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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4033-8037-6 (e-book) ISBN: ... ...s of KALI?’ THUGS - A murderous, fanatical, secret society, which existed since the fourteenth century and roamed the country pretending to befrie... ...glorious sub-continent, the whole of which was once called ‘INDIA’. vii Prologue Eighteenth Century India The cave was dark except for a few... ... 1 Thugs - a murderous organization existing since the 14th century who under the guise of their worship ... ...its own varied culture. It was the festival of Bakr-Id which reminded her of Islam’s affinity to Christianity and Judaism. During this festival the ... ...mmed is his Prophet,’ said the wise Arab, once again reminding Helen of the affinity of Islam to Christianity and that other great religion, Judaism...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the m...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...5/25e.htm Armenian Genocide The Armenian massacres in Turkey started in the 19th century and continued well after the Armenian genocide of 1915 i... ...d Turkic tribes who conquered a large swathe off current day Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries. Constantly on the move, they placed meat under ... ...of all genders. "She" as a noun (she-cousin) was not in acceptable use prior to the 14th century. Even today, the plurals of all genders in English... ...cuted, tortured, imprisoned, and prosecuted only Jews and Moslems who converted to Christianity. Since the property of the "pseudo" converts was im... ...ursue this profitable vocation. http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Churc h_History/Inquisitions/ http://www.catholic.ne...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...... ...als, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is... ...as, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid students and educator... ...s any service that offers this file for download or commercial distribution in any form, (See complete disclaimer http://WorldLibrary.net/Copyrights... ...ilgrim Fathers], the Reformers (but: the church reformers of the fifteenth century). 24. The word "church" in properly cited titles of nationally ... ...or when the name is not correctly or fully quoted : the church (=organized Christianity), the Eastern (Greek Orthodox) church, the Roman Catholic c... ... capitalized, all nouns forming parts of hyphenated compounds: " Twentieth-Century Progress," " The Economy of High- Speed Trains." But do not cap... ...agic word of the modem period;" "To be or not to be-that is the question;" "Christianity found in the Roman Empire a civic life which was implicated...

...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into ...

...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had its ...

...Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofreaders Hints to Copyholders Proofreader’s Marks ...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...chnology Tales Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...r her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctri... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...f nomad herder-hunters unite under Genghis Khan and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. M... ...h allowed for the unprecedented expansion of publishing in the twentieth century before he led his paper‘s switch to digital phototype. My own p... ...arriers between Europe and Asia that the religious feud between Islam and Christianity had erected. ―The effect in diffusing and broadening men‘s i... ... Mongols open East-West traffic Umbilical Cord to Western Renaissance 14TH CENTURY China of Marco Polo’s Visit 15TH and 16TH CENTURIES Gute...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable book...

...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...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, ... ...use and central New York will hold its annual din- ner iiiul smoker at the Century cluli, Syiacuse, this evening. George W, Drisooll 'SI, president of... ...ntral Now York and iSyraciiHe held its annual din- ner and Hiiioker at the Century chih, Syracuse!, N. Y., on Alon- ilay, Alarcli 2.0. The annual elec... ...l, by his assistance ill a great drought, he won over the entire island to Christianity. Wars gave way to peace, resulting in increased prosperity, th... ...sting of the moral tend- encies, best brought about by the introduction of Christianity and the moral influences which mis- sions disseminate. Mission... ...oa Sts. NORTH ADAHS. MAS5. Reserved for I New American House Boston^ Mass* 14th must report for practice this weel(. Instead of the regular recitation...

...The longest 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 ...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...r her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctri... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...f nomad herder-hunters unite under Genghis Khan and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. M... ...ch allowed for the unprecedented expansion of publishing in the twentieth century before he led his paper‘s switch to digital phototype. My own p... ...arriers between Europe and Asia that the religious feud between Islam and Christianity had erected. ―The effect in diffusing and broadening men‘s... ... Mongols open East-West traffic Umbilical Cord to Western Renaissance 14TH CENTURY China of Marco Polo’s Visit 15TH and 16TH CENTURIES Gute...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books...

