHU KING, Or Book of Historical Documents — China |
THE SHU KING, Or Book of Historical Documents “Yü said, 'So far good! But let your light shine, O Tî, all under heaven, even to every grassy corner of the sea-shore, and throughout the myriad regions the most worthy of the peop…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms — China |
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms “After travelling for seventeen days, a distance we may calculate of about 1500 le, (the pilgrims) reached the kingdom of Shen-shen,[1] a country rugged and hilly, with a thin and b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | I CHING. THE BOOK OF CHANGES — China |
I CHING. THE BOOK OF CHANGES “3. In the third NINE, undivided, (we see its subject as) the superior man active and vigilant all the day, and in the evening still careful and apprehensive. (The position is) dang…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Li Ki — China |
The Li Ki “They informed the officer of prayer in the apartment; they seated the representative of the departed in the hall; they killed the victim in the courtyard. The head of the victim wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Writings of Mencius — China |
The Writings of Mencius “7. 'So!' returned the other. 'The perplexity of your disciple is hereby very much increased. There was king Wan, moreover, with all the virtue which belonged to him; and who did no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | Peach Blossom Shangri-la — Tao YuanMing |
Peach Blossom Shangri-la “At first it was so narrow that he could barely pass, but after advancing a short distance it suddenly opened up to reveal a broad, flat area with imposing houses, good fields, beau…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Han Koong Tsu, or Autumn of the Palace of Han — China |
The Han Koong Tsu, or Autumn of the Palace of Han “Princess. Thus was I, in spite of the treachery of Maouyenshow, who disfigured my portrait, seen and exalted by his Majesty; but the traitor presented a truer likeness to the Tarta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | Liao-Fan's Four Lessons — China |
Liao-Fan's Four Lessons “[Liao-Fan]: Usually, there are signs which signal impending danger or of coming good fortune. These signs are a reflection of one's heart; though it is the heart from which thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| China | The Tract of the Quiet Way — China |
The Tract of the Quiet Way “Be faithful and reverential to the ruler. Be filial and obedient to parents. Be congenial and friendly to brothers. Be sincere in your intercourse with friends.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Egypt | The Egyptian Book of the Dead — Egypt |
The Egyptian Book of the Dead “Also known as the Papyrus of Ani…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Egypt | Barlaam and Ioasaph — Egypt |
Barlaam and Ioasaph “There was at that time a certain monk, learned in heavenly things, graced in word and deed, a model follower of every monastic rule. Whence he sprang, and what his race, I cannot s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Flavius Josephus | History of the Destruction of Jerusalem — Flavius Josephus |
History of the Destruction of Jerusalem “But John made use of this festival as a cloak for his treacherous designs, and armed the most inconsiderable of his own party, the greater part of whom were not purified, with weap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Flavius Josephus | The Antiquities of the Jews — Flavius Josephus |
The Antiquities of the Jews “1. When Moses was taken away from among men, in the manner already described, and when all the solemnities belonging to the mourning for him were finished, and the sorrow for him w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Flavius Josephus | Against Apion — Flavius Josephus |
Against Apion “7. For our forefathers did not only appoint the best of these priests, and those that attended upon the Divine worship, for that design from the beginning, but made provision that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Lysistrata — Greek |
Lysistrata “What if all the women refused to... sure that wouldn't make men angrier?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Birds — Greek |
The Birds “Birds fighting for their own city in this satire by the author of Lysistrata.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Clouds — Greek |
The Clouds “The House of Socrates: The Thoughtery, a small and dingy place. More satire by the author Lysistrata.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Trojan Women — Greek |
The Trojan Women “Euripides. Cassandra saw it coming, but it didn't matter.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | History Of The Peloponnesian War — Greek |
History Of The Peloponnesian War “Um, yeah, about that Syracuse thing... -- by Thucydides.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Hiero — Greek |
Hiero “While of tyrants, many have been murderers of their own children, many by their children murdered. Many brothers have been murderers of one another in contest for the crown;many a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Argonautica — Greek |
The Argonautica “Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Discources of Epictetus — Greek |
The Discources of Epictetus “For instance, the tyrant says, "I am master of all." And what can you do for me? Can you give me desire which shall have no hindrance? How can you? Have you the infallible power of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | On the Natural Faculties — Greek |
On the Natural Faculties “...everything is in sympathy. According to Asclepiades, however, nothing is naturally in sympathy with anything else, all substance being divided and broken up into inharmonious el…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | An Account of Egypt — Greek |
An Account of Egypt “. Then as she was doing that which was enjoined by her father, the thief, hearing for what purpose this was done and having a desire to get the better of the king in resource, did …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Enchiridion — Greek |
The Enchiridion “1. Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our cont…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Iliad of Homer (Prose) — Greek |
The Iliad of Homer (Prose) “Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles Peleus' son, the ruinous wrath that brought on the Achaians woes innumerable, and hurled down into Hades many strong souls of heroes, and gave …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Principal Doctrines — Greek |
Principal Doctrines “11. If we had never been molested by alarms at celestial and atmospheric phenomena, nor by the misgiving that death somehow affects us, nor by neglect of the proper limits of pains…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Letter to Menoeceus — Greek |
Letter to Menoeceus “Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. And to say …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Plutarch's Lives — Greek |
Plutarch's Lives “The news of his death filled all Achaea with grief and lamentation. The youth, with some of the chief of the several cities, met at Megalopolis with a resolution to take revenge wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Poems by Sappho — Greek |
Poems by Sappho “It was you, Atthis, who said/"Sappho, if you will not get/up and let us look at you/I shall never love you again!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Complete Essays and Miscellanies of Plutarch — Greek |
The Complete Essays and Miscellanies of Plutarch “But now I would fain know upon what account you can imagine that wine is cold. Then, said I, do you believe this to be my opinion? Yes, said he, whose else? And I replied: I rememb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Alexiad — Anna Comnena |
The Alexiad “In this wise the Emperor settled the affairs of John and Gregory Gabras; then he started from Philippopolis and visited the valleys lying between Dalmatia and our territory. He tra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Robbers of Egypt — Heliodorus |
The Robbers of Egypt “When she heard the noise around her, and saw their shadows before her eyes, she lifted herself up a little and looked back, but then at once stooped down again, no whit dismayed by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Golden Sayings — Epictetus |
The Golden Sayings “He that hath grasped the administration of the World, who hath learned that this Community, which consists of God and men, is the foremost and mightiest and most comprehensive of a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | On Images — Porphyry |
On Images “The ruling principle of the power of earth is called Hestia, of whom a statue representing her as a virgin is usually set up on the hearth; but inasmuch as the power is productive,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Alcibiades II — Platonic Imitator |
Alcibiades II “SOCRATES: Do you not imagine, then, that a man ought to be very careful, lest perchance without knowing it he implore great evils for himself, deeming that he is asking for good, e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Eryxias — Platonic Imitator |
Eryxias “SOCRATES: Suppose that some one came to us at this moment and were to ask, Well, Socrates and Eryxias and Erasistratus, can you tell me what is of the greatest value to men? Is it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Greek View of Life — Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson |
The Greek View of Life “Socrates, as it happened, was one of the committee whose duty it was to put the question to the Assembly. But the proposition was in itself illegal, and Socrates with some other me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes — Greek |
The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes “The present crisis, O Athenians, requires, if any ever did, much thought and counsel. Not that I am puzzled, what advice to give in the matter; I am only doubtful, in what way, Ath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | The Orations of Lysias — Greek |
The Orations of Lysias “25. It is worth, while to recall what was done after the Four Hundred. For you will understand that what they advised never was for your advantage, but what I advise is for the las…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek | Authors of Greece — T. W. Lumb |
Authors of Greece “In Aeschylus' dramas the will of the gods tended to override human responsibility. An improvement could be effected by making the personages real captains of their souls; drama nee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | The Orestia — Agamemnon |
The Orestia “Boy, you come home from a war and look what happens. OK, OK, so sacrificing the daughter was bad.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | The Orestia - Choephori — Greek: Aeschylus |
The Orestia - Choephori “Um, Mom, about what you did to dad...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | The Orestia — Eumenides |
The Orestia “Mine is the right to add the final vote/And I award it to Orestes' cause/For me no mother bore within her womb/And, save for wedlock evermore eschewed/I vouch myself the champion o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | THE PERSIANS — Greek: Aeschylus |
THE PERSIANS “The mighty Xerxes from Darius sprung,/ The stream of whose rich blood flows in our veins,/Leads against Greece; whether his arrowy shower/Shot from the strong-braced bow, or the hu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | PROMETHEUS BOUND — Greek: Aeschylus |
PROMETHEUS BOUND “PROMETHEUS/Think not that I for pride and stubbornness/Am silent: rather is my heart the prey/Of gnawing thoughts, both for the past, and now/Seeing myself by vengeance buffeted./F…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | THE SUPPLIANTS — Greek: Aeschylus |
THE SUPPLIANTS “A shrine is stronger than a tower to save,/A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto,/And in your left hands hold with reverence/The white-crowned wands of suppliance, the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | The Furies — Greek: Aeschylus |
The Furies “Mine is the right to add the final vote/And I award it to Orestes' cause/For me no mother bore within her womb/And, save for wedlock evermore eschewed/I vouch myself the champion o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aeschylus | The Seven Against Thebes — Greek: Aeschylus |
The Seven Against Thebes “And ye, O protecting gods, in pity your people behold!/ Yea, save us, the maidenly troop, from the doom and despair of the slave,/ For the crests of the foemen come onward, their r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | PEACE — Greek: Aristophanes |
PEACE “As for me, I will explain the matter to you all, children, youths, grownups and old men, aye, even to the decrepit dotards. My master is mad, not as you are, but with another sort …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | THE FROGS — Greek: Aristophanes |
THE FROGS “DIONYSUS/O drop that, can't you?/And tell me this: of all the roads you know/Which is the quickest way to get to Hades?/I want one not too warm, nor yet too cold.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | THE ACHARNIANS — Greek: Aristophanes |
THE ACHARNIANS “DICAEOPOLIS: Is this not sufficient to drive a man to hang himself? Here I stand chilled to the bone, whilst the doors of the Prytaneum fly wide open to lodge such rascals. But I w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | THE KNIGHTS — Greek: Aristophanes |
THE KNIGHTS “DEMOSTHENES: I will begin then. We have a very brutal master, a perfect glutton for beans, and most bad-tempered; it's Demos of the Pnyx, an intolerable old man and half deaf. The …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | PLUTUS — Greek: Aristophanes |
PLUTUS “PLUTUS: Zeus inflicted it on me, because of his jealousy of-mankind. When I was young, I threatened him that I would only go to the just, the wise, the men of ordered life; to prev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | THE WASPS — Greek: Aristophanes |
THE WASPS “XANTHIAS (turning to the audience): Come, I must explain the matter to the spectators. But first a few words of preamble: expect nothing very high-flown from us, nor any jests stol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | THE ECCLESIAZUSAE — Greek: Aristophanes |
THE ECCLESIAZUSAE “Come, withdraw and remain seated in the future. I am going to take this chaplet myself and speak in your name. May the gods grant success to my plans! My country is as dear to me a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristophanes | The Frogs — Greek: Aristophanes |
The Frogs “HER. I vow I can't help laughing, I can't help it./ A lion's hide upon a yellow silk, a club and buskin!/ What's it all about? Where were you going?/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Rhetoric — Greek: Aristotle |
Rhetoric “How it should be argued.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Metaphysics — Greek: Aristotle |
Metaphysics “How it is up there.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Poetics — Greek: Aristotle |
Poetics “How to say the serious things, and how they make us feel.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Nicomachean Ethics — Greek: Aristotle |
Nicomachean Ethics “The Good, and how to get there.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Topics — Greek: Aristotle |
Topics “Any 'property' rendered is always either essential and permanent or relative and temporary: e.g. it is an 'essential property' of man to be 'by nature a civilized animal': a 'relat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | The Categories — Greek: Aristotle |
The Categories “Expressions which are in no way composite signify substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, position, state, action, or affection. To sketch my meaning roughly, examples…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE SOUL — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE SOUL “If we have actually sensation of everything of which touch can give us sensation (for all the qualities of the tangible qua tangible are perceived by us through touch); and if abse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON YOUTH AND OLD AGE — Greek: Aristotle |
ON YOUTH AND OLD AGE “Subtitled: ON LIFE AND DEATH, ON BREATHING…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON SOPHISTICAL REFUTATIONS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON SOPHISTICAL REFUTATIONS “First we must grasp the number of aims entertained by those who argue as competitors and rivals to the death. These are five in number, refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON SLEEP AND SLEEPLESSNESS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON SLEEP AND SLEEPLESSNESS “WITH regard to sleep and waking, we must consider what they are: whether they are peculiar to soul or to body, or common to both; and if common, to what part of soul or body they a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON SENSE AND THE SENSIBLE — Greek: Aristotle |
ON SENSE AND THE SENSIBLE “But there are, besides these, certain other attributes, of which some are common to all living things, while others are peculiar to certain species of animals. The most important o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON PROPHESYING BY DREAMS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON PROPHESYING BY DREAMS “Yet the fact of our seeing no probable cause to account for such divination tends to inspire us with distrust. For, in addition to its further unreasonableness, it is absurd to com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | POSTERIOR ANALYTICS — Greek: Aristotle |
POSTERIOR ANALYTICS “ALL instruction given or received by way of argument proceeds from pre-existent knowledge. This becomes evident upon a survey of all the species of such instruction. The mathematic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | POLITICS — Greek: Aristotle |
POLITICS “He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them. In the first place there must be a union of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | Physics — Greek: Aristotle |
