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diff --git a/51783-0.txt b/51783-0.txt index 8bbb210..f621ff8 100644 --- a/51783-0.txt +++ b/51783-0.txt @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ the body break out into a thick Scab, and cause both Hair, Teeth, and Nails to come off; which scab being arrived to its full maturity, opens first along the back, and comes off all in a piece like armour, and all this is done within the space of four months. After this the Patient is -wrapt into a Cere- cloth, prepared of certain Gums and Juices, wherein +wrapt into a Cere-cloth, prepared of certain Gums and Juices, wherein he continues until the time of nine Months be expired from the first beginning of the cure, which is the time of a Childs formation in the Womb. In the mean while, his diet is nothing else but Eagles-eggs, and @@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ sorts of Creatures which were Fish-men, Bear-men, Worm-men, and the like, which could speak in the first Age, as well as they do now. she asked again, Whether they were none of those Spirits that frighted Adam out of the Paradise, at least caused him not to return thither again? -They an? swered they were not. Then she desired to be informed, whither +They answered they were not. Then she desired to be informed, whither Adam fled when he was driven out of the Paradise? Out of this World, said they, you are now Empress of, into the World you came from. If this be so, replied the Empress, then surely those Cabbalists are much out of @@ -3472,7 +3472,7 @@ World, allowing it but one Religion, one Language, and one Government; yet could I make another World, as full of Factions, Divisions and Warrs, as this is of Peace and Tranquility; and the Rational figures of my Mind might express as much courage to fight, as Hector and Achilles -had; and be as wise as Nestor, as; Eloquent as Ulysses, and be as +had; and be as wise as Nestor, as Eloquent as Ulysses, and be as beautiful as Hellen. But I esteeming Peace before Warr, Wit before Policy, Honesty before Beauty; instead of the figures of Alexander, Cesar, Hector, Achilles, Nestor, Ulysses, Hellen, &c. chose rather the diff --git a/51783-h/51783-h.htm b/51783-h/51783-h.htm index 88bf000..0e241fe 100644 --- a/51783-h/51783-h.htm +++ b/51783-h/51783-h.htm @@ -1,13 +1,9 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> - <title> - The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Description of a new World called The Blazing-World, by Margaret Cavendish. - </title> - <style type="text/css"> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <title>The Description of a new World called The Blazing-World | Project Gutenberg</title> + <style> body { margin-left: 10%; @@ -93,11 +89,8 @@ v:link {color: #000099; text-decoration: none; } <body> <div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 51783 ***</div> - - - <div class="figcenter" style="width: 575px;"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="575" alt="" /> +<img src="images/cover.jpg" alt="" style="width: 575px"> </div> <h3>THE</h3> @@ -122,65 +115,65 @@ v:link {color: #000099; text-decoration: none; } <h2>Duchess of Newcastle</h2> <h4>Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII.</h4> -<hr class="full" /> +<hr class="full" > <p> -<span class="caption">Contents</span><br /> -<br /> -<a href="#To_The_Duchesse_of_Newcastle_On_Her_New_Blazing-World">To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.</a><br /> -<a href="#To_all_Noble_and_Worthy_Ladies">To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.</a><br /> -<a href="#The_Description_of_a_New_World_Called_The_Blazing-World">The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World.</a><br /> -<a href="#The_Second_Part_of_the_Description_of_the_New_Blazing-World">The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.</a><br /> -<a href="#The_Epilogue_to_the_Reader">The Epilogue to the Reader.</a><br /> +<span class="caption">Contents</span><br > +<br > +<a href="#To_The_Duchesse_of_Newcastle_On_Her_New_Blazing-World">To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.</a><br > +<a href="#To_all_Noble_and_Worthy_Ladies">To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.</a><br > +<a href="#The_Description_of_a_New_World_Called_The_Blazing-World">The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World.</a><br > +<a href="#The_Second_Part_of_the_Description_of_the_New_Blazing-World">The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.</a><br > +<a href="#The_Epilogue_to_the_Reader">The Epilogue to the Reader.</a><br > </p> -<hr class="chap" /> +<hr class="chap" > <div class="figcenter" style="width: 620px;"> -<img src="images/front.jpg" width="620" alt="" /> +<img src="images/front.jpg" alt="" style="width: 620px"> </div> <p style="margin-left: 30%;"> -<i>Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.</i><br /> -<i>But so as if it were by Chance,</i><br /> -<i>Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,</i><br /> -<i>Since this like Shadowes to the Day</i><br /> -<i>It only represent's; for Still,</i><br /> -<i>Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill</i><br /> -<i>Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace</i><br /> -<i>These lovely Lines within her face.</i><br /> -<i>View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,</i><br /> -<i>Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,</i><br /> -<i>By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone</i><br /> -<i>Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.</i><br /> +<i>Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.</i><br > +<i>But so as if it were by Chance,</i><br > +<i>Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,</i><br > +<i>Since this like Shadowes to the Day</i><br > +<i>It only represent's; for Still,</i><br > +<i>Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill</i><br > +<i>Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace</i><br > +<i>These lovely Lines within her face.