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... ...mer‘s tale of Troy, which would have actually occurred in about the 12 th Century BCE, was not made into a poem by Homer for another 400 years. He c... ... Christian sect. Greek thought was also influential in the development of Christianity through Paul‘s epistles. ―We humans need explanations f... ...nd kind to the unkind—for virtue is kind.‘ Then a few hundred years later Christianity rekindled the Jewish law when Matthew wrote ‗So in everything... ...ohammed support every jihad which has been called for by the 20th and 21st century mullahs and terrorists? Would Abraham have blessed each transgress... ...e starting point is the patient's individual liberty, as enshrined in the 14th Amendment, and that principle is balanced against what the US courts ...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemu...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES, DISCOVERI... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...es to the Spaniards -- Destruction of the idols of the Totonacs -- An altar to Christianity erected on the pyramid of sacrifice -- Horrible punishment... ...he standard of Spain -- The King is converted arid baptized -- A great day for Christianity -- Levying tribute upon the Island of Matan -- The natives... ...oon to its destruction. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE COLONIES. About the middle of the 14th century the Esquimaux imperilled the colonies in western Greenland... ...and returned either to Iceland or to Norway. A phenomenon also occurred in the 14th century immediately preceding the spread of the Black Plague. Grea...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings amo...

...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 -- T...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ... introduces insoluble contradictions into the theory and practice of late twentieth century anarchism. Indeed, the term anarchism has been trivial... ...- this flawed theory returned with a vengeance in the last two decades of the past century. Privatization, deregulation, and self-regulation becam... ... in the Old Testament - but man-eating goes virtually unmentioned. The Eucharist in Christianity - when the believers consume the actual body and bl... ...munity and violates the property rights of God, the imputed owner of one's spirit. Christianity regards the immortal soul as a gift and, in Jewish ... ...ner which exacerbates the problem. Consider Europe's reaction to the plague in the 14th century. Genetic mutations will occur but they require thou...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ... introduces insoluble contradictions into the theory and practice of late twentieth century anarchism. Indeed, the term anarchism has been trivial... ...- this flawed theory returned with a vengeance in the last two decades of the past century. Privatization, deregulation, and self-regulation becam... ... in the Old Testament - but man-eating goes virtually unmentioned. The Eucharist in Christianity - when the believers consume the actual body and bl... ...munity and violates the property rights of God, the imputed owner of one's spirit. Christianity regards the immortal soul as a gift and, in Jewish ... ...ner which exacerbates the problem. Consider Europe's reaction to the plague in the 14th century. Genetic mutations will occur but they require thou...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent n... ...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...der Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five re... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...These logia appear for the first time in a journal. They are from the 4th century Coptic book, The Gospel According to Thomas, discovered in Hammad... ...he Arno now? Fishing or wading or splashing in the river—that was a half century ago. April 11th IL CAVALLO I solved all the construction probl... ...e such a thing as common sense where the bulk of mankind is concerned? Is Christianity a bulwark to be counted on, or is it cleverly concocted prete... ...rouble me because of my lacks. Dear God — The White House Office May 14th, ’64 He, too, has to die. I see an old man and this thought occurs. ...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the pri...

...illis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625...

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The Chaplet of Pearls

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... BY CHARLOTTE M.YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania S... ...ertain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the six- teenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romanc... ...nt of the times themselves, but of my notion of them. C. M. Yonge November 14th, 1868 THE CHAPLET OF THE CHAPLET OF THE CHAPLET OF THE CHAPLET OF THE ... ...him, was grave and strict to a degree that the ideas even of the sixteenth century regarded as severe. Little Eustacie with her lovely face, her irrep... ...y of itself. The little he taught her sounded to Noemi’s puzzled ears mere Christianity instead of controversial Cal- vinism. And, moreover, he never ...

...Preface: It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by...