Physics “Again, does it follow that Being, if one, is motionless? Why should it not move, the whole of it within itself, as parts of it do which are unities, e.g. this water? Again, why is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE PARTS OF ANIMALS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE PARTS OF ANIMALS “EVERY systematic science, the humblest and the noblest alike, seems to admit of two distinct kinds of proficiency; one of which may be properly called scientific knowledge of the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | PRIOR ANALYTICS — Greek: Aristotle |
PRIOR ANALYTICS “WE must first state the subject of our inquiry and the faculty to which it belongs: its subject is demonstration and the faculty that carries it out demonstrative science. We must …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE MOTION OF ANIMALS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE MOTION OF ANIMALS “Now in the world of sense too it is plainly impossible for movement to be initiated if there is nothing at rest, and before all else in our present subject- animal life. For if one…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | METEOROLOGY — Greek: Aristotle |
METEOROLOGY “These four bodies are fire, air, water, earth. Fire occupies the highest place among them all, earth the lowest, and two elements correspond to these in their relation to one anoth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON MEMORY AND REMINISCENCE — Greek: Aristotle |
ON MEMORY AND REMINISCENCE “We must first form a true conception of these objects of memory, a point on which mistakes are often made. Now to remember the future is not possible, but this is an object of opin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON LONGEVITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE — Greek: Aristotle |
ON LONGEVITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE “. Opposites destroy each other, and hence accidentally, by their destruction, whatsoever is attributed to them is destroyed. But no opposite in a real substance is accidentally des…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON INTERPRETATION — Greek: Aristotle |
ON INTERPRETATION “Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience and written words are the symbols of spoken words. Just as all men have not the same writing, so all men have not the same speech …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE HEAVENS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE HEAVENS “From one point of view it might seem impossible that the heaven should be one and unique, since in all formations and products whether of nature or of art we can distinguish the sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON GENERATION AND CORRUPTION — Greek: Aristotle |
ON GENERATION AND CORRUPTION “Further, we are to study growth and 'alteration'. We must inquire what each of them is; and whether 'alteration' is to be identified with coming-to-be, or whether to these differen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS “THAT the male and the female are the principles of generation has been previously stated, as also what is their power and their essence. But why is it that one thing becomes and is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON THE GAIT OF ANIMALS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON THE GAIT OF ANIMALS “Now of animals which change their position some move with the whole body at once, for example jumping animals, others move one part first and then the other, for example walking (a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | ON DREAMS — Greek: Aristotle |
ON DREAMS “WE must, in the next place, investigate the subject of the dream, and first inquire to which of the faculties of the soul it presents itself, i.e. whether the affection is one whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION — Greek: Aristotle |
THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION “[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrileg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | HISTORY OF ANIMALS — Greek: Aristotle |
HISTORY OF ANIMALS “With regard to animals in general, some parts or organs are common to all, as has been said, and some are common only to particular genera; the parts, moreover, are identical with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | The Categories — Greek: Aristotle |
The Categories “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | The Poetics — Greek: Aristotle |
The Poetics “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | A Treatise on Government — Greek: Aristotle |
A Treatise on Government “As a slave is a particular species of property, let us by all means inquire into the nature of property in general, and the acquisition of money, according to the manner we have pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Aristotle | The Poetics — Greek: Aristotle |
The Poetics “Note: TRANSLATED BY INGRAM BYWATER…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Arrian | Indica — Greek: Arrian |
Indica “Giving his right hand to Nearchus and leading him aside from the Companions and the bodyguard, for a long time he wept; but at length recovering himself he said: 'That you come bac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Arrian | Major Battles of Alexander's Asian Campaign — Greek: Arrian |
Major Battles of Alexander's Asian Campaign “The remaining multitude of Darius's light-armed and heavy-armed infantry was marshalled by nations to an unserviceable depth and placed behind the Grecian mercenaries and the Persi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | Medea — Greek: Euripides |
Medea “By Euripides. Breaking up is hard to do.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | Hippolytus — Greek: Euripides |
Hippolytus “By Euripides. Don't mess with Aphrodite.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | Hecuba — Greek: Euripides |
Hecuba “Hecuba, oh Hecuba (fallout from the Trojan War). Hopefully the playwright got a full share for this one.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | The Bacchanates — Greek: Euripides |
The Bacchanates “By Euripides. The first of the Fun Bobby's…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | THE PHOENISSAE — Greek: Euripides |
THE PHOENISSAE “ANTIGONE I see him, yes! but not distinctly; 'tis but the outline of his form the semblance of his stalwart limbs I see. Would I could speed through the sky, swift as a cloud befor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | RHESUS — Greek: Euripides |
RHESUS “HECTOR. I shall find a host of friends now that fortune smiles upon my warring and Zeus is on my side. But no need have we of those who shared not our toils of erst, what time the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | THE SUPPLIANTS — Greek: Euripides |
THE SUPPLIANTS “THESEUS Adrastus, and ye dames from Argos sprung, ye see these children bearing in their hands the bodies of their valiant sires whom I redeemed; to thee I give these gifts, I and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | ALCESTIS — Greek: Euripides |
ALCESTIS “DEATH Ha! Phoebus! You! Before this Palace! Lawlessly would you grasp, abolish the rights of the Lower Gods! Did you not beguile the Fates and snatch Admetus from the grave? Does n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | ANDROMACHE — Greek: Euripides |
ANDROMACHE “ANDROMACHE: Ah! kind companion of my bondage, for such thou art to her, who, erst thy queen, is now sunk in misery; what are they doing? What new schemes are they devising in their…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | THE CYCLOPS — Greek: Euripides |
THE CYCLOPS “CYCLOPS: Ye lie; for my part I put more faith in him than Rhadamanthus, declaring him more just. But I have some questions to ask. Whence sailed ye, strangers? of what country are …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | HECUBA — Greek: Euripides |
HECUBA “HECUBA: Ah me! an awful trial is nigh, it seems, fraught with mourning, rich in tears. Yes, I too escaped death where death had been my due, and Zeus destroyed me not but is still …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | ELECTRA — Greek: Euripides |
ELECTRA “ELECTRA: As a god's I count thy kindness to me, for in my distress thou hast never made a mock at me. 'Tis rare fortune when mortals find such healing balm for their cruel wounds a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | THE HERACLEIDAE — Greek: Euripides |
THE HERACLEIDAE “COPREUS: An Argive I; since that thou seek'st to know. Who sent me, and the object of my coming, will I freely tell. Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, sends me hither to fetch these bac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | IPHIGENIA AT AULIS — Greek: Euripides |
IPHIGENIA AT AULIS “CLYTAEMNESTRA: I am not so void of sense; bethink thee, I shall go through this as well, when I lead the maiden from the chamber to the sound of the marriage-hymn; wherefore I chid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS — Greek: Euripides |
IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS “IPHIGENIA (singing)/The Atreidae are no more;/Extinct their sceptre's golden light;/My father's house from its proud height/Is fallen: its ruins I deplore./Who of her kings at Argo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | HERACLES — Greek: Euripides |
HERACLES “Daughter, there may yet be a happy escape from present troubles for me and thee; my son, thy husband, may yet arrive. So calm thyself, and wipe those tears from thy children's eyes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | HELEN — Greek: Euripides |
HELEN “HELEN Good friends, to what a fate am I united? Did not my mother bear me to be a monster to the world? For no woman, Hellene or barbarian, gives birth to babes in eggs inclosed, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | ION — Greek: Euripides |
ION “CHORUS/The furious Mimas/Here blazes in the volley'd fires: and there/Another earth-born monster falls beneath/The wand of Bacchus wreathed with ivy round,/No martial spear. But, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | ORESTES — Greek: Euripides |
ORESTES “A mortal hand will wound one of these goddesses, unless she vanish from my sight. Do ye not heed me, or mark the feathered shaft of my far-shooting bow ready to wing its flight? Wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | The Bacchae — Greek: Euripides |
The Bacchae “Also known as the Bacchanates. (Oh boy, I'm feeling competitive.)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | The Iphigenia in Tauris — Greek: Euripides |
The Iphigenia in Tauris “ORESTES./ O God, where hast thou brought me? What new snare/ Is this?--I slew my mother; I avenged/ My father at thy bidding; I have ranged/ A homeless world, hunted by shapes of p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Euripides | The Cyclops — Percy Bysshe Shelley |
The Cyclops “Note: A SATYRIC DRAMA TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK OF EURIPIDES.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Age of Fable, or, Stories of Gods and Heroes — Greek: Hellenic |
The Age of Fable, or, Stories of Gods and Heroes “Well, not ancient Greek, but it gives you the stories.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Works and Days and Theogony — Greek: Hellenic |
The Works and Days and Theogony “Guide to Greek Mythos (and a guide to farming), by, roughly speaking, Homer's contemporary Hesiod.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Iliad — Greek: Hellenic |
The Iliad “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Odyssey — translated by Butler |
The Odyssey “Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Fall of Troy — Greek: Hellenic |
The Fall of Troy “Actually, this poem was written by a Roman, Quintus Smyrnaeus, many years later, but it fits with the subject matter, eh?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Odysseys of Homer, vol. 1. — Greek: Hellenic |
The Odysseys of Homer, vol. 1. “Thus he dismiss'd me sighing. Forth we sail'd,/At heart afflicted. And now wholly fail'd/The minds my men sustain'd, so spent they were/With toiling at their oars, and worse did be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | THE ODYSSES OF HOMER — George Chapman |
THE ODYSSES OF HOMER “This is the complete version (have an excerpted one as well) that guys like Shakespeare were reading so long ago.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Odyssey of Homer — Alexander Pope, Trans. |
The Odyssey of Homer “He bids them bring their stores; the attending train/ Load the tall bark, and launch into the main,/ The prince and goddess to the stern ascend;/ To the strong stroke at once the r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Iliad of Homer — Translated by Alexander Pope |
The Iliad of Homer “Even Ajax and Achilles heard the sound,/ Whose ships, remote, the guarded navy bound,/ Thence the black fury through the Grecian throng/ With horror sounds the loud Orthian song:/ …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Story Of The Odyssey — The Rev. Alfred J. Church |
The Story Of The Odyssey “"And on the tenth day we came to the land where the lotus grows--a wondrous fruit, for whoever eats of it cares not to see country or wife or children again. Now the Lotus-eaters, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hellenic | The Iliad — Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby |
The Iliad “Of Peleus' son, Achilles, sing, O Muse,/ The vengeance, deep and deadly; whence to Greece/ Unnumbered ills arose; which many a soul/ Of mighty warriors to the viewless shades/ Unti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Airs, Waters, and Places — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Airs, Waters, and Places “I wish to show, respecting Asia and Europe, how, in all respects, they differ from one another, and concerning the figure of the inhabitants, for they are different, and do not at …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Ancient Medicine — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Ancient Medicine “What other object, then, had he in view who is called a physician, and is admitted to be a practitioner of the art, who found out the regimen and diet befitting the sick, than he w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Fistulae — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Fistulae “But if it be inflamed, having boiled in water the root of me ivy, finely powdered, and mixing the finest flour, and stirring it up with white wine, apply as a cataplasm, and mix up…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Fractures — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Fractures “When the third day arrives, that is to say, the seventh from the first dressing, if properly done, the swelling in the hand should be not very great; and the part which has been ba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Injuries of the Head — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Injuries of the Head “A piece of bone that must separate from the rest of the bone, in consequence of a wound in the head, either from the indentation (hedra) of a blow in the bone, or from the bone bei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Hemorrhoids — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Hemorrhoids “Another method of curing hemorrhoids:-You must prepare a cautery like the arundo phragmites, and an iron that exactly fits is to be adapted to it; then the tube being introduced in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | Aphorisms — Greek: Hippocrates |
Aphorisms “16. Heat produces the following bad effects on those who use it frequently: enervation of the fleshy parts, impotence of the nerves, torpor of the understanding, hemorrhages, deliq…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | Of the Epidemics — Greek: Hippocrates |
Of the Epidemics “Case i. Charion, who was lodged at the house of Demaenetus, contracted a fever from drinking. Immediately he had a painful heaviness of the head; did not sleep; bowels disordered, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | The Law — Greek: Hippocrates |
The Law “Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instruction; a favorable position for the study; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | The Oath — Greek: Hippocrates |
The Oath “I SWEAR by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Ulcers — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Ulcers “The herb which has got the name of lagopyrus, fills up hollow and clean ulcers; (when dried it resembles wheat; it has a small leaf like that of the olive, and more long;) and the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | The Book of Prognostics — Hippocrates |
The Book of Prognostics “The expectoration in all pains about the lungs and sides, should be quickly and easily brought up, and a certain degree of yellowness should appear strongly mixed up with the sputu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | Instruments of Reduction — Greek: Hippocrates |
Instruments of Reduction “In complete dislocations to either side, make extension while the arm is in the position it is put in to be bandaged for a fracture, for thus the rounded part of the elbow will not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On Regimen in Acute Diseases — Greek: Hippocrates |
On Regimen in Acute Diseases “The greater part of my discourse has related to changes, this way or that. For all purposes it is profitable to know these things, and more especially respecting the subject under …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Hippocrates | On the Sacred Disease — Greek: Hippocrates |
On the Sacred Disease “It is thus with regard to the disease called Sacred: it appears to me to be nowise more divine nor more sacred than other diseases, but has a natural cause from the originates like…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Phaedo — Greek: Plato |
Phaedo “I should so like to hear about his death. What did he say in his last hours? We were informed that he died by taking poison, but no one knew anything more; for no Phliasian ever go…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Phaedrus — Greek: Plato |
