... U UB B B B BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a public... ...B B B B BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publicatio... ... BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of th... ...h Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvan... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ess; sometimes in human sulkiness, for flesh is weak; and, when questioned about business would an- swer: “Madame, your business is with the children.... ...ifted this man with an eye. Welcome is his word, there where he speaks and works; and growing ever welcomer; for it alone goes to the heart of the bus... ...ergy. A weltering hydra-coil, which the National Assem- bly has stirred up about its ears; hissing, stinging; which cannot be appeased, alive; which c...

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...Contents VOLUME II.?THE CONSTITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES .............................................................

...ree by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publ... ...by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publicat... ...AS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of ... ...Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylv... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...illotined when news had come that the Prussians were harrying and ravaging about Metz; in some four days more, one hears that Longwi, our first strong... ...nder,— south-westward, in remote, patriarchal La Vendee, that sour ferment about Nonjuring Priests, after long working, is ripe, and explodes: at the ... ...onths, passim.) The ‘Cess- pool of Agio, ’ now in the time of Paper Money, works with a vivacity unexampled, unimagined; exhales from itself ‘sud- den...

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...Contents VOLUME III. THE GUILLOTINE................................................................................................................................. 6 BOOK 3.I. SEPTEMBER ..............................................................

...ORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the ... ...by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn... ...AS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ... disastrous eclipse, had this grand-nephew of the great Richelieu to glide about; unworshipped by the world; resolute Choiseul, the abrupt proud man, ... ...ways of French Ex- istence, will they pray? The dull millions that, in the workshop or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like halte... ...s of despair; crowds gather, get excited: so many women in destraction run about exaggerating the alarm: an absurd and horrid fable arises among the p...

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...Contents THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 12 VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE ...............................................................

... U UB B B B BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a public... ...B B B B BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a publicatio... ... BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of th... ...h Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvan... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...disastrous eclipse, had this grand- nephew of the great Richelieu to glide about; unworshipped by the world; resolute Choiseul, the abrupt proud man, ... ...byways of French Existence, will they pray? The dull millions that, in the workshop or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like halte... ...s of despair; crowds gather, get excited: so many women in destraction run about exaggerating the alarm: an ab- surd and horrid fable arises among the...

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...Contents VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE .................................................................................................................................. 6 BOOK 1.I. DEATH OF LOUIS XV. .....................................................

...ight © 2001 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on the first edition of 1919. Electronic text created by Sara Triggs. Conten... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 VI — The New Frenchwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 VII — ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 VI — The New Frenchwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 VII — In Concl... ...55 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 FRENCH WAYS AND THEIR MEANING 1 PREFACE T his book is essentially a desul... ...line of Rome. One can imagine the first Frenchman born into the world looking about him confidently, and saying: “Here I am; and now, how am I to make t... ... the dollar. To do that is to follow the line of least resistance in writing about America: you have only to copy what all the other travellers have s... ... supposed to have abandoned the green glades of Mount Auburn is the old pre revolutionary grave yard of King’s Chapel, in which no one has been burie... ...e support of a court, where it is, so to speak, still a “going concern,” and works automatically, the hostess, if she is a woman of the world, casts i... ...n the social structure and open a door to the enemy. There is nothing like a Revolution for making people conservative; that is one of the reasons why...

...Excerpt: PREFACE; This book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observation, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. Having been written in Paris, at odd moments, during the last two years of the war, it could hardly be more than a series of disjointed notes; a...

...- III, 18 -- IV, 21 -- IV? Intellectual Honesty, 24 -- I, 24 -- II, 26 -- III, 28 -- V? Continuity, 31 -- I, 31 -- II, 32 -- III, 35 -- IV, 37 -- VI? The New Frenchwoman, 39 -- VII? In Conclusion, 48 -- I, 48 -- II, 52 -- III, 53...

... ! ... ... ! "# ! ... ... ! "# ! St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis ... ...ate University assumes any re- sponsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way... ...tronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publica... ...aven satisfy and delight us: how much more the look of that exquisite being who was created to bear and rear, to madden and rejoice, mankind! There wa... ...at a vile day it was, when she ap- peared. Her hair blew in the wind with changes of colour; her garments moulded her with the accuracy of sculpture; ... ...aid to hold good cards. For what stakes, then, am I playing?’ ‘They are very large,’ said he. ‘Your great-uncle is im- mensely rich—immensely rich. He... ...de Carwell, was main bad. Ha, sir, we shall all feel his loss, poor, dear, noble gentleman; and I’m sure nobody more polite! They do say, sir, his wea...