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The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix

By: Honoré de Balzac

...x by Honoré de Balzac A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Human Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honoré de Balzac is a publica... ...n Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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 Human Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honoré de Balzac,... ...r of producing perhaps the most char- acteristic writers of the nineteenth century in prose and verse respectively . The family was a respectable one,... ...or exactly “distinguished-looking.” But the portraits of the middle of the century are, as a rule, rather wanting in this characteristic when compared... ...lzac first wrote to his sister from Vierzschovnia, and it was not till the 14th of March 1850 that, “in the parish church of Saint Bar- bara at Berdit... ...im, makes him better; but self-interest also develops his evil tendencies. Christianity, above all, Catholi- cism, being—as I have pointed out in the ... ...be trained, quelled, and guided by religion. The only possible religion is Christianity (see the letter from Paris in “Louis Lambert,” in which the yo...

...Excerpt: Volumes, almost libraries, have been written about Balzac; and perhaps of very few writers, putting aside the three or four greatest of all, is it so difficult to select one or a few short phrases which will in any way denote them, much more sum them up. Yet the five words quoted above, which come from an early letter to his sist...

.... 4 APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................... 32 THE BALZAC PLAN OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE ............................................................ 32 Comedie Humaine .............................................................................................................

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmis- sion, in any way. A Book of Golden Deeds, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... .... Poor Louis XVI had not long the control of the treasure of France; but a century of changes, wars, and revolutions has not blotted out the memory of... ...avish mimic warfare—sport to the beholders, but sad earnest to the actors. Christianity worked its way upwards, and at least was pro- fessed by the Em... ...ame as those of Italy. The greater part of the towns had been converted to Christianity , though some Paganism still lurked in the more remote village... ...s appearance, he thought the danger over, and dismissed his friends On the 14th August, how- ever, the whole fleet again appeared, and the King, in a ... ...er, of the taking of Ceuta, King Joao died of the plague at Lisbon, on the 14th of Au- gust, 1433. Duarte came to the throne; and, a few months after,...

...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed thei...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Clas... ... Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsy... ...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. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...lities that command confidence and re- spect. The middle of the nineteenth century was a time when England might well be proud of her Judges. There wa... ..., and he was ready to give up all, and content to lead the forlorn hope of Christianity, and perish in the front ranks of the noble army. “And having ... ...e “Guardian.” ‘I live in hopes to see you well and hearty at Oxford on the 14th of October, till when, adieu, God bless you. ‘Your affectionate Father... ... will be to have him at Oxford. He means to come in time for dinner on the 14th, and go away on the 16th; but if he likes it, he will, I daresay, stop... .... Nihill was about to return to Nengone, and there was a certain leaven of Christianity in the place, the girls were not subjected to the probation of...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...

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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ing by Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania S... ...ny im- age of John Sterling and his Pilgrimage through our poor Nineteenth Century be one day wanted by the world, and they can find some shadow of a ... ...e two months. Their first child, Edward, as above noticed, was born here, “14th October, 1831;”—and now the poor lady, safe from all her various peril... ...triving towards all nobleness; here was ardent recognition of the worth of Christianity, for one thing; but no belief in it at all, in my sense of the... ...pulling down the power of the Romans: and you will see in the same way how Christianity was sent among them by God, to make them wiser and more peacef... ... “To Mrs. Sterling, Knightsbridge, London. “Malta, 14th April, 1842. “Dearest Mother,—I am writing to Susan through France, by...

...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total o...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Three

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ree by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publ... ...Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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 French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carly... ... speak the obscure meaning it had, through some segment of that Eighteenth Century of Time. She disappears here from the Revolution and Public History... ... of his own. The two friends and Louvet had a miserable day and night; the 14th of November month, 1793. Sunk in wet, weariness and hunger, they knock... ...centuries, say only from Hugh Capet down- wards, had been adding together, century transmitting it with increase to century, the sum of Wickedness, of... ... Thing is then ours, and can be dealt with. Now surely not realization, of Christianity, or of aught earthly, do we discern in this Reign of Terror, i... ...e have got Noyading; and on the 24th night of Frostarious year 2, which is 14th of Decem- ber 1793, we have a second Noyade: consisting of ‘a Hun- dre...

Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History (Volume Three).

...Contents VOLUME III. THE GUILLOTINE................................................................................................................................. 6 BOOK 3.I. SEPTEMBER ..............................................................