Phaedrus “PHAEDRUS: I admit that there is reason in what you say, and I too will be reasonable, and will allow you to start with the premiss that the lover is more disordered in his wits tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Crito — Greek: Plato |
Crito “CRITO: I should not have liked myself, Socrates, to be in such great trouble and unrest as you are--indeed I should not: I have been watching with amazement your peaceful slumbers;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Symposium — Greek: Plato |
Symposium “You are mocking, Socrates, said Agathon, and ere long you and I will have to determine who bears off the palm of wisdom--of this Dionysus shall be the judge; but at present you are…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | The Republic — Greek: Plato |
The Republic “I had always admired the genius of Glaucon and Adeimantus, but on hearing these words I was quite delighted, and said: Sons of an illustrious father, that was not a bad beginning o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | The Apology — Greek: Plato |
The Apology “I am more afraid of them than of Anytus and his associates, who are dangerous, too, in their own way. But far more dangerous are these, who began when you were children, and took p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Euthyphro — Greek: Plato |
Euthyphro “Euth. I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a relation and one who is not a relation; for surely the pollution is the same in either case, if you k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Meno — Greek: Plato |
Meno “MENO: Can you tell me, Socrates, whether virtue is acquired by teaching or by practice; or if neither by teaching nor by practice, then whether it comes to man by nature, or in wha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Lysis — Greek: Plato |
Lysis “Ah, Hippothales, I said; what a noble and really perfect love you have found! I wish that you would favour me with the exhibition which you have been making to the rest of the comp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Laches — Greek: Plato |
Laches “LACHES: Indeed, Lysimachus, you ought not to give him up; for I can assure you that I have seen him maintaining, not only his father's, but also his country's name. He was my compa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Ion — Greek: Plato |
Ion “SOCRATES: I often envy the profession of a rhapsode, Ion; for you have always to wear fine clothes, and to look as beautiful as you can is a part of your art. Then, again, you are …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Gorgias — Greek: Plato |
Gorgias “SOCRATES: Very good, Callicles; but will he answer our questions? for I want to hear from him what is the nature of his art, and what it is which he professes and teaches; he may, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Cratylus — Greek: Plato |
Cratylus “HERMOGENES: I should explain to you, Socrates, that our friend Cratylus has been arguing about names; he says that they are natural and not conventional; not a portion of the human…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Laws — Greek: Plato |
Laws “The greatest wrongs arise out of youthful insolence, and the greatest of all are committed against public temples; they are in the second degree great when private rites and sepulc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Philebus — Greek: Plato |
Philebus “SOCRATES: Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every living being, whereas I contend, that not these, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Menexenus — Greek: Plato |
Menexenus “SOCRATES: O Menexenus! Death in battle is certainly in many respects a noble thing. The dead man gets a fine and costly funeral, although he may have been poor, and an elaborate sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Statesman — Greek: Plato |
Statesman “THEODORUS: By Ammon, the god of Cyrene, Socrates, that is a very fair hit; and shows that you have not forgotten your geometry. I will retaliate on you at some other time, but I mu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Sophist — Greek: Plato |
Sophist “SOCRATES: Is he not rather a god, Theodorus, who comes to us in the disguise of a stranger? For Homer says that all the gods, and especially the god of strangers, are companions of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Protagoras — Greek: Plato |
Protagoras “COMPANION: Where do you come from, Socrates? And yet I need hardly ask the question, for I know that you have been in chase of the fair Alcibiades. I saw him the day before yesterd…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Parmenides — Greek: Plato |
Parmenides “I understand, said Socrates, and quite accept your account. But tell me, Zeno, do you not further think that there is an idea of likeness in itself, and another idea of unlikeness,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Charmides — Greek: Plato |
Charmides “Very well, he said; then I will call him; and turning to the attendant, he said, Call Charmides, and tell him that I want him to come and see a physician about the illness of which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Euthydemus — Greek: Plato |
Euthydemus “We contrived at last, somehow or other, to agree in a general conclusion, that he who had wisdom had no need of fortune. I then recalled to his mind the previous state of the quest…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Timaeus — Greek: Plato |
Timaeus “SOCRATES: I should like, before proceeding further, to tell you how I feel about the State which we have described. I might compare myself to a person who, on beholding beautiful a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Plato | Theaetetus — Greek: Plato |
Theaetetus “SOCRATES: Herein lies the difficulty which I can never solve to my satisfaction--What is knowledge? Can we answer that question? What say you? which of us will speak first? whoever…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | Oedipus Rex — Greek: Sophocles |
Oedipus Rex “Though I don't care for most criticism, I've been looking for a copy of Freud's review of this one and Hamlet.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | Oedipus at Colonus — Greek: Sophocles |
Oedipus at Colonus “Child of an old blind sire, Antigone,/What region, say, whose city have we reached?/Who will provide today with scanted dole/This wanderer? 'Tis little that he craves…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | Antigone — Greek: Sophocles |
Antigone “Soon shall we know, better than seer can tell./Learning may fixed decree anent thy bride,/Thou mean'st not, son, to rave against thy sire?/Know'st not whate'er we do is done in lov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | AJAX — Greek: Sophocles |
AJAX “ATHENA/'Twas I restrained him, casting on his eyes/O'ermastering notions of that baneful ecstasy,/That turned his rage on flocks and mingled droves/Of booty yet unshared, guarded b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | PHILOCTETES — Greek: Sophocles |
PHILOCTETES “NEOPTOLEMUS: And yet I wonder not; for if aright/I judge, from angry heaven the sentence came,/And Chrysa was the cruel source of all;/Nor doth this sad disease inflict him still/I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Sophocles | The Trachiniae — Greek: Sophocles |
The Trachiniae “DEIANEIRA Ye have heard of my trouble, I think, and that hath brought you here; but the anguish which consumes my heart- ye are strangers to that; and never may ye learn it by suff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | Agesilaus — Greek: Xenophon |
Agesilaus “And for my part I hold it as chief among the magnificent benefits so conferred by him upon his country that, being the most powerful member of the state, he made no secret of his a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | Anabasis — Greek: Xenophon |
Anabasis “When they heard these tidings, the generals were sorely distressed; so 4 too were the rest of the Hellenes when they were informed of it. Then Clearchus spoke as follows: "Would th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | Cyropaedia — Greek: Xenophon |
Cyropaedia “"So you think, Cyrus, that the beauty of any human creature can compel a man to do wrong against his will? Surely if that were the nature of beauty, all men would feel its force al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Economist — Greek: Xenophon |
The Economist “Isch. Surely we must include the slave to amorous affection.[11] Your woeful lover[12] is incapable of being taught attention to anything beyond one single object.[13] No light tas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | Hellenica — Greek: Xenophon |
Hellenica “After this the new admiral Hierax arrived from Lacedaemon. The naval force was transferred into his successor's hands, and under the happiest auspices Teleutias set sail for home. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Memorabilia — Greek: Xenophon |
The Memorabilia “But his mode of dealing with his intimates has another aspect. As regards the ordinary necessities of life,[6] his advice was, "Act as you believe[7] these things may best be done.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Symposium — Greek: Xenophon |
The Symposium “Bless me, that isn't all (continued Socrates); if we do not take care, we shall win ourselves a comic reputation.[15] A relish must it be, in very truth, that can sweeten cup as we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | On Horsemanship — Greek: Xenophon |
On Horsemanship “To meet the case in which the horseman may chance to be leading his horse with the left hand and carrying his spear in the right, it would be good, we think, for every one to pract…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Apology — Greek: Xenophon |
The Apology “As they listened to these words the judges murmured their dissent, some as disbelieving what was said, and others out of simple envy that Socrates should actually receive from heav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Cavalry General — Greek: Xenophon |
The Cavalry General “But, after all, no man, however great his plastic skill, can hope to mould and shape a work of art to suit his fancy, unless the stuff on which he works be first prepared and made …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians — Greek: Xenophon |
Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians “But to proceed. We are all aware that there is no state[1] in the world in which greater obedience is shown to magistrates, and to the laws themselves, than Sparta. But, for my par…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | On Revenues — Greek: Xenophon |
On Revenues “The above facts are, I think, conclusive. They encourage us not only to introduce as much human labour as possible into the mines, but to extend the scale of operations within, by …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Greek: Xenophon | The Sportsman — Greek: Xenophon |
The Sportsman “The first efforts of a youth emerging from boyhood should be directed to the institution of the chase, after which he should come to the rest of education, provided he have the mea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | 22 Goblins — India |
22 Goblins “Beware of Monks bearing gifts. Short fantastic tales from the subcontinent.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Chitra, a Play in One Act — Rabindranath Tagore |
Chitra, a Play in One Act “Vasanta The loveliness of your body will return tomorrow to the inexhaustible stores of the spring. The ruddy tint of thy lips freed from the memory of Arjuna's kisses, will bud an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Gitanjali — India |
Gitanjali “If the day is done, if birds sing no more, if the wind has flagged tired, then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me, even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Hymns of the Samaveda — India |
Hymns of the Samaveda “1. Hither, for powerful kinship, I call Agni, him who prospers you,/Most frequent at our solemn rites. / 2. May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend:/M…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | INDIAN IDYLLS — India |
INDIAN IDYLLS “A PRINCE there was, named Nala, Virasen's noble breed,/Goodly to see, and virtuous; a tamer of the steed/ As Indra 'midst the gods, so he of kings was kingliest one,/Sovereign of m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Bhagavad-Gita — India |
The Bhagavad-Gita “Free of commentary…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Dhammapada — India |
The Dhammapada “Aphorisms from olden times.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | THE EDICTS OF KING ASHOKA — India |
THE EDICTS OF KING ASHOKA “The people of the unconquered territories beyond the borders might think: "What is the king's intentions towards us?" My only intention is that they live without fear of me, that t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | THE EPIC OF THE BHARATAS (MAHABHARATA) — India |
THE EPIC OF THE BHARATAS (MAHABHARATA) “Yes, it is an 1899 condensed version; the complete work wasn't translated into English until 1970 or so, if then, as near as I can tell.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Golden Threshold — India |
The Golden Threshold “Whither dost thou hide from the magic of my flute-call?/In what moonlight-tangled meshes of perfume,/Where the clustering keovas guard the squirrel's slumber,/Where the deep woods …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Ramayana (Abridged) — India |
The Ramayana (Abridged) “And my evil fates are vanquished and my race is sanctified,/With the warlike race of Raghu thus in loving bonds allied,/Sacrifice and rites auspicious we ordain with rising sun,/Er…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The RIG VEDA — India |
The RIG VEDA “1 ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra expansive as the sea, The best of warriors borne on cars, the Lord, the very Lord of strength. 2 Strong in thy friendship, Indra, Lord of po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Upanishads, Vol I — India |
The Upanishads, Vol I “8. That syllable is a syllable of permission, for whenever we permit anything, we say Om, yes. Now permission is gratification. He who knowing this meditates on the syllable (Om), …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Upanishads, Vol. 2 — India |
The Upanishads, Vol. 2 “8. 'A Brahmana that dwells in the house of a foolish man without receiving food to eat, destroys his hopes and expectations, his possessions, his righteousness, his sacred and his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Vikram and the Vampire — India |
Vikram and the Vampire “Classic tales translated by Sir Richard Burton.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Yajur Veda — India |
Yajur Veda “m The sage showeth all forms; He hath produced bliss for biped and quadruped; Savitr, the desirable, hath discerned the vault; After the moving forward of the dawn he shineth.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | THE DIAMOND SUTRA — India |
THE DIAMOND SUTRA “That is to say, he should practice charity without regard to appearances; without regard to sound, odor, touch, flavor or any quality. Subhuti, thus should the Bodhisattva practice…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Fruit-Gathering — Rabindranath Tagore |
Fruit-Gathering “Now when the sun has set and the darkened sky draws upon the sea like drooping lashes upon a weary eye it is time to take away his pen, and let his thoughts sink into the bottom of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Home and the World — R. Tagore |
The Home and the World “I could not think of any suitable reply and so I sat down, blushing and uncomfortable, at one end of the sofa. The vision that I had of myself, as the Shakti of Womanhood, incarnat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Stray Birds — Rabindranath Tagore |
Stray Birds “"WE, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent?" "I am a mere flower."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Songs of Kabir — Rabindranath Tagore (trans.) |
Songs of Kabir “The river and its waves are one/ surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves?/ When the wave rises, it is the water; and when it falls, it is/ the same water agai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Gardener — Rabindranath Tagore |
The Gardener “You walked by the riverside path with the full pitcher upon your/ hip./ Why did you swiftly turn your face and peep at me through your/ fluttering veil?/ That gleaming look from th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Sadhana — Rabindranath Tagore |
Sadhana “But at the other pole of my being I am separate from all. There I have broken through the cordon of equality and stand alone as an individual. I am absolutely unique, I am I, I am …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | Markandeya Purana, Books VII, VIII — Rev. B. Hale Wortham (trans.) |
Markandeya Purana, Books VII, VIII “ONCE upon earth there lived a saintly king/ Named Harischandra; pure in heart and mind,/ In virtue eminent, he ruled the world,/ Guarding mankind from evil. While he reigned/ No fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — India |
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja “For common observation shows that the consciousness of one person may become the object of the cognition of another, viz. of an inference founded on the person's friendly or unfrie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — India |
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa “Note: Translated into English Prose by Kisari Mohan Ganguli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 — India |
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 “"Krishna said,--'some time after this, the great ascetic, the exalted Chandakausika, again came into the country of the Magadhas. Filled with joy at the advent of the Rishi, king V…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| India | The Fugitive — Rabindranath Tagore |
