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...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. ...

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...TORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ...tory of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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 electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from N... ...tory of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...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... ...olony , the current coinage consisted of gold and silver money of England, Portugal, and Spain. These coins being scarce, the people were often forced...

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...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 Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott... ...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... ...w the least criticism of his acts or his purposes. 11 Balzac From 1804 to 1808, the Bridaus lived in a handsome suite of rooms on the Quai Voltaire, ... ...o chil- dren, born three years apart, and the death of Bridau, who died in 1808, killed by overwork at the very moment when the Emperor was about to a... ...he rose to be a captain, his lack of education helping him strenuously. In Portugal, in 1809, he was left for dead in an English battery, into which h... ... be taken prisoner, and he was, moreover, much dissatisfied with events in Portugal. Max was held at Cabrera from 1810 to 1814.* During those years he...

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...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. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ...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... ...brow, she was the caricature of her mother, one of the handsomest women in Portugal. Nature amuses herself with such tricks. Often we see in one famil... ... but he was a genius only in the subterranean ways of police inquiries. In 1808 the great services Peyrade was able to achieve were rewarded by 101 B... ...a bottle of port wine uncorked. “Oh!” cried Peyrade, “it is very fine, the Portugal of En- gland.” Blondet, du Tillet, and Bixiou smiled at each other...

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...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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...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 ... ...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... ...ey was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a con- siderable amount of antiq... ... one of King Henry’s privy councillors, and had been sent on an embassy to Portugal, 18 John Kemble’s Parishes attended by ten gentlemen of h... ...mpleted the next year, only the tower being left of the former edifice. In 1808 some few capitals of the old pillars remained in parts of the village,... ...known as Sir Thomas Freeman Heathcote. He was mem- ber for the county from 1808 till 1820, when he retired. He is reported to have known an old man wh...

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...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. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pe... ...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... ... can tell you this—not a greater villain walks the earth. He is a Jew from Portugal; he has betrayed many a man, and will many another, unless he gets... ...er childhood, which now for seven- teen years she has not seen. All Spain, Portugal, Italy, rang with her adventures. Spain, from north to south, was ... ... millions has she? Eight! This was ascer- tained by Napoleon’s emissary in 1808, General Gardanne. Afghanistan has very little more, though some false...

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... SHELLEY VOLUME 3 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON... ...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 Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Volume Thr... ...ral system of diet we should require no spices from In- dia; no wines from Portugal, Spain, France, or Madeira; none of those multitudinous articles o... ...itaph in Gray’s Elegy. Published by Medwin, “Life of Shelley”, 1847; dated 1808-9. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Hic sinu fessum caput hospitali Cespitis dormit juve... ...sage in Medwin ’s “Life of Shelley” (1 page 74), assigns 1, 4, 5, and 6 to 1808, and 2 and 4 to 1809. The titles of 1, 3, 4, and 5 are Rossetti’s; tho...

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...nment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently r...

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...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 Federalist Papers, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...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... ... injure us. She has also extensive commerce 14 The Federalist Papers with Portugal, Spain, and Britain, and, with respect to the two latter, has, in ... ...o regulate foreign commerce, including a power to prohibit, after the year 1808, the importation of slaves, and to lay an intermediate duty of ten dol... ...rohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808, or rather that it had been suffered to have immediate operation. But ...

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...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 Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ... other genera. If a geologist were to find in lat 39 degs. on the coast of Portugal a bed containing numerous shells belonging to three species of Oli... ... on, death en- 391 Charles Darwin sued invariably within five days. After 1808, a long interval ensued without any cases. On inquiry, I did not hear ...