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In the South Seas

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevens... ...ennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file... ...ment file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or... ...e associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an el... ...Middlesex and Homer. It was perhaps yet more important that I had enjoyed in my youth some knowledge of our Scots folk of the High- lands and the Isla... ... gods; and not to be blamed if he profit by his liberty. The Jews were perhaps the first to interrupt this ancient comity of faiths; and the Jewish vi... ... polygamy, human sacrifice, and tobacco-smoking have been prohibited, the dress of the native has been modi- fied, and himself warned in strong terms ... ... of the ship- wrecked and carried them ashore in the guise of a ray fish. The same divinity bore priests from isle to isle about the archipelago, and ... ...o fire, and no scouting police, to withhold Maka and his countrymen from wandering in the night unlighted. CHAPTER IV—A TALE OF A TAPU ON THE MORROW o...

Excerpt: In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Modern Broods or Developments Unlooked For

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ds, or Developments Unlooked For by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Modern Broods, or Developments Unlooked For by Charlotte M. Yon... ... fields had been opened to woman- hood, dwelling on such being the work of Christianity, which had always tended to repress the power of brute animal ... ...ing an answer about the form of ornament in the moulding of the fourteenth century! Paula dutifully went to the library, looked out and traced two or ... ... “But really,” proceeded Angela, “it is by far the best hope of keeping up Christianity among those hands. Fulbert had a sort of little hut for a chap... ... secure in it for life! Oh! it is worse and more changeable in this latter century than in any other! Does the world go round faster?” “Of course it d... ...Clement’s hand, dated from Ewmouth: Muriel Ellen, Ewmouth Harbour, October 14th. Blaine to Rev. Underwood. Brother here. Come to infirmary. Clement an...

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

By: The Duke of Saint Simon

...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...nic Classics Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...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. Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Du... ...was impossible for M. de Vaudemont to escape falling into his hands on the 14th, and he wrote thus to the King. At daybreak on the 14th M. de Villeroy... ...s his representative at a for- eign Court. Madame de Navailles died on the 14th of February: Her mother, Madame de Neuillant, who became a widow, was ... ...and profited by this scheme, it may be said that there has scarcely been a century which has produced one more mysterious, more daring, better arrange... ...ressly a consistory; de- plored there the infinite loss the church and all Christianity had sustained, and pronounced a complete eulogium of the princ... ...well made, of that ancient and grand family of Horn, known in the eleventh century among the little dynasties of the Low Countries, and afterwards by ...

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Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau

By: Honoré de Balzac

...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ka... ...re Meslier, and went to Mass; not that he had any choice between deism and Christianity, but he took the wafer when offered to him, and argued that he... ...erdesses danced in panniers, before whom fed the sheep of our nine- teenth century, the sober and serious bourgeoisie,—whose comical demeanor, with th... ...is-Royal, hesitating before the entrance to a gambling-house. This was the 14th. At dinner Cesar could not eat. His stom- ach, violently contracted, r... ... deputy-mayor,—Monsieur l’abbe will dictate the letter to you; date it the 14th, and send it at once to Mon- sieur de la Billardiere by Raguet.” Celes...

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Gulliver's Travels

By: Jonathan Swift

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...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curio...

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The Chouans

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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 Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Worm... ...what law do you put the Chouans to death?” she said to Merle. “That of the 14th of last Fructidor, which outlaws the in- surgent departments and procl... ...e, the dawning day, gave the primitive charac- ter of the earlier times of Christianity to the scene. Made- moiselle de Verneuil was struck with admir... ...which owes its name to the English, by whom it was built in the fourteenth century, during their occupation of Brittany. Before entering it Mademoisel...

...Excerpt: An Ambuscade. Early in the year VIII., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

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........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................

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The Young Step-Mother; Or a Chronicle of Mistakes

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. Yonge is ... ...ther; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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 Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte ... ... handsome, though in the late style, and a good deal misused by eighteenth-century taste; and Albinia was full of admiration as Mr. Kendal conducted h... ...e Young Step-Mother Maria Kendal, born September 5th, 1840. Died September 14th, 1840. Sarah Anne Kendal, born October 3rd, 1841. Died November 20th, ... ...of every species of female ornamental handiwork in vogue for the last half century, and the lun- cheon-tray in the middle of all, ready for six people... ...ly ignorant childishness, and yet my perfect unconsciousness of my want of Christianity.’ ‘I dare say you cannot believe it was yourself, any more tha...

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The Heir of Redclyffe

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania S... ...ow, my little cousin, that I am a Christian, and we live in the nineteenth century.’ Charlotte felt as if annihilated at the aspect of her own folly. ... ...f an education is she to have?’ ‘The chief thing she wants is to be taught Christianity, poor child; the rest Miss Wellwood may settle. She is my firs... ... the traveller’s book at Altdorf. ‘Captain Morville!’ she exclaimed, ‘July 14th. That was only the day before yesterday.’ ‘I wonder whether we shall o...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

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...Excerpt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the mon...

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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

By: George Bernard Shaw

...y GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of ... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet by George Bernard Shaw, the Pen... ...he promotion of immoralities into moralities which is constantly going on. Christianity and Mohammedanism, once thought of and dealt with ex- actly as... ... Victorien Sardou, which may not have been the naughtiest play of the 19th century, but was certainly the very naughtiest that any English manager in ... ... play. For instance, had it been in existence during the last quarter of a century, it would have perceived that those plays of Ibsen’s which have bee... ...darkness in our theatres today without my adding to it. Ayot St. Lawrence, 14th July 1910. Postscript.—Since the above was written the Lord Chamberlai... ...er-cheek apprentice angel serving his time in a vale of tears. They talked Christianity to us on Sundays; but when they really meant business they tol...

...Excerpt: This little play is really a religious tract in dramatic form. If our silly censorship would permit its performance, it might possibly help to set right-side-up the perverted conscience and re-invigorate the starved self-respect of our considerable class of loose-lived ...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

...AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES... ...Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publicati... ...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. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ... The discovery of the abundant mines of America, reduced, in the sixteenth century, the value of gold and silver in Europe to about a third of what it... ...his question, after some variation, was at last determined by the 13th and 14th of Charles II. when it was enacted, that forty days undisturbed reside... ...ere the yeomanry has always been most respected, it was not till about the 14th of Henry VII. that the action of ejectment was invented, by which the ... ...capable of defending them- selves. The pious purpose of converting them to Christianity sanc- tified the injustice of the project. But the hope of fin... ...ither theology, or something that was merely preparatory to theology. When Christianity was first established by law, a corrupted Latin had become the...

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...Contents INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRI...

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

... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Universit... ...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... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ... which the notification was transmitted by your order, and re ceived on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my Coun... ...ions of the world. This provident forecast has been verified by time. Half a century, teeming with extraordinary events, and else where producing ast... ...hority for his considering such disputed points as settled. Upward of half a century has elapsed since the adop tion of the present form of governmen... ...is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patrio tism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this ...

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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... ...ture by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William J... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...s Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...eek feel- ing—Systematic healthy-mindedness— Its reason- ableness— Liberal Christianity shows it— Optimism as encouraged by Popular Science— The “Mind... ...ature of proofs of God’s existence drawn from the order of nature, which a century ago seemed so overwhelmingly convincing, to-day does little more th... ...ence in or- gies by the Romans. It is probable that there never has been a century in which the deliberate refusal to think ill of life has not been i... ...e- fer have still retained for the most part their nominal connection with Christianity, in spite of their discard- ing of its more pessimistic theolo... ...f catching cold if one sits in a draught, the coming of hay-fever upon the 14th of August in the middle of the day, and so on through a long list of f...

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...ROLOGY............................................................................................................. 11 Lecture II: CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC ................................................................................................ 34 Lecture III: THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN ...............................................................................

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...ication Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell, the Pennsylvania... ...inces, his father being a legal official, a Jew who had nominally accepted Christianity. Marx studied jurisprudence, philosophy, politi- cal economy a... ... as chair- man of a meeting held at the Assembly Rooms, Nottingham, on the 14th January, 1860, “that there was an amount of privation and suffering am... ...s kept up in England until far into the 19th 24 Proposed Roads to Freedom century under the name of “roundsmen.”[V ol. i, pp. 758, 759.] Page after p... ...ce at which they were in the En- gland of the first half of the nineteenth century, have instead profited by the general increase of wealth, though in... ...any pris- ons and various countries. Bakunin was sentenced to death on the 14th of January, 1850, but his sentence was commuted after five months, and...

