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The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... . . . . . . . . . . . 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... ... . . . . 79 The Kiss . . . . . . . . 80 To a Young Lady: with a Poem on the French Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Translation of Wrangh... ... Joy. - 79 - The Kiss Coleridge: Poems To a Young Lady: with a Poem on the French Revolution 1794 Much on my early youth I love to dwell, Ere... ...eath to Beauty’s saintly shrine. - 80 - To a Young Lady: with a Poem on the French Revolution Coleridge: Poems Nor, Sara! thou these early flowers r... ...t Two lovely Mourners of their Sire bereft! ’Twas wrong, like this, which Rome’s first Consul bore, So by th’ insulted Female’s name he swore ... ...r one happy day, What I should call her in my lay; By what sweet name from Rome or Greece; Lalage, Neaera, Chloris, Sappho, Lesbia, or Doris Aret... ...oyal Highness the Princess Charlotte. By Hyman Hurwitz, Master of the Hebrew Academy, Highgate: with a Translation in English Verse, by S. T. Coleridg...

...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 youths the breaking stages load That swiftly rattling o?er the road To Greenwich haste away: While som...

...On Quitting School for College, 38 -- Absence: A Farewell Ode on Quitting School for Jesus College, Cambridge, 39 -- Happiness, 40 -- A Wish: Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10, 1792, 43 -- An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon, 44 -- To Disappointment, 45 -- A Fragment Found in a Lecture-Room, 46 -- Ode, 47 -- A Lover?s Complaint to his Mistress, 49 -- With Fielding?s ??Amelia??, ...

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The Subjection of Women

By: John Stuart Mill

...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 ... ...ained within the docu ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way . The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, the Pennsylvani... ...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... ... ven geance; and on the Continent much of it continued to the time of the French Revolution, though in England the earlier and better organisation of... ... execute them turn their arms against them, there are people who think the French incapable of free govern ment. Because the Greeks cheated the Turks... ...el, or of Nadir Shah, or of Caligula; but it was bad enough to justify the French Revolution, and to palliate even its horrors. If an ap peal be made... ...y be said of domestic slavery. It was quite an ordinary fact in Greece and Rome for slaves to submit to death by torture rather than betray their mast... ...cience and affection, is to men of another quality a regularly constituted academy or gym nasium for training them in arrogance and overbearingness; ...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Four

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Four A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State U... ...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... ...nion that the moon was called Bendis in Thrace, Bubastis in Egypt, Dian in Rome, and Artemis in Greece. There was a Grand Turk from Stamboul. He could... ...eral side-dishes on the table, containing what appeared to be the ordinary French rabbit—a very delicious morceau, which I can recommend. “Pierre,” cr... ...into your article. Now write! “‘Aussi tendre que Zaire’—as tender as Zaire-French. Al- ludes to the frequent repetition of the phrase, la tendre Zaire... ...l- ludes to the frequent repetition of the phrase, la tendre Zaire, in the French tragedy of that name. Properly introduced, will show not only your k... ...ie- Gras, just come of age, author of the ‘Mazurkiad,’ and Mem- ber of the Academy, should divest myself at your bidding of the sweetest pantaloons ev... ...ed them, we believe, in the house now occupied by M. Bossieux as a Dancing Academy. Schlumberger was suddenly taken ill, and during his illness there ...

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...Contents THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY ................................................................................................................................... 4 LIONIZING ......................................................................

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume One

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ...ough the aid of Mr. Allan, secured admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Any glamour which may have attached to cadet life in... ... ever so poor. Poe’s bent was more and more toward literature. Life at the academy daily became in- creasingly distasteful. Soon he began to purposely... ...es- cued by the American consul and sent home. He now entered the military academy at West Point, from which he obtained a dismissal on hearing of the... ...Speculative Astronomy, written either by Professor Encke of Berlin or by a Frenchman of somewhat similar name. I had some little tincture of informati... ...ot a particle of silver. All was gold of antique date and of great variety—French, Spanish, and German money, with a few English guineas, and some cou... ... this consideration I should have begun my attempts with the Span- ish and French, as the tongues in which a secret of this kind would most naturally ...

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...EOPARD .............................................................................................................................. 108 THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE............................................................................................................ 115 THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET. ......................................................................

