Monuments are usually made from death masks, but John Donne took pleasure in posing for his, wrapped from head to foot in a shroud. Isaak Walton tells of this in his fascinating biography of the eccentric poet. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics)
John Donne died March 31, 1631.
Introductory Note: Blaise Pascal
Discourse on the Passion of Love, by Blaise Pascal
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. I, Ch. XXXIV-XXXVIII), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address and Other Writings, by Abraham Lincoln
Introductory Note: René Descartes
Discourse on the Method (Part I-II), by René Descartes
Introductory Note: Voltaire
Letters on the English (XVIII-XIX), by Voltaire
Introductory Note: Tacitus
Germany, by Tacitus
Introductory Note: Robert Burns
Poems, by Robert Burns
Introductory Note: Samuel Johnson
Letter to Lord Chesterfield, by Samuel Johnson
Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe
Edward the Second (Act V), by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights (The Second Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea)
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