Word pictures are often more vivid than photographs. Steele had a gift for originating characters that are remembered longer than flesh and blood people. Sir Roger de Coverly and Will Honeycomb are now bold figures in literature. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)
First issue of the "Spectator," published March 1, 1711.
Introductory Note: Tacitus
Germany, by Tacitus
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species (Ch. III), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear (Act IV, Scene 6-7), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Immanuel Kant
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (Sec. I), by Immanuel Kant
Introductory Note: Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
Introduction to the History of English Literature, by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
Introductory Note: Lord Byron
Poems, by Lord Byron
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Vol. 1, Part 1, Ch. 1-2), by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Introductory Note: Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Ch. 8), by Benjamin Franklin
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Inferno VIII-IX), by Dante Alighieri
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