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Our Mutual Friend

By: Charles Dickens

...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the P... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Payer-off of the National Debt, a Poem on Shakespeare, a Grievance, and a Public Office, who all seem to be utter strangers to V eneering. And yet im... ...em—that don’t you think they overdo it? And are human labourers to have no holidays, because of the bees? And am I never to have change of air, becaus... ...Holiday he blowed!’ said Fledgeby, entering. ‘What have you got to do with holidays? Shut the door.’ With his former action the old man obeyed. In the... ...ing forward to lay his hand upon the Lock-keeper’s shoulder. ‘These are my holidays.’ ‘Are they, by George!’ muttered Riderhood, with his eyes on the ...

...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, a...

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Countess Kate

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...OUNTESS KATE by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Countess Kate by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pe... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Countess Kate by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...f the two aunts was only kept in check by the good manners that hindered a public scolding; but Lord de la Poer only laughed heartily, and said, “Inde... ...lly. Another was that when the De la Poers begged that she might spend the holidays with them, and from father and mother down- wards were full of kin... ...h that told how little she could make up to him for the son he had left in Egypt. Yet, perhaps that sigh made Kate long with more fervent love for som...

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David Copperfield Volume One Chapters One through Twenty-Eight

By: Charles Dickens

...ne through Twenty-eight A Penn State University Electronic Classics Series Publication David Copperfield, Volume One, Containing chapters one through... ...One, Containing chapters one through twenty-eight, by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the docu- ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. David Copperfield, Volume One, Containing chapters one through ... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...are going for your own good. Good-bye, my child. You will come home in the holidays, and be a better boy. Clara! Miss Murdstone repeated. Certainl... ... ink, surrounding all. I well remember though, how the distant idea of the holidays, after seeming for an immense time to be a stationary speck, began... ...dles, but the sound of the coach- man touching up the horses. CHAPTER 8 MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON WHEN WE ARRIVED before day at the ...

...Excerpt: I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regr...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

... of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Orms... ...uixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsb... ...1- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun. H... ...but of plenty more; for when it is harvest-time, the reapers flock here on holidays, and there is always one among them who can read and who takes up ... ...’s good intentions, and it was agreed that on two days in the week, and on holidays, Lothario should come to dine with him; but though this arrange- m...

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The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

... 483 CHAPTER 1 1 CHAPTER 1 U nder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as a... ... dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course nev... ...ou partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do—the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in be ginning to unfold ... ...burton; “and in that case could there be a better proof of wealth? Let not a public benefactor talk of one’s being too fond of pleasure.” “Daddy’s ver... ...rtunity for dancing, plenty of new dresses, the London Spectator, the latest publications, the music of Gounod, the poetry of Browning, the prose of G... ...e journalistic talent and a genius for guessing, as Henrietta said, what the public was going to want, one was not therefore to conclude that one had ... ... help me to decide whether my daughter shall return to you at the end of the holidays.” “I hope you’ll decide in our favour, madame,” the sister in sp... ...k, for I’ve been so much away from him. Papa has always been principally for holidays. I miss Madame Catherine almost more; but you must not tell him ... ...embarked on this expedition, and spent three months in Greece, in Turkey, in Egypt. Isabel found much to interest her in these countries, though Madam...

...Excerpt: CHAPTER 1; Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some people of course never do--the situation is in itself deligh...

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Tess of the Durbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy

...ase the First — The Maiden 1 Phase the First — The Maiden I O n an evening in the latter part of May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Sha... ...le aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blake more or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that ca... ...moor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line. He ... ..., had all. A difficulty of arranging their lips in this crude ex posure to public scrutiny, an inability to balance their heads, and to dissociate sel... ...ee brethren told casual acquaintance that they were spending their Whitsun holidays in a walking tour through the Vale of Blackmoor, their course bein... ... will not detain us long?’ ‘No — no; nonsense!’ said the first. ‘Dancing in public with a troop of country hoydens — suppose we should be seen! Come al... ...’ said Tess impetuously, the tears welling to her eyes. ‘O my God! Go to a public house to get up his strength! And you as well agreed as 14 Phase th... ...ies it was a pleasant excitement which might possibly be an advantage. The Egypt of one family was the Land of Promise to the family who saw it from a... ...ho saw it from a distance, till by residence there it became in turn their Egypt also; and so they changed and changed. However, all the mutations so ...

