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Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

1488 1063 ed.
Lives
Lives

by Plutarch

IT is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidenc...

1564 323 ed.
Inferno
Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

Midway in his allotted threescore years and ten, Dante comes to himself with a start and realizes that he has strayed fr...

1767 446 ed.
Macbeth
Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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

1508 1866 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.
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"THIS is the story that Miguel de Cervantes, Spaniard, published in 1605, which the world has been reading again and aga...

1600 1594 ed.
The complete poetical works
The complete poetical works

by Robert Burns

MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend!

1786 293 ed.
The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems
The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The title Voices of the Night originally was used by Mr. Longfellow for the poem Footsteps of Angels ; then he gave it t...

1800 185 ed.
The seasons
The seasons

by James Thomson

Critical Observations. When the Author of the Seasons came to London in pursuit of patronage and fame, his first want, ...

1726 240 ed.
The Deserted Village
The Deserted Village

by Oliver Goldsmith, Eugène Tr Chevallier

SWEET Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,

1770 129 ed.