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“I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled.” Wilfred Owen, Poems · insight
Owen’s Preface and Contents declare the poems are about the pity of war, not heroes or consolations, and warn truthful poets will only warn; it also begins with “Strange Meeting” and includes “Greater Love.”
subject of it is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are not to this generation, This is in no sense consolatory. They may be to the next. All the poet can do to-day is to warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful. If I thought the letter of this book would last, I might have used proper names; but if the spirit of it survives Prussia,--my ambit…
A table of contents lists Book the First chapter headings for Montaigne’s Essays, including topics such as sorrow, friendship, idleness, liars, constancy, education, and philosophy as learning to die.
CHAP. I. That men by various ways arrive at the same end. II. Of Sorrow. III. That our affections carry themselves beyond us. IV. That the soul discharges her passions upon false objects, where the true are wanting. V. Whether the governor of a place besieged ought himself to go out to parley. VI. That the hour of parley is dangerous. VII. That the intention is judge…
It begins the book’s table-of-contents portion by listing “The Book of Marco Polo” chapters and notes, starting with the Prologue and Marco’s early departure from Constantinople.
X. VARIOUS TYPES OF TEXT OF MARCO POLO’S BOOK *90* § 55. Four Principal Types of Text. *First*, that of the Geographic or Oldest French. 56. *Second*, the Remodelled French Text; followed by Pauthier. 57. The Bern MS. and two others form a sub-class of this type. 58. *Third*, Friar Pipino’s Latin. 59. The Latin of Grynæus, a Translation at Fifth Hand. 60. *Fourth*, Ramusio’s Italian. 61…
This preface section lists the editorial contents of the volume by letter number and brief subject headings, including dates from 1540–1545 and named correspondents like Farel and Viret.
XL. TO FAREL.--Caroli at Strasbourg--proceedings of Sturm and Bucer for the reconciliation with Calvin, 151 XLI. TO FAREL.--Farther details of the reconciliation of Calvin with Caroli--the minister Alexander--a lecture of Bucer--negotiations of the Protestant Princes of Germany--their answer to Henry…
This passage continues the table-of-contents style enumeration of Calvin’s letters and their topics, extending the list through the letter numbers around CXXXI–CXLIII and the years 1545–1546.
persecuted Protestant subjects, 271 LXXI. TO FAREL AND VIRET.--Communication of a letter received from Bucer--news of Germany--Church of Metz--assurance given to Viret of his approaching departure for Geneva--recommendation of two young men, 274 LXXII. TO VIRET.--Excuses for his delay in leav…
This passage continues the volume’s contents list, giving short headings for letters, including items on controversies, the Reformation in multiple regions, and communications with the French and English courts.
CII. TO VIRET.--Ecclesiastical particularities-- struggles to maintain the right of excommunication over the ministers, 377 CIII. TO CONRAD PELLICAN.--Offer of his services-- answers the accusations directed against Farel--justification of Ochino--introduces two young men, 378 CIV. TO THE SEIGNEURY OF GENEVA.--Calvin at Strasbourg-- …
This passage is another segment of the editorial contents list, highlighting letters about the massacre of the Waldenses of Provence and subsequent efforts to obtain Swiss support.
CXXXI. TO FAREL.--Massacre of the Waldenses of Provence-- Calvin entreats the sympathy of the Swiss Churches in their behalf, 458 CXXXII. TO VIRET.--Journey of Calvin to Switzerland-- resolutions of the Diet of Arau in favour of the persecuted brethren of France, 460 CXXXIII. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Directions for his conduct towards the Emperor Charl…
This is the start of the table of contents for Lyell’s Antiquity of Man, listing chapters 2 through 5 topics such as Danish peat and Swiss lake-dwellings, then fossil human remains in recent and Pleistocene periods.
RECENT PERIOD--DANISH PEAT AND SHELL MOUNDS-- SWISS LAKE-DWELLINGS. Works of Art in Danish Peat-Mosses. Remains of three Periods of Vegetation in the Peat. Ages of Stone, Bronze, and Iron. Shell-Mounds or ancient Refuse-Heaps of the Danish Islands. Change in geographical Distribution of Marine Mollusca since their Origin. Embedded Remains of Mammalia of Recent Species. Human Skulls of the same Perio…
The opening frames the collection with a Barbusse epigraph and a note explaining that 64 war poems are included, with 12 newly published and the rest selected from earlier volumes, followed by an extensive table of contents.
