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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of S... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gull... ................................................ 51 AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ....................................................................... ...arly Monday morning and were surprised to have the Prime Minister meet us in person. —“Mr. Yuen, good morning. I‟m delighted that you took you... ... as--smoking, excess alcohol consumption, moving traffic violations, even sport participation. Of course some sports carry much higher dangers than ... ...85. He is an outstanding teacher and is still coaching an intercollegiate sports team. I met a world class medical professor in his 80s at Tromso Uni... ...eave room for the creation of beauty and truth, like in the Golden Age of Athens. We want to expose our citizens to the best that the various civili...

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Excerpt: Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare.

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...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania Sta... ...document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Ma... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ... Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. TIMON OF ATHENS By William Shakespeare (written about 1607 1608) DRAMATIS PERSONAE... ...y William Shakespeare (written about 1607 1608) DRAMATIS PERSONAE TIMON: of Athens. LUCIUS, LUCULLUS & SEMPRONIUS : flattering lords. VENTIDIUS: one... ...l .] CAPHIS: Stay, stay, here comes the fool with Apemantus: let’s ha’ some sport with ‘em. Varro’s Servant : Hang him, he’ll abuse us. Isidore’s Se...

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...Excerpt: The Life of Timon of Athens; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and Mercer, at severall doores. Poet. Good day Sir. Pain. I am glad y?are well. Poet. I have not seene you long, how goes the World? Pain. It we...

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Table of Contents: The Life of Timon of Athens, 1 -- Actus Primus. Scoena Prima., 1

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...Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Life of Timon of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. - i - ... .... . . . . . . 1 Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. - i - The Life of Timon of Athens Gg1v Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. 2 Enter Poet, Painter,... ...hen we for recompence haue prais’d the vild, 26 It staines the glory in that happy Verse, 27 Which aptly sings the good. 28 Mer.... ... And rich: heere is a Water looke ye. 30 Pain. You are rapt sir, in some worke, some Dedica-tion 31 to the great Lord. 32 Po... ...resentment sir. 40 Let’s see your peece. - 1 - The Life of Timon of Athens Shakespeare: First Folio 41 Pain. ’Tis a good Peece. 42 ... ...ower 46 This eye shootes forth? How bigge imagination 47 Moues in this Lip, to th’ dumbnesse of the gesture, 48 One might interpret.... ... Stay, stay, here comes the Foole with Apeman-tus, 715 let’s ha some sport with ’em. 716 Var. Hang him, hee’l abuse vs. 717 Is... ...ds soule, 1047 And iust of the same peece 1048 Is euery Flatterers sport: who can call him his Friend 1049 That dips in the same dish? For...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS. [Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and Attendants.] THESEUS: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old...

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...harge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...n tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Midsummer Night’s by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvani... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...iam Shakespeare (written about 1593 1594) DRAMATIS PERSONAE THESEUS: Duke of Athens. EGEUS: father to Hermia. LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS: in love with He... ... attending their King and Queen. Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta. SCENE: Athens, and a wood near it. 4 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ACT I SCENE I: ... ...e your grace Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens, As she is mine, I may dispose of her: Which shall be either to th... ...ht’s Dream , Act II, scene i 15 But with thy brawls thou hast disturb’d our sport. Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain, As in revenge, have suc... ...e shallowest thick skin of that barren sort, Who Pyramus presented, in their sport Forsook his scene and enter’d in a brake When I did him at this adv... ...Demetrius to awake. PUCK: Then will two at once woo one; That must needs be sport alone; And those things do best please me That befal preposterously...

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...Excerpt: The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida; The Prologue -- In Troy there lyes the Scene: From Iles of Greece The Princes Orgillous, their high blood chaf?d Have to the Port of Athens sent their shippes Fraught with the ministers and instruments Of cruell Warre: Sixty and nine that wo...

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... The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida XX1 The Prologue. 2 In Troy there lyes the Scene: From Iles of Greece 3 The Princes Orgi... ...he Princes Orgillous, their high blood chaf’d 4 Haue to the Port of Athens sent their shippes 5 Fraught with the ministers and instrumen... ...ts all on hazard. And hither am I come, 24 A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence 25 Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce; but suited 26 ... ...n confidence 25 Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce; but suited 26 In like conditions, as our Argument; 27 To tell you (faire Beholders)... ...is gor’d with Menelaus horne. Alarum. 150 Aene. Harke what good sport is out of Towne to day. 151 Troy. Better at home, if would I... ... Troy. Better at home, if would I might were may: 152 But to the sport abroad, are you bound thither? 153 Aene. In all swift hast. ... ...e fumbling on his Gorget, 635 Shake in and out the Riuet: and at this sport 636 Sir Valour dies; cries, O enough Patroclus, 637 Or, gi...