...ER II BAKUNIN AND ANARCHISM........................................................................................................... 29 CHAPTER III THE SYNDICALIST REVOLT............................................................................................................ 43 PART II PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE ...............................................................

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The Noble Qur'An

By: Rev. J. M. Rodwell

...THE KORAN Translated from the Arabic by the Rev. J.M. Rodwell, M.A. with an Introduction by the Rev. ... .... G. Margoliouth, M.A. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Noble Qur'an The Koran trans. Rev. J. M. Rodwell, Introduction by Rev.... ...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 Koran trans. Rev. J. M. Rodwell, Introduction by Rev. G. Ma... ... traditions concerning Muhammad himself for at least the greater part of a century. They rested entirely on the memory of those who have handed them d... ...tions carried on by the professed collec- tors of traditions in the second century after the Hejira, that 20 The Koran little or nothing remains to b... ...ion. His wife Chadijah, as well as her cousin Waraka, a reputed convert to Christianity, and Muhammad’s intimate friend, are said to have been well ac... ...atisfied equally with the religion of their fa- thers, the Judaism and the Christianity which they saw around them, and were anxiously enquiring for s... ...121, n., p. 209. 55 Ibn Batutah assures us (vol. ii. 10) that when in the 14th century he visited Basra, he saw in the mosque the copy of the Koran w...

...Introduction: The Koran admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful e...

...1 96 Thick Blood or Clots of Blood 2 74 The Enwrapped 3 73 The Enfolded 4 93 The Brightness 5 94 The Opening 6 113 The Daybreak 7 114 Men 8 1 Sura I. 9 109 Unbelievers 10 112 The Unity...

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The Voyage of the Beagle

By: Charles Darwin

...E OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...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... ...have been bur- ied. Some of the tombstones recorded dates of the sixteenth century.* The heraldic ornaments were the only things in this retired place... ...ys is sufficient to support a man and his family for the whole week. April 14th. — Leaving Socego, we rode to another estate on the Rio Macae, which w... ...m this one nest as much food as 297 hen’s eggs would have given. September 14th. — As the soldiers belonging to the next posta meant to return, and we... ...d easily have repulsed thousands. Secondly, that after the introduction of Christianity, there were wild men who lived in the mountains, and whose ret... ...rance, and licentiousness have been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity. In a voyager to forget these things is 458 The V oyage of th...

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The Longest Journey

By: E. M. Forster

...rney by E. M. Forster A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...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... ...orld. IV SAWSTON SCHOOL had been founded by a tradesman in the seventeenth century. It was then a tiny gram- mar-school in a tiny town, and the City C... ...The subject of this memoir first saw the light at Wolverhampton on May the 14th, 1842.” She laid down her pen and said “Ugh!” A robin hopped in and sh... ...lt paper aside, took afresh piece, and was beginning to write, “On May the 14th, 1842,” when there was a crunch on the gravel, and a furious voice sai... ... at the level-crossing. By half-past four he had knocked the bottom out of Christianity.” Agnes looked bewildered. “Aren’t you impressed? I was. I tol... ...ool children row upon row. “Ugh! what a hole,” thought Mrs. Failing, whose Christianity was the type best described as “cathedral.” “What a hole for a...

...Excerpt: ?THE COW IS THERE,? said Ansell, lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet. No one spoke. He waited till the end of the match fell off. Then he said again, ?She is there, the cow. There, now.? ?You have not proved it...

