Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
THE BEST
of the
World's Classics
RESTRICTED TO PROSE
HENRY CABOT LODGE
Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
Associate Editor
With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc.
IN TEN VOLUMES
Vol. VII
CONTINENTAL EUROPE—I
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
The Best of the World's Classics
VOL. VII
CONTINENTAL EUROPE—I
CONTENTS
Vol. VII—Continental Europe—I
EARLY CONTINENTAL WRITERS
354 a.d.—1471 a.d.
ST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINE
IMPERIAL POWER FOR GOOD AND BAD MEN[1]
FOOTNOTES:
ANICIUS BOETHIUS
THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS[2]
FOOTNOTES:
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
A DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS[3]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS À KEMPIS
OF ETERNAL LIFE AND OF STRIVING FOR IT[4]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANCE
TWELFTH CENTURY—1885
GEOFFREY DE VILLE-HARDOUIN
THE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE[5]
(1204)
FOOTNOTES:
JEAN DE JOINVILLE
GREEK FIRE IN BATTLE[7]
FOOTNOTES:
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
JEAN FROISSART
THE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8]
(1346)
FOOTNOTES:
PHILIPPE DE COMINES
OF THE CHARACTER OF LOUIS XI[9]
FOOTNOTES:
MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME
OF HUSBANDS WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL[10]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
I
GARGANTUA IN HIS CHILDHOOD[12]
FOOTNOTES:
II
GARGANTUA'S EDUCATION[14]
FOOTNOTES:
III
OF THE FOUNDING OF AN IDEAL ABBEY[15]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN CALVIN
OF FREEDOM FOR THE WILL[16]
FOOTNOTES:
JOACHIM DU BELLAY
WHY OLD FRENCH WAS NOT AS RICH AS GREEK AND LATIN[17]
FOOTNOTES:
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
I
A WORD TO HIS READERS[19]
FOOTNOTES:
II
OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[20]
FOOTNOTES:
III
OF HIS OWN LIBRARY[21]
FOOTNOTES:
IV
THAT THE SOUL DISCHARGES HER PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS WHERE TRUE ONES ARE WANTING.[22]
FOOTNOTES:
V
THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH[23]
FOOTNOTES:
RENÉ DESCARTES
OF MATERIAL THINGS AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD[25]
FOOTNOTES:
DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
A SELECTION FROM THE "MAXIMS"[26]
FOOTNOTES:
BLAISE PASCAL
OF THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-LOVE[29]
FOOTNOTES:
MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ
I
GREAT NEWS FROM PARIS[30]
FOOTNOTES:
II
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL DESCRIBED[31]
FOOTNOTES:
ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE
I
IN THE SERVICE OF DR. SANGRADO[32]
FOOTNOTES:
II
AS AN ARCHBISHOP'S FAVORITE[33]
FOOTNOTES:
DUC DE SAINT-SIMON
I
THE DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN[34]
FOOTNOTES:
II
THE PUBLIC WATCHING THE KING AND MADAME[35]
FOOTNOTES:
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
I
OF THE CAUSES WHICH DESTROYED ROME[38]
FOOTNOTES:
II
OF THE RELATION OF LAWS TO DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS[39]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIRE
I
OF BACON'S GREATNESS[40]
FOOTNOTES:
II
ENGLAND'S REGARD FOR MEN OF LETTERS[41]
FOOTNOTES:
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
I
OF CHRIST AND SOCRATES
II
OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN[46]
FOOTNOTES:
MADAME DE STAËL
OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[47]
FOOTNOTES:
VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND
IN AN AMERICAN FOREST[48]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS GUIZOT
SHAKESPEARE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVILIZATION[49]
FOOTNOTES:
ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE
OF MIRABEAU'S ORIGIN AND PLACE IN HISTORY[51]
FOOTNOTES:
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
THE BURNING OF MOSCOW[52]
FOOTNOTES:
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
I
THE DEATH OF PÉRE GORIOT[54]
FOOTNOTES:
II
BIROTTEAU'S EARLY MARRIED LIFE[55]
FOOTNOTES:
ALFRED DE VIGNY
RICHELIEU'S WAY WITH HIS MASTER[56]
FOOTNOTES:
VICTOR HUGO
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[57]
FOOTNOTES:
II
THE BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSIONS OF PARIS[58]
FOOTNOTES:
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
THE SHOULDER, THE BELT, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF[59]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE SAND
LÉLIA AND THE POET[60]
FOOTNOTES:
END OF VOL. VII.
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →