...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of... ...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story... ...t: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ..., and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in evening dre... ...k, urged or guided them forward, distressed, pre- occupied, adjuring their parties to keep together; in their white-gloved fingers they held their tic... ... something.” But Laura, preoccupied with looking for the Cresslers, hardly listened. Aunt Wess’, whose count was confused by all these figures murmure... ...was eighteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was... ...hteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was an imp... ...e was not a trace of the snob about Charles Cressler. No one could be more democratic. But at the same time, as this interview proceeded, he could not...

Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

...EARCH MAGNIFICENT by H. G. Wells (1915) (1915) (1915) (1915) (1915) A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H... ... (1915) (1915) (1915) A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...RIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ... we have perished at the stake or faced the levelled muskets of the firing party—“No, do not bandage my eyes”—because we would not betray the secret p... ...think he’ d kill a schoolboy for honest doubt. Even old Roddles—” “I can’t listen to you,” cried Latham the humourist, “I can’t listen to you. It’s—ho... ...sibilities, he did not say what he was going to be, proconsul, ambassador, statesman, for days. And he talked vaguely of wanting to do something fine,... ...ssions that all ultimately re- solved themselves into an antagonism of the democratic and the aristocratic idea. And his part was, he found, to be the... ...If you are going for the handsome thing in life then the world has to be a united world, Benham, as a matter of course. That was settled when the rail... ...ays, he had been attentively inconspicuous in several really good week-end parties. He had spent a golden Octo- ber in North Italy with his mother, an...

Excerpt: The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells.

...Night and Day by Virginia Woolf A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woo... ...ssics Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...cs Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ... enough to show that Mrs. Hilbery was so rich in the gifts which make tea- parties of elderly distinguished people successful, that she scarcely neede... ...and bread and but- ter was discharged for her. Considering that the little party had been seated round the tea-table for less than twenty minutes, the... ...g downstairs in the drawing-room describing his afternoon’s adventures, or listening to the afternoon’s adventures of other people; the room itself, t... ...o whether she should say anything more or not. A feeling of great intimacy united the brother and sister, and the semicircular lines above their eyebr... ...e measures not yet appar- ent to him, he had conquered her interest. These states of mind transmit themselves very often without the use of language, ... ...ed of a very few pages, entitled, in a forcible hand, “Some Aspects of the Democratic State.” The aspects dwindled out in a cries- cross of blotted li...

...A Little Tour In France by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by He... ...ERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...you feel that the building has something to say, and that you must stop to listen to it. Within, it has a vast and splendid nave, of immense height,—t... ...mily of its master was staying there; and yet she was loath to turn away a party of which she was good enough to say that it had a grand genre; for, a... ...ter of his own. This trifling incident reminded me afresh that France is a democratic country. I think I received an admonition to the same effect fro... ...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ... ... are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune of an o... .... In the year 436, Theodoric, King of the Visigoths, superseded both these parties; and it is during his occupation that the inner enceinte was raised...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Linco... ...olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publica... ...en of 1856 very differently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of 1856, in your district: Counties. Counties. Bu... ...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...ion of Judge Douglas, and such were the opinions of the leading men of the Democratic Party. Even as late as the spring of 1856 Mr. Buchanan said, a s... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ... dif- ference, as I understand it, between the Democratic and Re- publican parties, on the leading issues of the campaign. This question has been put ... ...the revival of the slave trade whenever you want it. If you question this, listen awhile, consider awhile what I shall advance in support of that prop...

...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

...nry 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 the Pennsylvania ... ...ENN 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 the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ... the chang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was ... ...ang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was long in... ...y James tainers who come down by train when people in the coun- try give a party; they represented the contract for carry- ing the party on. That was ... ...isci- pline of the nursery was delightfully vague and the op- portunity of listening to the conversation of one’s elders (which with Isabel was a high... ...quite realise. You and I, you know, we know what it is to have lived under democratic institutions: I always thought them very comfortable, but I was ... ...Turner and Assyrian bulls were a poor substi- tute for the literary dinner-parties at which she had hoped to meet the genius and renown of Great Brita...

Excerpt: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

...When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. ... ...s by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...hing flashed into Isbister’s mind; he started, and leaning over the table, listened. An unpleas- ant suspicion grew stronger; became conviction. Aston... ... His gestures had the quality of physical threats. “I do not know who your party may be. I am in the dark, and you keep me in the dark. But I know thi... ...e now. He was in some way the owner of half the world, and great political parties were fighting to possess him. On the one hand was the White Council... ...g, sleeping till he died. He knew that quite well! And plump! a man in the United States, who had lost two sons in a boat accident, fol- lowed that up... ...ping till he died. He knew that quite well! And plump! a man in the United States, who had lost two sons in a boat accident, fol- lowed that up with a... ...rol them?” The Surveyor-General did, “entirely.” Now, Graham, in his later democratic days, had taken a keen interest in these and his questioning qui...

Excerpt: When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells.

...MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by He... ...elville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...s Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanist... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanistan.” Th... ...s mast- 56 Moby Dick head and sit on the hatches there where you sit, and listen as you listen, while some one of you reads me that other and more aw... ...ildad, to my no small surprise, considering that he was such an interested party in these proceedings; Bildad never heeded us, but went on mumbling to... ...shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dig- nity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Hi... ...ye stand. Commend the murderous chalices! Bestow them, ye who are now made parties to this indissoluble league. Ha! Starbuck! but the deed is done! Y ...

Excerpt: Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville.

...SANDRA BELLONI Originally Emilia in England By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Mere... ...ics Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ne by their Christian names, and the way that he would catalogue emperors, states- men, and noblemen known to him, with familiar indiffer- ence, as th... ...ra Belloni pretty imperiousness; and when at last he consented to join the party, they thanked him with a nicely simulated warmth, believing that they... ...o be of the family. And I main- tain it against him, who have nevertheless listened attentively to the eulogies pronounced by the vendors of prize bac... ...d: “though,” as she said to Arabella, “you must know I abomi- nate musical parties, and think them the most absurd of en- tertainments possible; but i... ...ing it the footman came up to Arabella. Misfortunes, we know, are the most united family on earth. The news brought to her was that a lady of the name... ...red, clenching her little hands. The patriotic melody, delivered in sturdy democratic fash- ion, had to be endured. It died hard, but did come to an e...

...Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is ... ...ic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party. They included a fountain pen and a silver pencil (always lacking a s... ...n’t we try something in poetry? Honest, it’d have wonderful pulling-power. Listen: ‘Mid pleasures and palaces, Wherever you may roam, You just prov... ...ght expensive ties “and could pay cash for ‘em, too, by golly;” and at the United Cigar Store, with its crimson and gold alertness, he reflected, “Won... ...bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at the top... .... Vecchia was not a caterer, he was The Caterer of Zenith. Most coming-out parties were held in the white and gold ballroom of the Maison Vecchia; at ... ...d given him the beginning of a repu- tation for oratory, so the Republican-Democratic Central Committee sent him to the Seventh Ward and South Ze- nit...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-...

...SARTOR RESARTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh By Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SE... ...RTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh By Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and... ...lyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publicat... ... to. For not this man and that man, but all men make up mankind, and their united tasks the task of mankind. How often have we seen some such adventur... ...s all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed. Perhaps it is proof of the stunted condition in which pure Science,... ... of, might endanger the circulation of any Journal extant? If, indeed, all party-divisions in the State could have been abolished, Whig, Tory, and Rad... ...everal; meaning thereby that, one day, he would probably be hanged for his democratic sentiments. Wo steckt doch der Schalk? added they, looking round... ...nd these Chapters, that it may be thrown out as a pertinent ques- tion for parties concerned, Whether or not a good English Translation thereof might ... ...mstances, might be, followed Teufelsdrockh, through the various successive states and stages of Growth, Entanglement, Unbelief, and almost Reprobation...

Excerpt: Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

...rcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore... ...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley... ...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...ntrived to have his name effaced from the ordinance and put on the retired list with a pen- sion, and the rank of colonel. Madame Marion, nee Giguet, ... ...igned supreme, she now opened her salon to the notabilities of the liberal party in Arcis. A woman accustomed to the advan- tages of salon royalty doe... ...omise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be... ...tion. That affair divides to this day the arrondissement of Arcis into two parties; one of which declares the inno- cence of the condemned; the other ... ... Historical Mystery.”] The Marions, Grevins, and Giguets were all the more united be- cause the triumph of their political opinions, called “consti- t... ...us conservatives, whereas Monsieur Dorlange inclines in a marked degree to democratic principles. This unexpected superiority in my problematical foll...

...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no...

...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ... THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipat... ...Y H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publicat... ...e end it will burn them all. The greatest of the Western Allies is now the United States of America, and the Americans have come into this war simply ... ...t will burn them all. The greatest of the Western Allies is now the United States of America, and the Americans have come into this war simply for an ... ...ant demo- cratic air; one sovereign state, one vote. Now let us run over a list of sovereign states and see to what this leads us. We find our list in... ...nd urgent merely European necessities, a patch-up that has been made quasi-democratic in a series of after- thoughts, the American Constitution is a r... ...d single vote method of election is employed it has to be fought on purely party lines. He is the select man of the Democratic half, or of the Republi... ...andates in this matter. At present all the po- litical luncheon and dinner parties in London are busy with smirking discussions of “Who is to go?” The...

...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essen...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Linco... ...olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publicat... ... yet it is in a peculiar degree both illustrative and typical of the great statesman who made it, alike in its strong com- 4 The Writings of Abraham ... ...oughout his entire life, and especially after he rose to leadership in his party, Lincoln was stirred to his depths by the sense of fealty to a lofty ... ... American statesman since Washington, the statesman who in this absolutely democratic republic succeeded best, was the very man who actually combined ... ...the hero. And, though it is not for us, as for those who in awed stillness listened at Gettysburg with inspired perception, to know Abraham Lincoln, y... ...s; he read Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim’s Progress, a short history of the United States, and Weems’s Life of Washington. To the town constable’s he w... ...f the State at least, as the representative combatants of their respective parties in the debates be- fore popular meetings. As soon, therefore, as, a...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too st...

... Don Juan by George Byron is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Don Juan by George Byron is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ... Don Juan by George Byron is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and witho... ...ching, leaving still behind Something of which its masters are afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress... ...t, to such doings I ‘m a stranger, But hear these freedoms form the utmost list Of all o’er which such love may be a ranger: If people go beyo... ... Love’s, and Night’s, and Ocean’s solitude, O’erflow’d her soul with their united power; Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude She and her ... ...rong. And here, assembled cross legg’d round their trays, Small social parties just begun to dine; Pilaus and meats of all sorts met the gaze,... ...e. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Four” 114 By one of these, the buffo of the party, Juan was told about their curious case; For although destine... ...the other way, And wax an ultra royalist in loyalty, Because I hate even democratic royalty. I think I should have made a decent spouse, If ...

...Excerpt: Dedication. Bob Southey! You?re a poet -- Poet-laureate, And representative of all the race, Although ?t is true that you turn?d out a Tory at Last,-- yours has lately been a common case; And now, my Epic Renegade! what are ye at? With all the Lakers, in and out of place? A nest of tuneful persons, t...

...BEAUCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George ... ...Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ies Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...raigned the parliamentary Opposition for having inflated her to serve base party purposes. The Opposition challenged the allegations of Government, po... ...they were sure he would defend them. The men he addressed were civil. They listened to him, sometimes with smiles and sometimes with laughter, but app... ...hile Lords and Commons suggest the decapitation of the leading figure. The united three, however, no longer cast re- flections on one another, and wer... ...one by them. Probably the farmers expected them not to eat. ‘There are two parties to a bargain,’ said Everard, ‘and one gets the worst of it. But if ... ...roportion to their utility? That was the question for Nevil Beauchamp. The democratic spirit inhabiting him, tempo- rarily or permanently, asked wheth... ...ead of ancient Egyp- tians in spirituality or in priestcraft! They call it statesman- ship. O for a word for it! Let Palsy and Cunning go to form a wo...

...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 cr...

...First and Last Things A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life By H.G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Se... ...nd Last Things A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life By H.G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication First and Last Things: A Conf... ...: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ntal beliefs, our rules of conduct, we must all make for ourselves. We may listen and read, but the views of others we cannot take on credit; we must ... ... knowledge. Imagine a large clear jelly, in which at all angles and in all states of simplicity or contor- tion his ideas are imbedded. They are all v... ...r conversion we did this darkly and with our hate spreading to persons and parties from the things for which they stood. But the believer will hate lo... ...ollows:— “I can see no reason why even to-day a number of persons avowedly united in the same ‘Belief’ and recognizing each other as the self-constitu... ...mon Man has worked and is working infinite mischief. In politics the crude democratic faith leads directly to the submission of every question, howeve... ...d devel- opment. Any collective human enterprise, institution, move- ment, party or state, is to be judged as a whole and complerely, as it conduces m...

...Introduction: Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extremely uncertain in our outlook upon life, about our religious feelings and in our ...

...lated by Arthur Hugh Clough A P A P A P A P A Penn S enn S enn S enn S enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication tate Electronic Classics Serie... ... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...lutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...rom the gods. Both warriors; that by all the world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famou... ..., held him in the highest estimation, and was never more satisfied than in listening to any that gave an account of him; especially those that had see... ...the public affairs full 12 V olume One of all confusion, and divided into parties and factions, Aegeus also, and his whole private family, laboring u... ...e Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the... ...the town. And here, they say, Alycus, the son of Sciron, was slain, of the party of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), from whom a place in Megara, whe... ...to make great innovations. The frame of govern- ment which Numa formed was democratic and popular to 128 V olume One the last extreme, goldsmiths and...

.... 5 ROMULUS ........................................................................................................................... 34 COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS .............................................................. 64 LYCURGUS .......................................................................................................................... 68 ...

...The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English O... ... By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publicati... ...QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Penn... ...s his peremptory negative on all these flattering prospects. Second in the list of his household, stands his pretty and amiable wife, who is happy aft... ...m now in the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreea... ...n the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as ... ...g it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as a need- less proclamation of ind... ... make the locking of his door coincident with the dismissal of his evening party. Upon these and other grounds of alarm (particularly this, that Mrs. ... ...een heard from the lips of Mrs. Williamson, is due to the positions of the parties as I have sketched them. Coming behind Mrs. Williamson, unseen ther...

Excerpt: The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey.

...Contents The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater ...4 THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS .............................................................................................. 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE.......

...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other ... ... and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...ainless private morals who votes for a thief for public office, on his own party’s ticket, and against an honest man on the other ticket. O.M. He has ... ...s Mormons—and so on? Y.M. You may answer your question yourself. O.M. That list of sects is not a record of studies, searchings, seekings after light... ...main thing to them. It can make this life comparatively comfortable to the parties concerned; the neglect of this training can make this life a const... ... as well as English, and that answered very well. English and alien poets, statesmen, artists, heroes, battles, plagues, cataclysms, revolutions—we sh... ...grew with a rush; it brought inspiration and cheer with it. Midnight saw a united community, full of zeal and pluck, and with a clearly defined and we... ...and un expected way: Republican, a sinner mentioned in the Bible. Also in Democratic newspapers now and then. Here are two where the mistake has resu...

...................................................................................................................................................... 4 THE DEATH OF JEAN ............................................................................................................................................ 75 THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE .....................................