bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Everything is Something
Authors: de Harven Vanessa
Published: December 2024

Chapter 16 argues that Seneca’s rejection of Something should not lead us to think Stoic theory evolved in this regard. Seneca calls himself out as heterodox in rejecting Something and does not speak as a Stoic when he embraces quod est instead. Thus, the Stoic commitment to Something as the highest ontological genus stands as orthodox. Something is set over what exists and what subsists. What exists are bodies, and individual bodies can be analyzed according to four metaphysical aspects, the Categories. What subsists includes, on the one hand, the incorporeals (place, room, surface, void, time, and the lekta), and on the other hand what is neither corporeal nor incorporeal (limits of the continuum, geometrical limits, and creatures of fiction). The tripartite ontology is therefore principled, coherent, and comprehensive as it is, with no Not-Somethings in the picture—everything there is for the Stoics is Something.
Sixth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–3 Introductory.

3–16 Rinaldo’s exploit happily concluded.

16–56 Ruggiero arrives on the island of Alcina and hears Astolfo’s story.

57–81 Ruggiero meets Alcina’s minions.

Unhappy the man who works evil in the confidence that his misdeed will remain concealed; though all others remain silent,...
Seventh Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–2 Introductory.

2–32 Ruggiero seduced by the sorceress Alcina.

33–80 Bradamant sends the sorceress Melissa to rescue Ruggiero.

He who travels far afield beholds things which lie beyond the bounds of belief; and when he returns to tell of them, he is not believed,...
Eighth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–2 Introductory.

3–21 Ruggiero escapes from Alcina.

21–28 Rinaldo’s mission to Scotland and England.

29–68 Angelica abducted by the pirates of Ebuda.

69–91 Orlando leaves Paris in search of Angelica.

Sorcerers and sorceresses, we may not know it but you thrive among us! Artfully...
Tenth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–9 Introductory.

10–34 Bireno deserts Olympia.

35–64 Ruggiero safe with Logistilla, and Alcina discomfited.

65–92 Ruggiero at the parade of British troops.

92–115 Ruggiero rescues Angelica from the orc.

Among all the lovers in the world who ever gave proof of constancy, through adverse...
Thirteenth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–31 Isabel tells her story.

32–44 Orlando rescues Isabel from the brigands.

44–80 Melissa tells Bradamant of her female posterity, and brings her to Atlas’ enchanted palace.

81–83 Agramant prepares to review his army.

They certainly had luck, the knights of old, as they...
Sixteenth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–4 Introductory.

5–16 Grifon meets Orrigilla and her lover who fool him.

16–84 Outside the walls of Paris, Rinaldo and the British engage the Moors in battle.

85–89 Within the walls Charlemagne moves against Rodomont.

Love brings in his train heavy sorrows; I myself...
Twenty-First Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–2 Introductory.

3–13 Zerbin defeats Hermonides.

13–66 Hermonides tells Zerbin the story of Gabrina’s wickedness.

67–72 Zerbin and Gabrina journey on.

No cord, I verily believe, will ever truss a package, nor will a nail fasten a piece of wood as securely as a...
Twenty-Second Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–3 Introductory.

3–4 Zerbin finds a dead knight.

5–30 Astolfo returns to France and destroys Atlas’ enchanted palace.

31–98 Ruggiero and Bradamant worst Pinabello and his four champions.

You ladies who are gracious and kind to your true loves, and contented with a single...
Twenty-Fourth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–3 Introductory.

4–14 Orlando’s madness.

15–45 Zerbin disposes of Odoric and Gabrina.

46–72 Zerbin piously collects Orlando’s arms and fights Mandricard to try saving the sword Durindana.

73–93 Zerbin dies in Isabel’s arms.

94–115 Mandricard and Rodomont fight over Doralice.

If you have put...
Twenty-Fifth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–4 Rodomont and Mandricard leave for Paris.

4–70 Ruggiero rescues Richardet, who tells how he won Fiordispina’s love.

71–97 They join Aldiger to go to the rescue of Maugis and Vivian.

Oh what conflict there can be in a young man’s mind between a...
Twenty-Eighth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–3 Introductory.

4–85 The innkeeper tells Rodomont a story in dispraise of women, and is corrected.

86–102 Rodomont continues to Provence and meets Isabel.

Ladies (and ladies’ devotees), by all means disregard this tale which the innkeeper is preparing to relate to the disparagement,...
Thirty-Second Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1-9 With Agramant at Arles.

10–43 Bradamant vainly awaits Ruggiero, and hears allegations of his infidelity.

44–110 Bradamant hears of the Queen of Iceland’s embassy, and has an adventure at Tristan’s castle.

I Remember that I was to relate to you a suspicion (I...
Thirty-Third Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–5 Introductory.

5–58 French interventions in Italy foretold in murals.

59–77 Bradamant discomfits the three kings, who do penance.

78–95 Rinaldo’s and Gradasso’s fight interrupted, to the latter’s advantage.

