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Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

OVER the Western sea hither from Niphon come,

1855 755 ed.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

OF all the commentators on Shakespeare, perhaps the oddest is Ulrich Braker, a Swiss weaver, who in 1780 finished writin...

1600 1505 ed.
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Den, and I laid me down in t...

1678 683 ed.
Fables
Fables

by Jean de La Fontaine

A Grasshopper gay

1678 345 ed.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
Plays (36)
Plays (36)

by William Shakespeare

Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...

1623 256 ed.
Book of common prayer
Book of common prayer

by Church of England, J. A. Maurault

Where at the Death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth, there remained one uniform order of Common Service,...

1537 545 ed.
Hamlet
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

There is an aura of unreality about the plays of Shakespeare, and students feel this, although they may not be able to e...

1603 2377 ed.
Poems
Poems

by William Blake

Behold me, then: me for him, life for life...

1783 141 ed.
Discours de la méthode
Discours de la méthode

by René Descartes

Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provide...

1644 163 ed.
Pensées
Pensées

by Blaise Pascal, Philippe Sellier

1 The Psalms sung throughout the world.

1670 395 ed.
Candide
Candide

by Voltaire

Chapitre I. Comment candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d'icelui. Il y avait en Vestp...

1746 1079 ed.
La chartreuse de Parme
La chartreuse de Parme

by Stendhal

On May 15, 1796, General Bonaparte entered Milan at the head of that young army which had lately crossed the Lodi bridge...

1800 554 ed.
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier

by Le Corbusier

"Mit 17 Jahren hatte ich das Gluck, einen Bauherrn kennen zu lernen, der mir ohne Vorurteile sein Bauvorhaben anvertraut...

1938 72 ed.
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt

by Henrik Ibsen

A slope of birch-trees near AASE's farm.

1867 111 ed.