The Fugitive “The name she called me by, like a flourishing jasmine, covered the whole seventeen years of our love. With its sound mingled the quiver of the light through the leaves, the scent o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature | Stories from Pentamerone — Italian Literature |
Stories from Pentamerone “Giambattista Basile's take... works great if you don't have enough time to digest the Decameron.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature | The Inferno — Italian Literature |
The Inferno “Dante's Epic. No real demand for Purgatorio or Paradiso.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature | Jerusalem Delivered — Italian Literature |
Jerusalem Delivered “God sends his angel to Tortosa down,/Godfrey unites the Christian Peers and Knights;/And all the Lords and Princes of renown/Choose him their Duke, to rule the wares and fights. --…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature | The Prince — Italian Literature |
The Prince “Coming now to the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel. Nevertheless he ought to take care not to misuse …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature | The Prince — Nicolo Machiavelli |
The Prince “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio | The Decameron — Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio |
The Decameron “Source for the Canterbury Tales, and may have inspired (I think), The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Alan Poe. I'm not sure who the translator is for this one (complete version,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio | The Decameron, Volume I — Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio |
The Decameron, Volume I “This multi-part version of the Decameron was translated by J.M. Rigg. You can never have too much Boccaccio.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio | Filostrato — Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio |
Filostrato “I therefore affirm it true, O most beautiful lady, that after by departing from the delightful city of Naples at the most charming season of the year and going hence to Sannio, you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio | The Story of Griselda — Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio |
The Story of Griselda “"My honorable and gracious lord, dispose of me as you think best for your own dignity and contentment, for I shall therewith be well pleased, as she that knows herself far inferior…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio | The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love — Italian Literature: Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy In verse, complete, Translanted by H. F. Cary The Divine Comedy of Dante In verse, complete, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Inferno/Hell--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton "Through me is the way into the woeful city; through me is the way into eternal woe; through me is the way among the lost people. Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power, the supreme Wisdom and the primal Love made me. Before me were no things created, unless eternal, and I eternal last. Leave every hope, ye who enter!" Purgatory--Dante Aligheri "O glory of the Latins," said he, "through whom our language showed what it could do, O honor eternal of the place wherefrom I was, what merit or what grace shows thee to me? If I am worthy to hear thy words, tell me if thou comest from Hell, and from what cloister." "Through all the circles of the realm of woe," replied he to him, "am I come hither; Power of Heaven moved me, and with it I come. Not by doing, but by not doing have I lost the sight of the high Sun whom thou desirest, and who by me was known late. A place there is below not sad with torments but with darkness only, where the lamentations sound not as wailings, but are sighs; there stay I with the little innocents bitten by the teeth of death before they were exempt from human sin; there stay I with those who were not vested with the three holy virtues, and without vice knew the others and followed all of them. Paradise--Translated by Charles Eliot Norton As the bough that bends its top at passing of the wind, and then lifts itself by its own virtue which raises it, so did I, in amazement, the while she was speaking; and then a desire to speak, wherewith I was burning, gave me again assurance, and I began, "O Apple, that alone wast produced mature, O ancient Father, to whom every bride is daughter and daughter-in-law, devoutly as I can, I supplicate thee that thou speak to me; thou seest my wish, and in order to hear thee quickly, I do not tell it." Italian Literature: Giovanni Boccaccio |
The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love “This gentleman then loved her in most secret sort, fearing that if it should be betrayed that he should no ways be able to speak unto her. To the end therefor that he might discove…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come — John Bunyan |
The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come “Now I saw in my dream, that just as they had ended this talk they drew near to a very miry slough, that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall sudde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | The Holy War — John Bunyan |
The Holy War “IN my travels, as I walked through many regions and countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous continent of Universe. A very large and spacious country it is: it lieth …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED; — John Bunyan |
THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED; “subtitled: GOOD NEWS FOR THE VILEST OF MEN --by John Bunyan…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | Bunyan Characters: First Series — Alexander Whyte D.D. |
Bunyan Characters: First Series “Passion and Patience, like Esau and Jacob, are twin-brothers. And their names, like their natures, spring up from the same root. 'Patience,' says Crabb in his English Synonyms, 'co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | Bunyan Characters: Second Series — Alexander Whyte |
Bunyan Characters: Second Series “Having begun to tell us about Atheist, why did Bunyan not tell us more? We would have thanked him warmly to-night for a little more about this unhappy man. Why did the dreamer not …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | The Holy War — John Bunyan |
The Holy War “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners — John Bunyan |
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Bunyan | The Riches of Bunyan — Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin |
The Riches of Bunyan “Oh, when every providence of God unto thee is like the messengers of Job, and the last to bring more heavy tidings than all that went before him; when life, estate, wife, children,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great — Asser |
Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great “The mother of Alfred was named Osburga, a religious woman, noble both by birth and by nature; she was daughter of Oslac, the famous butler of king Ethelwulf, which Oslac was a Goth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Amis and Amile — Middle Ages |
Amis and Amile “Then forthwith they lighted from their steeds, and clasped and kissed each the other, giving grace to God Who granteth the treasure to the seeker. Moreover, upon the guard of Amile…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Amis and Amiloun — Middle Ages |
Amis and Amiloun “Thou art a gentle knight, and I am a gay bride in bower, of high lineage, and so do I love thee all the while that my joy is forlorn! Plight me thy troth to be true, and to change …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Andreas — Middle Ages |
Andreas “Thus rose the man of might, whole from the thraldom of those cruel tortures, and gave thanks unto God, nor was his beauty marred, nor the border loosened of his raiment, nor a hair…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Story of Asenath — Middle Ages |
The Story of Asenath “Then Asenath put on sad raiment, such as she wore at the death of her brother, and went clothed in a garment of heaviness. She closed the doors of her chamber upon her and wept. Mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Dream of the Rood — Middle Ages |
The Dream of the Rood “Lo! I will tell the fairest of dreams, that came to me at midnight when mortal men abode in sleep. It seemed to me that I beheld a beauteous tree uplifted in the air, enwreathed wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville — Middle Ages |
The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville “On the Friday I said to them: " Sirs, I am going away over seas, and I know not whether I shall return. Now therefore, come forward; and if I have done any of you a wrong, I will r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Aucassin and Nicolette — Middle Ages |
Aucassin and Nicolette “Aucassin was the name of the lad. Fair he was, and pleasant to look upon, tall and shapely of body in every whit of him. His hair was golden, and curled in little rings about his h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | THE NUN'S RULE: (The Ancren Riwle) — Middle Ages |
THE NUN'S RULE: (The Ancren Riwle) “No anchorite, by my advice, shall make profession, that is, vow to keep any thing as commanded, except three things, that is, obedience, chastity, and constancy as to her abode; th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Daphne and Apollo — Middle Ages |
Daphne and Apollo “Her blond and brilliant hair swirls across her back. Phoebus sees that he's wasting his begging, for the beautiful girl in no way wishes to grant him her love: she won't listen to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Divided Horsecloth — Middle Ages |
The Divided Horsecloth “Thus before the witnesses he divested himself utterly of all his wealth, and became naked as a peeled wand in the eyes of the world, for this merchant now had neither purse nor pen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Graelent — Middle Ages |
Graelent “Then the Queen turned from love to hate, and the greatness of her passion became the measure of her wrath, for very evilly she spoke of Graelent to the King. So long as the war end…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Lay of the Little Bird — Middle Ages |
The Lay of the Little Bird “His feathers were all ruffled, for he had been grossly handled by a glove not of silk but of wool, so he preened and plumed himself carefully with his beak. But the villein grew im…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Life of Charlemagne — Eginhard |
The Life of Charlemagne “Then the Bavarian war broke out suddenly, and was swiftly ended. It was caused by the pride and folly of Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria; for upon the instigation of his wife, who thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Sir Hugh of Tabarie — Middle Ages |
Sir Hugh of Tabarie “Then taking the King's feet in his hands, he drew thereon shoes of brown leather, saying "Sire, these brown shoes with which you are shod, signify the colour of that earth from whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Story of King Constant — Middle Ages |
The Story of King Constant “When the Emperor held Constant in his power, he pondered deeply how he might slay him, and no man speak a word. It chanced at this time that the Emperor had business which called h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Phoenix — Middle Ages |
The Phoenix “Then the fire feedeth on its fleeting body life, the spirit of the doomed, is on a journey hence when the funeral flame consumeth flesh and bone. Yet unto it cometh new life after …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Voyage of Bran (Imram Brain) — Middle Ages |
The Voyage of Bran (Imram Brain) “The sheen of the main, on which thou art,/ The white hue of the sea, on which thou rowest about,/ Yellow and azure are spread out,/ It is land, and is not rough.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Wandering of Ulixes Son of Laertes — Middle Ages |
The Wandering of Ulixes Son of Laertes “"How do ye know," said he, "that the barbarous nature that is in his body may not be a heaviness which is easy to overcome when his body is asleep? Rise over him from behind," said…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Chastising of the Jealous Man — Ramon Vidal de Besalu |
The Chastising of the Jealous Man “You know well who this vassal is; he is named Alfonso de Barbastre. Hear now, my lord, what a disaster came to him through his jealousy. He had a beautiful and charming wife, and s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Chatelaine of Vergi — Middle Ages |
The Chatelaine of Vergi “"On my soul that is so," said the Duke, who thought on his wife, for verily he felt well assured that she had said truly that never had one heard tell that the Knight loved another…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Christ and Satan — Middle Ages |
Christ and Satan “"Then a worse fate befell me than I could well foresee! I am rejected from the heavenly host, cast out from light into this loathsome home. I may not well bethink me how I fell thu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Chronicle — Richard of Devizes |
Chronicle “Sect. 18. King Richard exacted an oath from his two brothers, John, his own brother, and Geoffrey, a bastard, that they would not enter England within three years from his departur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Daniel — Middle Ages |
Daniel “Then the heart of the heathen prince was hardened; he bade them quickly be burned with fire. The flame rose high, the furnace was heated; through and through the iron glowed. Many …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Elene — Cynewulf |
Elene “And Elene gave answer unto him: "How doth it chance among this people that ye have such store of legend in remembrance, of all heroic deeds even as the Trojans waged them in their …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Eliduc — Marie de France |
Eliduc “When she heard his counsel, the damsel made answer: "But how shall I know by my gift whether he hath desire to love me? I never yet saw knight who, whether he loved or hated, had t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Exodus — Middle Ages |
Exodus “All that long night the fugitives had respite, though foes beset them upon either hand, on the one side that great host, on the other side the sea. They had no way of escape nor an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Fates of the Apostles — Cynewulf |
The Fates of the Apostles “Lo! we have heard in the holy books that among the men of Aethiopia truth was known, the awful glory of God; and the dawn of day, of bright belief, awoke. The land was purified by …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Sir Cleges — Middle Ages |
Sir Cleges “Thus the good knight and his gentle son went on their way to Kardyf all on this Christmas Day; to the castle they came in safety, even as men made ready for meat, and Sir Cleges ve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Story of King Florus and of the Fair Jehane — Middle Ages |
The Story of King Florus and of the Fair Jehane “"Truly," said the knight, who was named Raoul, "truly if you wend thus to St. James's shrine, leaving so fair a bride but a wedded maid, very surely will I win her love ere you ret…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Pursuit of the Gilla Decair and his Horse — Middle Ages |
The Pursuit of the Gilla Decair and his Horse “After this lay they saw the big man approach; but short as was his distance from them now, yet for his gait of going and his progress that was so bad he was a long time in covering…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Guthlac — Middle Ages |
Guthlac “For himself he chose eternal might and patronage. Mighty were his wondrous works, famed far and wide throughout the cities, within the land of Britain; how by the might of God he o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Husband of Aglaes — Middle Ages |
The Husband of Aglaes “IN Rome some time dwelt a mighty emperor named Philominus, who had one only daughter, who was fair and gracious in the sight of every man, who had to name Aglaes. There was also in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Juliana — Cynewulf |
Juliana “"Unto thee will I speak truth; as I live, I will not work a lie. In no wise do I fear me for thy judgments, neither are thy tortures grievous unto me, nor the terrors of death whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Palfrey — Huon de Cambrai |
The Palfrey “On the morrow, very early in the morning, the uncle got to horse, and before the hour of prime came to the rich mansion of that old Prince, and of her whose beauty had no peer. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Consolation of Philosophy — Middle Ages |
The Consolation of Philosophy “This text is King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version Of Boethius' work.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Angel and the Hermit — Middle Ages |
The Angel and the Hermit “Thereafter the varlet set forth again, and the hermit followed after, striving to keep pace with him. When that they had gone on for a space they encountered upon the way a train o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Feast Of Bricriu — Middle Ages |
The Feast Of Bricriu “Cuchulainn anon sought out the womenfolk, and took thrice fifty needles from them. These he tossed up one after the other. Each needle went into the eye of the other, till in that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Of the Churl Who Won Paradise — Middle Ages |
Of the Churl Who Won Paradise “So he goeth into the square to the countryman. "Churl," quoth the apostle, "this dwelling belongeth of right to us and to the martyrs and confessors; wherein have you done such rig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Divided Blanket — Middle Ages |
