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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

The Revision Revised Three Articles Reprinted from the "Quarterly Review." I. The New Greek Text. II. The New English Version. III. Westcott and Hort's New Textual Theory. To Which is Added a Reply to Bishop Ellicott's Pamphlet in Defence of the Revisers and Their Greek Text of the New Testament: Including a Vindication of the Traditional Reading of 1 Timothy III. 16.

The Revision Revised Three Articles Reprinted from the "Quarterly Review." I. The New Greek Text. II. The New English Version. III. Westcott and Hort's New Textual Theory. To Which is Added a Reply to Bishop Ellicott's Pamphlet in Defence of the Revisers and Their Greek Text of the New Testament: Including a Vindication of the Traditional Reading of 1 Timothy III. 16.

John William Burgon

John William Burgon’s The Revision Revised is a polemical work that assembles three articles originally…

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Dostoevsky

André Gide

The work is a scholarly tribute by André Gide, the leading French novelist of the early twentieth century, to…

On the Sublime

On the Sublime

active 1st century Longinus

Longinus On the Sublime is a scholarly treatise on rhetoric that opens with a meticulous front matter: a…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

Various

The October 1866 issue of The Atlantic Monthly is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers a variety of…

The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon

The work is a collection of essays by Francis Bacon, presented here as “The Essays or Counsels, Civil and…

What Is Man? and Other Essays

What Is Man? and Other Essays

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s What Is Man? and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical dialogues that probe the nature…

Cover of The Letters of Jane Austen
 Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne

The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne

Jane Austen

The volume presents a curated selection of Jane Austen’s private correspondence, drawn from the two‑volume…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348

Various

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that gathers a…

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La copa de Verlaine

Emilio Carrere

La obra de Emilio Carrere, titulada La copa de Verlaine, se presenta como una prosa poética que gira en torno…

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844

Various

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56 (September 1844), is a Victorian‑era periodical anthology that…

Cover of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844

Various

The volume you are opening is a single issue of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine from May 1844, the 55th year…

Cover of The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2)

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The second volume of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s correspondence gathers letters written between 1851 and…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 09

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 09

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

The volume presents a dense, documentary account of the political and financial turmoil surrounding the…

Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Isaac Disraeli

The work is a nineteenth‑century literary essay that treats the misfortunes of writers as a subject of…

王陽明全集

王陽明全集

Yangming Wang

Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson’s Laughter is a philosophical essay that treats comedy as a living phenomenon rather than a set…

Heilige Zeiten Weihnachtsblätter

Heilige Zeiten Weihnachtsblätter

Ludwig Speidel

Das Werk „Heilige Zeiten Weihnachtsblätter“ von Ludwig Speidel ist eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen, die aus der…

John Lyly

John Lyly

John Dover Wilson

This work is a scholarly study of John Lyly, presented as the first attempt to treat the whole range of…

Cover of The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts

The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts

Nixon Waterman

The work opens as a sweeping essay on the art of living, framing life as a series of moments that, when…

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1

Jonathan Swift

The volume gathers Jonathan Swift’s religious tracts, sermons, and letters, presenting his polemical…

The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant

The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant

Francis Asbury Smith

This work is a scholarly pamphlet that treats the long‑running controversy over William Shakespeare’s…

Cover of Ang Liham ni Dr. Jose Rizal sa mga Kadalagahan sa Malolos, Bulakan

Ang Liham ni Dr. Jose Rizal sa mga Kadalagahan sa Malolos, Bulakan

José Rizal

This work is a letter from José Rizal addressed to the people of Malolos, Bulacan, in which he reflects on…