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...ame; Actus Primus -- Enter Theseus, Hippolita, with others. Theseus. Now faire Hippolita, our nuptiall houre Drawes on apace: foure happy daies bring in Another Moon: but oh, me thinkes, how slow This old Moon wanes; She lingers my desires Like to a Step- dame, or a Dowager, Long withering out a yong man?s revennew. Hip. Foure daies wil quickly steep the[m]selves in nights...

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...lita, our nuptiall houre 5 Drawes on apace: foure happy daies bring in 6 Another Moon: but oh, me thinkes, how slow 7 This old Mo... ...ans reuennew. 10 Hip. Foure daies wil quickly steep the[m]selues in nights 11 Foure nights wil quickly dreame away the time: 12 ... ...time: 12 And then the Moone, like to a siluer bow, 13 Now bent in heauen, shal behold the night 14 Of our solemnities. 15 ... ...onsent to marrie with Demetrius, 49 I beg the ancient priuiledge of Athens; 50 As she is mine, I may dispose of her; 51 Which shall... ... To fit your fancies to your Fathers will; 128 Or else the Law of Athens yeelds you vp 129 (Which by no meanes we may extenuate) 130 ... ...dowager, 168 Of great reuennew, and she hath no childe, 169 From Athens is her house remou’d seuen leagues, 170 And she respects me, as... ...the whistling Winde, 462 But with thy braules thou hast disturb’d our sport. 463 Therefore the Windes, piping to vs in vaine, 464 As in... ...thick- skin of that barren sort, 1036 Who Piramus presented, in their sport, 1037 Forsooke his Scene, and entred in a brake, 1038 When I ... ...2 Puck. Then will two at once wooe one, 1143 That must needs be sport alone: - 25 - A Midsommer Nights Dreame Shakespeare: First Folio 11...

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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When I edited some of Gray?s poems several years ago, I found that they ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe,... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown,— The sportive toil, which, short and light 14 The Lady of the Lake Had dyed her... ...f hasty love or headlong ire. His limbs were cast in manly could For hardy sports or contest bold; And though in peaceful garb arrayed, And weaponless... ...ther spread, Where oft a hundred guests had lain, And dreamed their forest sports again. But vainly did the heath-flower shed Its moorland fragrance r... ...st syllable; as it is almost invariably in Shakespeare, except in Timon of Athens, where the modern accent prevails. Milton uses either accent, as sui... ...i. 1. 256: “Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in;” Id. ii. 2. 71: “Weeds of Athens he doth wear;” Milton L’Allegro, 120: “In weeds of peace,” etc. See ...

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...ers of the war Have glow?d like plated Mars, now bend, now turn, The office and devotion of their view Upon a tawny front: his captain?s heart, Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper, And is become the bellows and the fan To cool a gipsy?s lust....

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough, the Pe... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... found none so fit as him that peopled the beautiful and far-famed city of Athens, to be set in opposition with the father of the invincible and renow... ...two most famous cities of the world the one built Rome, and the other made Athens be inhabited. Both stand charged with the rape of women; neither of ... ...d answer which for- bade him the company of any woman before his return to Athens. But the oracle being so obscure as not to satisfy him that he was c... ..., for those that gave the bride or escorted her or otherwise were present, sportingly to say Talasius, intimating that she was henceforth to serve in ... ...d-servants gather together and run about playing; afterwards they fight in sport, and throw stones one at another, in memory that they then aided and ... ... it, he alleges an inscription upon one of the copper quoits used in those sports, upon which the name of Lycurgus continued uneffaced to his time. Bu...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. T anglewood T ales by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania S... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Aegeus, and that he was a great king, and ruled over Attica, and dwelt at Athens, which was as famous a city as any in the world. Theseus was very fo... ... but, dear mother,” asked the boy, “why cannot I go to this famous city of Athens, and tell King Aegeus that I am his son?” “That may happen by and by... ...ou must possess far more strength than now before I can trust you to go to Athens, and tell King Aegeus that you are his son. But when you can lift th... ...nd return victorious. In the joy of their success, however, and amidst the sports, dancing, and other merriment, with which these young folks wore awa... ...t him till one of the two was killed. But with the Pygmies he was the most sportive and humorous, and merry hearted, and sweet tempered old Giant tha... ...ll have been Giants too.” On all their holidays, the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antaeus. He often stretched himself out at full length on the gr...