The Divided Blanket “Meantime the good man had waxed in years, and age had so weakened him that now he must needs support himself with a staff; and right liefly would his son have bought his winding sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Gray Palfrey — Middle Ages |
The Gray Palfrey “The knight, whom it beseemed to love the maid who was of such marvellous worth her like was not known, had--so the tale telleth us--a palfrey of great price; a vair it was, of wond…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Jousting of Our Lady — Middle Ages |
The Jousting of Our Lady “"Friend," the knight then made answer, "he jousts right nobly who listens to the service of God. When all the masses are said and sung we will ride our way; and if it please God, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Knight of the Little Cask — Middle Ages |
The Knight of the Little Cask “"Yea, that ye shall, fair sir, for you should be gentle of heart, you that be a knight. A priest am I, and I require you, for the sake of him who suffered death and offered up hims…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Lay of the Horn — Middle Ages |
The Lay of the Horn “Upon it was a ring inlaid with silver, and it had a hundred little bells of pure gold,--a fairy, wise and skilful, wrought them in the time of Constantine, and laid such a spell up…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Book of the Lover and the Beloved — Ramon Lull |
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved “The Lover came to drink of the fountain which gives love to him who has none, and his griefs redoubled. And the Beloved came to drink of the same fountain, that the love of one who…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Melion — Middle Ages |
Melion “The wolf set off running full swiftly to the place where he saw the stag lie; forthwith he set himself upon the track,--now great will be the strife before he hath taken and caught…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Two Lovers — Marie de France |
The Two Lovers “The youth hearkened to the words and the counsel of the damsel; full glad was he thereof, and gave her his thanks. And thereafter he asked leave of her; and straightway returned in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Woful Knight — Marie de France |
The Woful Knight “And she on her part loved them all, and bore them all in hand, until it fell that after an Easter time, a tournament was cried before the city of Nantes. To learn the worth of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | THE BRUS — JOHN BARBOUR |
THE BRUS “To Sanct Androws he come in hy,/ Quhar the byschop full curtasly/ Resavyt him and gert him wer/ His knyvys forouth him to scher,/ And cled him rycht honorabilly/ And gert ordayn qu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini — Middle Ages |
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 | |
| Middle Ages | The Deeds of God through the Franks — Guibert of Nogent |
The Deeds of God through the Franks “Disturbed by such foul arrogance, the emperor instructed them to delay their crossing of the waters of the Arm no longer. Once they had made the crossing, they continued to behave …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Confessio Amantis, or Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins — John Gower |
Confessio Amantis, or Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins “Upon the vices to procede/ After the cause of mannes dede,/ The ferste point of Slowthe I calle/ Lachesce, and is the chief of alle,/ And hath this propreliche of kinde,/ To leven …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Everyman — Middle Ages |
Everyman “Eueryman./ Gramercy, my frendes and kynnesmen kynde./ Now shall I shewe you the grefe of my mynde:/ I was commaunded by a messenger,/ That is a hye kynges chefe offycer./ He bad me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Prose Life of Alexander — Robert Thornton |
The Prose Life of Alexander “Darius, kyng of kynges, and lorde of lorde, vn-till oure seruande Alexander. Thorowte all þe werlde þe name of Darius es praysed commended. Oure godde also hase it wreten in thaire…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | The Lay of the Cid — R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon (trans) |
The Lay of the Cid “And Martin Antolínez rode forth swiftly with the twain./ And they were glad exceeding. O'er the bridge he did not go,/ But through the stream, that never a Burgalese should know/ T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Middle Ages | Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus — Robert Steele |
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus “The men of Germany call men of this land Frisons, and between them and the Germans is great difference in clothing and in manner. For wellnigh all men be shorn round; and the more …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Near East | The Gulistan — Sheikh Sa'di |
The Gulistan “Group of stories and morals, each representing a flower of a garden.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Near East | The Arabian Nights — Near East |
The Arabian Nights “Aladdin, Ali Babba, and a storyline that goes on and on. Richard Burton's translation.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Near East | The Epic of Kings — Near East |
The Epic of Kings “Firdausi's tale -- you thought all the great stories were just in the West?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Near East | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — Near East |
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam “Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring/ Your Winter garment of Repentance fling:/ The Bird of Time has but a little way/ To flutter--and the Bird is on the Wing.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Meditations — Roman |
Meditations “By Marcus Aurelius. Take it like a man.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Metamorphoses — Roman |
Metamorphoses “A wild romp. -- by Ovid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Pharsalia: Or the Civil War — Roman |
Pharsalia: Or the Civil War “Lucan's take on some guy name of Caesar crossing the Rubicon to duke it out with a volcano -- maybe I have that wrong, but you'll need to read the book to find out.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Annals of Tacitus — Roman |
The Annals of Tacitus “And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Histories of Tacitus — Roman |
The Histories of Tacitus “Covers Rome from 69 to 70 AD. Wild things were happening.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Satyricon — Roman |
Satyricon “At one point, Scott Fitzgerald wanted to name Gatsby Trimalchio in America, based on the character Trimalchio in this work. By Petronius…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Aeneid — Roman |
The Aeneid “Hopping and flying, thus they led him on/To the slow lake, whose baleful stench to shun/They wing'd their flight aloft; then, stooping low,/Perch'd on the double tree that bears th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | On the Nature of Things — Roman |
On the Nature of Things “But yet creation's neither crammed nor blocked/About by body: there's in things a void-/Which to have known will serve thee many a turn,/Nor will not leave thee wandering in doubt,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Tacitus on Germany — Roman |
Tacitus on Germany “But to none else but the Priests is it allowed to exercise correction, or to inflict bonds or stripes. Nor when the Priests do this, is the same considered as a punishment, or aris…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series. Vol 1 — Roman |
The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series. Vol 1 “What treasures you have in your villas at Ocriculum, at Narnia, at Carsola and Perusia! Even a bathing place at Narnia! My letters--for now there is no need for you to write--will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE ECLOGUES — Roman |
THE ECLOGUES “DAMOETAS/Hold! not so ready with your jeers at men!/We know who once, and in what shrine with you-/The he-goats looked aside- the light nymphs laughed--by Virgil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE GEORGICS — Roman |
THE GEORGICS “Thee too, great Pales, will I hymn, and thee,/Amphrysian shepherd, worthy to be sung,/You, woods and waves Lycaean. All themes beside,/Which else had charmed the vacant mind with s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE APPAREL OF WOMEN — Roman |
THE APPAREL OF WOMEN “(4) But why are we a source of danger to others? Why do we excite concupiscence in others? If the Lord in amplifying the Law does not make a distinction in penalty between the actu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus — Roman |
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus “4. I concur in opinion with those who deem the Germans never to have intermarried with other nations; but to be a race, pure, unmixed, and stamped with a distinct character. Hence …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Golden Asse — Roman |
The Golden Asse “That such as fill their gorges abundantly with meat and drinke, shall dreame of dire and horrible sights: for I my selfe, not tempering my appetite yester night from the pots of wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | On Benefits — Seneca |
On Benefits “He who is quick to believe that he has thrown away his benefits, does really throw them away; but he who presses on and adds new benefits to his former ones, forces out gratitude e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Deeds of the Divine Augustus — Roman |
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus “I built the senate-house and the Chalcidicum which adjoins it and the temple of Apollo on the Palatine with porticos, the temple of divine Julius, the Lupercal, the portico at the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter — Translated by Firebaugh |
Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter “Turning his head, Trimalchio saw what was going on. "Friends," he remarked. "I ordered pea-hen's eggs set under the hen, but I'm afraid they're addled, by Hercules I am let's try t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry — Horace |
The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry “From an 1874 edition of the Connington translation. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Satyricon — Petronius Arbiter |
The Satyricon “This version was translated by William Burnaby. So that's three chances to read up on Trimalchio.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace — Roman |
Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace “From the Connington translation. Thanks to everyone who helped produce this text.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Institutes of Justinian — translated by J.B. Moyle |
The Institutes of Justinian “Let us now examine the modes in which persons dependent on a superior become independent. How slaves are freed from the power of their masters can be gathered from what has already…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v1 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v1 “Wiping away the sweat with his hands, he replied, "If you only knew what I have gone through!" "What was it?" I demanded. "A most respectable looking person came up to me," he made…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v2 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v2 “We Were in the midst of these delicacies when, to the sound of music, Trimalchio himself was carried in and bolstered up in a nest of small cushions, which forced a snicker from th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v3 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v3 “The landlord made his appearance with a part of our little supper, while this lover's comedy was being enacted and, taking in the very disorderly spectacle which we presented, lyin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v4 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v4 “I was stricken dumb, and trembled from fear of punishment, nor could I find anything to say, out of countenance as I was and hideous, for to the disgrace of a shaven poll was added…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v5 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v5 “"What witches" (she cried,) "have devoured your manhood? What filth did you tread upon at some crossroads, in the dark? Not even by the boy could you do your duty but, weak and eff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v6 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v6 “The origin of this vice (all peoples, savage and civilized, have been infected with it) is lost in the mists which shroud antiquity. The Old Testament contains many allusions to it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v7 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v7 “The question here has to do with a procurers or go-between. That profession has gradually fallen into discredit by I know not what fatality, which befalls the most worthy things. C…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V4 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V4 “Ach. In those days, son of Nestor, I knew not this place; ignorant whether of those two was the better, I esteemed that flicker of fame more than life; now I see that it is worthle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V1 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V1 “Her. My dear Charon, there is no word for the absurdity of it. They do take it all so seriously, that is the best of it; and then, long before they have finished scheming, up comes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V2 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V2 “The rest they want will best be found in a course of literature which does not offer entertainment pure and simple, depending on mere wit or felicity, but is also capable of stirri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V3 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V3 “Zeus. A curse on all those philosophers who will have it that none but the Gods are happy! If they could but know what we have to put up with on men's account, they would not envy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — Roman |
The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus “Note: LONG'S TRANSLATION EDITED BY EDWIN GINN…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Captiva — Plautus |
The Captiva “TYND. You act just as you ought to act; now I wish you to give attention. In the first place of all, carry my respects to my mother and my father, and to my relations, and if any o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Mostellaria — Plautus |
The Mostellaria “Full title: MOSTELLARIA OR, THE HAUNTED HOUSE.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | De Bello Catilinario et Jurgthino — C Sallustii Crispi (Sallust) |
De Bello Catilinario et Jurgthino “7. Sed ea tempestate coepere se quisque magis extollere magisque ingenium in promptu habere.[52] Nam regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt, semperque his aliena virtus formidolo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | A History of Roman Literature — Charles Thomas Cruttwell |
A History of Roman Literature “The character of the rigid censor is generally associated in our minds with the contempt of letters. In his stern but narrow patriotism, he looked with jealous eyes on all that mig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Meditations — Roman |
Meditations “By Marcus Aurelius. Take it like a man.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Metamorphoses — Roman |
Metamorphoses “A wild romp. -- by Ovid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Pharsalia: Or the Civil War — Roman |
Pharsalia: Or the Civil War “Lucan's take on some guy name of Caesar crossing the Rubicon to duke it out with a volcano -- maybe I have that wrong, but you'll need to read the book to find out.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Annals of Tacitus — Roman |
The Annals of Tacitus “And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Histories of Tacitus — Roman |
The Histories of Tacitus “Covers Rome from 69 to 70 AD. Wild things were happening.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Satyricon — Roman |
Satyricon “At one point, Scott Fitzgerald wanted to name Gatsby Trimalchio in America, based on the character Trimalchio in this work. By Petronius…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Aeneid — Roman |
The Aeneid “Hopping and flying, thus they led him on/To the slow lake, whose baleful stench to shun/They wing'd their flight aloft; then, stooping low,/Perch'd on the double tree that bears th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | On the Nature of Things — Roman |
On the Nature of Things “But yet creation's neither crammed nor blocked/About by body: there's in things a void-/Which to have known will serve thee many a turn,/Nor will not leave thee wandering in doubt,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Tacitus on Germany — Roman |
Tacitus on Germany “But to none else but the Priests is it allowed to exercise correction, or to inflict bonds or stripes. Nor when the Priests do this, is the same considered as a punishment, or aris…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series. Vol 1 — Roman |
The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series. Vol 1 “What treasures you have in your villas at Ocriculum, at Narnia, at Carsola and Perusia! Even a bathing place at Narnia! My letters--for now there is no need for you to write--will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE ECLOGUES — Roman |
THE ECLOGUES “DAMOETAS/Hold! not so ready with your jeers at men!/We know who once, and in what shrine with you-/The he-goats looked aside- the light nymphs laughed--by Virgil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE GEORGICS — Roman |
THE GEORGICS “Thee too, great Pales, will I hymn, and thee,/Amphrysian shepherd, worthy to be sung,/You, woods and waves Lycaean. All themes beside,/Which else had charmed the vacant mind with s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE APPAREL OF WOMEN — Roman |
