"A sailor's liberty is but for a day," as Dana explains. Dressed in his Sunday best, the sailor feels like a dashing Beau Brummel; and sets out to enjoy his freedom. "While it lasts it is perfect. He is under no one's eye and can do whatever he pleases." (Volume 23, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: William Harvey
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey
Introductory Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Note: Walt Whitman
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Introductory Note: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Building of the Ship, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
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Introductory Note: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Education of The Human Race, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Introductory Note: King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear (Act I, Scene I), by William Shakespeare
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