96–128 In Nubia, Astolfo does battle with the harpies.

In days of old there were...
Forty-Second Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–6 Introductory.

7–23 Orlando’s combat concluded.

23–28 Bradamant reproaches absent Ruggiero.

28–67 Rinaldo concludes his search for Angelica.

68–104 Rinaldo, guest in an opulent palace, is offered the chance to prove his wife’s fidelity.

Where is the sturdy rein, the steely knot, the chain...
Forty-Sixth Canto
Authors: Ludovico Ariosto
Published: December 2024

1–19 The Poet’s friends await him at his journey’s end.

19–72 Leo, discovering Ruggiero’s identity, withdraws his claim to Bradamant and presents him at Charlemagne’s court as the damsel’s rightful spouse.

73–100 The wedding of Bradamant and Ruggiero, with a description of the nuptial pavilion....
A Relation of the Imprisonment of Mr. John Bunyan
Authors: Bunyan John
Published: December 2024

A Relation Of The Imprisonment of Mr. John Bunyan, Minister of the Gospel at Bedford, In November, 1660

His Examination before the Justices, his Conference with the Clerk of the Peace, what passed between the Judges and his Wife, when she presented a...
The Lost Sheep Found
Authors: Clarkson Lawrence
Published: December 2024

The Lost sheep Found: or The Prodigal returned to his Fathers house, after many a sad and weary Journey through many Religious Countreys,*

Where now, notwithstanding all his former Transgressions, and breach of his Fathers Commands, he is received in an eternal Favor,...
Optimal Taxation, Informality, and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains
Authors: Doligalski Paweł , Rojas Luis E
Published: December 2024

We characterize the welfare effects of the informal sector by proposing a decomposition into efficiency and redistribution components. We focus on an economy where a planner wants to redistribute income with taxation and sets the optimal tax scheme. Since the informal sector can limit the taxation possibilities for the government but at the same time provide a shelter against tax distortions for individuals, we show that the net welfare effect can be positive or negative. We show that the relative advantage between informal and formal employment across different income levels is the key dimension that shapes the welfare costs of the informal sector. Using the model estimated with Colombian microdata, we show that, conditional on the optimal tax policy, the Colombian shadow economy benefits efficiency at the expense of redistribution. Consequently, the presence of the informal sector reduces welfare only when preferences for redistribution are strong. (JEL codes: H21, H26, J46).
Variations towards an efficient drug–drug interaction
Authors: Jia Yaxun , Yuan Zhu , Wang Haoyang , Gong Yunchao , Yang Haixiang , Xiang Zuo-lin
Published: December 2024

Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) are a crucial research focus in clinical pharmacology and public health. DDIs can lead to reduced drug efficacy or increased adverse reactions, making the effective identification and understanding of drug interactions essential for patient safety and treatment outcomes. With the rapid growth of biomedical literature, automated methods for extracting DDI information have become increasingly necessary. In this paper, we propose BLRG, a novel model that uniquely integrates BioBERT, long short-term memory (LSTM), and relational graph convolutional network (R-GCN) to extract complex DDIs. This combination allows the model to effectively capture both semantic and relational features, outperforming existing methods in handling intricate dependencies in biomedical texts. Specifically, our approach begins by utilizing the BioBERT model to capture deep contextual features of sentences, extracting their semantic information. Following this, an LSTM network processes the sequential features of the sentence to model its contextual dependencies. Finally, an R-GCN is applied to identify and interpret the relationships between drug entities within the sentence, accurately capturing DDI information. Experimental results demonstrate that our model significantly outperforms current state-of-the-art methods across standard datasets, showcasing its effectiveness and potential in complex DDI extraction tasks. Our code and data are publicly available at: https://github.com/Hero-Legend/BLRG.
Improved YOLOv9 for underwater side scan sonar target detection
Authors: Yuan Xin , Li Jiapeng , Wang Weiwei , Zhou Xiaoteng , Li Ning , Yu Changli
Published: December 2024

In the pursuit of advancing computer vision, this manuscript addresses the complex challenge of underwater object detection through a novel YOLOv9-Side scan Network (YOLOv9-SN) model. The research encapsulates the integration of Negative Sample Refinement, Attention and Convolution mix strategy, and Spatial and Channel reconstruction Convolution convolutional layers, thus enhances the model’s discriminative learning and efficiency. The incorporation of Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network and Multi-Path Distance Intersectionover Union metrics significantly improves the performance of feature integration and object localization. Comparative analysis with established models such as Faster region-based convolutional neural network, DEtection TRansformer, and YOLOv5, along with rigorous ablation studies, demonstrates the superiority of the proposed YOLOv9-SN model. Evaluating on the zero-shot learning-sonar submarine simulation dataset, this model achieves a mAP@0.5:0.95 of 72.1%, surpassing the baseline of YOLOv9 by 3.5%. This research contributes to the enhancement of detection metrics and the advancement of side scan sonar imaging for underwater targets, emphasizing the model’s high precision and accuracy in underwater target detection.
Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses provide insight into the variation of floral scent and molecular regulation in different cultivars and flower development of Curcuma alismatifolia
Authors: Song Chao , Tian Jingpu , Xie Dejin , Lin Shengnan , Yang Yingxue , Zhang Xiaoni , Liao Xuezhu , Wu Zhiqiang
Published: December 2024