THE APPAREL OF WOMEN “(4) But why are we a source of danger to others? Why do we excite concupiscence in others? If the Lord in amplifying the Law does not make a distinction in penalty between the actu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus — Roman |
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus “4. I concur in opinion with those who deem the Germans never to have intermarried with other nations; but to be a race, pure, unmixed, and stamped with a distinct character. Hence …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Golden Asse — Roman |
The Golden Asse “That such as fill their gorges abundantly with meat and drinke, shall dreame of dire and horrible sights: for I my selfe, not tempering my appetite yester night from the pots of wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | On Benefits — Seneca |
On Benefits “He who is quick to believe that he has thrown away his benefits, does really throw them away; but he who presses on and adds new benefits to his former ones, forces out gratitude e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Deeds of the Divine Augustus — Roman |
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus “I built the senate-house and the Chalcidicum which adjoins it and the temple of Apollo on the Palatine with porticos, the temple of divine Julius, the Lupercal, the portico at the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter — Translated by Firebaugh |
Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter “Turning his head, Trimalchio saw what was going on. "Friends," he remarked. "I ordered pea-hen's eggs set under the hen, but I'm afraid they're addled, by Hercules I am let's try t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry — Horace |
The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry “From an 1874 edition of the Connington translation. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Satyricon — Petronius Arbiter |
The Satyricon “This version was translated by William Burnaby. So that's three chances to read up on Trimalchio.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace — Roman |
Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace “From the Connington translation. Thanks to everyone who helped produce this text.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Institutes of Justinian — translated by J.B. Moyle |
The Institutes of Justinian “Let us now examine the modes in which persons dependent on a superior become independent. How slaves are freed from the power of their masters can be gathered from what has already…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v1 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v1 “Wiping away the sweat with his hands, he replied, "If you only knew what I have gone through!" "What was it?" I demanded. "A most respectable looking person came up to me," he made…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v2 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v2 “We Were in the midst of these delicacies when, to the sound of music, Trimalchio himself was carried in and bolstered up in a nest of small cushions, which forced a snicker from th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v3 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v3 “The landlord made his appearance with a part of our little supper, while this lover's comedy was being enacted and, taking in the very disorderly spectacle which we presented, lyin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v4 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v4 “I was stricken dumb, and trembled from fear of punishment, nor could I find anything to say, out of countenance as I was and hideous, for to the disgrace of a shaven poll was added…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v5 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v5 “"What witches" (she cried,) "have devoured your manhood? What filth did you tread upon at some crossroads, in the dark? Not even by the boy could you do your duty but, weak and eff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v6 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v6 “The origin of this vice (all peoples, savage and civilized, have been infected with it) is lost in the mists which shroud antiquity. The Old Testament contains many allusions to it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v7 — Roman |
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Illustrated, v7 “The question here has to do with a procurers or go-between. That profession has gradually fallen into discredit by I know not what fatality, which befalls the most worthy things. C…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V4 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V4 “Ach. In those days, son of Nestor, I knew not this place; ignorant whether of those two was the better, I esteemed that flicker of fame more than life; now I see that it is worthle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V1 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V1 “Her. My dear Charon, there is no word for the absurdity of it. They do take it all so seriously, that is the best of it; and then, long before they have finished scheming, up comes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V2 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V2 “The rest they want will best be found in a course of literature which does not offer entertainment pure and simple, depending on mere wit or felicity, but is also capable of stirri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Works, V3 — Lucian of Samosata |
Works, V3 “Zeus. A curse on all those philosophers who will have it that none but the Gods are happy! If they could but know what we have to put up with on men's account, they would not envy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — Roman |
The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus “Note: LONG'S TRANSLATION EDITED BY EDWIN GINN…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Captiva — Plautus |
The Captiva “TYND. You act just as you ought to act; now I wish you to give attention. In the first place of all, carry my respects to my mother and my father, and to my relations, and if any o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | The Mostellaria — Plautus |
The Mostellaria “Full title: MOSTELLARIA OR, THE HAUNTED HOUSE.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | De Bello Catilinario et Jurgthino — C Sallustii Crispi (Sallust) |
De Bello Catilinario et Jurgthino “7. Sed ea tempestate coepere se quisque magis extollere magisque ingenium in promptu habere.[52] Nam regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt, semperque his aliena virtus formidolo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | A History of Roman Literature — Charles Thomas Cruttwell |
A History of Roman Literature “The character of the rigid censor is generally associated in our minds with the contempt of letters. In his stern but narrow patriotism, he looked with jealous eyes on all that mig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman | Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jurgurthine War — Sallust |
Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jurgurthine War “To such men no toil was unusual, no place was difficult or inaccessible, no armed enemy was formidable; their valor had overcome every thing. But among themselves the grand rivalry…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | DE OFFICIIS — Roman: Cicero |
DE OFFICIIS “This being so, some people are of the opinion that it was not right to introduce this counterbalancing of right and expediency and that no practical instruction should have been gi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | On Friendship, or Laelius — Roman: Cicero |
On Friendship, or Laelius “18. Now what is the quality to look out for as a warrant for the stability and permanence of friendship? It is loyalty. Nothing that lacks this can be stable. We should also in mak…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | Letters of Cicero — Roman: Cicero |
Letters of Cicero “YES, I do write to you less often than I might, because, though I am always wretched, yet when I write to you or read a letter from you, I am in such floods of tears that I cannot …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | On Old Age. — Roman: Cicero |
On Old Age. “What then is the purpose of such a long disquisition on Maximus? It is because you now see that an old age like his cannot conscientiously be called unhappy. Yet it is after all tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | De Inventione — Cicero |
De Inventione “But of the considerations which belong to things, some are connected with the thing itself which is the subject of discussion; some are considered in the performance of the thing; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Cicero | De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream — Cicero |
De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream “3. Were I to deny that I feel the loss of Scipio, while I leave it to those who profess themselves wise in such matters to say whether I ought to feel it, I certainly should be utt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | THE LIFE OF ANTONINUS CARACALLA — Roman: Dont Read This |
THE LIFE OF ANTONINUS CARACALLA “VII. He was slain in the course of a journey between Carrhae and Edessa, when he had dismounted for the purpose of emptying his bladder and was standing in the midst of his body-gu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | THE LIFE OF ANTONINUS HELIOGABALUS — Roman: Dont Read This |
THE LIFE OF ANTONINUS HELIOGABALUS “VI. He took money for honours and distinctions and positions of power, selling them in person or through his slaves and those who served his lusts. He made appointments to the sena…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | The Murder of Agrippina — Roman: Dont Read This |
The Murder of Agrippina “5. A night of brilliant starlight with the calm of a tranquil sea was granted by heaven, seemingly, to convict the crime. The vessel had not gone far, Agrippina having with her two…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | Senatorial Spectacle After the Disgusting Murder of Elagabalus — Roman: Dont Read This |
Senatorial Spectacle After the Disgusting Murder of Elagabalus “VII. And when Alexander had expressed his thanks the acclamations rose again: "Antoninus Alexander, may the gods keep you! Aurelius Antoninus, may the gods keep you! Antoninus Pius…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | The Octavius — Roman: Dont Read This |
The Octavius “"And now, as wickeder things advance more fruitfully, and abandoned manners creep on day by day, those abominable shrines of an impious assembly are maturing themselves throughout …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | SPECTACLES — Roman: Dont Read This |
SPECTACLES “(3) Afterwards, they preferred to disguise this ungodly usage by making it a pleasure. So, after the persons thus procured had been trained--for the sole purpose of learning how to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | On Pimps — Roman: Dont Read This |
On Pimps “We are aware that certain people live illicitly, that they find opportunity for themselves for dishonourable wealth by cruel and hateful means. They travel around the provinces and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Dont Read This | The Secret History — Roman: Dont Read This |
The Secret History “And it was not long after this that Belisarius was persuaded by his wife to kill Constantine. What happened at that time concerning Presidius and the daggers I have narrated in my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The African Wars — Roman: Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The African Wars “Thence he removed and came before Leptis, a free city and governed by its own laws. Here he was met by deputies from the town, who, in the name of the inhabitants, offered their fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The Alexandrian Wars — Roman: Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The Alexandrian Wars “With this view he began a great and difficult work; for having stopped up all the canals by which his own cisterns were supplied, he drew vast quantities of water out of the sea, b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries — Roman: Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries “And now the Pompeians, after great havoc of our troops, were approaching Marcellinus's camp, and had struck no small terror into the rest of the cohorts, when Marcus Antonius, who …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries — Book III |
Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries “Wherefore, they should have pity on themselves, and the republic: for, from their own misfortunes, they had sufficient experience of what fortune can effect in war. That this was t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries — Book I |
Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries “. Several officers belonging to the two legions, which had been delivered up by Caesar, were sent for. The city and the comitium were crowded with tribunes, centurions, and veteran…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries — Book II |
Julius Caesar's Civil War Commentaries “When the battle was begun, no effort of valor was wanting to the Massilians, but, mindful of the instructions which they had a little before received from their friends, they fough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Complete Version |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “Caesar having quickly completed the levy by means of his lieutenants, after three regiments had been both formed and brought to him before the winter [had] expired, and the number …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book 8 |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “Gaul being entirely reduced, when Caesar having waged war incessantly during the former summer, wished to recruit his soldiers after so much fatigue, by repose in winter quarters, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Five |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “Therefore, having stayed about twenty-five days in that place, because the north wind, which usually blows a great part of every season, prevented the voyage, he exerted himself to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Four |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “To these remarks Caesar replied in such terms as he thought proper; but the conclusion of his speech was, "That he could make no alliance with them, if they continued in Gaul; that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: Later Campaigns — Roman: Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: Later Campaigns “Collection of accounts covering Caesar in Alexandria, Spain and Africa; attributed to Aulus Hirtius, but nobody's sure.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book One |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “After his death, the Helvetii nevertheless attempt to do that which they had resolved on, namely, to go forth from their territories. When they thought that they were at length pre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Seven |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “Having quickly collected an army by their punishments, he sends Lucterius, one of the Cadurci, a man the utmost daring, with part of his forces, into the territory of the Ruteni; a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Six |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “Constrained by these circumstances the Menapii send embassadors to him for the purpose of suing for peace. He, after receiving hostages, assures them that he will consider them in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The Spanish Wars — Roman: Julius Caesar |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries: The Spanish Wars “Ulia being relieved, Caesar, to draw Pompey from the siege, marched toward Corduba; sending the cavalry before, with a select body of heavy-armed foot; who, as soon as they came wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Three |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “When they had now been fighting for more than six hours, without cessation, and not only strength, but even weapons were failing our men, and the enemy were pressing on more rigoro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar's War Commentaries — Book Two |
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries “The Gauls' mode of besieging is the same as that of the Belgae: when after having drawn a large number of men around the whole of the fortifications, stones have begun to be cast a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. I — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. I “To begin with, it is generally admitted that after the capture of Troy, whilst the rest of the Trojans were massacred, against two of them-Aeneas and Antenor -the Achivi refused to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. II — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. II “During the year a fleet of Greek ships under the command of the Lacedaemonian Cleonymus sailed to the shores of Italy and captured the city of Thuriae in the Sallentine country. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. III — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. III “Spring was now coming on; Hannibal accordingly moved out of his winter quarters. His previous attempt to cross the Apennines had been frustrated by the insupportable cold; to remai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. IV — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. IV “A new general took Hasdrubal's place, named Hanno, who brought over a fresh army, and marched into Celtiberia, which lies between the Mediterranean and the ocean, and here he soon …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. V — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. V “On perceiving this the consul ordered C. Livius Salinator, the allied cavalry leader, to send his men at a hard gallop against them, and the cavalry of the legions to act as suppor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Livy | The History of Rome, Vol. VI — Roman: Livy |
