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...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest ...

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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...ONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the h... ...tion -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ...ditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthagin... ...oes of discovery who have planted the cross of civilization among all the wild tribes of the world. To this end, and to create a fresh interest in a s... ...aters, which is a manifest indication that they were separated from all, other tribes. Being thus isolated, and regarded as robbers or savages, and de... ... the fisherman derived came directly through an intercourse which the northern tribes had with their more southerly neighbors. The fisherman finally m...

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... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ...isdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Decapitation Pg... ... Daoist Priest told him that this is what the original Yin-Yang symbol of the ancient concept of Duality looked like before the Daoist Duality of Ev... ... and regardless of size. By using the theoretical abstract straight line of ancient Greek geometry and abstract mathematics which does not exist i... ...mmon fact concerning the oldest tribal cultures they have studied. Stone-age tribes all over the world regularly set fire to entire landscapes. Fi... ...d out before they learned to use fire? One of the most common ways Stone Age tribes committed mass murder was to set fires to entire areas of grass... ... Why last? Because Cheetahs are not pack animals. They do not run in bands, tribes, clans, or prides. They have no pride. They have no instinct t...

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...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ... an educator, his rank is high. He took the broader view that the study of ancient languages should have as its purpose the enlarge- ment of the stude... ...a language, and held to the rather questionable doctrine that the study of ancient Greek should be approached through modern Romaic. He adopted a tuto... ...es, interest in the subject being revived after the lOfh century A. D. The ancients wore entirely igno- rant of the soionce of bacliteriolo- gy, thoug... ...ed for New American House Boston, Mass. oause of the oiigration of Astatic tribes whiob extended to Europe and threatened the very life of the oiTiliz... ...nchidae, Cos, Hariicarnassos and Cnidus. After Professor Howes has treated Rhodes, Pso- fe«aor Rice will take up Lindos, and Professor Howes, Crete; t... ...THER CHOSEN FROM WILLIAMS Carroll A. Wilson 1907 Selected as Massachusetts Rhodes Scholar At the meeting of the Rhodes scholarship committee of Massa-...

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...Excerpt: Book of Genesis; Chapter 1 -- In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters. And God said: Be light made. And light was made. And G...

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...TIN VULGATE DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE HEBREW, GREEK, AND OTHER EDITIONS IN DIVERS LANGUAGES DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSION 1609, 1582 2 Contents I Old Test... .... . . 1576 iv CONTENTS Part I Old Testament Book of Genesis Chapter 1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. 2 And the earth was void an... ...eed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done. 12 And the earth brought fort... ... these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes. 17 And the years of Ismael’s life were a hun- dred and thirty-seven... ... the earth, abundance of corn and wine. 29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes wor- ship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother’s c... ...ast, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED. 15 And I will be thy keeper whitherso... ...ng as he made thee swear. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 And ... ...nd this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go and gather together the ancients of Is- rael, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fath... ... he had commanded. 29 And they came together, and they assem- bled all the ancients of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which ...

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...OMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. A PENN STA... ...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. Theological Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Qu... ...erpretation of their value. In practice they had long sunk into forms. But ancient forms easily lend themselves to a revivification by meanings and ap... ...n consequence unread,) on the toi- lette and the wardrobe of the ladies of ancient Palestine. Hartmann was a respectable Oriental scholar, and he pub-... ... yields a strong presumption that he has exhausted it. The male costume of ancient Pales- tine is yet to be illustrated; but, for the female, it is pr... ...per materials were used by the poorer He- brews, especially of the Bedouin tribes—burnt almonds, lamp-black, soot, the ashes of particular woods, the ... ...self and its rapid succession of wars between barbarous and semi-barbarous tribes, might, if any one chapter in history, be presumed barren of either ... ...rn and eastern frontier. A vast revolution was at hand for Europe; all her tribes were destined to be fused in a new crucible, to be recast in happier...

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...phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several Sta...

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...ith the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: ?an unusual combination,? in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her. It is otherwise in his case and a general fling at the sex we may deem pardonable, for doing as little h...

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... known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the collection has been made....

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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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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1399 Part I Old Testament Genesis Chapter 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was ... ...and the morning were the rst day. 6 And God said, Let there be a rmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7... ...ding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in it- self, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth ... ...ecame a servant unto tribute. 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the pat... ... prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and ble... ...ilded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Is- rael, whic... ... precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And... ...ourses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength... ...thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be...

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...e. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is placed by scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C., while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very little information on the subject....

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...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

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...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dus...

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...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...rk Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 67 Cutting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 68 The Bla... ...hese extracts, for veritable gospel cetology. Far from it. As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets here appearing, these extra... ... as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea. Because Joppa, t... ... name of a cele brated tribe of Massachusetts Indians, now extinct as the ancient Medes. I peered and pryed about the Devil Dam; from her, hopped ove... ...eli able uniformity. And thereby whalemen distinguish this fish from other tribes of his genus. “There go flukes!” was now the cry from Tashtego; and t... ...er also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider... ...ent. Every one knows that by the peculiar cunning of their gills, the finny tribes in general breathe the air which at all times is combined with the e...