...Excerpt: Phase the First; The Maiden -- I -- On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in...

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The Glimpses of the Moon

By: Edith Wharton

...mpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton is a publication of ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...was a middle-age of poorly-paid hack-work, miti- gated by brief and frugal holidays. He knew that he was more intelligent than the average, but he had... ...ts always added: “And you know he writes.” As a matter of fact, the paying public had remained cold to his few published pages; but he lived among the... ...on varnishing-day …. Who? Well, Eddy Breckenridge, for instance. He was in Egypt, you say? Per- haps he was! As if one could remember the people about... ...everish making of winter plans, hurrying off to the Riviera or St. Moritz, Egypt or New Y ork, there was no time to hunt up the vanished or to wait fo...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

... Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania St... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ...8201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, t... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ... of his parish’s opinions; writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we ‘modify’ before we p... ...uch a dark night?—Why, you said—” “Never mind what I said,—’twas as dark as Egypt now, though pretty soon the moon began to rise, and——” “You mean th... ...high collared, puff sleeved, glaring pallidly out from a background of solid Egyptian night. Under a glass French clock dome, large bouquet of stiff f... ... like it i wish i was nere you so i could send you chuck (RE- FRESHMENTS) on holidays; it would spoil this weather from here, but i will send you a bo...

...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 of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...22 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 e... ...on Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun. H... ...but of plenty more; for when it is harvest-time, the reapers flock here on holidays, and there is always one among them who can read and who takes up ... ...’s good intentions, and it was agreed that on two days in the week, and on holidays, Lothario should come to dine with him; but though this arrange- m...

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Beauchamp's Career

By: George Meredith

...UCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State U... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...keep them at bloodheat, and myself calm as a statue of Memnon in prostrate Egypt! He sits there waiting for the sunlight; I here, and readier to be mu... ...gratitude which afflicts the free fighting man yet more than the malleable public servant. The latter has a clerkly humil- ity attached to him like a ... ...e a girl leaned on her folded arms, and eyed them coming and going by with Egyptian gravity. ‘How strange a power of looking these people have,’ said ... ...k to no absolution of evil acts.’ The school was a hard one. It denied him holidays; it cut him off from dreams. It ran him in heavy harness on a roug...

...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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Barnaby Rudge a Tale of the Riots of Eighty

By: Charles Dickens

...iots of Eighty by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty by Charles Dick... ... Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document ... ...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty by Charles Dicke... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ..., as he called himself, and required all men to style him out of doors, on holidays, and Sundays out,— was an old fashioned, thin faced, sleek haired,... ... procure a copy of it), the ‘prentices had, in times gone by, had frequent holidays of right, broken people’s heads by scores, defied their mas ters,... ...de bold by despair. ‘She’s the misery of my life. She’s all the plagues of Egypt in one.’ ‘She’s considered so, I have no doubt,’ said Mrs V arden. ‘I...

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The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

...of a Lady by Henry James A PENN S TAT E ELE C T R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of th... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State U... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...of 1879. Like “Roderick” and like “The American,” it had been designed for publication in The Atlantic Monthly, where it began to appear in 1880. It d... ...elp me to decide whether my daughter shall return to you at the end of the holidays.” “I hope you’ll decide in our favour, madame,” the sister in spec... ...barked on this expedition, and spent three months in Greece, in Turkey, in Egypt. Isabel found much to interest her in these countries, though Madame ... ... as these emo- tions had remained. She came back by the last of March from Egypt and Greece and made another stay in Rome. A few days after her arriva...

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The Trespasser

By: D. H. Lawrence

...The Trespasser By D. H. Lawrence A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Trespasser by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Penns... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Trespasser by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...hed up her face yearningly for a kiss. He forgot they were standing in the public footpath, in daylight, till she drew hastily away. She heard footste... ...s so gone on Beatrice when I married her. She had only just come back from Egypt. Her father was an army officer, a very handsome man, and, I believe,... ...t you’ d be thanking Heaven that sanity was given me in large doses.’ ‘And holidays in small,’ laughed Louisa. ‘Good! No, I like your madness, if you ...

