title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) | Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735 | en | | An epistle to a friend concerning poetry --
The preface [to the life of our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An heroic poem: dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty. In Ten Books.], Being an Essay on Heroic Poetry. | Hooker, Edward N. (Edward Niles), -1957 [Author of introduction, etc.] | | 2005-08-10 |
On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History | Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 | en | | | | | 1997-11-01 |
The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second
An Ethical Poem | Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600 | en | | | | | 2006-11-16 |
The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First
An Ethical Poem | Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600 | en | | | Williams, L. [Translator] | | 2006-11-15 |
An Heroic Epistle to the Right Honourable the Lord Craven (3rd Ed.) | Combe, William, 1742-1823 | en | | | | Craven, William Craven, Baron, 1737 or 8-1791 -- Poetry; Nobility -- Poetry | 2007-09-02 |
The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism: An Address Delivered Before the Indiana Methodist Historical Society | Goodwin, T. A. (Thomas Aiken), 1818-1906 | en | | | | Women in church work -- Methodist Church; Methodist women -- Indiana -- Biography; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Christian life | 2008-01-31 |
The Jungle Fugitives
A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring | Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 | en | | The Jungle Fugitives -- Lost in the Woods -- In the Nick of Time -- Lost in the South Sea -- An Unpleasant Companion -- A Stirring Incident -- Cyclones and Tornadoes -- Lost in a Blizzard -- Throwing the Riata -- A Waterspout -- An Heroic Woman -- The Writing Found in a Bottle -- That Hornet's Nest -- A Young Hero -- Overreached -- A Battle in the Air -- Who Shall Explain It? -- A Fool of a Genius | | | 2005-10-06 |
Studies in Literature and History | Lyall, Alfred Comyn, Sir, 1835-1911 | en | | Novels of adventure and manners -- English letter-writing in the nineteenth century -- Thackeray -- The Anglo-Indian novelist -- Heroic poetry -- The works of Lord Byron -- The English utilitarians -- Characteristics of Mr. Swinburne's poetry -- Frontiers ancient and modern -- L'Empire liberal -- Sir Spencer Walpole -- Remarks on the reading of history -- Race and religion -- The state in its relation to Eastern and Western religions. | Miller, John O. [Editor] | Literature; English literature; History; Religion; Utilitarianism | 2008-06-30 |
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
Pictures and Stories for Little Folk | Anonymous | en | | The Royal Oak -- Bonnie Prince Charlie -- Nelson and Hardy -- Watt and the kettle -- Queen Victoria and her soldiers -- The relief of Lucknow -- Grace Darling -- David Livingstone -- The battle of Waterloo -- The charge of the Light Brigade -- The coronation of King Edward VII -- War -- A boy's heroic deeds -- A cat's extraordinary leap -- A brave queen -- King Alfred and the cakes -- Not Angles, but Angels -- Hereward the Wake -- Canute -- The brave men of Calais -- Wat Tyler -- Bruce and the spider -- Richard and Blondel -- The White Ship -- Joan of Arc -- Afloat with a tiger -- Queen Margaret and the robbers -- William Caxton -- Sir Philip Sidney -- The "Revenge" -- The Pilgrim Fathers -- Guy Fawkes -- Cromwell and his Ironsides -- The Spanish Armada -- The defence of Lathom House -- The outlawed archers -- Elizabeth and Raleigh. | | | 2007-07-16 |
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III | | en | | Excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson"
A Poet Defined, from the Preface to "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth
The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood, from "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Scott
The Death of Meg Merriles, from "Guy Mannering" by Scott
A Vision of Rob Roy, from "Rob Roy" by Scott
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, from "Kenilworth" by Scott
The Illness and Death of Lady Scott, from Scott's "Journal"
Does Fortune Favor Fools?, from "A Sailor's Fortune" by Coleridge
The Destiny of the United States, from the "Table Talk" by Coleridge
Nelson's Death at Trafalgar, from the "Life of Nelson" by Southey
The Death of Hofer, by Landor
Napoleon and Pericles, by Landor
Dream Children—A Reverie; Poor Relations; The Origin of Roast Pig; That We Should Rise with the Lark, from the "Essays of Elia" by Lamb
Hamlet, from the "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" by Hazlitt
Dreams of an Opium-Eater, from the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" by de Quincey
Joan of Arc, from the "Biographical and Historical Essays" by de Quincey
Charles Lamb, from the "Literary Reminiscences" by de Quincey
Of His Mother's Treatment of Him, letter by Lord Byron
To His Wife after the Separation, letter by Lord Byron
To Sir Walter Scott, letter by Lord Byron
Of Art and Nature as Poetical Subjects, from the "Reply to Bowles" by Lord Byron
In Defense of Poetry, by Shelley
The Baths of Caracalla, from letter by Shelley
The ruins of Pompeii, from letter by Shelley
The Mutilation of the Hermæ; If Alexander Had Lived, from the "History of Greece" by Grote
Charlotte Corday, from the "History of the French Revolution" by Carlyle
The Blessedness of Work, from "Past and Present" by Carlyle
Cromwell, from "Heroes and Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by Carlyle
In Praise of Those Who Toil, from "Sart | | | 2007-07-30 |