Curcuma alismatifolia is an important ornamental plant of significant economic value, while the floral fragrance has been rarely investigated, leading to a lack of knowledge about the floral scent. By performing metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses, we investigated the variation of 906 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in florets of eight C. alismatifolia cultivars and four different developmental stages of ‘Chiang Mai Pink’ (CMP). The metabolite profiling revealed that the terpenoid group (213 out of 906) was the predominant VOC, accounting for 33.5% and 43.4% of total VOC contents in the florets of different cultivars and developmental stages, respectively. Sweet and woody were the predominant odors not only in different cultivars but also during developmental stages. The varied intensities of other odors contributed to forming odor diversities in C. alismatifolia floret. We uncovered seven terpenoid synthetase (TPS) genes and four MYB genes of significant association with the biosynthesis of terpenoids in eight cultivars and floret development, respectively. We performed an activity assay on four selected TPS genes and identified that Chr15HA1352 and Chr15HA2528 are responsible for the biosynthesis of α-farnesene. The significant association between the MYB gene (Chr03HA28) and seven terpenoids can be observed among different cultivars and during different developmental stages. These findings highlight the varying floral scents in different cultivars and floret development and suggest the potential roles of identified TPS and MYB genes in the biosynthesis of terpenoids in C. alismatifolia.
Integrative Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies of Polyphenols in Apple Fruits Identifies the MdDof2.4-MdPAT10 Module That Promotes Procyanidin Accumulation
Authors: Li Zhongxing , Gao Cai , Fan Tianle , Cui Yilin , Liu Zeyuan , Li Lei , Qian Qian , Cheng Mengjie , Zhan Xiangqiang , Niu Chundong , Ma Fengwang , Yang Peizhi , Guan Qingmei
Published: December 2024

Polyphenols represent a significant class of nutrients in apples, contributing to human health and well-being. Among these, procyanidins stand out as the most prevalent polyphenolic compounds in apple fruits. These compounds are abundant in wild apples and generally low in modern apple cultivars. Therefore, it is crucial to identify and recover genetically lost genes that regulate polyphenol accumulation in order to improve the apple quality. To achieve this, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 15 traits related to polyphenol content, utilizing 134 Malus accessions. We identified 1,204 marker-trait associations (MTAs) and 840 candidate genes, including known polyphenol biosynthetic and regulatory genes, such as MYB7, TT4, and HCT/HQT. Notably, we pinpointed a protein S-acyl transferase 10 (PAT10) which is significantly associated with procyanidin content. Through experiments with transgenic calli, we determined that apple (Malus domestica) MdPAT10 positively regulated procyanidin accumulation. Furthermore, we identified a 51-bp insertion variant (In-868) on the promoter of the PAT10, which influences its expression. Both a yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) assay and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) revealed that MdDof2.4 was able to bind to the promoter of MdPAT10 containing In-868 (MdPAT10proIn-868), but not to the promoter of MdPAT10 without In-868 (MdPAT10pro). Moreover, MdDof2.4 promoted MdPAT10 (with MdPAT10proIn-868) expression and increased procyanidin accumulation in fruits. Overall, our results enhance the understanding of the biosynthetic regulation of apple polyphenols and provide a theoretical foundation and genetic resources for breeding apple varieties with optimal polyphenol content.
A multi-channel CRISPR-based method for rapid, sensitive detection of four diseases of Brassica rapa in the field
Authors: Liu Xiaojing , Su Tongbing , Xin Xiaoyun , Li Peirong , Wang Weihong , Song Cancan , Zhao Xiuyun , Zhang Deshuang , Yu Yangjun , Wang Jiao , Li Ning , Wang Miao , Zhang Fenglan , Yu Shuancang
Published: December 2024

Pathogens significantly restrict the production of Brassica rapa (Brassica rapa L. ssp. Pekinensis), with climate change and evolving planting patterns exacerbating disease prevalence. Multi-channel rapid diagnostic methods in the field can facilitate the early detection and control of diseases in B. rapa. Here, we established a multi-channel lateral flow biosensor (LFB) combined with a CRISPR/Cas12a cleavage assay for the simultaneous detection of four B. rapa diseases. Key innovations of this study include: (1) High specificity and sensitivity, down to pathogen concentrations of 1.5 pg/μL—due to the optimization of crRNA secondary structure: the more stable the crRNA, the higher its detection sensitivity. (2) Optimized visual detection parameters. We identified ideal concentration ratios for the visual fluorescence detection system: 50 nM Cas12a, 50 nM crRNA, and 500 nM ssDNA fluorescent probe. Furthermore, the optimal concentrations of components on the LFB detection system were 3 μL SA-GNPs, 500 nM ssDNA test strip probe, 0.5 mg/mL biotin-BSA as the test line, and 1 mg/mL anti-FITC as the control line. (3) Field-Ready Cas-AIRPA Platform. We developed the on-site Cas-AIRPA platform for the simultaneous detection of B. rapa pathogens by combining rapid nucleic acid extraction and a four-channel lateral flow biosensor (4-LFB), which quickly provides disease-related information through a specific two-dimensional barcode. Analysis of B. rapa samples in the field confirmed the suitability of the Cas-AIRPA platform for rapid (~25 min) and simultaneous on-site detection of four diseases of B. rapa. This platform can also be adapted to detect other plant diseases in the field.
Enforcement of Sentences and Other Penalties
Authors: Ambos Kai
Published: December 2024

