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..................... 5 THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER ........................................................................................... 14 A CHILD?S DREAM OF A STAR................................................................................................. 21 OUR ENGLISH WATERING-PLACE ...................................................................................

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.................................................................. 14 A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR............................................................. .......................................................... .... 82 A POOR MAN’S TALE OF A PATENT ........................................................... ...mahawked, or eaten. Sitting on my ruddy hearth in the twilight of New Year’s Eve, I find incidents of travel rise around me from all the latitudes and... ...ratefully remembers how his Good Samaritan has always come to him in woman’s shape, the wide world over. 6 Reprinted Pieces A shadow on the wall in w... ...wide world over. 6 Reprinted Pieces A shadow on the wall in which my mind’s eye can discern some traces of a rocky sea coast, recalls to me a fearful... ...e pockets on one side of his coarse convict dress, are portions of the man’s body, on which he is regaling; in the pockets on the other side is an unt... ...of the dead and gone Fletcher by a savage mother, leaps aboard His Majesty’s ship Briton, hove to off Pitcairn’s Island; says his simple grace before ... ...ght towards the rocks near Seacombe, on the island of Purbeck! The captain’s two dear daughters are aboard, and five other ladies. The ship has been d... ...eric fits on the floor of the deck of the round house. ‘But on Mr. Meriton’s return to the company, he perceived a considerable alteration in the appe...

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...baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all alone in the world, takes her lawyer’s suggestion to ask her namesake to take her in. Only one little problem – Mr. Henshaw did not know of her existence, and then mistakenly thinks that Billy is a boy! Eleanor H. Porter was an early 20th century author of child...

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...can and European languages and folk traditions. He worked in a wide variety of trades, achieved recognition as the author of the comic Hans Breitmann’s Ballads, fought in two conflicts, and wrote what was to become a primary source text for Neopaganism half a century later, Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. ( Summary from Wikipedia )...

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... mere wan- 4 Robinson Crusoe dering inclination, I had for leaving father’s house and my native country, where I might be well introduced, and had a ... ...thout the bitter; feeling that they are happy , and learning by every day’ s experience to know it more sensibly, After this he pressed me earnestly, ... ...ink of going abroad any more, but to settle at home according to my father’s de- 6 Robinson Crusoe sire. But alas! a few days wore it all off; and, i... ...as! a few days wore it all off; and, in short, to prevent any of my father’s further importunities, in a few weeks after I resolved to run quite away ... ...here, and one of my companions being about to sail to London in his father’s ship, and prompting me to go with them with the common allurement of seaf... ...of it; but leaving them to hear of it as they might, with- out asking God’ s blessing or my father’ s, without any consid- eration of circumstances or... ... 1651, I went on board a ship bound for London. Never any young adventurer’s mis- fortunes, I believe, began sooner, or continued longer than mine. Th... ... I was overtaken by the judgment of Heaven for my wicked leaving my father’s house, and abandoning my duty. All the good counsels of my parents, my fa... ...e, and abandoning my duty. All the good counsels of my parents, my father’ s tears and my mother’ s entreaties, came now fresh into my mind; and my co...

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...Luis de la Palma (Toledo 1560 - Madrid 1641) fue un jesuita español y uno de los grandes maestros espirituales del Siglo de oro a la altura de S. Ignacio de Loyola, S. Juan de ávila, Fray Luis de Granada, S. Juan de la Cruz y Santa Teresa de Jesús. Fue provincial de Toledo y predicador en el Colegio Imperial de Madrid, donde escribió la Historia de la Sagrada Pasión...

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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and created...

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... Junior. Advertisement THE STORY OF “CA THERINE,” which appeared in Fraser’s Maga- zine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ik... ...e murder of her husband, under very revolting circumstances. Mr. Thackeray’s aim ob- viously was to describe the career of this wretched woman and her... ...test hero in the world; when Mrs. Masham had not yet put Madam Marlborough’s nose out of joint; when people had their ears cut off for writing very me... ...ous. * This, as your Ladyship is aware, is the polite name for Her Majesty’s Prison of Newgate. In the year 1705, then, whether it was that the Queen ... ...rsican upstart menaced our shores. A recruiting-party and captain of Cutts’s regiment (which had been so mangled at Blenheim the year before) were now... ...ravel through the country, seeking for heroes to fill up the gaps in Cutts’s corps,—and for adventures to pass away the weary time of a country life. ... ...ks in Shrewsbury) were occupied very much in the same manner with Farquhar’s heroes. They roamed from Warwick to Stratford, and from Stratford to Birm... ...ng, from time to time, small detachments of recruits to extend Marlborough’s lines, and to act as food for the hungry cannon at Ramillies and Malplaqu... ...riton. His name was Peter Brock, other- wise Corporal Brock, of Lord Cutts’s regiment of dragoons; he was of age about fifty-seven (even that point ha...

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...s infidel friends to the floor of the jungle where dangers abound. Perhaps he’ll find some truth down there. – The Thing in the Attic is one of Blish’s Pantropy tales and was first published in the July, 1954 edition of If, Worlds of Science Fiction magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)...

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...use, but in the same parish and in the same manner. This turned the people’s eyes pretty much towards that end of the town, and the weekly bills showi... ...he town, and the weekly bills showing an increase of buri- als in St Giles’s parish more than usual, it began to be sus- pected that the plague was am... ...burials in a week, in the parishes of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St Andrew’s, Holborn, were from twelve to seventeen or nine- teen each, few more or l... ...w more or less; but from the time that the plague first began in St Giles’ s parish, it was observed that the ordinary burials increased in number con... ... . For example: – 5 Daniel Defoe From December 27 to January 3 { St Giles’s 16 { St Andrew’s 17 “January 3” “10 { St Giles’s 1... ...drew’s 17 “January 3” “10 { St Giles’s 12 { St Andrew’s 25 “January 10” “17 { St Giles’s 18 { St Andrew’s ... ...les’s 18 { St Andrew’s 28 “January 17” “24 { St Giles’s 23 { St Andrew’s 16 “January 24” “31 { St Giles’s ... ...rew’s 16 “January 24” “31 { St Giles’s 24 { St Andrew’s 15 “January 30” “February 7 { St Giles’s 21 { St Andr... ... 15 “January 30” “February 7 { St Giles’s 21 { St Andrew’s 23 “February 7” “14 { St Giles’s 24 Whereof one of the plag...

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...Excerpt: THE PREFACE; If ever the story of any private Man?s Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable when Publish?d, the Editor of this Account thinks this will be so. The Wonders of this Man?s Life exceed all that (he thinks)is to be found extant; the ...

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... . . . . 51 ii CONTENTS THE PREFACE If ever the story of any private Man’s Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable wh... ...the Editor of this Account thinks this will be so. The Wonders of this Man’s Life exceed all that (he thinks)is to be found extant; the Life of one Ma... ...an a meer wandring Daniel Defoe 3 Inclination I had for leaving my Father’s House and my native Country, where I might be well introduced, and had a ... ...without the bitter, feeling that they are happy, and learning by every Day’s Experience to know it more sensibly. 4 ROBINSON CRUSOE After this, he pr... ...ink of going abroad any more, but to settle at home according to my Father’s Desire. But alas! a few Days wore it all off; and in short, to prevent an... ...las! a few Days wore it all off; and in short, to prevent any of my Father’s farther Importunities, in a few Weeks after, I resolv’d to run quite away... ...here, and one of my Companions being going by Sea to London, in his Father’s Ship, and prompting me to go with them, with the common Allurement of Sea... ...rd of it; but leaving them to hear of it as they might, without asking God’s Blessing, or my Father’s, without any Consideration of Circumstances or C... ...1651 I went on Board a ; Ship bound for London; never any young Adventurer’s Misfortunes, I believe, began sooner, or continued longer than mine. The ...

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... sublunary effects, a cause, not so difficult to discover. In the marechal’s army was a regiment, 4 Juana composed almost entirely of Italians and co... ...o generals,—barring those whom the bullets might take off. But the emperor’s calculation was scarcely fulfilled, except in the matter of the bullets. ... ...late, a somewhat important part. The first, a captain in the quartermaster’s department, an officer half civil, half military, was considered, in sold... ...med, the wife opened a secret door, and led in, half fainting, the Italian’s madonna, to whom he was careful to pay no attention; only, to avoid a too... ...“Is that your daughter, signore?” Perez de Lagounia (such was the merchant’s name) had large commercial relations with Genoa, Florence, and Livorno; h... ...me,” said Montefiore, coldly, not look- ing at her face again. “Her mother’s beauty is celebrated,” replied the merchant, briefly. They continued to s... ...we have generals in our army who are capable of abducting her.” Montefiore’s infatuation went so far as to suggest to him the idea of marrying her. He... ...tary shame, the mother had the courage to renounce her child for her child’s sake, and to seek, not with- out horrible suffering, for another mother, ... ...over to the husband the whole sum she had obtained of the father for Juana’s “dot,” requiring neither acknowledgment nor interest. According to her ow...

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...the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country uses gold for chamber pots and prison chains, pearls and diamonds for children’s playthings, and requires that a man and a woman see each other exactly as they are, naked, before getting married. This book gave the word 'utopia' the meaning of a perfect society, while the Greek word actually means ‘no p...

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...y understand that the position was one which dove-tailed the offices of housekeeper and cook” to the day when she as exerts control over the hospital’s “medicinal whiskey barrel” is to watch a woman find herself. Besides describing “daily scenes of pathos,” Pember gives a horrifying account of the prisoner exchange of November 1864 (“living and dead . . . not distinguishab...

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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprieto...

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...ts PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM. ........................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER I ? VICTOR HUGO?S ROMANCES ........................................................................ 15 CHAPTER II ? SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS.......................................................... 34 CHAPTER III ? WALT WHITMAN............