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... of the Warre, Have glow?d like plated Mars: Now bend, now turne The Office and Deuotion of their view Upon a Tawny Front. His Captaines heart, Which in the scuffles of great Fights hath burst The Buckles on his brest, reneages all temper, And is become the Bellowes and the Fan To coole a Gypsies Lust. Flourish. Enter Anthony, Cleopatra, her Ladies, the Traine, with Eunuch...

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...heir view 10 Vpon a Tawny Front. His Captaines heart, 11 Which in the scuffles of great Fights hath burst 12 The Buckles on his bres... ... Looke where they come: 18 Take but good note, and you shall see in him 19 (The triple Pillar of the world) transform’d 20 Into ... ... If it be Loue indeed, tell me how much. 22 Ant. There’s beggery in the loue that can be reckon’d 23 Cleo. Ile set a bourne how fa... ...inute of our liues should stretch 59 Without some pleasure now. What sport to night? 60 Cleo. Heare the Ambassadors. 61 Ant.... ...n him for’t. But to confound such time, 459 That drummes him from his sport, and speakes as lowd 460 As his owne State, and ours, ’tis to be... ... 1000 He hath spoken true. The very Dice obey him, 1001 And in our sports my better cunning faints, 1002 Vnder his chance, if we draw lots... ...ield. 1533 Rom. Where is he now? 1534 Ven. He purposeth to Athens, whither with what hast 1535 The waight we must conuay with’s, w... ...res come to me on the wind: wher is he now? 1821 Octa. My Lord, in Athens. 1822 Caesar. No my most wronged Sister, Cleopatra 1823 ... ...To let him breath betweene the Heauens and Earth 2126 A priuate man in Athens: this for him. 2127 Next, Cleopatra does confesse thy Greatness...

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.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

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............................................................................................................................................... 39 Lover in All Shapes. ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 The Goldsmith?s Apprentice. ................................

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...The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Edgar Alfred Bowring A Penn State Electronic Clas... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poems of Goethe, trans. Edgar Alfred Bowring, the Pennsylva... ... child’s thoughts. I see ’tis but the ev’ning breeze That with the curtain sports. 1803. 39 Goethe Declaration of War. Oh, would I resembled The coun... ...st to mouth it roves, Then from mouth to hands it flies, And I round him sport the while. And she sees me hov’ring near; T rembling at her lovers ra... ...rets too, Scatter we with gentle hand, Kind young spring-gods to the view, Sporting on an airy band. Zephyr, bear it on the wing, T wine it round my l... ...r finest works are owing.] ONCE a stranger youth to Corinth came, Who in Athens lived, but hoped that he From a certain townsman there might claim, ...

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...ea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf?s right to eat him. He thus addressed him: ?Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.? ?Indeed,? bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, ?I was not then born.? Then said the Wolf, ?You feed in my pasture.? ?No, good sir,? replied the Lamb, ?I have not yet tasted grass.?...

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..................14 THE BEAR AND THE FOX ......................................14 THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW .............................14 THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR ...................................14 THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION .......................15 THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE ...........................15 THE FLIES AND THE HONEY-POT ..........................16 THE MAN...

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...harge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Aesop’s Fables translated by George Fyler Townsend , the Penn... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ..., lifting his head out of the water, cried out: “Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.” THE S ICK S TAG A SICK STAG lay down in a ... ...f the game bag. They quickly agreed to ex change the produce of their day’s sport. Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some ... ...e of your exchange, and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport.” Abstain and enjoy. 37 Aesop’s Fables The Old Woman and the Wine ... ...hore. When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were an Athenian. The latter replied th... ...city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered that he knew... ... republics of Greece. At one time he is found in Corinth, and at another in Athens, endeavouring, by the narration of some of his wise fables, to re...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On the afternoon of a warm day in the end of July, an open carriage was waiting in front of the painted toy-looking building which served as the railway station of Teignmouth. The fine bay horses stood patiently enduring the attacks of hosts of winged foes...

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... has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal. Among authors, however, bullion is a much rarer commodity than paper, whereof I beg you to accept a little in the shape of this small volume. It contains a few ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive ... ...oing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...is flight inconceivably rapid; but the traveller appeared to be too keen a sportsman to be disconcerted by either. As it came first into 13 James Fen... ...hout your per- mission? Now, I have known a farmer in Pennsylvania order a sportsman off his farm with as little ceremony as I would order Benjamin to... ...aps, I had better offer to shoot for him. They have got up their Christmas sports, I find, in the bushes yonder, where you hear the laughter— though i... ... cabin. CHAPTER XXIX “It is noised, he hath a mass of treasure.” —Timon of Athens. WHEN MARMADUKE T EMPLE and his cousin rode through the gate of the ...