This chapter examines the enforcement of sentences and other penalties. It explains that the enforcement regime of international criminal tribunals constitutes the backbone of the system of international criminal justice. The enforcement of sentences and other judicial decisions is a fundamental part of interstate cooperation in criminal matters. Thus, the regime operates in a decentralized fashion through enforcement by States, although one may consider the international tribunals’ detention facilities (IDFs) as the nucleus of a centralized international enforcement or an international penal system. The chapter also discusses the enforcement of fines and other financial measures before detailing the national implementation of the rules and provisions.
From Machine Learning to Deep Learning: Revolutionizing Microscopy Image Analysis
Authors: Bhattiprolu Sreenivas
Published: December 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed microscopy workflows, enhancing efficiency from image acquisition to analysis. This article explores the evolution from conventional machine learning (ML) to deep learning (DL) in microscopy applications, discussing how AI assists at various stages of the microscopy process. It explains the fundamental differences between ML and DL, using real-world examples to demonstrate DL's superiority in complex scenarios such as organelle segmentation in life sciences and grain boundary analysis in materials sciences. The article also covers advanced topics like semantic and instance segmentation, providing insights into customizing DL models. By demystifying AI for microscopists, this work bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and practical applications in microscopy.
Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political
philosophy, widely regarded as the foundational text of modern liberalism. In it Locke insists on
majority rule, and regards no government as legitimate unless it has the consent of the people. He sets
aside people's ethnicities, religions, and cultures and envisages political societies which command our
assent because they meet our elemental needs simply as humans. His work helped to entrench ideas of a
social contract, human rights, and protection of property as the guiding principles for just actions and
just societies.

Published in the same year, A Letter Concerning Toleration aimed to end Christianity's
wars of religion and called for the separation of church and state so that everyone could enjoy freedom
of conscience. In this edition of these two major works, Mark Goldie considers the contested nature of
Locke's reputation, which is often appropriated by opposing political and religious ideologies.
An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent, and End of Civil-Government
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

The Introduction.*

It having been shewn in the
foregoing Discourse.

That Adam*
had not either by natural Right of Fatherhood, or by positive Donation from
God, any such Authority over his Children, or Dominion* over...
TO My most Worthy FATHER and FRIEND, Mr. Izaak Walton The Elder.
Authors: Walton Izaak , Cotton Charles
Published: December 2024

SIR,

Being* you were pleased some years past, to grant me your free leave to do what I have here attempted; and observing, you never retract any promise when made in favour even of your meanest friends; I accordingly expect to see these following...
To my most Honoured Friend , Charles Cotton, Esq ;
Authors: Walton Izaak , Cotton Charles
Published: December 2024

Sir,

You now see, I have return’d you, your very pleasant, and useful discourse of the Art of Flie-Fishing, Printed, just as ’twas sent me: for I have been so obedient to your desires, as to endure all the praises you have...
Italian Renaissance Tales
Authors: Mortimer Anthony
Published: December 2024

For over two centuries after Boccaccio's groundbreaking Decameron, the Italian novella exercised a crucial influence over European prose fiction. With thirty-nine stories by nineteen authors, many translated for the first time, this anthology presents tales from the whole genre and period. Here we meet a rich cast of humble peasants and shrewd craftsmen, frustrated wives, libidinous friars, ill-fated lovers, and vengeful nobles. These works had a considerable impact in English, and the selection includes tales that have provided sources for Chaucer, Shakespeare, Webster, Marston, Dryden, Byron and Keats.

The typical novella is situated in a precise time and place and features people who either existed historically or are presumed to have done so. The subject-matter, whether ribald or sentimental, comic or tragic, often reflects the social and economic conditions of its age and thus the novella has been seen as a crucial stage in the development of fictional realism and the emergence of the novel
Dedication[27]
Authors: Galileo Galilei
Published: December 2024

Most Serene Grand Duke,*

Great though the difference is between humankind and other animals, it may not be entirely misguided to say that differences between persons themselves are hardly less. What comparison is there between one and a thousand? And yet there is a...
To the Discerning Reader [29]
Authors: Galileo Galilei
Published: December 2024

A salutary edict*
was published some years ago in Rome which, as a defence against the dangerous
scandals of our present age, imposed a timely silence on the opinion of Pythagoras
concerning the mobility of the Earth.*
There were some who were so...
Third Day
Authors: Galileo Galilei
Published: December 2024

Sagredo.