THE WAR POEMS OF SIEGFRIED SASSOON 1919 LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN Dans la trêve désolée de cette matinée, ces hommes qui avaient été tenaillés par la fatigue, fouettés par la pluie, bouleversés par toute une nuit de tonnerre, ces rescapés des volcans et de l'inondation entrevoyaient à quel point la guerre, aussi hideuse au moral qu'au physique, non seulement viole le bon sens, avilit les grandes idées, commande to…
The table of contents lists the book’s chapter structure, including sections on apriorism, natural philosophy (time/space, physics, chemistry, the organic world), and later discussions of morality, law, dialectics, political economy, socialism, and an appendix.
Apriorism 54 The Scheme of the Universe 63 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY 70 Time and Space 70 Cosmogony, Physics, and Chemistry 82 The Organic World 94 The Organic World (conc…
This section provides a table of contents for the Summa Theologica, listing questions and topics from the first part of the second part (I-II, Prima Secundae).
Question 1. Of Man's Last End 2. Of Those Things in Which Man's Happiness Consists 3. What Is Happiness 4. Of Those Things That Are Required for Happiness 5. Of the Attainment of Happiness 6. Of the Voluntary and the Involuntary 7. Of the Circumstances of Human Acts 8. Of the Will, in Regard to What It Wills 9. Of That Which Moves the Will 10. Of the Manner in Which the Will Is Moved 11. Of Enjoy…
This passage is a table listing series, dates, number of letters, sources, and pages for the collection of Napoleon’s letters, organizing the content by numbered items and years.
A: Pages. B: Series. C: Dates. D: No. of Letters. E: Sources. F: Tennant. G: Didot. H: Various. I: Pages of Corresponding Notes. | | | | | E | | | A | B| C | D |----------------------------------- | I | | | | | | F | G | H | | | | | | | | |{No. 2, from } | …
It continues the table of contents for Pliny’s letters, then begins the first actual letters, starting with Pliny’s announcement to Septitius that he has selected letters for public reading.
XLII -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN XLIII -- TRAJAN TO PLINY XLIV -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN XLV -- TRAJAN TO PLINY XLVI -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN XLVII -- TRAJAN TO PLINY XLVIII -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN XLIX -- TRAJAN TO PLINY L -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN LI -- TRAJAN TO PLINY LII -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN LIII -- TRAJAN TO PLINY LIV -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN LV -- TRAJAN TO PLINY LVI -- To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN LVII…
The contents and start of the introduction list chapters and topics in the Younger Edda edition, then explains how earlier English translations were incomplete and outlines the manuscript traditions and divisions of the text.
How Njord got Skade to Wife 158 The Origin of Poetry 160 Afterword to Brage’s Talk 166 EXTRACTS FROM THE POETICAL DICTION. Thor and Hrungner 169 Thor’s Journey to Geirrod’s 176 Idun 184 Æger’s Feast 187 Loke’s Wager with the D…
Andrew Lang’s 1889 English prose volume introduces Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus with an introductory essay by listing the author, dedication, and table of contents for the idyls and related works.
ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] THEOCRITUS, BION AND MOSCHUS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE WITH *AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY* BY ANDREW LANG, M.A. *Lately Fellow of Merton College*, *Oxford* [Picture: Decorative graphic] LONDON MACMILLAN AND CO. …
The passage provides bibliographic notes and a detailed table of contents for Theocritus’ English verse translation, then begins Idyll I, “The Death of Daphnis,” with dialogue between Thyrsis and a goatherd about music, pastoral prizes, and piping.
*** For Cometas, in Idyll V., read *Comatas*. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote A: BLACKIE'S *Homer*, Vol. I., pp. 413, 414.] [Footnote B: *Ibid*., page 377, etc.] [Footnote C: Professor Kingsley.] [Footnote D: Preface to CONINGTON'S *Æneid*, page ix.] [Footnote E: *Ibid*.] [Footnote F: Since writing the above lines I have had the advantage of seeing Mr. Paley's *Theocritus*, which was not out when I made my version.] [Fo…