We are indebted to Thomas Dekker for one of the most humorous characters in all Elizabethan literature; namely, Simon Eyre, an old shoemaker whose affairs became hilariously involved with those of the gentry. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)
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The Fundamentals of the Christian Religion, by Blaise Pascal
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
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Introductory Note: John Stuart Mill
Autobiography (Ch. VI), by John Stuart Mill
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Themistocles), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Michel de Montaigne
That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die, by Michel de Montaigne
Introductory Note: Jean Froissart
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Introductory Note: Virgil
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Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Part I, Ch. VI), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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