I’ve been awaiting your arrival so eagerly, in order to hear the new ideas on the annual revolution of our globe, that the hours of this past night and morning have seemed interminable. Not that I have been idle; in fact I’ve been awake...
Confessions of a Thug The Thug’s introduction to the reader, and an event in his history which determines his future career
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

You ask me, Sahib,† for an account of my life; my relation of it will be understood by you, as you are acquainted with the peculiar habits of my countrymen; and if, as you say, you intend it for the information of...
In which it will appear that Ameer Ali’s curiosity is violently excited
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

I must have been at this time about five years old. It will strike you perhaps as strange, Sahib, that I should remember so many particulars of the event I have described; but when I was imprisoned some years ago at Dehlie, I...
Chapter III
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

falstaff. He’s no swaggerer, hostess; a tame cheater he; you may stroke
him as gently as a puppy greyhound. He will not swagger with a Barbary hen if
her feathers turn back in any show of resistance.

2 Henry IV, Act II, scene iv...

‘...
Chapter IV
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

1st murderer. How dost thou feel thyself now?

2nd murderer. Faith, some dregs of conscience are yet within me.

Richard III, Act I, scene iv

2nd murderer.

        I am one, my liege,

Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world...
A new adventure, which proves an unusual prelude to an evening’s entertainment
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

The rest of the band, with the cart and laden bullocks, had proceeded some way before we overtook them. We passed through a thin jungle for some distance, emerging from which, we found ourselves on a wild, bare plain, here and there studded with...
How Kumal Khan’s head was cut off, and stuck up near the gate of the town
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

As we were to leave the village the next morning, I thought I might as well go
and take leave of Mohun Lall, and accordingly went to his house in the evening.

‘So you could make nothing of that rascal who was hung up,’ said...
Bhudrinath recounts his adventures. The Dullal finds to his cost that a bargain is often easy to make and easy to break
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

I had not seen Bhudrinath now for some days, and fearing he might think me
neglectful, I went to the serai in which he and the men had put up.

‘Ah!’ cried he when he saw me approach, ‘so we are at last permitted to...
Chapter VI
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

cil. Madam, your song is passing passionate.

alv. And wilt thou not then pity my estate?

Old Play

‘For the love of Alla! young man,’ cried a low and sweet voice as I passed under the gateway of a respectable-looking house; ‘for the...
Chapter IX
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

He was a stalwart knight and keen,
And had in many a battle been;
His eyebrow dark and eye of fire,
Show’d spirit proud and prompt to ire.

Marmion

Seated with the old Moola I have before mentioned, the Nuwab Subjee Khan Buhadoor (for...
How Ameer Ali played at the old game of fox-and-goose, and won it
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

We travelled from village to village for four days, meeting with no adventure, and in truth I was beginning to be weary of the delay and inactivity, when, on the fifth morning, one of the men we had left behind to bring information arrived....

‘Peer...
Chapter XIV
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

catesby. ’Tis a vile thing to die, my gracious lord,

 When men are unprepared and look not for it.

Richard III, Act III, scene ii

‘Ram! Ram! Meer Sahib,’ was the salutation of the Sahoukar as we met at the spot whither Bhikaree...
Chapter XVI
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

Yet she must die, or she’ll betray more men.

Othello

And where now were all my resolutions? By Alla, Sahib, I had forgotten all — home, wife, children — I thought not of them, but I drank deeply of love, wild, passionate, burning love, from her eyes, and...
Showing how Ameer Ali played a deep game for a large stake and won it
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

After all had been completed, we travelled on until we reached a small and wretched village, some coss from the scene of our late adventure, where, after the customary sacrifice of goor, the considerable booty we had gained was produced and distributed. There soon...
How Ameer Ali conducted himself in his début as a Pindharee, and how the sahoukars of Oomraotee received their unwelcome visitors
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

The next afternoon we were all assembled on a small plain outside the town; Cheetoo had spread his carpet after the manner of a Pindharee, and sat with his chiefs around him, promising by his demeanour to be an eager spectator of the encounter....
Chapter II
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

The sons of fortune, she has sent us forth
To thrive by the keen action of our wits,
Which, backed by fearful dread of our bright swords,
Doth fill our purses speedily.

Cheetoo was evidently flattered by the distinction with which he had been...
Chapter V
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

They plied him well with wine,
And he roared wild songs in glee:
Hurrah! cried the devil; he’ll soon be mine;
And he chuckled right merrilye.

Old Ballad

From that hour I made a determination to destroy him. No sooner had I reached the...
Chapter VI
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

pistol. Trust none,

 For oaths are straws, men’s faiths are wafer cakes,

 And Hold-fast is the only dog, my duck:

 Therefore Caveto be thy counsellor.

Henry V, Act II, scene ii

Among the men whom I had brought with me from Jhalone was one...
Chapter VII
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

Oh what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side.

Shakspeare

Three years, as I have before told you, Sahib, passed in inactivity. My father and myself were in high favour, at least so we thought, with the Rajah, who protected...
Chapter XV
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear;
Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost.
Evil, be thou my good!

Milton

We strangled the merchants at the place we had fixed on, them and their bullock-drivers, — nine in all, and yet we were only...
Chapter XVI
Authors: Taylor Philip Meadows
Published: December 2024

The sigh of long imprisonment, the step
Of feet on which the iron clanked, the groan
Of death, the imprecation of despair.

Byron

queen. O speak to me no more!

 Thy words like daggers enter in mine ears.

Hamlet, Act III, scene iv

Again...
Shepherd’s Leap
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

The coast from Dieppe to Le Havre forms a single uninterrupted line of cliffs, a hundred metres high on average and sheer as a wall. From time to time, this great stretch of white rock dips sharply and then a little narrow valley,...
Call It Madness?
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

Am I mad? Or just jealous? I cannot tell. But this I do know: I have suffered torments. That I am guilty of committing an act of folly, of madness, I cannot deny. But are not jealousy, the kind that stops the breath, and...
The Tribulations of Walter Schnaffs
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

Ever since arriving on French soil with the invading Prussian army, Walter Schnaffs had considered himself the most unhappy of mortals. He was fat and found marching painful, for he was always short of breath and suffered agonies with his feet, which were very...
Miss Harriet
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

There were seven of us in the break, four women and three men, one of whom rode
on the driving-seat next to the coachman. With the horses slowed to a walk, we were
climbing the steep road which snaked up the long hill.

We had...
Monsieur Parent
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

I

Little George, on hands and knees, was making mountains out of the sand of the path. He
scooped it up in both hands, piled it up into pyramids, and then stuck a chestnut-leaf
in the top.

His father sat on an iron bench, watching...
Madame Husson’s May King
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

We had just passed Gisors,* where I had been woken up by the station porters shouting out the name of the place, and was about to go back to sleep, when the train gave a terrific lurch and I was thrown against...
Hautot and Son
Authors: de Maupassant Guy
Published: December 2024

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The house, half farm, half manor, was one of those country piles of mixed character which once upon a time were almost semi-feudal manors and nowadays are occupied by wealthy farmers. Outside the main entrance, the dogs, chained to the apple-trees in the forecourt,...
Scoutcraft
Authors: Baden-Powell Robert , Boehmer Elleke
Published: December 2024

Notes for Instructor

The following is a suggestion for the distribution of the work for
the first week. It is merely a suggestion and in
no sense binding.

First Evening:

Indoors

Address the boys on ‘Scoutcraft’, giving a summary of the whole scheme, as in...
Tracking;
Authors: Baden-Powell Robert , Boehmer Elleke
Published: December 2024

CAMP FIRE YARN. — No. 5

Observation of ‘Sign’

Noticing ‘sign’—Details of People—Sign round a dead body— Details in the
Country—Use of eyes, ears, and nose by Scouts— Night Scouting—Hints to
Instructors—Practices and Games in Observation—Books on Observation.

Noticing Sign

‘Sign’ is the word...
Woodcraft;
Authors: Baden-Powell Robert , Boehmer Elleke
Published: December 2024

CAMP FIRE YARN. — No. 8

Stalking

As an aid to Observation—How to hide yourself— How to learn
Stalking—Games—Book on Stalking.

At some manœuvres lately, two hostile patrols of soldiers were approaching, looking for each other, till the ground between them became very open,...
Campaigning
Authors: Shakespeare William
Published: December 2024

CAMP FIRE YARN. — No. 14

Life in the Open

The native boys of the Zulu and Swazi tribes learn to be scouts before they are allowed to be considered men, and they do it in this way: when...
The Scottish Covenant and the Short Parliament
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

Following his return from Scotland in 1633, Charles I continued to press for reforms in the Scottish Church. The Canons (or orders for the government of the Church) and Liturgy drafted by the Scottish bishops were amended by Laud and two other bishops in England,...
The Opening of the Long Parliament
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

Edward Hyde was returned to the new Parliament for Saltash in Cornwall. It opened on 3 November 1640.

