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PHILIP II., RULER OF THE NETHERLANDS.THE TRIBUNAL OF THE INQUISITION OTHER ENCROACHMENTS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NETHERLANDS.WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND COUNT EGMONT.MARGARET OF PARMA REGENT OF THE NETHERLANDS.

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COUNT EGMONT IN SPAIN.SEVERER RELIGIOUS EDICTS—UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION OF THE NATION.

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CIVIL WAR RESIGNATION OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE.DECAY AND DISPERSION OF THE GEUSEN LEAGUE.ALVA'S ARMAMENT AND EXPEDITION TO THE NETHERLANDS.ALVA'S FIRST MEASURES, AND DEPARTURE OF THE DUCHESS OF PARMA.TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF COUNTS EGMONT AND HORN.SIEGE OF ANTWERP BY THE PRINCE OF PARMA, IN THE YEARS 1584 AND 1585.SIEGE OF ANTWERP BY THE PRINCE OF PARMA, IN THE YEARS 1584 AND 1585. (continued 2)THE GHOST-SEER; OR, APPARITIONIST.FROM THE PAPERS OF COUNT O———-FROM THE PAPERS OF COUNT O———- (continued 2)

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COUNT O———- IN CONTINUATION.THE SPORT OF DESTINY THE ROBBERS.SCHILLER'S PREFACE.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ROBBERS.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.THE ROBBERS.

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FIESCO, OR THE GENOESE CONSPIRACY.FIESCO; OR, THE GENOESE CONSPIRACY.

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LOVE AND INTRIGUE.

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THE CAMP OF WALLENSTEIN

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THE PICCOLOMINI,PREFACE.

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THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN.

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WILHELM TELL.

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DON CARLOS.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

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DEMETRIUS

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MARY STUART.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

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THE MAID OF ORLEANS.PROLOGUE.

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THE BRIDE OF MESSINA THE BRIDE OF MESSINA

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ON THE USE OF THE CHORUS IN TRAGEDY.SCHILLER'S POEMS AMALIA.A FUNERAL FANTASIE.FANTASIE—TO LAURA.TO LAURA AT THE HARPSICHORD.GROUP FROM TARTARUS.RAPTURE—TO LAURA.TO LAURA. (THE MYSTERY OF REMINISCENCE.) [2]MELANCHOLY—TO LAURA.THE INFANTICIDE.THE GREATNESS OF THE WORLD.FORTUNE AND WISDOM.ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN. [5]THE BATTLE.ROUSSEAU.FRIENDSHIP.ELYSIUM.THE FUGITIVE.TO MINNA.THE FLOWERS.THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE.TO A MORALIST.COUNT EBERHARD, THE GROANER OF WURTEMBERG.TO THE SPRING.SEMELE:

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POEMS OF THE SECOND PERIOD.THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA.THE GODS OF GREECE.RESIGNATION.THE CONFLICT.THE ARTISTS.THE CELEBRATED WOMAN.WRITTEN IN A YOUNG LADY'S ALBUM.POEMS OF THE THIRD PERIOD.THE SECRET.THE ASSIGNATION. [14]LONGING.EVENING.THE PILGRIM.THE IDEALS.THE YOUTH BY THE BROOK. [16]TO EMMA.THE LAY OF THE MOUNTAIN.THE ALPINE HUNTER.DITHYRAMB. [23]THE FOUR AGES OF THE WORLD.THE MAIDEN'S LAMENT.TO MY FRIENDS.PUNCH SONG.NADOWESSIAN DEATH-LAMENT.THE FEAST OF VICTORY.PUNCH SONG.THE COMPLAINT OF CERES. [29]THE ELEUSINIAN FESTIVAL.THE RING OF POLYCRATES. [32]THE CRANES OF IBYCUS.THE PLAYING INFANT.HERO AND LEANDER. [34]CASSANDRA.THE HOSTAGE.GREEKISM.THE DIVER.THE KNIGHT OF TOGGENBURG.THE FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON.FEMALE JUDGMENT.FRIDOLIN; OR, THE WALK TO THE IRON FOUNDRY.THE GENIUS WITH THE INVERTED TORCH.THE COUNT OF HAPSBURG. [38]THE FORUM OF WOMAN.THE GLOVE.THE CIRCLE OF NATURE.THE VEILED STATUE AT SAIS.THE DIVISION OF THE EARTH.THE FAIREST APPARITION.THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL LIFE.GERMANY AND HER PRINCES.DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES.THE MAIDEN FROM AFAR.THE HONORABLE.PARABLES AND RIDDLES.THE VIRTUE OF WOMAN.THE WALK.THE LAY OF THE BELL.THE POWER OF SONG.TO PROSELYTIZERS.HONOR TO WOMAN.HOPE.THE GERMAN ART.ODYSSEUS.CARTHAGE.THE SOWER.THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN.THE MERCHANT.GERMAN FAITH. [50]THE SEXES.LOVE AND DESIRE.THE BARDS OF OLDEN TIME.JOVE TO HERCULES.THE ANTIQUES AT PARIS.THEKLA.THE ANTIQUE TO THE NORTHERN WANDERER.THE ILIAD.POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM.NAENIA.THE MAID OF ORLEANS.ARCHIMEDES.THE DANCE.THE FORTUNE-FAVORED. [53]BOOKSELLER'S ANNOUNCEMENT.GENIUS.HONORS.THE PHILOSOPHICAL EGOTIST.THE BEST STATE CONSTITUTION.THE WORDS OF BELIEF.THE WORDS OF ERROR.THE POWER OF WOMAN.THE TWO PATHS OF VIRTUE.THE PROVERBS OF CONFUCIUS.HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.COLUMBUS.LIGHT AND WARMTH.BREADTH AND DEPTH.THE TWO GUIDES OF LIFE.THE IMMUTABLE.VOTIVE TABLETS.TRIFLES.THE PHILOSOPHERS.THE HOMERIDES.G. G.THE MORAL POET.THE DANAIDES.THE SUBLIME SUBJECT.THE ARTIFICE.IMMORTALITY.JEREMIADS.SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST.THE RIVERS.ZENITH AND NADIR.KANT AND HIS COMMENTATORS.THE PHILOSOPHERS.THE METAPHYSICIAN.PEGASUS IN HARNESS.KNOWLEDGE.THE POETRY OF LIFE.TO GOETHE,THE PRESENT.DEPARTURE FROM LIFE.VERSES WRITTEN IN THE FOLIO ALBUM OF A LEARNED FRIEND.VERSES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND.THE SUNDAY CHILDREN.THE HIGHEST.THE PUPPET-SHOW OF LIFE.TO LAWGIVERS.FALSE IMPULSE TO STUDY.THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF WEIMAR, ON HIS PROCEEDING TO PARIS.THE IDEAL OF WOMAN.THE FOUNTAIN OF SECOND YOUTH.WILLIAM TELL. [59]TO A YOUNG FRIEND DEVOTING HIMSELF TO PHILOSOPHY.EXPECTATION AND FULFILMENT.THE COMMON FATE.HUMAN ACTION.NUPTIAL ODE. [60]THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW CENTURY.GRECIAN GENIUS.THE FATHER.THE CONNECTING MEDIUM.THE MOMENT.GERMAN COMEDY.FAREWELL TO THE READER.DEDICATION TO DEATH, MY PRINCIPAL.PREFACE.SUPPRESSED POEMS.BACCHUS IN THE PILLORY.SPINOSA.TO THE FATES.THE PARALLEL.KLOPSTOCK AND WIELAND.THE MUSES' REVENGE.THE HYPOCHONDRIACAL PLUTO.

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REPROACH—TO LAURA.THE SIMPLE PEASANT. [62]ACTAEON.MAN'S DIGNITY.THE MESSIAD.THOUGHTS ON THE 1ST OCTOBER, 1781.EPITAPH.QUIRL.THE PLAGUE.MONUMENT OF MOOR THE ROBBER. [65]THE BAD MONARCHS. [66]THE SATYR AND MY MUSE.THE PEASANTS. [67]THE WINTER NIGHT.THE WIRTEMBERGER.THE MOLE.HYMN TO THE ETERNAL.DIALOGUE.EPITAPH TRUST IN IMMORTALITY.APPENDIX OF POEMS ETC. IN SCHILLER'S DRAMATIC WORKS.AESTHETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS INTRODUCTION.VOCABULARY OF TERMINOLOGY.

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THE MORAL UTILITY OF AESTHETIC MANNERS.ON THE SUBLIME.THE PATHETIC.ON GRACE AND DIGNITY.ON DIGNITY.ON THE NECESSARY LIMITATIONS IN THE USE OF BEAUTY OF FORM.REFLECTIONS ON THE USE OF THE VULGAR AND LOW ELEMENTS IN WORKS OF ART.DETACHED REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF AESTHETICS.ON SIMPLE AND SENTIMENTAL POETRY.SENTIMENTAL POETRY.SATIRICAL POETRY.ELEGIAC POETRY.IDYL.THE STAGE AS A MORAL INSTITUTION.ON THE TRAGIC ART.OF THE CAUSE OF THE PLEASURE WE DERIVE FROM TRAGIC OBJECTS.PREFATORY REMARKS.

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ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND THE SPIRITUAL NATURE IN MAN.

Rightly said, Schlosser! Man loves what he has; what he has not, desireth; None but the wealthy minds love; poor minds desire alone.

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