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The Best of the World's Classics - Volume III of 10 - Great Britain and Ireland—I

The Best of the World's Classics - Volume III of 10 - Great Britain and Ireland—I

by Henry Cabot Lodge

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Editor
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919
Title
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I
Credits
Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Literature -- Collections
Category
Text
eBook-No.
21679
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21679
Release Date
June 4, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE BEST — of the — World's Classics — RESTRICTED TO PROSE
  3. 3.FRANCIS W. HALSEY — Associate Editor — With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc. — IN TEN VOLUMES — Vol. III — GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—I — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY — NEW YORK AND LONDON — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
  4. 4.The Best of the World's Classics — VOL. III — GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—I — 1281-1745
  5. 5.Vol. III—Great Britain and Ireland—I
  6. 6.1281-1745
  7. 7.RICHARD DE BURY
  8. 8.IN PRAISE OF BOOKS [1] — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
  10. 10.THE ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO CONSTANTINOPLE [5]
  11. 11.AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT CHAN [13] — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.JOHN WYCLIF
  13. 13.THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST [15] — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.GEOFFREY CHAUCER
  15. 15.OF ACQUIRING AND USING RICHES [16] — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.WILLIAM CAXTON
  17. 17.OF TRUE NOBILITY AND CHIVALRY [19] — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.SIR THOMAS MALORY
  19. 19.OF THE FINDING OF A SWORD FOR ARTHUR [20] — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.SIR THOMAS MORE
  21. 21.LIFE IN UTOPIA [21] — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.JOHN KNOX
  23. 23.AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS [22] — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.ROGER ASCHAM
  25. 25.OF GENTLE METHODS IN TEACHING [23] — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.JOHN FOXE
  27. 27.THE DEATH OF ANNE BOLEYN [24] — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.SIR WALTER RALEIGH
  29. 29.THE MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS [26] — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.FRANCIS BACON
  31. 31.OF TRAVEL [27]
  32. 32.OF RICHES
  33. 33.OF YOUTH AND AGE
  34. 34.OF REVENGE
  35. 35.OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
  36. 36.OF ENVY
  37. 37.OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
  38. 38.OF STUDIES
  39. 39.OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.SHAKESPEARE
  41. 41.BRUTUS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN [54]
  42. 42.SHYLOCK IN DEFENSE OF HIS RACE [55]
  43. 43.HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS [56] — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.BEN JONSON
  45. 45.OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER WITS [57] — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.IZAAK WALTON
  47. 47.THE ANTIQUITY OF ANGLING [58]
  48. 48.OF THE TROUT [61]
  49. 49.THE DEATH OF GEORGE HERBERT [63] — FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50.JAMES HOWELL
  51. 51.THE BUCENTAUR CEREMONY IN VENICE [64]
  52. 52.THE CITY OF ROME IN 1621 [66] — FOOTNOTES:
  53. 53.SIR THOMAS BROWNE
  54. 54.OF CHARITY IN JUDGMENTS [70]
  55. 55.NOTHING STRICTLY IMMORTAL [71] — FOOTNOTES:
  56. 56.JOHN MILTON
  57. 57.ON HIS OWN LITERARY AMBITION [75]
  58. 58.A COMPLETE EDUCATION DEFINED [79]
  59. 59.ON READING IN HIS YOUTH [80]
  60. 60.IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS [81]
  61. 61.A NOBLE AND PUISSANT NATION [82]
  62. 62.OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED VIRTUE [83] — FOOTNOTES:
  63. 63.LORD CLARENDON
  64. 64.OF CHARLES I [85] — FOOTNOTES:
  65. 65.THOMAS FULLER
  66. 66.QUALITIES OF THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER [87] — FOOTNOTES:
  67. 67.JEREMY TAYLOR
  68. 68.THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY [89] — FOOTNOTES:
  69. 69.ABRAHAM COWLEY
  70. 70.OF OBSCURITY [90]
  71. 71.OF PROCRASTINATION [94] — FOOTNOTES:
  72. 72.GEORGE FOX
  73. 73.AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER CROMWELL [95] — FOOTNOTES:
  74. 74.JOHN BUNYAN
  75. 75.A DREAM OF THE CELESTIAL CITY [97]
  76. 76.THE DEATH OF VALIANT-FOR-TRUTH AND OF STAND-FAST [98]
  77. 77.ANCIENT VANITY FAIR [99] — FOOTNOTES:
  78. 78.JOHN DRYDEN
  79. 79.OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS [100] — FOOTNOTES:
  80. 80.SAMUEL PEPYS
  81. 81.OF VARIOUS DOINGS OF MR. AND MRS. PEPYS [102]
  82. 82.ENGLAND WITHOUT CROMWELL [103] — FOOTNOTES:
  83. 83.GILBERT BURNET
  84. 84.CHARLES II [105] — FOOTNOTES:
  85. 85.DANIEL DEFOE
  86. 86.THE SHIPWRECK OF CRUSOE [107]
  87. 87.THE RESCUE OF MAN FRIDAY [108]
  88. 88.IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT PLAGUE [109] — FOOTNOTES:
  89. 89.JONATHAN SWIFT
  90. 90.ON PRETENSE IN PHILOSOPHERS [110]
  91. 91.ON THE HOSPITALITY OF THE VULGAR [111]
  92. 92.THE ART OF LYING IN POLITICS [112]
  93. 93.A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK [113]
  94. 94.GULLIVER AMONG THE GIANTS [114] — FOOTNOTES:
  95. 95.JOSEPH ADDISON
  96. 96.IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY [115]
  97. 97.WILL HONEYCOMB AND HIS MARRIAGE [116]
  98. 98.PRIDE OF BIRTH [117]
  99. 99.SIR ROGER AND HIS HOME [118] — FOOTNOTES: — END OF VOLUME III

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