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...?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, to my eye Like ?four and twenty Blackbirds in a pyre....

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...Introduction: In sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytag?s first series of pictures of German Life:...

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...otte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pulication The Dove In The Eagle’s Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Dove In The Eagle’s Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsyl... ...ntable to no man. The old wild freedom of the Suevi, and other T eu- tonic tribes, still technically, and in many cases practically, existed. The Here... ... vassals of the two houses an obligation that perhaps might override their ancient hatred; and the Baron and his mother gladly submitted to the arrang... ...d, if the former state of things be at an end, the less he takes after the ancient stock the better. But I am an old man now, Stine, though thou look’... ...gallant descent either of the brave King of Portugal, or of the Knights of Rhodes, of whom the captives were ever dream- ing and whispering. At length... ... wait until such time as the much- needed General Council may proclaim the ancient truth, and enable us to avouch it without disunion. Into schism I w...

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...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, a...

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...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. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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... ...ek demeanour, who had wandered to the hearthrug and got among the heads of tribes assembled there in conference with Mr Podsnap, elimi- nated Mr Podsn... ...en it was their own fault,’ said Mr Podsnap. Veneering and other elders of tribes commended this way out of it. At once a short cut and a broad road. ... ...with my consent. Not English.’ An approving murmur arose from the heads of tribes; as saying, ‘There you have him! Hold him!’ 141 Charles Dickens He ... ...ied Fledgeby. ‘These are nice games!’ He addressed an old Jewish man in an ancient coat, long of skirt, and wide of pocket. A venerable man, bald and ... ...house, arose and went his patient way; stealing through the streets in his ancient dress, like the ghost of a departed Time. Chapter 16 AN ANNIVERSARY... ...round character. As he stood there, doing his me- thodical penmanship, his ancient scribelike figure intent upon the work, and the little dolls’ dress...

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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. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle, trans. William Ellis, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... .... W allace, Outlines of the Philosophy of Aristotle, 1875, 1880; A. Grant (Ancient Classics for English readers), 1877; T. Davidson, Aristotle and Anc... ... and separating it into its distinct parts, as pub- lic tables, wards, and tribes; so that here the laws will do nothing more than forbid the military... ...strengthen the bands of soci- ety, seems to have been known to some of the ancients; for Solon made a law, as did some others also, to restrain per- s... ...sfortuue has befallen them. They were 55 Aristotle also to preserve their ancient patrimony, which custom be- ing broken through by the Leucadians, m... ...ants, when Clisthenes enrolled many foreigners and city-slaves amongst the tribes; and the doubt with respect to them was, not whether they were citiz... ...s, and they succeed to the offices of the community by proper divisions of tribes, wards, and other very small proportions, till every one in his turn...

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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. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thor... ...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... ...f an Indian warrior, making haste from the high places of the earth to its ancient reservoir. The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of ... ...Above the petty Province here, And Britain far away; Some hero of the ancient mould, Some arm of knightly worth, Of strength unbought, and f... ...imackRivers the dog. This natural bugle long resounded in the woods of the ancient world before the horn was invented. The very dogs that sullenly bay... ...e, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes, “Some nation yet shut in With hills of ice.” There are other... ...s, on his shoulders from the ru ins of T roy. Or rather, like some Indian tribes, we bear about with us the mouldering relics of our ancestors on our... ...interesting to us as a slight memorial of an interview between two ancient tribes of men, one of which is now extinct, while the other, though it is s...

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...pt: This volume contains practically all that remains of the post- Homeric and pre-academic epic poetry. I have for the most part formed my own text. In the case of Hesiod I have been able to use independent collations of several MSS. by Dr. W.H.D. Rouse; otherwise I have depended on the apparatus criticus of the several editions, especially that of Rzach (1902). The arran...

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...were called the Cyclic Poets. Of their works none have survived; but the story of what befell between Hector?s funeral and the taking of Troy is told in detail, and well told, in a poem about half as long as the Iliad....

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...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 Sta... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Fall of Troy by Quintus Smyrnaeus, T ranslated by A. S. ... ... 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.... ...ream Out of the sunless land, such as beguiles Full oft the travail burdened tribes of men, Whispering mocking lies in sleeping ears, And to the battl... ...he front Of battle pitiless Achilles storms.” Then spake Laomedon’s son, the ancient king: “Nay, friend, and all ye other sons of T roy, And ye our st... ...ong ago Hector had hearkened to my pleading, when I fain had kept him in the ancient home!” So spake Polydamas the noble and strong, And all the liste... ...ing ruin and woe. So told he all that marvellous tale, and told Of countless tribes and nations seen of him. And Priam heard, and ever glowed his hear... ...attle harness on; then armed themselves The Aethiop men, and all the mingled tribes Of those war helpers that from many lands To Priam’s aid were gath... ... for he reverenced in his heart The white hairs of an age mate of his sire: “Ancient,” he cried, “it were my shame to fight. With one so much mine eld...