The History of Rome, Vol. VI “The heralds of victory travelled to Rome with the utmost possible speed, but on their arrival they found that the rejoicings over it had forestalled them. Four days after the battl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Otho — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Otho “From earliest youth he was so extravagant and wild that his father often flogged him; and they say that he used to rove about at night and lay hands on anyone whom he met who was f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Titus — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Titus “VII. Besides cruelty, he was also suspected of riotous living, since he protracted his revels until the middle of the night with the most prodigal of his friends; likewise of uncha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Claudius — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Claudius “V. His paternal uncle Tiberius gave him the consular regalia, when he asked for office; but when he urgently requested the actual position, Tiberius merely replied by a note in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Caius Caligula — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Caius Caligula “So great was the public rejoicing, that within the next three months, or less than that, more than a hundred and sixty thousand victims are said to have been slain in sacrifice.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Vitellius — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Vitellius “He did not return to headquarters until the dining-room caught fire from the stove and was ablaze; and then, when all were shocked and troubled at what seemed a bad omen, he said: …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars, The Deified Julius — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars, The Deified Julius “That he drank very little wine not even his enemies denied. There is a saying of Marcus Cato that Caesar was the only man who undertook to overthrow the state when sober. Even in t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Galba — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Galba “. His double reputation for cruelty and avarice had gone before him; men said that he had punished the cities of the Hispanic and Gallic provinces which had hesitated about taking …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Nero — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Nero “Viewing the conflagration from the tower of Maecenas, and exulting, as he said, "with the beauty of the flames," he sang the whole time the "Sack of Ilium," in his regular stage co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Vespasianus — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Vespasianus “. In other matters he was unassuming and lenient from the very beginning of his reign until its end, never trying to conceal his former lowly condition, but often even parading it.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars:Tiberius. — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars:Tiberius. “Accordingly he remained in Rhodes against his will, having with difficulty through his mother's aid secured permission that, while away from Rome, he should have the title of legat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars: Domitianus — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars: Domitianus “He administered justice scrupulously and conscientiously, frequently holding special sittings on the tribunal in the Forum. He rescinded such decisions of the Hundred Judges as wer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars:The Deified Augustus — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars:The Deified Augustus “He did not use his victory with moderation, but after sending Brutus' head to Rome, to be cast at the feet of Caesar's statue, he vented his spleen upon the most distinguished of h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives of the Caesars — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives of the Caesars “The complete lives, in order.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 13. GRAMMARIANS AND RHETORICIANS] — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 13. GRAMMARIANS AND RHETORICIANS] “XIV. CURTIUS NICIA was the intimate friend of Cneius Pompeius and Caius Memmius; but having carried notes from Memmius to Pompey's wife [878], when she was debauched by Memmius, Po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Roman: Suetonius | The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 14. [LIVES OF THE POETS] — Roman: Suetonius |
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 14. [LIVES OF THE POETS] “It is reported that he was immoderately addicted to venery. [For he is said to have had obscene pictures so disposed in a bedchamber lined with mirrors, that, whichever way he look…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Fanny Hill — Sexuality |
Fanny Hill “Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Lady Chatterly's Lover — Sexuality |
Lady Chatterly's Lover “Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new litt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Ananga Ranga — Sexuality |
The Ananga Ranga “THEN are three kinds of men, namely, the Shastra, or the Hare-man; the Vrishabha, or Bull-man, and the Ashwa, or Horse-man.[1] These may be described by explanation of their nature…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | THE LOVE BOOKS OF OVID — Sexuality |
THE LOVE BOOKS OF OVID “WAS about to sing, in heroic strain, of arms and fierce combats. 'Twas a subject suited to my verse, whose lines were all of equal measure. But Cupid, so 'tis said, began to laugh,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Mahanirvana Tantra (Tantra of the Great Liberation) — Sexuality |
Mahanirvana Tantra (Tantra of the Great Liberation) “Draw a triangle with the Maya Vija within it, and around it two concentric circles (the one outside the other). In the space between the two circumferences of the circles draw in p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefwazi — Sexuality |
The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefwazi “Moussa asked who the man was, she told him, `This is my husband, and for him I would give my life!' `This is a hard slavery,' he said, `to which you are reduced, and I am sorry for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Deipnosophists — Sexuality |
The Deipnosophists “Licymnius of Chios, after explaining that Sleep was in love with Endymion, says that Sleep does not cover the eyes of Endymion when he slumbers, but lays his beloved to rest with e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana — Sexuality |
The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana “Yeah, that's the Kama Sutra all right.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Roman Fever — Edith Wharton |
Roman Fever “There was nothing left but to mother her daughter; and dear Jenny was such a perfect daughter that she needed no excessive mothering. "Now with Babs Ansley I don't know that I shou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Storm — Kate Chopin |
The Storm “Bobinôt arose and going across to the counter purchased a can of shrimps, of which Calixta was very fond. Then he retumed to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly holding the can o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc — Sexuality |
The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc “The classic novel of the 15th century by Johanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | The Woman Who Did — Grant Allen |
The Woman Who Did “This is the controversial book, about a woman who refuses to marry her lover because of stifling marriage laws, that Allen dedicated to his wife.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Yama (The Pit) — Alexander Kuprin |
Yama (The Pit) “They come freely and simply, as to a restaurant or a depot; they sit, smoke, drink, convulsively pretend to be merry; they dance, executing abominable movements of the body imitati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | MADELEINE: An Autobiography — Sexuality |
MADELEINE: An Autobiography “My difficulties with the patrons arose from two causes. The first was the almost invariable habit of patrons in asking a girl all about her private life; the fact that they had nev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Aurora Floyd — M. E. Braddon |
Aurora Floyd “Is not life altogether a long comedy, with Fate for the stage-manager, and Passion, Inclination, Love, Hate, Revenge, Ambition, and Avarice, by turns, in the prompter's box? A tire…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sexuality | Venus in Furs — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
Venus in Furs “"And yet a restless, always unsatisfied craving for the nudity of paganism," she interrupted, "but that love, which is the highest joy, which is divine simplicity itself, is not fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote — Spain |
Don Quixote “In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | The Cid — Spain |
The Cid “In those days arose Rodrigo of Bivar, who was a youth strong in arms and of good customs; and the people rejoiced in him, for he bestirred himself to protect the land from the Moor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc — Spain |
The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc “The classic novel of the 15th century by Johanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v1 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v1 “These preliminaries settled, he did not care to put off any longer the execution of his design, urged on to it by the thought of all the world was losing by his delay, seeing what …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v2 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v2 “Nor were they without cause, for a lusty farmer was flogging him with a belt and following up every blow with scoldings and commands, repeating, "Your mouth shut and your eyes open…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v3 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v3 “"Then to the yard with the whole of them," said the curate; "for to have the burning of Queen Pintiquiniestra, and the shepherd Darinel and his eclogues, and the bedevilled and inv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v4 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v4 “Here the goatherd brought his song to an end, and though Don Quixote entreated him to sing more, Sancho had no mind that way, being more inclined for sleep than for listening to so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v5 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v5 “They then strewed upon the grave a profusion of flowers and branches, and all expressing their condolence with his friend ambrosio, took their Vivaldo and his companion did the sam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v6 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v6 “On this accursed bed Don Quixote stretched himself, and the hostess and her daughter soon covered him with plasters from top to toe, while Maritornes--for that was the name of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v7 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v7 “The advice seemed good to Don Quixote, and, he leading Rocinante by the bridle and Sancho the ass by the halter, after he had packed away upon him the remains of the supper, they a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v8 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v8 “"Thou art a coward by nature, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "but lest thou shouldst say I am obstinate, and that I never do as thou dost advise, this once I will take thy advice, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v9 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v9 “Don Quixote took leave of the goatherd, and once more mounting Rocinante bade Sancho follow him, which he having no ass, did very discontentedly. They proceeded slowly, making thei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v10 — Spain |
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, By Cervantes, I-v10 “Happy and fortunate were the times when that most daring knight Don Quixote of La Mancha was sent into the world; for by reason of his having formed a resolution so honourable as t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v11, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v11, Illustrated “At this moment they heard a shout, and recognised it as coming from Sancho Panza, who, not finding them where he had left them, was calling aloud to them. They went to meet him, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v12, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v12, Illustrated “The curate had hardly ceased speaking, when Sancho said, "In faith, then, senor licentiate, he who did that deed was my master; and it was not for want of my telling him beforehand…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v13, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v13, Illustrated “"May I die," said the landlord at this, "if Don Quixote or Don Devil has not been slashing some of the skins of red wine that stand full at his bed's head, and the spilt wine must …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v14, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v14, Illustrated “I answered that I was already ransomed, and that by the price it might be seen what value my master set on me, as I had given one thousand five hundred zoltanis for me; to which sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v15, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v15, Illustrated “"Very good, so be it," said the squire; but in the meantime a man had got out of the coach whose dress indicated at a glance the office and post he held, for the long robe with ruf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v16, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v16, Illustrated “"Marvel not at that, Sancho my friend," said Don Quixote; "for let me tell thee devils are crafty; and even if they do carry odours about with them, they themselves have no smell, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v17, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v17, Illustrated “Suddenly there is presented to his sight a strong castle or gorgeous palace with walls of massy gold, turrets of diamond and gates of jacinth; in short, so marvellous is its struct…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, I-v18, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, I-v18, Illustrated “I ask thee to agree to a truce for but one hour for the solemn note of yonder trumpet that falls on our ears seems to me to summon me to some new adventure." The goatherd, who was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v19, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v19, Illustrated “To which Sancho replied, "Devil's own housekeeper! it is I who am deluded, and led astray, and taken tramping about the country, and not thy master! He has carried me all over the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v20, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v20, Illustrated “To which Don Quixote replied, "What answer God will give to your complaints, housekeeper, I know not, nor what his Majesty will answer either; I only know that if I were king I sho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v21, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v21, Illustrated “"It may be said, too," added Sancho, "that we eat it in the chill of our bodies; for who gets more heat and cold than the miserable squires of knight-errantry? Even so it would not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v22, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v22, Illustrated “To this the carter replied, "The cart is mine; what is in it is a pair of wild caged lions, which the governor of Oran is sending to court as a present to his Majesty; and the flag…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v23, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v23, Illustrated “To all this Sancho made no reply because he was asleep, nor would he have wakened up so soon as he did had not Don Quixote brought him to his senses with the butt of his lance. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v24, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v24, Illustrated “His friends at once ran to his aid, filled with grief at his misery and sad fate, and Don Quixote, dismounting from Rocinante, hastened to support him, and took him in his arms, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v25, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v25, Illustrated “In this and other pleasant conversation the day went by, and that night they put up at a small hamlet whence it was not more than two leagues to the cave of Montesinos, so the cous…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v26, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v26, Illustrated “"I cannot convince or persuade myself that everything that is written in the preceding chapter could have precisely happened to the valiant Don Quixote; and for this reason, that a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v27, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v27, Illustrated “All were silent, Tyrians and Trojans; I mean all who were watching the show were hanging on the lips of the interpreter of its wonders, when drums and trumpets were heard to sound …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v28, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v28, Illustrated “Sancho returned to his master mightily pleased with this gratifying answer, and told him all the great lady had said to him, lauding to the skies, in his rustic phrase, her rare be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v29, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v29, Illustrated “The history records that Sancho did not sleep that afternoon, but in order to keep his word came, before he had well done dinner, to visit the duchess, who, finding enjoyment in li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v31, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v31, Illustrated “"Well then, let me tell you, brother," said Sancho, "I haven't got the 'Don,' nor has any one of my family ever had it; my name is plain Sancho Panza, and Sancho was my father's na…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v32, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v32, Illustrated “"In that case," said Sancho, "let senor doctor see among the dishes that are on the table what will do me most good and least harm, and let me eat it, without tapping it with his s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v33, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v33, Illustrated “Teresa stood lost in astonishment, and her daughter just as much, and the girl said, "May I die but our master Don Quixote's at the bottom of this; he must have given father the go…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v34, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v34, Illustrated “God give thee the victory, for thou hast the right on thy side!" But though Tosilos saw Don Quixote coming at him he never stirred a step from the spot where he was posted; and ins…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v35, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v35, Illustrated “"So then," said Sancho, munching hard all the time, "your worship does not agree with the proverb that says, 'Let Martha die, but let her die with a full belly.' I, at any rate, ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v36, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v36, Illustrated “"The cause of my dejection," returned Don Quixote, "is not that I have fallen into thy hands, O valiant Roque, whose fame is bounded by no limits on earth, but that my carelessness…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v37, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v37, Illustrated “Roque went back, while Don Quixote remained on horseback, just as he was, waiting for day, and it was not long before the countenance of the fair Aurora began to show itself at the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v38, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v38, Illustrated “"Indeed," said Don Quixote, "Sancho's moderation and cleanliness in eating might be inscribed and graved on plates of brass, to be kept in eternal remembrance in ages to come. It i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v39, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v39, Illustrated “"O senor," said Don Antonio, "may God forgive you the wrong you have done the whole world in trying to bring the most amusing madman in it back to his senses. Do you not see, senor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v40, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v40, Illustrated “"Senor," replied Sancho, "if the truth is to be told, I cannot persuade myself that the whipping of my backside has anything to do with the disenchantment of the enchanted; it is l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v41, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v41, Illustrated “"I am the same," replied the gentleman; "and that same Don Quixote, the principal personage in the said history, was a very great friend of mine, and it was I who took him away fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v42, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v42, Illustrated “So at length, with the boys capering round them, and accompanied by the curate and the bachelor, they made their entrance into the town, and proceeded to Don Quixote's house, at th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | Don Quixote, II-v30, Illustrated — Spain |
Don Quixote, II-v30, Illustrated “The duke and duchess were extremely glad to see how readily Don Quixote fell in with their scheme; but at this moment Sancho observed, "I hope this senora duenna won't be putting a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Spain | The Lay of the Cid — R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon (trans) |
The Lay of the Cid “And Martin Antolínez rode forth swiftly with the twain./ And they were glad exceeding. O'er the bridge he did not go,/ But through the stream, that never a Burgalese should know/ T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald — Viking |
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald “And in the evening when Cormac made ready to go home he saw Narfi, and bethought him of those churlish words. "I think, Narfi," said he, "I am more like to knock thee down, than th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Story of the Heath-Slayings ("Heitharviga Saga") — Viking |
The Story of the Heath-Slayings ("Heitharviga Saga") “That summer there was with Bardi in his Thing-journey one Thord, the goodman at Broadford in Waterdale; he had two horses, all white except for black ears. These horses he deemed b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Saga of Grettir the Strong — Viking |
The Saga of Grettir the Strong “Grettir went out with his companions to visit them. On their meeting Grettir found Bjorn amongst the company and said: "It is well that we meet here, for now we can continue our fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Story of the Ere-Dwellers ("Eyrbyggia Saga") — Viking |
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers ("Eyrbyggia Saga") “Biorn the son of Ketil Flatneb was in Iamtaland till Kiallak the earl died; he gat to wife Giaflaug the earl's daughter, and thereafter fared west over the Keel, first to Thrandhei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Story of Burnt Njal (Njaal's Saga) — Viking |
The Story of Burnt Njal (Njaal's Saga) “Njal and Gunnar met and talked about the battle. Then Njal said to Gunnar, "Now be ware of thyself. Now hast thou slain twice in the same stock; and so now take heed to thy behavio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | Laxdaela Saga — Viking |
Laxdaela Saga “Ketill Flatnose was the name of a man. He was the son of Bjorn the Ungartered. Ketill was a mighty and high-born chieftain (hersir) in Norway. He abode in Raumsdale, within the fol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | Heimskringla; or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway — Viking |
Heimskringla; or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway “Now when Harald came to Constantinople he presented himself to the empress, and went into her pay; and immediately, in autumn, went on board the galleys manned with troops which we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Ward of King Canute — Viking |
The Ward of King Canute “As the blackness of the midsummer night paled, the broken towers and wrecked walls of the monastery loomed up dim and stark in the gray light. The long- drawn sigh of a waking worl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | THE PROSE EDDA — Viking |
THE PROSE EDDA “There is yet one who is numbered among the asas, but whom some call the backbiter of the asas. He is the originator of deceit, and the disgrace of all gods and men. His name is Lok…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | Fridthjof's Saga — Esaias Tegne'r |
Fridthjof's Saga “King Bele, sword-supported, in the palace stood;/And with him Thorstein, Viking's son, the peasant good./His ancient war companion, grown old in glory,/His brow was scarred like ru…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Tale of Roi the Fool — Viking |
The Tale of Roi the Fool “Then said Helgi: "I say so much, that it was agreed between us that Roi should have all the wares that were in the bower, but I should bear them out and empty the bower; and a day …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Tale Of Hogni And Hedinn — Viking |
The Tale Of Hogni And Hedinn “"Sooth have I to tell thee," said he, "that whereas the watchmen have vanished away, ye must lay it to me and to Hogni, the son of Halfdan; for we and our men are fallen under such…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Smitten — Viking |
The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Smitten “So Thorstein went out; and when they were come down into the garth Thorvald hove up his axe and ran at him: Thorstein smote him with his hand so that he fell forward, and then put …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald — Viking |
Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald “Gunnlaug answers, "Neither Onund nor Thorfin are men as good as my father. Nay, thou thyself clearly fallest short of him--or what hast thou to set against his strife with Thorgrim…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | EGIL'S SAGA — Viking |
EGIL'S SAGA “Egil went in the night and sought the places where boats were. But wheresoever he came to the strand, men were always there before him. He went thus through the whole night, and fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORTHMEN — B.F. DE COSTA |
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORTHMEN “Full title: THE PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORTHMEN, WITH TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ICELANDIC SAGAS.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Thrall of Leif the Lucky — Ottilie A. Liljencrantz |
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky “Egil laughed, a hateful gloating laugh, and settled himself against a tree to see the finish. As Helga's arm was flung up the second time, the thrall leaped upon her and tore the w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | Beowulf — Translated by Gummere |
Beowulf “This updated version fixes several glitches associated with the previous...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Viking | The Edda of Saemund the Learned — (Poetic Edda) |
The Edda of Saemund the Learned “Thorpe version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tartuffe |
Tartuffe “Moliere's The Hypocrite seduces the girl, cons the father, disinherits the son -- all in one day!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Volsung Saga |
The Volsung Saga “Learn the story behind that whole Ride of the Valkyries thing.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nibelungenlied |
The Nibelungenlied “This is the Nibelungs' fall.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Beowulf |
The Beowulf “When you think about it, normally after mom comes out, the fighting ends...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives, Sayings and Heroic Deeds of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel |
Lives, Sayings and Heroic Deeds of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel “Chapter 2.XXXI. How Pantagruel entered into the city of the Amaurots, and how Panurge married King Anarchus to an old lantern-carrying hag, and made him a crier of green sauce. -- …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Khent |
Khent “The day after these events occurred, a horseman, dressed like a Kurd and whistling like a lark, entered the camp of Gen. Lord Lucasoff. He said he had brought an important dispatch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The King of the Golden River |
The King of the Golden River “One of these fell westward over the face of a crag so high that when the sun had set to everything else, and all below was darkness, his beams still shone full upon this waterfall,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Death of Mr. Badman |
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman “Attentive. Good Sir, Good morrow to you, I have not as yet lost ought, but yet you give a right ghess of me, for I am, as you say, concerned in my heart, but 'tis because of the ba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Myths and Myth-Makers |
Myths and Myth-Makers “FEW mediaeval heroes are so widely known as William Tell. His exploits have been celebrated by one of the greatest poets and one of the most popular musicians of modern times. They…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Gammer Gurton's Needle |
Gammer Gurton's Needle “A Man were better twenty times be a bandog &barke,/Then here among such a sort, be parish priest/Where he shal neuer be at rest, one pissing while a day/But he must trudge about th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Piers Plowman |
Piers Plowman “"Cesseth!' seide the Kyng, " I suffre yow no lenger./Ye shul saughtne, forsothe, and serve me bothe./Kis hire,' quod the Kyng, "Conscience, I hote!'/"Nay, by Crist!' quod Conscienc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Irish Fairy Tales |
Irish Fairy Tales “Fionn got his first training among women. There is no wonder in that, for it is the pup's mother teaches it to fight, and women know that fighting is a necessary art although men p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ “"Thank thou thy God," he said to Ben-Hur, after a look at the galleys, "thank thou thy God, as I do my many gods. A pirate would sink, not save, yon ship. By the act and the helmet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Confessions of St. Augustine |
The Confessions of St. Augustine “But woe is thee, thou torrent of human custom! Who shall stand against thee? how long shalt thou not be dried up? how long roll the sons of Eve into that huge and hideous ocean, wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Complete Angler |
The Complete Angler “Trust me, Sir, there is not a likely place for a Trout hereabout: and we staid so long to take our leave of your huntsmen this morning, that the sun is got so high, and shines so c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury |
The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury “Since the degree of affection a thing deserves depends upon the degree of its value, and the previous chapter shows that the value of books is unspeakable, it is quite clear to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of Johnson |
Life of Johnson “Had Dr. Johnson written his own life, in conformity with the opinion which he has given, that every man's life may be best written by himself; had he employed in the preservation o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys “3rd. Drank my morning draft at Harper's, and was told there that the soldiers were all quiet upon promise of pay. Thence to St. James's Park, back to Whitehall, where in a guard-ch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Paradise Regained |
Paradise Regained “Now had the great Proclaimer, with a voice/More awful than the sound of trumpet, cried/Repentance, and Heaven's kingdom nigh at hand/To all baptized. To his great baptism flocked/W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | DESCENT OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR INTO THE LOWER WORLD |
DESCENT OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR INTO THE LOWER WORLD “"Why, O gatekeeper, dost thou remove the large crown off my head?"/"Enter, O lady, such are the decrees of Ereshkigal."/The second gate he bade her enter, opening it wide, and remo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish |
The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish “By his father's advice he went to Erech, and reported to Gilgamish what had happened. When Gilgamish heard his story he advised him to act upon a suggestion which the hunter's fath…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry |
The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry “This is a very, very not short book. Also not in modern English.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fall of the Niebelungs |
The Fall of the Niebelungs “This is the version translated by Margaret Armour. Collect them all!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. |
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. “My father, as appears from many of his papers, was very subject to this passion, before he married--but from a little subacid kind of drollish impatience in his nature, whenever it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters To His Son — EARL OF CHESTERFIELD |
Letters To His Son “I hope you employ your whole time, which few people do; and that you put every moment to, profit of some kind or other. I call company, walking, riding, etc., employing one's time,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bulfinch's Mythology |
Bulfinch's Mythology “Complete version, from a slightly different (ie improved) source.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Samuel Pepys Diary |
Samuel Pepys Diary Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lives of Donne and Herbert |
Lives of Donne and Herbert “Oddly named title is in fact HARVARD CLASSICS V32--includes some Montaigne, Kant, Celtic poetry, etc.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES |
THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES “Full title: THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES, HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AS TOLD BY HIMSELF Edited and Translated by Robert S. Rudder…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian — Thomas Wright |
The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian “IN a western direction from Pi-an-fu there is a large and handsome fortress named Thai-gin, 1 which is said to have been built, at a remote period, by a king who was called Dor. 2 …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fables of La Fontaine |
The Fables of La Fontaine “Translated From The French By Elizur Wright. A New Edition, With Notes By J. W. M. Gibbs.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nibelungenlied — trans. by George Henry Needler |
The Nibelungenlied “Four hundred lusty squires / were there to be clad/ In knight's full garb with Siegfried. / Full many a beauteous maid/ At work did never tire, / for dear they did him hold,/ And m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | National Epics — Kate Milner Rabb |
National Epics “Saum, who had lived to regret his foolish and wicked act, was told in a dream that his son still lived, and was being cared for by the Simurgh. He accordingly sought the nest, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |