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The Best of the World's Classics VOL. III GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND I 1281-1745
CONTENTS Vol. III Great Britain and Ireland I
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND I 1281-1745
RICHARD DE BURY
IN PRAISE OF BOOKS [1]
SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
I. THE ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO CONSTANTINOPLE [5]
II AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT CHAN [13]
JOHN WYCLIF
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST [15]
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
OF ACQUIRING AND USING RICHES [16]
WILLIAM CAXTON
OF TRUE NOBILITY AND CHIVALRY [19]
SIR THOMAS MALORY
OF THE FINDING OF A SWORD FOR ARTHUR [20]
SIR THOMAS MORE
LIFE IN UTOPIA [21]
JOHN KNOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS [22]
ROGER ASCHAM
OF GENTLE METHODS IN TEACHING [23]
JOHN FOXE
THE DEATH OF ANNE BOLEYN [24]
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
THE MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS [26]
FRANCIS BACON
I OF TRAVEL [27]
II OF RICHES
III OF YOUTH AND AGE
IV OF REVENGE
V OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
VI OF ENVY
VII OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
VIII OF STUDIES
IX OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH
SHAKESPEARE
I BRUTUS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN [54]
II SHYLOCK IN DEFENSE OF HIS RACE [55]
III HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS [56]
BEN JONSON
OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER WITS [57]
IZAAK WALTON
I THE ANTIQUITY OF ANGLING [58]
II OF THE TROUT [61]
III THE DEATH OF GEORGE HERBERT [63]
JAMES HOWELL
I THE BUCENTAUR CEREMONY IN VENICE [64]
II THE CITY OF ROME IN 1621 [66]
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
I OF CHARITY IN JUDGMENTS [70]
II NOTHING STRICTLY IMMORTAL [71]
JOHN MILTON
I ON HIS OWN LITERARY AMBITION [75]
II A COMPLETE EDUCATION DEFINED [79]
III ON READING IN HIS YOUTH [80]
IV IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS [81]
V A NOBLE AND PUISSANT NATION [82]
VI OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED VIRTUE [83]
LORD CLARENDON
OF CHARLES I [85]
THOMAS FULLER
QUALITIES OF THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER [87]
JEREMY TAYLOR
THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY [89]
ABRAHAM COWLEY
I OF OBSCURITY [90]
II OF PROCRASTINATION [94]
GEORGE FOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER CROMWELL [95]
JOHN BUNYAN
I A DREAM OF THE CELESTIAL CITY [97]
II THE DEATH OF VALIANT-FOR-TRUTH AND OF STAND-FAST [98]
III ANCIENT VANITY FAIR [99]
JOHN DRYDEN
OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS [100]
SAMUEL PEPYS
I OF VARIOUS DOINGS OF MR. AND MRS. PEPYS [102]
II ENGLAND WITHOUT CROMWELL [103]
GILBERT BURNET
CHARLES II [105]
DANIEL DEFOE
I THE SHIPWRECK OF CRUSOE [107]
II THE RESCUE OF MAN FRIDAY [108]
III IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT PLAGUE [109]
JONATHAN SWIFT
I ON PRETENSE IN PHILOSOPHERS [110]
II ON THE HOSPITALITY OF THE VULGAR [111]
III THE ART OF LYING IN POLITICS [112]
IV A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK [113]
V GULLIVER AMONG THE GIANTS [114]
JOSEPH ADDISON
I IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY [115]
II WILL HONEYCOMB AND HIS MARRIAGE [116]
III PRIDE OF BIRTH [117]
IV SIR ROGER AND HIS HOME [118]
