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...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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...ce University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essayswas first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classics... ...ional material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman'sLibrary edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Unive... ... I. By divers Meanes men come unto a like End II. Of Sadnesse or Sorrowe III. Our Affections are transported be... ...adorned myselfe more quaintly, or kept a more grave and solemne march. I desire thereun to be delineated in mine own genuine, ... ...aigne's Essays From MONTAIGNE, The First of March, 1580. Renascence Editionshttp://www.uo... ...d obtained, and had at his pleasure marshalled the order how they should march, he seemed quietly and contentedly to yeeld up the ghost. I have ... ...he time of our warres in the holy land; and likewise Conrade Marquis of Montferrat his murtherers being brought to their torture, were seene t...

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...ontentsCover 1The History of the Thirty Years' War 3Imprint ... ... 375 Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' War 2 Co... ... 2 ContentsBook I.Introduction. - General effects of the Reformation. - Revolt of Matthias.- The Emperor cedes Austria and Hu... ...chments. - Enters Saxony. - Goes to the succour of the Elector ofSaxony. - Marches against Wallenstein.- Battle of Lutzen. - Death of Gustavus Adolphu... ...utions which flowedinto the exchequer of the princes, and the armies which marched to thefield; and, in the ardent excitement produced in all minds by... ...y, Austria, and Moraviahad done homage to Matthias, who was already on his march toBohemia to seize the Emperor in his palace, and to cut at once thes... ... Italy between the Emperor and their sovereign. Vincent, Duke ofMantua and Montferrat, dying without issue, his next relation, Charles,Duke of Nevers,...

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...of ContentsCover 1History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy 3Imprin... ...008 414 Niccolò MachiavelliHistory of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy 2... ...NTRODUCTIONNiccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the mosteminent political writers of any age or country, was born at Flo... ...ssion of the country. Leaving his friends theZepidi in Pannonia, Theodoric marched into Italy, slew Odoacer and hisson, and, moved by the same reasons... ..., and Trento. Theother cities and fortresses of Lombardy, Romagna, and the march ofTrevisa, favored, according to their necessities, sometimes one par... ...ds Tuscany. Ezelin, in themeantime, had subdued the whole of the Trevisian March, but could notprevail against Ferrara, which was defended by Azone da... ...oot assailed his territories inthe direction of Lodi, while the marquis of Montferrat, instigated eitherby his own ambition or the entreaties of the V... ...d the country and ravagedthe smaller towns. Having defeated the marquis of Montferrat atAlexandria, the duke was able to unite his whole force against... ...essed before the war, the duke being allowedto recover from the princes of Montferrat and Savoy the places theyhad taken. To the other Italian powers ...

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...ContentsCover 1The Revolt of The Netherlands 3Imprint ... ... 320 Friedrich SchillerThe Revolt of The Netherlands Complete 2 CON... ... 2 CONTENTS.AUTHOR'S PREFACEINTRODUCTIONBOOK I. Earlier History of The Netherlands up to theSixteenth CenturyBOOK II. Cardinal GranvellaBOO... ... unfortunate result that might happen."The following day the confederates, marching in the same order of 156procession, but in... ...f their ornaments within sightof the garrison, who could not be induced to march against theIconoclasts. As the latter had been told that the gold and... ...who spoke first, "would alarm the princes through whose territories itmust march, and perhaps even be opposed by them; it would,moreover, unnecessaril... ...s to prepare for defence. Assoon as the duke recovered he held at Asti, in Montferrat, a review ofall his troops, who were more formidable by their va...

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...A new authoritative translation of Chateaubriand's Record of a Journey from Paris to Jerusalem and Back (Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem et de Jérusalem à Paris)....

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... François de ChateaubriandRecord of a Journey from Paris to Jerusalem and Back (Itinéraire de ... ...m the published text, theedition used for this translation being a French publication of 1884; notes in brackets initalics are notes by the translator... ...initalics are notes by the translator providing additional information or explanation of itemsin the text. Where names or places are expanded to give ... ...was time to leave for Coroni. We mounted on the instant. I will describe our marching order, since it wasthe same throughout the journey. ... ... Antiquity offers us throughout its history ahost of curious parallels; and often the marches of peoples and armies followed thewanderings of a few so... ...rance. Suddenly I was struck by these words pronounced distinctly in French:‘Forward; march!’ I turned my head and saw a troop of little naked Arabs w... ...ied in infancy. Maria, daughter of Isabella and her second husband,Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat, became heir to a non-existent kingdom. John, Count o...

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...ella, Manfred, La Pia, Buonconte, Sordello ) Cantos VIII-XIV (The Gate, Nino, Oderisi, Salvani, Sapia, G.del Duca) Cantos XV-XXI (Free Will, Nature of Love, Adrian, Hugh Capet,Statius) Cantos XXII-XXVIII (Forese, Bonagiunta, Souls, Guinicelli, Arnaut, Matilda) Cantos XXIX-XXXIII (The Divine Pageant, Beatrice, Lethe, Eunoë) Paradiso: Cantos I-VII (The Moon, Piccarda, ...

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...9 Dante meets Virgil .................................. 16 Canto I:100-111 The salvation of Italy ..........................18 Canto I:112-136 Virgil ... ...27 Canto II:121-142 Virgil strengthens Dante’s will.......... 29 Canto III:1-21 The Gate of Hell..................................... 31 Canto III:22-... ...eir punishment.................................. 34 Canto III:70-99 Charon, the ferryman of the Acheron...35 Canto III:100-136 The souls by the shore ... ...fraid they would not hold totheir orders. So I once saw theinfantry, marching out, under treatyof surrender, from Caprona, afraida... ...up, who humbles himself loweramong them, is William theMarquis of Montferrat, because ofwhom the town of Alessandria, inPiedmon... ...llows the first if a manachieves excellence! The present 744crew in the March of Treviso,enclosed by the Tagliamento and theAdige, do... ...cording toSuetonius, so that Brutus was perhapshis own child, was murdered on theIdes of March in 44BC, in the Hall ofPompey where the Senate were due...

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...ella, Manfred, La Pia, Buonconte, Sordello ) Cantos VIII-XIV (The Gate, Nino, Oderisi, Salvani, Sapia, G.del Duca) Cantos XV-XXI (Free Will, Nature of Love, Adrian, Hugh Capet,Statius) Cantos XXII-XXVIII (Forese, Bonagiunta, Souls, Guinicelli, Arnaut, Matilda) Cantos XXIX-XXXIII (The Divine Pageant, Beatrice, Lethe, Eunoë) Paradiso: Cantos I-VII (The Moon, Piccarda, ...

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...s Virgil ................................968 Canto I:100-111 The salvation of Italy ........................970 Canto I:112-136 Virgil will be his gui... ...21-142 Virgil strengthens Dante’s will........ 981 Canto III:1-21 The Gate of Hell................................... 983 Canto III:22-69 The spiritua... ...nt................................986 Canto III:70-99 Charon, the ferryman of the Acheron.987 Canto III:100-136 The souls by the shore of Acheron.990 ... ...ld not hold totheir orders. So I once saw theinfantry, marching out, under treatyof surrender, from Caprona, afraidat finding them... ...s himself loweramong them, is William theMarquis of Montferrat, because ofwhom the town of Alessandria, inPiedmont, and... ... if a manachieves excellence! The present 1696crew in the March of Treviso,enclosed by the Tagliamento and theAdige, do not think of ... ...onius, so that Brutus was perhapshis own child, was murdered on theIdes of March in 44BC, in the Hall ofPompey where the Senate were due tomeet. One o...

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...Prologue: Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. But the Author consen...

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...Contents THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS ................................................................................. 8 THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST............................................................ 19 THE MERRY TATTLE OF T...

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...nd T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Droll Stor... ...ublication Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...astilian imagination over the simple movement of the French. T o which the Marchesa of Amaesguy consented for the honour of Spain, and also for the pl... ... so will bitten, he no longer felt a bite; and from this terrible duel the Marchesa emerged abashed, believing she had the devil to confess. The capta... ...brothel in Paris. Nevertheless, not knowing for the matter of that, if the Marchesa had not over-spanished the king, he demanded his revenge from the ... ...at he was the agent of certain most powerful lords, such as the Marquis de Montferrat, the King of England, the King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, the Cour...

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...The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of... ... 1903 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Orson is a publica... ... J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Orson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... this abstinence, for with my pears, new cheese, bread and some glasses of Montferrat wine, which you might have cut with a knife, I was the greatest ... ...ear nothing, you shall be taken care of.” Immediately after he went to the Marchioness de Breil, his daughter-in-law, to whom he presented me, and the... ..., who turned himself round, while on a journey, to cry out ‘a votre gorge, marchand de Paris!’ I said, “Here is a trait of my character!” This slownes... ...alsehood, and once, smiling malignantly, asked what was remarkable in the ‘Marcheneuf’? It may be supposed I asked the question; but I have since pass...

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...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; a...

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...son, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J.... ...h Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...hments. — Enters Saxony. — Goes to the succour of the Elector of Saxony. — Marches against Wallenstein. — Battle of Lutzen. — Death of Gustavus Adolph... ...ons which flowed into the exche- quer of the princes, and the armies which marched to the field; and, in the ardent excite- ment produced in all minds... ..., Austria, and Moravia had done homage to Matthias, who was already on his march to Bohemia to seize the Emperor in his palace, and to cut at once the... ...aly between the Emperor and their sov- ereign. Vincent, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, dying without issue, his next rela- tion, Charles, Duke of Neve...

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...Contents PURGATORY................................................................... 6 CANTO I. Invocation to the Muses.?Dawn of Easter on the shore of Purgatory.?The Four Stars.?Cato.?The cleansing of Dante from the stains of Hell. ............................................................................................................ 6 CANTO I...

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...Purgatorio] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...Bonagiunta of Lucca—Pope Martin IV— Ubaldin dalla Pila. —Bonifazio.—Messer Marchese.—Prophecy of Bonagiunta concerning Gentucca, and of Forese concern... ...of Paradise, in contrast with the ill-born, the miscreants of Hell. 2 The March of Ancona, between the Romagna and the king- dom of Naples, then held... ...emia and Duke of Austria, had been slain in battle against Rudolph, on the Marchfeld by the Donau, in 1278; “whereby Austria fell to Rudolph.” See Car... ... upward, is William the marquis, 17 for whom Alessandria and her war make Montferrat and the Canavese mourn.” 15 The meaning is doubtful; perhaps it... ... 16 Henry III., father of Edward I. 17 William Spadalunga was Marquis of Montferrat and Canavese, the Piedmontese highlands and plain north of the P... ... cage. Dante refers to him in the Convito, iv. 11, as “the good marquis of Montferrat.” CANT CANT CANT CANT CANTO O O O O VIII. VIII. VIII. VIII. VIII...