</i><br > +<i>View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,</i><br > +<i>Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,</i><br > +<i>By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone</i><br > +<i>Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.</i><br > </p> -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="caption" style="margin-left: 20%;"><a name="To_The_Duchesse_of_Newcastle_On_Her_New_Blazing-World" id="To_The_Duchesse_of_Newcastle_On_Her_New_Blazing-World">To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.</a></p> +<hr class="chap" > +<p class="caption" style="margin-left: 20%;"><a id="To_The_Duchesse_of_Newcastle_On_Her_New_Blazing-World">To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.</a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20%;"> -<i>Our Elder World, with all their Skill and Arts,</i><br /> -<i>Could but divide the World into three Parts:</i><br /> -<i>Columbus, then for Navigation fam'd,</i><br /> -<i>Found a new World, America 'tis nam'd;</i><br /> -<i>Now this new World was found, it was not made,</i><br /> -<i>Onely discovered, lying in Time's shade.</i><br /> -<br /> -<i>Then what are You, having no Chaos found</i><br /> -<i>To make a World, or any such least ground?</i><br /> -<i><i>But your Creating Fancy, thought it fit</i></i><br /> -<i>To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit.</i><br /> -<i>Your Blazing-World, beyond the Stars mounts higher,</i><br /> -<i>Enlightens all with a Cœlestial Fier.</i><br /> -<br /> -William Newcastle.<br /> +<i>Our Elder World, with all their Skill and Arts,</i><br > +<i>Could but divide the World into three Parts:</i><br > +<i>Columbus, then for Navigation fam'd,</i><br > +<i>Found a new World, America 'tis nam'd;</i><br > +<i>Now this new World was found, it was not made,</i><br > +<i>Onely discovered, lying in Time's shade.</i><br > +<br > +<i>Then what are You, having no Chaos found</i><br > +<i>To make a World, or any such least ground?</i><br > +<i><i>But your Creating Fancy, thought it fit</i></i><br > +<i>To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit.</i><br > +<i>Your Blazing-World, beyond the Stars mounts higher,</i><br > +<i>Enlightens all with a Cœlestial Fier.</i><br > +<br > +William Newcastle.<br > </p> -<hr class="chap" /> +<hr class="chap" > <p class="caption"><a id="To_all_Noble_and_Worthy_Ladies"></a>To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.</p> @@ -216,8 +209,8 @@ Envy me for this World of mine, I remain,</p> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3><a name="The_Description_of_a_New_World_Called_The_Blazing-World" id="The_Description_of_a_New_World_Called_The_Blazing-World">The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World.</a></h3> +<hr class="chap" > +<h3><a id="The_Description_of_a_New_World_Called_The_Blazing-World">The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World.</a></h3> <p>A Merchant travelling into a foreign Country, fell extreamly in Love @@ -1275,7 +1268,7 @@ the body break out into a thick Scab, and cause both Hair, Teeth, and Nails to come off; which scab being arrived to its full maturity, opens first along the back, and comes off all in a piece like armour, and all this is done within the space of four months. After this the Patient is -wrapt into a Cere- cloth, prepared of certain Gums and Juices, wherein +wrapt into a Cere-cloth, prepared of certain Gums and Juices, wherein he continues until the time of nine Months be expired from the first beginning of the cure, which is the time of a Childs formation in the Womb. In the mean while, his diet is nothing else but Eagles-eggs, and @@ -1749,7 +1742,7 @@ sorts of Creatures which were Fish-men, Bear-men, Worm-men, and the like, which could speak in the first Age, as well as they do now. she asked again, Whether they were none of those Spirits that frighted Adam out of the Paradise, at least caused him not to return thither again? -They an? swered they were not. Then she desired to be informed, whither +They answered they were not. Then she desired to be informed, whither Adam fled when he was driven out of the Paradise? Out of this World, said they, you are now Empress of, into the World you came from. If this be so, replied the Empress, then surely those Cabbalists are much out of @@ -2844,8 +2837,8 @@ Conversation.</p> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3><a name="The_Second_Part_of_the_Description_of_the_New_Blazing-World" id="The_Second_Part_of_the_Description_of_the_New_Blazing-World">The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.</a></h3> +<hr class="chap" > +<h3><a id="The_Second_Part_of_the_Description_of_the_New_Blazing-World">The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.</a></h3> <p>The Empress having now ordered and setled her Government to the best @@ -3553,8 +3546,8 @@ Emperor, Empress, and the Nobility pass their time.</p> -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3><a name="The_Epilogue_to_the_Reader" id="The_Epilogue_to_the_Reader">The Epilogue to the Reader.</a></h3> +<hr class="chap" > +<h3><a id="The_Epilogue_to_the_Reader">The Epilogue to the Reader.</a></h3> <p>By this Poetical Description, you may perceive, that my ambition is not @@ -3576,7 +3569,7 @@ World, allowing it but one Religion, one Language, and one Government; yet could I make another World, as full of Factions, Divisions and Warrs, as this is of Peace and Tranquility; and the Rational figures of my Mind might express as much courage to fight, as Hector and Achilles -had; and be as wise as Nestor, as; Eloquent as Ulysses, and be as +had; and be as wise as Nestor, as Eloquent as Ulysses, and be as beautiful as Hellen. But I esteeming Peace before Warr, Wit before Policy, Honesty before Beauty; instead of the figures of Alexander, Cesar, Hector, Achilles, Nestor, Ulysses, Hellen, &c. chose rather the @@ -3611,3 +3604,4 @@ World for another Friend.</p> </body> </html> + |