The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index
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Montaigne, Michel de;
biographical note on, VII, 90;
articles by--a word to his readers, 90;
of society and solitude, 92;
of his own library, 94;
that the soul discharges her passions among false objects where
true ones are wanting, 99;
that men are not to judge of our happiness until after death, 102.
Montesquieu, Baron de;
biographical note on, VII, 150;
articles by--of the causes which destroyed Rome, 150;
of the relation of laws to different human beings, 156.
More, Sir Thomas;
biographical note on, III, 29;
on life in Utopia, 29.
Morley, John;
biographical note on, VI, 244;
on Voltaire as an author and man of action, 244.
Morris, Gouverneur;
biographical note on, IX, 117;
articles by--the opening of the French States-General, 117;
the execution of Louis XVI, 120.
Motley, John Lothrop;
biographical note on, X, 68;
articles by--Charles V and Phillip II in Brussels, 63;
the arrival of the Spanish Armada, 74;
"The Spanish Fury," 84.
Musset, Alfred de;
biographical note on, VIII, 8;
Titian's son after a night at play, 8.
Newman, John Henry;
biographical note on, VI, 3;
articles by--on the beginnings of tractarianism, 3;
on his submission to the Catholic Church, 7;
of Athens as a true university, 13.
Paine, Thomas;
biographical note on, IX, 94;
in favor of the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, 94.
Parkman, Francis;
biographical note on, X, 157;
articles by--Champlain's battle with the Iroquois, 157;
the death of LaSalle, 161;
the coming of Frontenae to Canada, 167;
the death of Isaac Jogues, 171;
why New France failed, 176;
the return of the Coureurs-de-Bois, 179.
Parton, James;
biographical note on, X, 150;
Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel, 150.
Pascal, Blaise;
biographical note on, VII, 118;
of the prevalence of self-love, 118.
Pepys, Samuel;
biographical note on, III, 185;
on various doings of Mr. and Mrs. Pepys, 185;
of England without Cromwell, 191.
Petrarch, Francis;
biographical note on, VIII, 162;
of good and evil fortune, 162.
Plato;
biographical note on, I, 95;
articles by--the image of the cave, 95;
of good and evil, 103;
Socrates in praise of love, 108;
the praise of Socrates by Alcibiades, 121;
the refusal of Socrates to escape from prison, 133;
the death of Socrates, 143.
Pliny, the Elder;
biographical note on, II, 162;
articles by--the qualities of the dog, 162;
three great artists of Greece, 165.
Pliny, the younger;
biographical note on, II, 218;
articles by--the Christians in his province, 218;
to Tacitus on the eruption of Vesuvius, 222.
Plutarch;
biographical note on, I, 190;
articles by--Demosthenes and Cicero compared, 190;
the assassination of Caesar, 197;
Cleopatra's barge, 207;
the death of Antony and Cleopatra, 211.
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