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The Blithedale Romance is the third of the major novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Much of the action of the novel is set at Blithedale, a utopian socialist community that is founded upon anti-capitalist ideals, yet is destroyed by the self-interested behavior of its members.
"The Three Fundamental Laws of Thought. (1) The Law of Identity-- Whatever is, is; or, in a more precise form, Every A is A. (2) The Law of Contradiction-- Nothing can both be and not be; Nothing can be A and not A. (3) The Law of Excluded Middle-- Everything must either be or not be; Everything is either A or not A."
In this treatise, English thinker George William Joseph Stock explains deductive logic.
Lewis Carroll's Game of Logic is a way to understand classical logic by means of symbols.
Hamlet is a tragedy and revenge play by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known works, one of the most-quoted writings in the English language and is universally included on lists of the world’s greatest books.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a dramatized account of the betrayal of the the Roman Emperor.
The Last of the Mohicans is a novel that takes place during the French and Indian War following the adventures of Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo and his two Mohican companions as they attempt to rescue the daughters of a British commander.
Macbeth is among the best known of William Shakespeare’s plays, as well as his shortest surviving tragedy. It is frequently performed at professional and community theatres around the world. The play, loosely based upon the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece, is often seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for power and betrayal of friends. It has frequently been adapted. In the theatrical world, many superstitions are associated with “Macbeth,” all connected with the belief that the play is somehow “cursed.” Many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it as “the Scottish Play”.
The central character, John Melmoth, is a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life and spends that time searching for someone who will take over the pact for him; the novel actually takes place in the present, but this backstory is revealed through several nested stories-within-a-story that work backwards through time (usually through the Gothic trope of old books).
The Merchant of Venice is one of William Shakespeare's best-known plays, written sometime between 1596 and 1598. Although it is sometimes classified as a comedy and shares certain aspects with the other romantic comedies, it is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes (particularly the trial scene) and is best known for its portrayal of the Jew Shylock, which has raised questions of anti-semitism.
Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage “star-cross’d lovers” whose “untimely deaths” ultimately unite their feuding households. The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Romeo and Juliet are widely represented as archetypal young lovers.
The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is set in Puritan New England in the 17th century. Exploring the issues of grace, legalism, and guilt, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman who commits adultry then struggles to create a new life.
Detailed descriptions of the various landmarks of St. Augustine from its founding in 1565 through 1918.
Beowulf, the epic tale of adventure that follows Beowulf as he battles Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and later becomes king. Beowulf was originally written in Old English by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries. It is one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. This translation, by Professor Francis Gummere, was first published in 1910.
The Marble Faun is a gothic romance concerning three young Americans and one young Italian Count who meet in Rome. The book features picturesque descriptions of historic art and architecture in Rome as a backdrop to a tale of mystery, murder, and romance.
Information regarding the discoveries contributing to mathematics and the problems in determining chronology.
The author describes the city of Tallahassee and the origin of its name and population information.
From fairest creatures we desire increase
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
Unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend
Those hours that with gentle work did frame
Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface
Lo in the orient when the gracious light
Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?
Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye
For shame deny that thou bear’st love to any
As fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow’st
When I do count the clock that tells the time
O that you were your self, but love you are
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
When I consider every thing that grows
But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Who will believe my verse in time to come
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Devouring Time blunt thou the lion’s paws
A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted
So is it not with me as with that muse
My glass shall not persuade me I am old
As an unperfect actor on the stage
Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled
Let those who are in favour with their stars
Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed
How can I then return in happy plight
When in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts
If thou survive my well-contented day
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day
No more be grieved at that which thou hast done
Let me confess that we two must be twain
As a decrepit father takes delight
How can my muse want subject to invent
O how thy worth with manners may I sing
Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all
Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits
That thou hast her it is not all my grief
When most I wink then do mine eyes best see
If the dull substance of my flesh were thought
The other two, slight air, and purging fire
Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took
How careful was I when I took my way
Against that time (if ever that time come)
How heavy do I journey on the way
Thus can my love excuse the slow offence
So am I as the rich whose blessed key
What is your substance, whereof are you made
O how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Sweet love renew thy force, be it not said
Being your slave what should I do but tend
That god forbid, that made me first your slave
If there be nothing new, but that which is
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
Against my love shall be as I am now
When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defaced
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea
Tired with all these for restful death I cry
Ah wherefore with infection should he live
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn
Those parts of thee that the world’s eye doth view
That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect
No longer mourn for me when I am dead
O lest the world should task you to recite
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
But be contented when that fell arrest
So are you to my thoughts as food to life
Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear
So oft have I invoked thee for my muse
Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid
O how I faint when I of you do write
Or I shall live your epitaph to make
I grant thou wert not married to my muse
I never saw that you did painting need
Who is it that says most, which can say more
My tongue-tied muse in manners holds her still
Was it the proud full sail of his great verse
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing
When thou shalt be disposed to set me light
Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault
Then hate me when thou wilt, if ever, now
Some glory in their birth, some in their skill
But do thy worst to steal thy self away
So shall I live, supposing thou art true
They that have power to hurt, and will do none
How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame
Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness
How like a winter hath my absence been
From you have I been absent in the spring
The forward violet thus did I chide
Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long
O truant Muse what shall be thy amends
My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming
Alack what poverty my muse brings forth
To me fair friend you never can be old
Let not my love be called idolatry
When in the chronicle of wasted time
Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul
What’s in the brain that ink may character
O never say that I was false of heart
Alas ‘tis true, I have gone here and there
O for my sake do you with Fortune chide
Your love and pity doth th’ impression fill
Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind
Or whether doth my mind being crowned with you
Those lines that I before have writ do lie
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Accuse me thus, that I have scanted all
Like as to make our appetite more keen
What potions have I drunk of Siren tears
That you were once unkind befriends me now
‘Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
No! Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change
If my dear love were but the child of state
Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy
O thou my lovely boy who in thy power
In the old age black was not counted fair
How oft when thou, my music, music play’st
Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art
Thine eyes I love, and they as pitying me
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
So now I have confessed that he is thine
Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy will
If thy soul check thee that I come so near
Thou blind fool Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
When my love swears that she is made of truth
O call not me to justify the wrong
Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press
In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate
Lo as a careful huswife runs to catch
Two loves I have of comfort and despair
Those lips that Love’s own hand did make
Poor soul the centre of my sinful earth
My love is as a fever longing still
O me! what eyes hath love put in my head
Canst thou O cruel, say I love thee not
O from what power hast thou this powerful might
Love is too young to know what conscience is
In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn
Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep
The little Love-god lying once asleep
The author discusses the different presentations of wealth in European and American culture, focusing on the concept of "a well furnished apartment".
The narrator tells of his life of isolation living with his cousin and aunt.
Prince Ahmed finds himself in a strange land and is found by a fairy who blesses his life with magical occurences.
Frederick Douglass speaks at the unveiling of the Lincoln Monument (now known as the Emancipation Memorial) in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1876. The monument was paid for solely with funds donated from freed slaves.
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A description of the journey to—and arrival at—Cedar Key. The rail, the towns, and the various features of the landscape are described.
The journey concludes with an exploration of Rocky Point, Pinellas, and the surroundings. A view of the workings and wildlife of the area is presented, with details of the history accompanying the descriptions.
The journey continues to Tampa, where the workings of the city are observed. There are pests and problems as well as the beauty of the natural world.
Prince Ahmed finds himself in a strange land and is found by a fairy who blesses his life with magical occurences.
A wealthy man uses his great fortune to create a fantastic landscape.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton addresses the Committee of the Judiciary of the United States Congress in January of 1892.
The author presents his opinion of English poetry.