The Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

The Augsburg Confession

The Confession of Faith: Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V At the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530. by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560 Latin Text 1] Invictissime Imperator, Caesar Auguste, domine clementissime. Quum Vestra Caesarea Maiestas indixerit conventum Imperii Augustae, ut deliberetur de auxiliis contra Turcam, atroccissimum, haereditaium atque veterem Christiani nominis

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde Scanned and proofed by David Price, ccx074@coventry.ac.uk De Profundis . . . Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one centre

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

This etext was prepared by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1886 George Routledge and Sons edition. This being a reprint of the 1821 London Magazine edition. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey. The first edition (London Magazine) text. 1886 George Routledge and Sons edition. CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER: BEING AN

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Produced by Norman M. Wolcott. ———————————————————————– THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE COLLECTED AND EDITED BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY VOLUME I. 1774 – 1779 ——————————————————————– XV. COMMON SENSE Table of Contents INTRODUCTION I. OF THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION II. OF MONARCHY AND HEREDITARY SUCCESSION III.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Mr. Paine’s footnotes are contained within brackets within the text. As this is my first attempt at Etext transcription, I welcome all comments and suggestions – I trust there shall be many! I had an especially difficult time keeping margins even as the word processor I started with could not handle such a large file

The Federalist Papers

FEDERALIST. No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in