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Kenilworth

By: Sir Walter Scott

...KENILWORTH by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...ton, or in some other of their Roman dens, instead of living in a house of public entertainment, as every honest man and good Christian should. Beside... ...re the name of Holiday quasi lucus a non lucendo, because he gave such few holidays to his school. “Hence,” said he, “the schoolmaster is termed, clas... ...he patriarch Abraham feigned Sarah to be his sister when they went down to Egypt.” “Ay, sir,” answered the Countess; “but God rebuked that deceit even... ...onds of ignorance, my son,” answered Alasco, “and as yet burning bricks in Egypt; or, at best, wandering in the dry desert of Sinai. Thou didst ill to...

...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have approached the task with the sam...

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Adam Bede

By: George Eliot

...ot [pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans] A PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Adam Bede by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] is a publication o... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Adam Bede by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans], the Pennsylvania S... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...d for a light and a draught of water (beer was a thing only to be drunk on holidays), and Lisbeth ventured to say as she took it in, “Thy supper stan’... ...s, when Adam was someway on in his teens, and Thias began to loiter at the public-houses, and Lisbeth began to cry at home, and to pour forth her plai... ...the King’s health, the sweet new patterns in cotton dresses, the news from Egypt, and Lord Dacey’s lawsuit, which was fretting poor Lady Dacey to deat... ...d take this, and see if he likes to live in a house wi’ all the plagues o’ Egypt in’t—wi’ the cellar full o’ water, and frogs and toads hoppin’ up the...

...Excerpt: With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen, I will show you the roomy workshop of Mr...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...K; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania St... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...a broiled fowl than I will. It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummi... ...ly open. It had a care- less look, as if it were meant for the uses of the public; so, entering, the first thing I did was to stumble over an ash-box ... ...ial, jolly brightness peculiar to his tribe; a tribe, which ever enjoy all holidays and festivities with finer, freer relish than any other race. For ... ...trading-ship Dey of Algiers, I was invited to spend part of the Arsacidean holidays with the lord of Tranque, at his retired palm villa at Pupella; a ...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...rk Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 67 Cutting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 68 The Bla... ...a broiled fowl than I will. It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummi... ...ngly open. It had a careless look, as if it were meant for the uses of the public; so, entering, the first thing I did was to stumble over an ash box i... ...ave been a great central chimney with fire places all round — you enter the public room. A still duskier place is this, with such low ponderous beams a... ...f the actual disasters and deaths by casualties in the fishery, ever finds a public record at home, however transient and immediately forgotten that rec... ...ial, jolly brightness peculiar to his tribe; a tribe, which ever enjoy all holidays and festivities with finer, freer relish than any other race. For b... ...trading ship Dey of Algiers, I was invited to spend part of the Arsacidean holidays with the lord of Tranque, at his retired palm villa at Pupella; a ...

...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dus...

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Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence

...Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsy... ... D. H. Lawrence A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, t... ... She was passionately inter- ested in reform, her soul was given up to the public cause. But she was a man’s woman, it was the manly world that held h... ...beginning and end of the 48 school week, and the beginning and end of the holidays. This was a whole life! Sometimes she had periods of tight horror,... ...ir cut short in the artist fashion, hanging level and full almost like the Egyptian princess’s. She was small and delicately made, with warm colouring... ... level on either side of her head, her straight, small, softened features, Egyptian in the slight fulness of their curves, her slender neck and the si...

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Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White

By: Rudyard Kipling

...Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys In Black and White By Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...Black and White By Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by... ...onic Classics Series Publication Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...by way av kapin’ his heart up, I tould him fwhat I saw wanst in a draf’ in Egypt.’ ‘What was that, Mulvaney?’ said I. ‘Sivin an’ fifty men sittin’ on ... ...le Dehra Doones, with a fine Mussoorie chi-chi anent to bring home for the holidays. CURTISS. And a pair of be-ewtiful sambhur-horns for Doone to wear... ...rucians of half 222 Soldiers Three their pet words; took any fragments of Egyptian philosophy that it found in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; annexed ...

Excerpt: Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling.

..................................................................................................................................................... 43 IN THE MATTER OF A PRIVATE ............................................................................................................................................. 56 BLACK JACK..............................................

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...n of Ormsby’s translation Part Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Orms... ...uixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsb... ...1- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...nt, there are thousands of examples, for all the Pharaohs and Ptolemies of Egypt, the Caesars of Rome, and the whole herd (if I may such a word to the... ...er, who accompanied Basilio’s party, and left behind him the flesh-pots of Egypt; though in his heart he took them with him, and their now nearly fini... ...e myself with is playing all fours at Eastertime, and bowls on Sundays and holidays; for these huntings don’t suit my condition or agree with my consc...