There was observed a marvellous elated countenance in most of the members of Parliament before they met together in the house; the same men who...
Strafford
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

The processes of parliamentary inquiry and reform dominated the first few months of the Long Parliament. At the end of January 1641, the Commons sent to the House of Lords their articles of impeachment against Strafford. In February the reformers gained a major concession when...
Edgehill
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

In the History, Hyde described Parliament’s preparations for war as rapid and effective, with access to money set aside for suppressing the Irish rebellion, and financial support from the City of London. In May it ordered that its Militia Ordinance, placing the militia...
The Death of Falkland
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

The King replaced Lindsey at the head of his army with the Scot Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth. A few days after the battle he entered Oxford, his base for the rest of the war, while Essex returned to London. In early November he marched...
The Failure of Peace and the End of the War: Uxbridge and Naseby
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

The revival of an attempt to secure a negotiated peace at the end of 1644 was largely the effect of the entry of the Scots into the war. Parliament’s propositions for peace, delivered to the King on 24 November 1644, were heavily influenced by the...
The King’s Surrender and the Royalist Diaspora
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

Following the crushing defeat at Naseby, the King retreated to Wales in an attempt to recruit another army: in the following months he moved between the Midlands and Wales, continuing to hope for assistance from Ireland, or the possibility of joining Montrose in Scotland. Fairfax...
The Second Civil War and the Trial of the King
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

Following the return to Scotland of the Scottish commissioners in February 1648, the Scottish Parliament—though deeply divided—agreed to accept the Engagement and support the King against the English Parliament and army. In April it set out an ultimatum to them, and began to raise soldiers....
Great Tew
Authors: Hyde Edward , Clarendon Earl of
Published: December 2024

Despite his wide acquaintance in the literary circles of 1630s London, his closest friendship was with Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland.

Among these persons Mr Hyde’s usual time of conversation was spent, till he grew more retired to his more serious studies, and never...
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

Hugh Latimer’s famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be burnt alive for heresy come from John Foxe’s magisterial Acts and Monuments, popularly known as the Book of Martyrs. This vast collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution exerted as great an influence on early modern England and New England as the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It contains many stirring stories of the apprehension, interrogation, imprisonment, and execution of alleged heretics. The narratives not only attest to the fortitude of individuals who suffered for their faith not many years before the birth of Shakespeare, but they also constitute exciting tales filled with graphic details and verbal wit.

This modernized selection also includes some of the famous woodcuts that illustrated the original text, as well as providing a comprehensive introduction to Foxe’s life and times and the martyrology narrative.
Thomas Bilney
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

This Thomas Bilney was brought up in the University of Cambridge, even from a child,* profiting in all kind of liberal science, even unto the profession of both laws.* But at the last, having got a better schoolmaster, even the holy...
William Tyndale
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The life and story of the true servant and martyr of God, William Tyndale: Who for his notable pains and travail may well be called the apostle of England in this our latter age.

William Tyndale the faithful minister and constant martyr of Christ, was...
Anne Askew
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The first examination of Mistress Anne Askew before the inquisitors. 1545.

To satisfy your expectation: good people (saith she) this was my first examination in the year of our Lord 1545 and in the month of March.

The first examination of Anne Askew.

First...
George Marsh
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

A declaration of the life, examination, and burning of George Marsh, who suffered most constant martyrdom for the profession of the gospel of Christ, at Winchester, the twenty-fourth day of April, anno 1555.

The said George Marsh was born in the parish of Dean, in...
Thomas Haukes
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

Here followeth the history and martyrdom of the worthy servant of Christ, Thomas Haukes gentleman, with his examinations and answers had with Bishop Bonner, recorded and penned with his own hand.

Immediately after the story of Doctor Taylor … mention before was made of six...
Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The Behaviour of Doctor Ridley and Master Latimer, at the time of their death, which was the sixteenth of October. Anno 1555.

Upon the north side of the town, in the ditch over against Balliol College, the place of execution was appointed: and for fear...
Stephen Gardiner
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The death and end of Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester.

Notwithstanding, here by the way touching the death of this foresaid bishop, I thought not to overpass a certain hearsay, which not long since came to me by information of a certain worthy and credible...
John Philpot
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The process and history of Master John Philpot, examined, condemned, and martyred for the maintenance and defence of the gospel’s cause, against the Antichristian See of Rome.

Next followeth the constant martyrdom of Master John Philpot. … He was of a worshipful house, a knight’s...
Thomas Cranmer
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The life, state,* and story of the reverend pastor and prelate, Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, burned at Oxford, for the confession of Christ’s true doctrine, under Queen Mary. Anno 1556. March 21.

As concerning the life and estate of that most reverend...
The Guernsey Martyrs
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

A tragical, lamentable, and pitiful history, full of most cruel and tyrannical murder, done by the pretenced Catholics, upon three women and an infant: to wit, the mother, her two daughters, and the child, in the Isle of Guernsey, for Christ’s true religion, the year...
The Islington Martyrs
Authors: King John N.
Published: December 2024

The order and occasion of taking certain godly men and women praying together in the fields about Islington, of whom thirteen were condemned by Bonner, and after suffered in the fire for the truth’s sake, as in the story here following may appear.

Secretly in...
No innate practical Principles.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. If those speculative Maxims, whereof we discoursed in the fore-going Chapter, have not an actual universal assent from all Mankind, as we there proved, it is much more visible concerning practical Principles, that they come short of an...
Of Ideas in general, and their Original.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Every Man being conscious to himself, That he thinks, and that which his Mind is employ’d about whilst thinking, being the Ideas, that are there, ’tis past doubt, that Men have in their Minds several Ideas, such...
Of simple Ideas.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. The better to understand the Nature, Manner, and Extent of our Knowledge, one thing is carefully to be observed, concerning the Ideas we have; and that is, That some of them are simple, and ...