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... POPE VOL. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.LVI. V... ....LVI. VI. VI. VI. VI. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dis... ... VI. VI. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, an... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, an... ...as born in Lombard Street, London, on the 21st of May 1688—the year of the Revolution. His fa- ther was a linen-merchant, in thriving circumstances, a... ...uarto, which is still preserved by his descendants. Pope’s father had made about £10,000 by trade; but being a Roman Catholic, and fond of a coun- try... ...fteen, he visited London, in order to acquire a more thorough knowledge of French and Italian. At sixteen, he wrote the “Pastorals,” and a portion of ... ...s prose epistles to the Blounts. His “Pastorals,” after having been handed about in MS., and shewn to such reputed judges as Lord Halifax, Lord Somers... ...l, and accomplished—full of enterprise and spirit, too, although decidedly French in her tastes, manners, and character. Pope fell violently in love w...

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....................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING ............................

...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylva... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ... always consistent, in his spelling. He was, to say the truth, indifferent about all such matters: indeed, to one absorbed in the spectacle of a world... ...ere the ordinary spelling has been adopted. (Not a little has been written about ‘uprest’ (“Revolt of Islam”, 3 21 5), which has been described as a n... ...m youth the victim of the state of feeling inspired by the reaction of the French Revolution; and believing firmly in the justice and excel- lence of ... ... the victim of the state of feeling inspired by the reaction of the French Revolution; and believing firmly in the justice and excel- lence of his vie... ...rt, seized upon all classes of men during the excesses consequent upon the French Revolution, is gradually giving place to sanity. It has ceased to be...

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....... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824......................................................................................................................... 22 THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD. ..............................

...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylva... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ing”, Bacon’s “Novum Organum”. In Italian, Ariosto, Tasso, and Alfieri. In French, the “Reveries d’un Solitaire” of Rousseau. T o these may be added s... ...n Latin, Lucretius, Pliny’s Letters, the Annals and Germany of Tacitus. In French, the “History of the French Revolution” by Lacretelle. He read for t... ..., the Annals and Germany of Tacitus. In French, the “History of the French Revolution” by Lacretelle. He read for the first time, this year, Montaigne... ...6. 16. 16. The plank whereon that Lady sate Was driven through the chasms, about and about, Between the peaks so desolate ... ..., while from the veil Of her dark eyes the Dream did creep, And she walked about as one who knew _145 That sleep has s...

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............................................................................................................................ 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ..................................................................................................................................... 19 TO WORDSWORTH. ...................................................................

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Book Sixth Cambridge and the Alps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Book Seventh Residence ... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Book Tenth Residence in France and French Revolution . . . . . . . . . 176 Book Eleventh Imagination, How Im... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Book Tenth Residence in France and French Revolution . . . . . . . . . 176 Book Eleventh Imagination, How Impaired ... ... Thirteenth Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 ii The Prelude of 1805 Book First Introduction: Childhood and School time O... ... all before me—with a heart 15 Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty, I look about, and should the guide I chuse Be nothing better than a wandering cl... ...se lost 90 Entirely, seeing nought, nought hearing, save When here and there about the grove of oaks Where was my bed, an acorn from the trees Fell au... ...nicles of kings, Suffered in silence for the love of truth; 205 How that one Frenchman, through continued force Of meditation on the inhuman deeds Of ... ...r me The passions that build up our human Soul, Not with the mean and vulgar works of Man, But with high objects, with enduring things, With life and ... ...uits Are prompt attendants, ’mid that giddy bliss 615 Which, like a tempest, works along the blood And is forgotten; even then I felt Gleams like the ...

...Excerpt: Book First; Introduction -- Childhood and School-time -- OH, there is blessing in this gentle breeze, That blows from the green fields and from the clouds And from the sky; it beats against my cheek, And seems half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! A captive greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, fro...

...-time (Continued), 20 -- Book Third Residence at Cambridge, 34 -- Book Fourth Summer Vacation, 53 -- Book Fifth Books, 67 -- Book Sixth Cambridge and the Alps, 85 -- Book Seventh Residence in London, 105 -- Book Eighth Retrospect: Love of Nature Leading to Love of Mankind, 126 -- Book Ninth Residence in France, 150 -- Book Tenth Residence in France and French Revolution, 1...

...ATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ............................ 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANA... ..................................................................... 160 THE REVOLUTION OF GREECE. ........................................................ ...is to add, that this is the prin- ciple upon which our adult neighbors the French seem to value a battle. T o any man who, like myself, admires the hi... ...y man who, like myself, admires the high-toned, mar- tial gallantry of the French, and pays a cheerful tribute of respect to their many intellectual t... ...lorence to Rome, she sat to various artists, in order to meet the interest about herself already rising amongst the cardinals and other dignitaries of... ...collected; it stretched pretty equably through two centuries,—namely, from about 1600 to 1800,—and might, perhaps, amount to seventeen thousand volume...

...Excerpt: These papers I am anxious to put into the hands of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in havin...

...s MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANATORY NOTICES...................................................................................................

...e by Anthony Trollope A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Relics of General Chasse by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...Brabant—was a part of Holland; and it ob- tained its own independence by a revolution. In that revo- lution the most important military step was the s... ...orne was called by all, and called him- self, a happy man. His stature was about six feet two, and his corpulence exceeded even those bounds which sym... ...hine; and we had reached Brussels on our return, just at the close of that revolution which ended in affording a throne to the son- in-law of George t... ...tailor has done him more than justice.” They were certainly large, and had about them a charm- ing regimental military appearance. They were made of w... ...hat he spoke a little English. Of Flemish I knew literally nothing, and in French, with which probably he was also acquainted, I was by no means volub...

...Excerpt: That Belgium is now one of the European kingdoms, living by its own laws, resting on its own bottom, with a king and court, palaces and parliament of its own, is known to all the world. And a very nice little kingdom it is; full of old towns, fine Flem...

...LICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ....................................................................... .............................................................. 206 CHAPTER X: FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND REBELLION............ 227 CHAPTER XI... ...al dedicated to purposes of politi- cal change such as many people thought revolutionary. I thought so myself, and did not go along with its politics.... ...CTION OF CHILDHOOD THE AFFLICTION OF CHILDHOOD THE AFFLICTION OF CHILDHOOD ABOUT THE CLOSE OF MY SIXTH YEAR, suddenly the first chap- ter of my life c... ...leted my second year; namely, 1st, a remarkable dream of terrific grandeur about a favorite nurse, which is interesting to myself for this reason—that... ...hat then desolated France; for, on the contrary, they detested every thing French, and answered with brotherly signals to the cry of “Church and king,...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expre...

...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION .........................................................

...rs by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...ing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; sketch of Dumas in 1869, French artist Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsy... ...ing their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have noth- ing mythologica... ...out to have the honor to relate to our readers have noth- ing mythological about them. A short time ago, while making researches in the Royal Library ... ...d by chance upon the Memoirs of M. D’Artagnan, printed—as were most of the works of that period, in which authors could not tell the truth without the... ...r of Romance of the Rose was born, appeared to be in as perfect a state of revolution as if the Huguenots had just made a second La Rochelle of it. Ma... ...t the safety of the state, or to serve the intrigues of a woman who in not French and who has a Spanish heart. Fortunately we have the great cardinal;...

...Preface: In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names? ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them....

...hael Angelo Titmarch” A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Second Funeral of Napoleon by William Makepeace Thackeray, writing as “... ...epeace Thackeray, writing as “Michael Angelo Titmarch” is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...and many and many is the puzzle that I have had in reading History (or the works of fiction which go by that name), to know whether I should laud up t... ... to the best of my small capabilities, to imitate the remarkable character about whom I was read- ing, or whether I should fling aside the book and th... ...fancy in the gloom that they are sages. And many a man sets a great wreath about his pate and struts abroad a hero, whose claims we would all of us la... ...t the beginning; premising, in the first place, that Monsieur Guizot, when French Ambas- sador at London, waited upon Lord Palmerston with a request t... ... a request that the body of the Emperor Napoleon should be given up to the French nation, in order that it might find a final resting-place in French ... ...pure fount of eloquence went dribbling, dribbling on, till of a sudden the revolution- ary workmen knocked down statue and fountain, and the gorgeous ...