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The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

...ridge: Poems Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Easter Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dura Navis . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . 43 A Wish: Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10, 1792 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 An Ode in the ... ... . . . . 45 To Disappointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 A Fragment Found in a Lecture-Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Ode . . . .... ...n an Autumnal Evening . . . . . . . . . . 66 To Fortune: On buying a ticket in the Irish Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Perspiration. A Travel... ...irth-day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Epitaph - vii - Easter Holidays 1787 Hail! festal Easter that dost bring Approach of swee... ...His hours away in bliss shall glide Like Easter all the year. - 1 - Easter Holidays Coleridge: Poems Dura Navis 1787 To tempt the dangerous d... ...r are the shouts that shake the high-arch’d dome; Those plaudits that thy public path annoy, Alas! they tell thee — Thou’rt a wretch at home! O... ...he town, All follow’d, boy and dad, Bull-dog, parson, shopman, clown: The publicans rush’d from the Crown, ‘‘Halloo! hamstring him! cut him down!’... ... Or, at the furthest, cousin-german. At length the matter to determine, He publicly denounced the vermin; He spared the mouse, he praised the owl; ...

...Excerpt: Easter Holidays; Hail! festal Easter that dost bring Approach of sweetly-smiling spring, When Nature?s clad in green: When feather?d songsters through the grove With beasts confess the power of love And brighten all the scene. Now y...

...Table of Contents: Easter Holidays, 1 -- Dura Navis, 2 -- Nil Pejus est Caelibe Vit‘, 4 -- Sonnet to the Autumnal Moon, 5 -- Anthem for the Children of Christ?s Hospital, 6 -- Julia, 7 -- Quae Nocent Docent, 8 -- The Nose, 9 -- To the Muse, 11 -- Dest...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Magnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is... ...lication Magnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Magnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge, th... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e?” “If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath’s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she has had the measles last and worst, and t... ...cubicle after I went to the asylum. Some of the girls who went home in the holidays used to describe such rooms to us, but they could never have been ... ...ome back.” “Oh! if Mrs. Brownlow is so good as to let me come again in the holidays!” and she was all one flush of joy, looking round, and up in his f...

...d hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she has had the measles last and worst, and they don?t know what to do with her, for she came from the asylum for officers? daughters, and has no home at all, and they must go away to have the ho...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

...HE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations... ...iry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...18202 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...id attempt it. Of all the countries on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, Egypt seems to have been the first in which either agriculture or manu- fac... ...u- factures were cultivated and improved to any considerable degree. Upper Egypt extends itself nowhere above a few miles from the Nile; and in Lower ... ... than in France, the labouring poor seldom eat butcher’s meat, except upon holidays, and other extraordinary occasions. The money price of labour, the...

...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...n Garth W ermter Senior IT Consultant Serena B.Wille Counsel Peter Y erkes Public Affairs Assistant xiv COMMISSION STAFF xiv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:... ...eated the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Public Law 107-306, November 27, 2002). Our mandate was sweeping.The law di... ...ith the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony from 160 witnesses. PREFACE xv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26... ... February 1998, the 40-year-old Saudi exile Usama Bin Ladin and a fugitive Egyptian physician,Ayman al Zawahiri, arranged from their Afghan headquar- ... ... conspiracies to explain their world. Bin Ladin also relies heavily on the Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb.A mem- ber of the Muslim Brotherhood 11 execute... ...sts in Caucasus” (June 1999), “Bin Ladin to Exploit Looser Security During Holidays” (December 1999),“Bin Ladin Evad- ing Sanctions” (March 2000),“Bin...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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The Daisy Chain: Or, Aspirations : A Family Chronicle

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... Aspirations By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge is a pub... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsyl- vania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penn... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ted, by exercise in scenes of suffering. At the end of the previous summer holidays, Dr. May had been called one morning to attend a gentleman who had... ...broke off, for the noise subsided, and his speech was not intended for the public ear, so he dashed into the general conversation, and catching his ow... ...et; “because you haven’t got them.” “No, I believe Harry stole them in the holidays.” “Stole them!” said the doctor; “as if they weren’t my prop- erty... ...would come then, and he should be glad to sit up. “Only three weeks to the holidays,” said Ethel, trying to be cheerful; but his assent was depressing...