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Twice Told Tales

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...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. Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Pennsylvania State... ...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... ... of her own to take the place of that wor- thy in the Primer. “The Pope of Rome has given orders for a new St. Bartholomew!” cried others. “We are to ... ...nd propriety, that everybody thought her fit to be preceptress of the best academy in the State. But a stranger would have supposed that Mr. Higginbot... ... 106 Twice Told Tales cation, with a classic finish by a year at Gilmanton Academy. After journeying on foot from sunrise till nearly noon of a summer... ...fair, or pilfered from some receptacle of the cast-off clothes of both the French and British armies. Portions of their attire had probably been worn ... ... than those of brother- hood, as when they fought side by side through the French War. Do not convert the streets of your native town into a camp. Thi... ...ince House passed among the guests, bearing huge trays of refreshments and French and Spanish wines. Lady Eleanore Rochcliffe, who refused to wet her ...

...; and, finally, disaffection overawed by the first band of mercenary troops that ever marched on our free soil. For two years our ancestors were kept in sullen submission by that filial love which had invariably secured their allegiance to the mother country, whether its head chanced to be a Parliament, Protector, or Popish Monarch. Till these evil times, however, such all...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ...lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about on... ...He had been up two or three times: he had planted letter, — English, German, French, &c. These men were slightly clad in shirt and pantaloons, like la... ... Lake, through more than a dozen flourishing towns, with almost every one its academy, — not one of which, however, is on my General Atlas, published, ... ...ng, in the dark, and still in the rain, we pursued our journey. Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils t... ...n shore, who recognized my companion, was full of mirth and gestures, like a Frenchman. A Catholic priest crossed to the island in the same bateau wit... ..., the map may inform you that you stand on land granted by the State to some academy, or on Bingham’s purchase; but these names do not impose on you, ... ...s familiar with the route. According to his calculation, we should reach the French settlements the next night after The Allegash and East Branch 143...

...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobsco...

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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... ...flect calls for even stronger regulation. In 1983,Attorney General William French Smith revised the Levi guidelines to encourage closer investigation ... ... and his concerns in another commence- ment speech, this time at the Naval Academy, in May 1998, the President said: First, we will use our new integr... ...uld become even more obvious early in 1999, when he addressed the National Academy of Sciences and presented his most somber account yet of what could... ... more proposed operations for al Qaeda.The October 6, 2002, bombing of the French tanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden also was Nashiri’s handiwork.Alth... ...se, this involved flying from France to Montreal using a photo-substituted French passport under a false name. Under questioning, Ressam admit- ted th... ... started training on a Boeing 737 simulator at Pan Am International Flight Academy in Mesa.An instructor there found his work well below standard and ...

... 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 Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...The Varieties of Religious Experience A Study in Human Nature by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...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... ...th- out its harvest, large or small, of lectures from Scot- tish, English, French, or German representatives of the science or literature of their res... ...nt Voltaire’s re- action on the whole of life. Je me’n fiche is the vulgar French equivalent for our English ejaculation “Who cares?” And the happy t... ...nite in character, which, the writer being a Swiss, I trans- late from the French original.[28] “I was in perfect health: we were on our sixth day of ... ...is half-pagan, half-Christian bringing up at Carthage, his emigra- tion to Rome and Milan, his adoption of Manicheism and subsequent skepticism, and h... ...e answered in my behalf. “One Sabbath, I went to hear the Methodist at the Academy. He spoke of the ushering in of the day of general judgment; and he... ...f M. Alphonse Ratisbonne, a free-thinking French Jew, to Catholi- cism, at Rome in 1842. In a letter to a clerical friend, written a few months later,...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...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... ...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... ...m of the present tense of the verb “to be” in five languages—Greek, Latin, French, Ger- man, and English. “And Allen—reposing on your honours? Eh, my ... ...ld.” “Who’s that ingenious person?” “Brownlow Major, of course; and here’s French, who says it was a new sort of cow invented by Henry VIII.—a happy ... ...8 Magnum Bonum feminine, I suppose, to the Papal Bull. Here’s a third! The French fleet defeated by Queen Elizabeth. Most have passed it over entirely... ... her. Do you know where the Ogilvies can be written to, Clara? Are they at Rome, or Florence?” “They were to be at Florence by the l4th. Mary has lear... ...ine, giving lessons in Greek, or paint- ing the crack picture in the Royal Academy . In fact, she would rather prefer to have the whole family on her ... ...for my own public first.” “What will you do with it? Put it into the Royal Academy?” “No, it is not big enough. I thought of offering it to the Works ...

...ke her with them, for their sister has children, and she will have to roam from room to room before the whitewashers, which is not what I should wish in the critical state of chest left by measles.?...