...Excerpt: It is no easy task in this world to distinguish between what is great in it, and what is mean; and many and many is the puzzle that I have had in reading History (or the works of fiction which go by that name), to know whether I should laud up to the skies, and endeavor, to the best of my small capabilities, to imitate the remarkable chara...

...tion Honorine by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...nsieur Achille Deveria An affectionate remembrance from the Author. IF THE FRENCH have as great an aversion for traveling as the English have a propen... ...on for traveling as the English have a propensity for it, both English and French have perhaps sufficient reasons. Something better than En- gland is ... ...ner, and you will have the pic- ture presented by the terrace of the villa about the middle of May—a picture in which the predominant figure was that ... ...his family. This diplomate, a man of four-and-thirty, who had been married about six years, was the living portrait of Lord Byron. The familiarity of ... ...e you not the reputation of your name to leave me, the memory of your good works—?’ “ ‘We need say nothing of that inheritance,’ he replied, smiling. ... ...adiction which the legislators of the Code, still feeling the blows of the revolutionary storm, had established between civil and religious law, and w...

...Excerpt: If the French have as great an aversion for traveling as the English have a propensity for it, both English and French have perhaps sufficient reasons. Something better than England is everywhere to be found; whereas it is exces...

...A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occu... ...le occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all t... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...en who continued all the while in London. Never made public before I t was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbo... ... of merchants and others who corresponded abroad, and from them was handed about by word of mouth only; so that things did not spread instantly over t... ...end of November or the beginning of December 1664 when two men, said to be Frenchmen, died of the plague in Long Acre, or rather at the upper end of ... ...d six. of the spotted-fever. It was, however, upon inquiry found that this Frenchman who died in Bearbinder Lane was one who, having lived in Long Acr... ... by the astronomers for such things, and that their motions and even their revolutions are calculated, or pretended to be calculated, so that they can... ...building the public edifices after the fire of London, and in building new works, such as, for the first part, the Guildhall, Blackwell Hall, part of ...

...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and ...

...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is... ...Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ar Baron,—Y ou have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast “History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,” you have given me so much encour... ...the Church or Finance. Intrusted in the days of yore with the keeping of a French March, the title of marquis in their family meant no shadow of imagi... ...r interest as it were; there was something theatrical, something unearthly about them. “Whenever, in after times, I have gone through museums of old f... ...esence of that proud court.” The disasters of 1813 and 1814, which brought about the downfall of Napoleon, gave new life to the Collection of Antiquit... ...ich would hear of no kind of com- promise with those whom they styled, not Revolutionaries, but revolted subjects, or, in more parliamentary language,... ...to Diderot’s homespun characters (see the first editions of those writers’ works). The Marquis always wore a white, gold-embroidered, high waistcoat, ...

...Excerpt: Dear Baron, you have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast ?History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,? you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most importan...

...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ... of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between... ...; strange to say, on the day the sun failed him, in 1812, his luck ceased! About four in the afternoon on the fifteenth of November, 1803, the sun was... ...forest, mills, and meadows. This almost regal property belonged before the Revolution to the family of Simeuse. Ximeuse was a feudal estate in Lorrain... ...s. “Where’s the boy?” said Michu to his wife. “Round the pond; he is crazy about the frogs and the in- sects,” answered the mother. Michu whistled in ... ...mer bailiff in the Simeuse family. This man, a lawyer before and after the Revolution, was afraid of the keeper; he made him his bailiff with a salary... ...Empire was just dawning. Those who in these days read the histories of the French Revolution can form no con- ception of the vast spaces which public ...

...Excerpt: The autumn of the year 1803 was one of the finest in the early part of that period of the present century which we now call ?Empire.? Rain had refreshed the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still gree...

...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...roduced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...nd New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of... ... La Plata comes next in space, and prob ably in habitable capacity, having about eight ninths of its area; then comes that of the Yenisei, with abou... ...d throwing in civili zation and whiskey, ‘for lagniappe;’ and in Canada the French were schooling them in a rudimentary way, missionarying among them... ... value it or even take any particular notice of it. But at last La Salle the Frenchman conceived the idea of seeking out that river and exploring it. ... ...rotted and died, the French monarchy had gone down in the red tempest of the revolution, and Napoleon was a name that was begin ning to be talked abo... ...d; and when they had got a trip, they took them to Orleans to the Government works.” “What for?” “Why, to make soldier shoes out of their hides. All t...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and...