Uncompounded Appearances.

Though the Qualities that affect...
Of simple Ideas of divers Senses.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

The
Ideas we get by more than one Sense, are of Space, or Extension, Figure, Rest, and Motion: For these make perceivable impressions, both on the Eyes and Touch; and we can receive and convey into our Minds...
Of Discerning, and other Operations of the Mind.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Another Faculty, we may take notice of in our Minds, is that of Discerning and distinguishing between the several Ideas it has. It is not enough to have a confused Perception of something in general: Unless the...
Of Duration, and its simple Modes.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. There is another sort of Distance, or Length, the Idea whereof we get not from the permanent parts of Space, but from the fleeting and perpetually perishing parts of Succession. This we call Duration, the simple Modes...
Of Number.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Amongst all the Ideas we have, as there is none suggested to the Mind by more ways, so there is none more simple, than that of Unity, or One: it has no shadow of Variety or Composition...
Of the Modes of Thinking.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. When the Mind turns its view inwards upon it self, and contemplates its own Actions, Thinking is the first that occurs. In it the Mind observes a great variety of Modifications, and from thence receives distinct Ideas....
Of Relation.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Besides the Ideas, whether simple or complex, that the Mind has of Things, as they are in themselves, there are others it gets from their comparison one with another. The Understanding, in the consideration of any thing, is not...
Of Cause and Effect, and other Relations.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. In the notice, that our Senses take of the constant Vicissitude of Things, we cannot but observe, that several particular, both Qualities, and Substances begin to exist; and that they receive this their Existence, from the due Application and Operation of...
Of Clear and Obscure, Distinct and Confused Ideas.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. It will, perhaps, be thought I have dwelt long enough upon the Examination of Ideas. I must, nevertheless, crave leave to offer some few other Considerations concerning them. The first is, That some are clear, and others...
Of the Association of Ideas.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. There is scarce any one that does not observe something that seems odd to him, and is in it self really Extravagant in the Opinions, Reasonings, and Actions of other Men. The least flaw of this kind, if at all different...
Of General Terms.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. All Things, that exist, being Particulars, it may perhaps be thought reasonable, that Words, which ought to be conformed to Things, should be so too, I mean in their Signification: but yet we find the quite contrary. The far greatest...
Of Particles.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Besides Words, which are names of Ideas in the Mind, there are a great many others that are made use of, to signify the connexion that the Mind gives to Ideas, or Propositions,...
Of the Abuse of Words.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Besides the Imperfection that is naturally in Language, and the obscurity and confusion that is so hard to be avoided in the Use of Words, there are several wilful Faults and Neglects, which Men are guilty of, in this...
Of the Reality of our Knowledge.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. I Doubt not but my Reader, by this time, may be apt to think, that I have been all this while only building a Castle in the Air; and be ready to say to me, To what purpose all this stir? Knowledge, say...
Of Universal Propositions, their Truth and Certainty.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Though the examining and judging of Ideas by themselves, their Names being quite laid aside, be the best and surest way to clear and distinct Knowledge: yet through the prevailing custom of using Sounds for Ideas, I...
Of Maxims.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. There are a sort of Propositions, which under the name of Maxims and Axioms, have passed for Principles of Science: and because they are self-evident, have been supposed innate, without that any Body (that I...
Of our Knowledge of the Existence of a GOD.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. Though GOD has given us no innate Ideas of himself; though he has stamped no original Characters on our Minds, wherein we may read his Being: yet having furnished us with those Faculties, our Minds are endowed with, he...
Of Judgment.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. The Understanding Faculties being given to Man, not barely for Speculation, but also for the Conduct of his Life, Man would be at a great loss, if he had nothing to direct him, but what has the Certainty of true ...
Of the Degrees of Assent.
Authors: Locke John
Published: December 2024

§ 1. The grounds of Probability, we have laid down in the foregoing Chapter, as they are the Foundations on which our Assent is built; so are they also the measure whereby its several degrees are, or ought to be ...
Of the good success which the valorous Don Quixote had in the dreadful and never-before-imagined adventure of the windmills, with other events worthy to be recorded.
Authors: Saavedra Miguel De Cervantes
Published: December 2024

As they were thus discoursing, they perceived some thirty or forty windmills that are in that plain; and as soon as Don Quixote espied them, he said to his squire:

‘Fortune disposes our affairs better than we ourselves could have desired; look yonder, friend Sancho...
Of the discourse Don Quixote had with his good squire Sancho Panza .
Authors: Saavedra Miguel De Cervantes
Published: December 2024

By this time Sancho Panza had got upon his legs, somewhat roughly handled by the monk’s lackeys, and stood beholding very attentively the combat of his master Don Quixote, and besought God in his heart that he would be pleased to give him the...