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...who had achieved but a single masterpiece--the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched the high level of perfection. Our host had been showing us a charming little cabinet picture by a painter whose name we had never heard, and who, after this single spasmodic bid for fame, had apparently relapsed into obscurity and mediocrit...

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Excerpt: The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells.

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...922 A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- troni... ...tforward physi- ological teaching and some dissecting of rats and mice. My schoolmaster was a capable sane man in advance of his times and my people b... ...from us.’ And that’s why we’re here right now instead of being shopping in Paris or London like de- cent American women.” The younger lady looked down... ...est to the doctor. “it is nearer the begin- nings of things than London or Paris.” “And nearer to us, “ said Sir Richmond. “I call that just—paradoxic... ...to all that. She’s been saying it right across 81 H G Wells Europe. Rome, Paris, London; they’re simply just done. They don’t signify any more. They’... ... ideas, you fall into my ways of thought as though we had gone to the same school.” “Perhaps we have gone to the same school,” she said. “You mean?” “... ...wo ruling strains. I was a spoilt child at home, a rather reserved girl at school, keen on my dignity. I liked respect. I didn’t give myself away . I ...

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... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...hra, different yet from all the rest: that Achilles and Patroclus overcame Paris in Thessaly, near the river Sperchius, but that Hector took and plund... ...e knowledge and secret assistance of Numitor; for it is said, they went to school at Gabii, and were well instructed in letters, and other ac- complis... ...ut also wild and mad, commit- ted many desperate freaks; and at last, in a school-house, strik- ing a pillar that sustained the roof with his fist, br... ...entreated and caressed like gods, they escaped suffering what T roy did by Paris. Theseus’s mother, however, was not only in danger, but suffered actu... ...aking friends. Or perhaps from phido, parsimony, because they were so many schools of so- briety; or perhaps the first letter is an addition, and the ... ...all the lands into several parcels, to which he gave the name of pagus, or parish, and over every one of them he ordained chief overseers; and, taking...

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...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal....

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...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...

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Excerpt: The Wheels of Chance, A Bicycling Idyll by H. G. Wells.

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...Excerpt: He had been told the ladies were at church, but this was corrected by what he saw from the top of the steps--they descended from a great height in two arms, with a circular sweep of the most charming effect--at the threshold of the door which, from the long bright gallery, overlooked the immense lawn. Three gentlemen, ...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. A narrow grave-yard in the heart of a bustling, indifferent city, seen from the windows of a gloomylooking inn, is at no time an object of enlivening suggestion; and the spectacle is not at its best when the mouldy tombstones and funereal umbrage have receiv...

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