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The Happy Life
Charles W. Eliot
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Author name not noted above: William Harrison. Translator name not
noted above: Lord Berners. Originally published between 1909 and
1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume
set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature,
philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American
academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's
longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot
Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal
education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works
that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXXV features
essential works of the Renaissance in England and France:
"Chronicles," by Frenchman JEAN FROISSART (c. 1337-c. 1405),
documenting the causes and early battles of the Hundred Years War
"The Holy Grail," by English writer SIR THOMAS MALORY (c.
1405-1471), selections from his legendary Morte d'Arthur "A
Description of Elizabethan England," by English clergyman WILLIAM
HARRISON (1534-1593), a vital source for understanding the world of
William Shakespeare
Translator names not noted above: Mary L. Booth and Orlando W.
Wight.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name
"Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of
the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf.Volume XLVIII features three collections of the writings
of French polymath BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662): Thoughts, considered
a great classic of religious writings, in which the former child
prodigy mounts a sophisticated defense of his Catholic faith;
Letters, to his friends and family as well as to the Swedish queen
Christina; and Minor Works, including "Prayer, to Ask of God the
Proper Use of Sickness," "Discourses on the Condition of the
Great," "The Art of Persuasion," and more.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume XLVI features four of the masterpiece tragedies
by the greatest playwright in the English language-WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)'s Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The
Tempest, all written between 1599 and 1611. Also included in this
volume is Edward the Second, a 1592 drama of court intrigue, by
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593), who greatly influenced
Shakespeare's writing and who-some speculate-may actually have
penned the plays credited to Shakespeare after faking his own death
and taking on an assumed name.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume V features two collections from American poet and
philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics
as "The American Scholar," "Self-Reliance," "Friendship,"
"Heroism," and more-and English Traits, in which he examines the
British character as gathered from his travels in England.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume XLIII features the texts that are, quite
literally, the foundational elements of the United States of
America, from an account of the discovery of North America by Leif
Ericsson and a letter from Christopher Columbus announcing his
landing in the New World, to the Mayflower Compact and the
Declaration of Independence, to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and
the treaty cementing the purchase of Alaska from Russia, to the
1904 convention between the U.S. and the Republic of Panama.
Astonishing in their immediacy, these firsthand documents offer a
condensed view of the political progress of the American people.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume IV features all the verse written in the English
language by English poet JOHN MILTON (1608-1674), including the
essential Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, plus "Song on May
Morning," "Sonnet to the Nightingale," "The Passion," "To a
Virtuous Young Lady," and others.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume XLII is the third of three volumes that
ambitiously survey half a milliennium of poetry in the English
language. The 200 works by 40 19th-century British authors in this
volume alone include: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Lady of Shalott"
William Makepeace Thackeray: "The End of the Play" Robert Browning:
"The Lost Mistress" Emily Bronte: "Last Lines" Matthew Arnold: "To
Marguerite" Charles Dickens: "The Ivy Green" Dante Gabriel
Rossetti: "Silent Noon" Christina Georgina Rossetti: "Song" William
Morris: "Prologue of the Earthly Paradise" Robert Louis Stevenson:
"In the Highlands" Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" Ralph Waldo
Emerson: "The Apology" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Rainy Day"
Walt Whitman: "O Captain My Captain " and many more.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume VI features the poems and songs of Scottish
national poet ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796), whose lyrical and
humanistic verse inspired the 19th-century Romantic poets and, in
the 20th century, such diverse artists as novelist John Steinbeck
and songwriter Bob Dylan. Included here are Burns's most famous
works, such as "John Barleycorn: A Ballad," "To a Mouse," "A Red,
Red Rose," "Auld Lang Syne," and many more. The work also includes
a glossary of Scottish dialect.
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume XL is the first of three volumes that ambitiously
survey half a milliennium of poetry in the English language. Almost
300 works by more than 75 authors in this volume alone span the
14th through 18th centuries, and include: Geoffrey Chaucer: "The
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" George Gascoigne: "A Lover's
Lullaby" Sir Walter Raleigh: "His Pilgrimage" Sir Philip Sidney: "A
Ditty" Edmund Spenser: "Rudely Thou Wrongest My Dear Heart's
Desire" Christopher Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
William Shakespeare: "O Mistress Mine" Thomas Campion: "Follow thy
Fair Sun" Ben Jonson: "The Noble Nature" John Donne: "Stay, O
Sweet" George Herbert: "The Elixir" Richard Lovelace: "To Lucasta,
on Going to the Wars" Andrew Marvell: "Love Will Find Out the Way"
John Dryden: "Song for St. Cecilia's Day" Alexander Pope: "On a
Certain Lady at Court" Thomas Gray: "Elegy" as well as traditional
ballads and numerous works by writers who remain anonymous to us
today. Useful explanatory footnotes explain the meanings of
obsolete and rare words, as well as those in dialect.
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