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Little Dorrit Book One Poverty

By: Charles Dickens

...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... ...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... ...r months. Hindoos, Russians, Chinese, Spaniards, Por- tuguese, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Genoese, Neapolitans, V e- netians, Greeks, Turks, descendants f... ... have brought your bread, Signor John Baptist,’ said he (they all spoke in French, but the little man 10 Charles Dickens was an Italian); ‘and if I m... ...o particular country. My fa- ther was Swiss—Canton de V aud. My mother was French by blood, English by birth. I myself was born in Belgium. I am a cit... ...hat in the parlour window was a blind with the inscription, Mr . Cripples’ Academy; also in another line, Evening Tuition; and behind the blind was a ... ...d herself received her education, such as it was, in Mr Cripples’s evening academy. He returned, with the best will in the world, that Mr Cripples’s b... ...ainters, just now mentioned, select theirs; and that, whereas in the Royal Academy some evil old ruffian of a Dog-stealer will annually be found embod...

...uous 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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Resurrection

By: Mrs. Louis Maude

...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. Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, trans. Louis Maude, the Pennsylvan... ...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... ...late was not par- ticularly meritorious. The fact of his speaking English, French, and German with a good accent, and of his wear- ing the best linen,... ...read novels, told improper anecdotes, went to see funny vaudevilles in the French theatre and gaily repeated the jokes, everybody admired and encourag... ... when she found out that he had become a real man and had gained over some French woman from his friend. (As to the episode with Katusha, the princess... ...and from all the rest must be got. Oh, to breathe freely, to go abroad, to Rome and work at my picture! He remembered the doubts he had about his tale... ...“Well, never mind; only just to breathe freely. First Constantinople, then Rome. Only just to get through with this jury business, and arrange with th... ...reer for himself that the father had done, and, having passed the Military Academy, was now serving in the Inquiry Of- fice, and was very proud of his...

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The Longest Journey

By: E. M. Forster

...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 Longest Journey by E.M. Forster, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...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... ... you; ah, thank you. I am sure Mr. Elliot would allow it.” Then he said in French to his sister, “Has there been the slightest sign of Frederick?” “No... ...s, some high, some low, some to dis- tant colonies, one into the Church of Rome. But many a father traced their course in the papers; many a 42 The L... ... than the Italians, though they did get closer to beauty. Greater than the French, though we do take all their ideas. I can’t help think- ing that Eng... ... was built about the year 1800, and favoured the architecture of an- cient Rome—chiefly by means of five lank pilasters, which stretched from the top ... ...m the windows, though extensive, would not have been accepted by the Royal Academy. A valley, containing a stream, a road, a railway; over the valley ... ...culture. A smattering of English Literature, and less than a smattering of French. “That is how we begin. Then we get you a little post—say that of li...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...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. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...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... ...n, held com- missions in the English army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed that year. My grandfather, also named ... ...emporary injury sufficient to make me ineligible, for a time, to enter the Academy. Nothing of the kind occurred, and I had to face the music. Georget... ...t sit in my room doing nothing. There is a fine library connected with the Academy from which cadets can get books to read in their quarters. I devote... ... came, I passed the examination, taking a good standing in that branch. In French, the only other study at that time in the first year’s course, my st... ...nd of my class, in any one study, during the four years. I came near it in French, artillery, infantry and cavalry tac- tics, and conduct. Early in th... ...cure a detail for a few years as assistant professor of mathematics at the Academy, and afterwards obtain a permanent position as professor in some re...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...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 LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Fait... ...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,’ sobbed Mrs Nickleby. ‘T ell your uncle, my dear, how far you went in French and extras.’ The poor girl was about to murmur something, when her u... ...read as follows: 33 Charles Dickens ‘“Education.—At Mr Wackford Squeers’s Academy, Dotheboys Hall, at the delightful village of Dotheboys, near Greta... ...paper?’ ‘—Morning Post, Chronicle, Herald, and Advertiser, re- garding the Academy called Dotheboys Hall at the delightful village of Dotheboys, near ... ...s either the one or the other,’ replied Miss La Creevy. ‘Look at the Royal Academy! All those beautiful shiny portraits of gentlemen in black velvet w... ...talini, survey- ing Kate from head to foot, and back again. ‘Can you speak French, child?’ ‘Yes, ma’am,’ replied Kate, not daring to look up; for she ... ... brain. ‘How you talk!’ ‘T alk, miss! It’ s enough to make a T om cat talk French gram- mar, only to see how she tosses her head,’ replied the handmai...

