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The Prince
The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

ALL THE STATES and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedom...

1515 1407 ed.
Aeneis
Aeneis

by Publius Vergilius Maro

I sing of arms and of the man, fated to be an exile, who long since left the land of Troy and came to Italy to the shore...

1710 456 ed.
Πολιτικά (Politiká)
Πολιτικά (Politiká)

by Aristotle

EVERY STATE is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always...

1492 224 ed.
The well of loneliness
The well of loneliness

by Radclyffe Hall

NOT VERY FAR FROM Upton-on-Severn - between it, in fact, and the Malvern Hills - stands the country seat of the Gordons ...

1928 85 ed.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

1. When reading verse, note the appropriate phrasing and intonation.

1656 1226 ed.
As You Like It
As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

Orlando. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou sa...

1734 467 ed.
πολιτεία
πολιτεία

by Πλάτων

The first chapter consists of a typical early Platonic dialogue: it was possibly originally written separately from the ...

1554 794 ed.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

1. Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians; he began at the m...

1526 172 ed.
Gorin no sho
Gorin no sho

by Miyamoto Musashi, William Scott Wilson

Martial arts are the warrior's way of life.

1963 97 ed.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.

1597 985 ed.
Macbeth
Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.

1508 1866 ed.
Faust
Faust

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[FAUST, lying among grass and flowers, exhausted and restless, trying to sleep.]

1800 633 ed.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his daughter, and Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.

1600 401 ed.
Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

If you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on-foot, you shall see ...

1735 494 ed.
Vom Kriege
Vom Kriege

by Carl von Clausewitz

Despite its comprehensiveness, systematic approach, and precise style, On War is not a finished work.

1835 194 ed.
Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους

by Πλάτων

Je ne sais trop, Atheniens, quel effet mes accusateurs ont pu produire sur vous.

1675 232 ed.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

1600 818 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.