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Two Poets

By: Honoré de Balzac

...alzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Penns... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... oath succeeded the Comte de Maucombe as soon as the First Consul restored public wor- ship. The Abbe became a Bishop at the Restoration, and in after... ...Two Poets to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to r... ... fallen Napoleon, and with Mehemet Ali, massacring the foreign usurpers of Egypt. In short, any kind of genius was accom- modated with an aureole, and... ...ked of his ambassade de famille as he called it, he went off in despair to Egypt with General de Montriveau. A strange chapter of accidents separated ...

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The Long Vacation

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ONG VACATION BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of th... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s since the death of Felix, when kind old Mr. Grinstead died suddenly at a public meet- ing, leaving his widow well endowed, and the possessor of her ... ...aret Hall.” “Yes, it incited her to worry Wilfred beyond sufferance in his holidays. I know if you or Lily had been always at me I should have kicked ... ...on the Winchester roll, and that he was sure of entering college after the holidays. Gillian alone was allowed to go up to the station with her uncle ... ...ar was over, was at home, having broken down, and having spent most of her holidays with Mrs. Peter Brown, the wife of Sir Ferdinand’s partner. She ha...

...gged to consider the first few chapters as a sort of prologue, introduced for the sake of those of elder years, who were kind enough to be interested in the domestic politics of the Mohuns and the Underwoods....

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The Magician a Novel

By: Somerset Maugham

...NIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION The Magician by Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magician by Somerset Maugham , the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...A 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...t persuade himself to discard. The best part of his life had been spent in Egypt, in the practice of medicine, and the frigid summers of Europe scarce... ...ry, recounted the more extraordi nary operations that he had witnessed in Egypt. He had known Arthur Burdon ever since he was born, and indeed had mi... ... less than his courage, and it was plain that soon his reputation with the public would equal that which he had already won with the profession. Dr Po... ...wn reflections. T o avoid the crowd which throngs the picture galleries on holidays, they went to that part of the museum where an cient sculpture is...

...Excerpt: A Fragment of Autobiography. IN 1897, after spending five years at St Thomas?s Hospital I passed the examinations which enabled me to practise medicine. While still a medical student I had published a novel called Liza of Lambeth which caused a mild sens...

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John Keble's Parishes a History of Hursley and Otterbourne

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by... ... Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by ... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...elwyn, when left in England for education, often happily spent part of his holidays there. No doubt this had a share in his preparation for his future... ... And drove him to the slaughter, And by that means I won The King of Egypt’s daughter. Therefore, if any man dare enter this door I’ll hack...

...present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved c...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...UES by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Megatheria of history. The sails of their rare ships might be seen in the Egyptian waters; the camels of their caravans might thread the sands of Baa... ...n de Barbazure resolves upon putting his wife to death by the hands of the public executioner.) * * * TWO MINUTES BEFORE the clock struck noon... ...ble study of novels—ever since the day when, lying on sunny slopes of half-holidays, the fair 313 Burlesques chivalrous figures and beautiful shapes ... ...ng, making friends, and play- ing tricks from morning to night, during the holidays. Indeed, it 368 Thackeray was from young Mac that we first heard ...

...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and gl...

...Contents NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS ...................................................................................................... 4 NOONDAY IN CHEPE ....................................................................................................................... 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL............................................................................

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Little Dorrit Book One Poverty

By: Charles Dickens

...ook One Poverty by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens is a publi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsy... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...inuous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked a... ...om. The old articles of furniture were in their old places; the Plagues of Egypt, much the dimmer for the fly and smoke plagues of London, were framed... ... lap; and sat looking towards the fire, with the impenetrability of an old Egyptian sculpture. ‘Y ou knew my father infinitely better than I ever knew... ... through a city of cats, this old man passes in the streets. Sometimes, on holidays towards evening, he will be seen to walk with a slightly increased...

...t unreasonable to suppose that I may have held its threads with a more continuous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished....

...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...LUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a public... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsyl... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... children, in the hope of extorting ransoms for them. The mothers fill the public places with cries of despair; crowds gather, get excited: so many wo... ...oled he walks; reverend, glancing upwards, as in rapt commerce; an Antique Egyptian Hierophant in this new age. Soft music flits; breaking fitfully th... ...ing: “Sire, these are your faithful Lorrainers.” Cheerier verily, in these holidays, is this ‘skyblue faced with red’ of a National Guardsman, than th... ...d Ships, Ships l’Orient and the rest, have to carry this same young Man to Egypt first: not yet can they be changed to ashes, or to Sea-Nymphs; not ye...

