To harp on one's illnesses, giving all the symptoms and circumstances, has been a blemish on conversation for ages. Two hundred years ago Swift complained of persons who continually talked about themselves. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)
Jonathan Swift born Nov. 30, 1667.
Introductory Note: Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam
Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Introductory Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Discourse on Inequality (Part II), by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Introductory Note: Edmund Burke
A Philosophical Inquiry (On Taste), by Edmund Burke
Introductory Note: Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist Papers (No. 1 & 2), by Alexander Hamilton, etc.
Introductory Note: Euripides
The Bacchæ (Part I), by Euripides
Introductory Note: Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake Revived
Introductory Note: The Book of Job
The Book of Job (Ch. 1-10)
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights (Introduction)
Introductory Note: Virgil
The Æneid (Book II), by Virgil
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