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Evan Harrington

By: George Meredith

...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. Evan Harrington by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ... in jelly, and suck with placidity, in the intervals of a curt exchange of French with the wife of the Hon. Melville, a ringleted English lady, or of ... ...- cately perceptible to the Comte, and not a soul saw it but that wretched Frenchman! He came to me: “Madame,” he said, “is a question permitted?” I r... .... The gift would be base that you did not embellish.” He lifted his hands, French- fashion: “Madame, it is that I have received the gift.”—”In- deed! ... ... our old school—poor old Jack!’ exclaimed Evan. ‘Lieutenant in the Cudford Academy!’ the latter rejoined. ‘I walked the distance from London. I had my... ...ck,’ he re- marked; ‘you will hear of me, though hardly as a tutor in this academy.’ Scanning the bundle of notes, without a reflection beyond the tho... ...I A YEAR LATER, THE COUNTESS DE SALDAR DE SANCORVO TO HER SISTER CAROLINE ‘ROME. ‘Let the post-mark be my reply to your letter received through the Co...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Above Buttons. Long after the hours when tradesmen are in the habit of commencing business, the shutters of a certain shop in the town of Lymport-on-the-Sea remained significantly closed, and it became known that death had taken Mr. Melchisedec Harrington, and struck one off the ...

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

...e of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any pur- pose, 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 Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, trans... ...oing student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...g better than everlasting entreaties for copying and translations from the French. Having once got into touch with the editors Ivan Fyodorovitch alway... ...ourse, as a variety. The worst of it is it’s awfully Russian. There are no French women there. Of course, they could get them fast enough, they have p... ...ther. “Y es, yes, only the shadows of hooks. I know, I know . That’s how a Frenchman described hell: ‘J’ai vu l’ombre d’un cocher qui avec l’ombre d’u... ...31 Dostoevsky painted above and on the sides of the gates. “When you go to Rome you must do as the Romans do. Here in this hermitage there are twenty-... ...n very many of its de- partments. In reality this was bound to happen. But Rome as a State retained too much of the pagan civilisation and cul- ture, ... ...nly just come to us from Petersburg after taking a brilliant degree at the Academy of Medicine, were playing whist at the police captain’s. Ippolit Ki...

...xcerpt: Chapter 1. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov. Alexy Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place. For the present I will only say that this ...

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

...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. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman , the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... 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.... ...he rebeck and guitar, I hear continual echoes from the Thames, I hear fierce French liberty songs, I hear of the Italian boat sculler the musical reci... ...n! You Spaniard of Spain! you Portuguese! Leaves of Grass –Whitman 151 You Frenchwoman and Frenchman of France! You Belge! you liberty lover of the ... ...hoever he looks at in the traveler’s coffee house claims him, The Italian or Frenchman is sure, the German is sure, the Spaniard is sure, and the isla... ...e, rail, prop, wainscot, lamb, lath, panel, gable, Citadel, ceiling, saloon, academy, organ, exhibition house, library, Cornice, trellis, pilaster, ba... ...n, I would not now be here, as I am, With Egypt, India, Phenicia, Greece and Rome, With the Kelt, the Scandinavian, the Alb and the Saxon, With antiqu... ...long stretch’d game; The course of Time and nations—Egypt, India, Greece and Rome; The past entire, with all its heroes, histories, arts, experiments,...

...gnomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form?d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing....

...s LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 To Foreign Lands................................12 To a Historian.....................................12 To Thee Old Cause.......................

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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Bill Clinton

...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. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ... 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.... ...l it shall be otherwise or dained by Congress; if a personal esteem for the French INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 14 nat... ...n of our Federal Govern ment. With the catastrophe in which the wars of the French Revolution terminated, and our own subsequent peace with Great Bri... ...mperish able glories of the ancient republics. The roads and aq ueducts of Rome have been the admiration of all after ages, and have survived thousa... ...ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 301 tion from the Military Academy at West Point. A large parade followed the ceremony, and inaugura... ...Italy and the mountaineer in the Andes. It confers a common dignity upon the French INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 304 so...

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The Last Chronicle of Barset

By: Anthony Trollope

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...ilverbridge. Walker and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable people, who did all the solicitors? business that had to be done in that part of Barsetshire on behalf of the Crown, were employed on the local business of the Duke of Omnium, who is great in those parts, and altogether held their heads up high, as provincial lawyers often do. They--the Wa...

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