The classic plays of French literature are produced to-day precisely as when they were given for the resplendent kings they were written to please. We are fortunate to have in English, excellent translations of these noble plays. (Volume 26, Harvard Classics)
Corneille elected to French Academy. Jan. 22, 1647.
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Cæsar), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book 17, Ch. 10-14), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi or The Betrothed (Ch. XX), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: George Berkeley
The Second Dialogue, by George Berkeley
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compensation, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Beaumont and Fletcher
Philaster (Act I), by Beaumont and Fletcher
Introductory Note: Jonathan Swift
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding, by Jonathan Swift
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Vol. I, Part I, Ch. XXXIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Francis Bacon
Of Judicature, by Francis Bacon
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