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................................................... 4 CHAPTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES ................................................................... ...rom the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan’s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. T o the Cornhill I owe a double d... ... a studio artifice. Like Hales with Pepys, he must nearly break his sitter’s neck to get the proper shad- ows on the portrait. It is from one side onl... ...g myself, seek to disarm the wrath of other and less partial critics. HUGO’S ROMANCES. – This is an instance of the “point of view.” The five romances... ...th the profoundest pity, but with a growing esteem, that I studied the man’s desperate efforts to do right; and the more I re- flected, the stranger i... ...ut to call him bad, with a self-righteous chuckle, is to be talking in one’s sleep with Heedless and Too-bold in the arbour. Yet it is undeniable that... ...by the least attempt to state plainly, what every one well knows, of Burns’s profligacy, and of the fatal consequences of his marriage. And for this t... ...n the eyes of many, my study was a step towards the demonstration of Burns’s radical badness. But second, there is a certain class, professors of that... ...any other consequences than a large family and fortune. To hint that Burns’s marriage had an evil influence is, with this class, to deny the moral law...

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...d Work Does Pay Off John Colaneri ......................................................................................... 22 Comparison of McDonald?s, Burger King?s, and Wendy?s French Fries John Ha ............................. 23 Toys Were Not Enough Katarzyna Mlochowska .............................................................................. 25 A Part of a Team ...

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................................................... 22 Comparison of McDonald’s, Burger King’s, and Wendy’s French Fries John Ha ........................... ...ill students have difficulty with me- chanics, punctuation and usage. That’s why they are basic skills students. However, at the college level we are ... ...ing Center. Every student needs to find this out as soon as possible. What’s New When we began Best of Four five years ago, it was the intention of th... ... that the sixth edition will include essays from all twelve of the College’s campuses so that the publication will reach the broadest readership possi... ...h her the very best of luck on all her future endeavors. 4 Best of Four A S WE GROW UP, there are many changes we go through. These can range from m... ...d to attend class or even attend school at all quickly affects the student’s attitudes about his or her responsibility towards learning. High schools ... ... are usually sponsored or run by a student organization. During a freshman’s first week of college, the social events are more prevalent so students c... ... in high school. In larger colleges, it is hard to even recognize someone’ s name, whereas in high school, most names are recognizable. This can be a ... ...traction from studies rather than a way of communicating within the school’s network. College professors use email as a way to contact students about ...

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...make use of them, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State University s Electronic Classics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis Copyright ' 1998 T... ...onths he was induced by Governor Keith to go to London, where, finding Keith’s prom ises empty, he again worked as a compositor till he was brought b... ... a merchant named Denman, who gave him a position in his business. On Denman’s death he returned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing ... ...variety of local reforms. In 1732 he began to issue his famous “Poor Richard’s Almanac” for the enrichment of which he borrowed or com posed those pi... ...in which he ceases writing for the Almanac, he printed in it “Father Abraham’s Sermon,” now regarded as the most famous piece of literature produced i... ...MIN FRANKLIN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1706 1757 TWYFORD, at the Bishop of St. Asaph’s, 1771. The country seat of Bishop Shipley, the good bishop, as Dr. F... ...f which you are yet unacquainted with, and expecting the enjoyment of a week’s uninterrupted leisure in my present country retire ment, I sit down to... ...such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one’s life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make th... ...l over the kingdom), on a freehold of about thirty acres, aided by the smith’s business, which had continued in the family till his time, the eldest s...

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...Excerpt: Reprinted from Fraser?s Magazine. The cloud which for the space of a month hung gloomily over the civilized world, black with far worse evils than those of simple war, has passed from over our heads without bursting. The fear has not been realized...

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...THE CONTEST IN AMERICA By JOHN STUART MILL A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION The Contest in America ... ...The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 J S Mill THE CONTEST IN AMERICA By JOHN STUART MILL R R R R Reprinted fr epri... ... fr om om om om om F F F F Fr r r r raser aser aser aser aser ’’ ’’ ’ s M s M s M s M s Magazine agazine agazine agazine agazine T HE CLOUD whic... ...emembered that England raised up this scourge to humanity not for the evil’s sake, but because some body had offered an insult to her flag? Or even i... ... the feel ings which have been manifested since the beginning of the 5 J S Mill American contest—the judgments which have been put forth, and the wi... ...hich no one seemed to expect, is what has actually hap pened. Mr. Lincoln’s Government have done none of these 7 J S Mill things. Like honest men, t... ...s, the orators, many lawyers, the Lower House of Congress, and Mr. Lincoln’s own naval secretary, should be told in the face of the world, by their ow... ...ont them boldly. Nor ought it to be forgotten, to the honor of Mr. Lincoln’s Government, that in doing what was in itself right, they have done also w... ...o have run dry. * * I do not forget one regrettable passage in Mr. Seward’s let ter, in which he said that “if the safety of the Union required the ...