............................................................................................................................ 27 Chapter 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. ...................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 1.2.III. Questionable. ...........................................................

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

...Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penns... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...inuous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked a... ...om. The old articles of furniture were in their old places; the Plagues of Egypt, much the dimmer for the fly and smoke plagues of London, were framed... ... through a city of cats, this old man passes in the streets. Sometimes, on holidays towards evening, he will be seen to walk with a slightly increased... ...ed me on what he could hide from his meals when he was not at home for the holidays and on dry bread in disgrace which at that halcyon period too freq...

...t unreasonable to suppose that I may have held its threads with a more continuous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished....

...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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Walden Or, Life in the Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

...als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 The Pond in Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Spr... ... HEN I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myse... ... neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands ... ...ave and prisoner of his own opinion of himself, a fame won by his own deeds. Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. Wh... ...eeping them open, and ravines bridged and passable at all seasons, where the public heel had testified to their utility. I have looked after the wild s... ...d you would have lost your labor. Nevertheless, we will not forget that some Egyptian wheat was handed down to us by a mummy. On the whole, I think th... ...veller who stops at the best houses, so called, soon discovers this, for the publicans presume him to be a Sardanapalus, and if he resigned him self ... ...builders, it is much the same all the world over, whether the building be an Egyptian temple or the United States Bank. It costs more than it comes to... ...assert that the Yankee has few amusements, because he has not so many public holidays, and men and boys do not play so many games as they do in Englan...

...Excerpt: WHEN I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. ...

... -- Higher Laws, 132 -- Brute Neighbors, 140 -- House-Warming, 149 -- Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors, 160 -- Winter Animals, 169 -- The Pond in Winter, 176 -- Spring, 186 -- Conclusion, 199...

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The Collected Poems

By: William Butler Yeats

...EN CHILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DOWN BY THE SAL... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 WHO GOES WITH FERGUS? . . . . . . ... ... TO SOME I HA VE TALKED WITH BY THE FIRE . . . . . . . . . . 44 TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 THE WIND AMONG THE R... ...ATS Or leave them happier than before. Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this ... ...est.’ Thereon my phoenix answered in reproof, ‘The drunkards, pilferers of public funds, All the dishonest crowd I had driven away, When my luck chang... ...OENIX THERE is a queen in China, or maybe it’s in Spain, And birthdays and holidays such praises can be heard Of her unblemished lineaments, a whitene... ..., rich and poor, Who trod upon these rocks or passed this door, Whether in public or in secret rage As I do now against old age? But I have found an a... ...ng, raging, and uprooting that he may come Into the desolation of reality: Egypt and Greece, good bye, and good bye, Rome! Hermits upon Mount Meru or ... ...Make him fill the cradles right. Measurement began our might: Forms a stark Egyptian thought, Forms that gentler Phidias wrought. Michael Angelo left a...

...ing fed; Grey Truth is now her painted toy; Yet still she turns her restless head: But O, sick children of the world, Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good. Where are now the warring kings, Word be-mockers?--By the Rood, Where are now the watring kings? An idle word is now the...

... -- THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE, 11 -- THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES, 12 -- EPHEMERA, 13 -- THE MADNESS OF KING GOLL, 13 -- THE STOLEN CHILD, 16 -- TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER, 17 -- DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS, 18 -- THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN, 18 -- THE BALLAD OF FATHER O?HART, 19 -- THE BALLAD OF MOLL MAGEE, 20 -- THE BALLAD OF THE FOXHUNTER, 22 -- THE ROSE 26 -- TO THE ROSE...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...dy in Narrative by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Egoist by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Spirit, had been curiously attentive three years earlier, long before the public announcement of his engagement to the beautiful Miss Durham, on the ... ... he saw the prototype of himself: also the Hebrew people in the bondage of Egypt, discoursed of by the clergymen, not with- out a likeness to him. “So... ...ITIA: WITH YOUNG CROSSJAY UNDER A COVERLET YOUNG CROSSJAY was a glutton at holidays and never thought of home till it was dark. The close of the day s...

...hapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the im...

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