William Shakespeare 1599
ACT I.
SCENE I. Rome. A street.
Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain Commoners.
FLAVIUS. Hence, home, you idle creatures, get you home. Is this a
holiday? ...
BY HONORE DE BALZAC
Translator James Waring
TO MADAME ZULMA CARRAUD
To whom, madame, but to you should I inscribe this work; to you whose
lofty and candid intellect is a treasury t...
William H. McGuffey, Compiler
PREFACE
It is now nearly three quarters of a century since the appearance of the
first edition of McGuffey's Readers, compiled by Dr. William H.
McGuf...
by Edgar A. Guest
Just Folks
We're queer folks here. We'll talk about the weather, The good times we
have had together, The good times near, The roses buddin', an' the bees
Once mo...
by H.G. Wells
CHAPTER I
Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne
As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the
blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me wit...
L. ADAMS BECK
THE NINTH VIBRATION
There is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of
the most ancient tracks in the world runs from India into Tibet. It
leaves...