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An Unsocial Socialist

By: George Bernard Shaw

...lication An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylvania ... ...s in; but such is the fashion. And so hurray for the glorious nine- teenth century!” He took off his coat, seized the roller, and began to pull it wit... ...his com- forted me somewhat until it occurred to me that if he had lived a century earlier, invested his money in a horse and a pair of pistols, and t... ...’s reply contained some unlooked-for information. “Alton College, Lyvern, “14th December. “Dearest Hetty: I don’t think I can do exactly what you want... ...stence wage will be taken from them again by force. All talk of practicing Christianity, or even bare justice, is at present mere waste of words. How ...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the ... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsyl... ...ise for most part;—and shatter, and smite them silent? On the night of the 14th of August, Lomenie launches his thunderbolt, or handful of them. Lette... ...s Brother to the Cardinal Archbishop. The 24th of August has been; and the 14th September is not yet, when they two, as their great Prin- cipal had do... ...ushed back into its dim depths, and the streets are swept clear. Not for a century and half had Rascality ventured to step forth in this fashion; not ... ...g thee forth stepdamelike, a Distrac- tion into this distracted Eighteenth Century? Work is appointed thee there; which thou shalt do. The Three Hundr... ... Thing is then ours, and can be dealt with. Now surely not realization, of Christianity, or of aught earthly, do we discern in this Reign of Terror, i...

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...Contents THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 12 VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE ...............................................................

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Lay Morals

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...RIES PUBLICATION Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...s engraved upon his mind must follow after profit with some conscience and Christianity of method. A man cannot go very far astray who neither dishono... ...nd more general design than to set one or two Englishmen of the nineteenth century be- yond the reach of needs and duties. Society was scarce put toge... ...After that noble brother of mine, and of all frail clay, shall have lain a century at rest, one shall accuse, one defend him. The circumstance is unus... ...finite in its character, he paid no attention to it. On the evening of the 14th, Corporal Deanes was brought into Dumfries, who affirmed stoutly that ...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives any sem blance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks; and the best of teachers can impart only broken image...

..............................................4 FATHER DAMIEN.........................................................................................43 THE PENTLAND RISING A PAGE OF HISTORY 1666 ............................57 THE DAY AFTER TO-MORROW................................................................74 COLLEGE PAPERS..................................................

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Joseph Andrews

By: Henry Fielding

...s Series Publication Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ssed for combination of literary faculty and knowledge of the eigh- teenth century—have not altogether sufficed to fill up the gaps. His family, said ... ...II., distinguished itself in the Wars of the Roses, and in the seventeenth century was advanced to the peerages of Denbigh in England and (later) of D... ...nt, groaning and lamenting that it was possible, in a coun- try professing Christianity, for a wretch to starve in the midst of his fellow-creatures w... ...he painter. But did ever painter imagine a scene like that in the 13th and 14th Iliads? where the reader sees at one view the prospect of Troy, with t... ...to be described, and which, in a land of humanity, and, what is much more, Christianity, seems a strange punishment for a little inadvertency and indi...

...Excerpt: General Introduction: There are few amusements more dangerous for an author than the indulgence in ironic descriptions of his own work. If the irony is depreciatory, posterity is but too likely to say, ?Many a true word is spoken in jest;? if it is encomiastic, the same ruthless and ungrateful critic is b...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...m Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...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... ...or old fellow. Don’t grudge him every day.” “A fortnight!” (as if it was a century). “You can’t come for a fortnight. Well, perhaps it will take a wee... ...appendage of the old minster, though the house was only of the seventeenth century; but that was substantial and venerable of its kind, and exceed- in... ...thout wax-candles burning all round him. (Mrs. Coffinkey’s sister-in-law.) 14th.—Mr. Barnes’s income is five hundred thousand pounds, and he does not ... ...possible cul- ture in science and literature without any bias in favour of Christianity, Buddhism, or any other sublime religion. Meantime he was goin... ...d to be a disser- tation on Buddhism, containing such a bitter attack upon Christianity that Jock was strongly tempted to put it in the fire at once, ...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Joe Brownlow?s Fancy. The lady said, ?An orphan?s fate Is sad and hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...dited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ...quisitely wrought, of Johnson amid widely various set- tings of Eighteenth-Century England. And sub- ject and setting are so closely allied that each ... ...n was, undoubtedly, much formed upon that of the great writers in the last century, Hooker, Bacon, Sanderson, Hakewell, and others; those ‘Giants,’ as... ... for the Sabbath, yet without that attention to its religious duties which Christianity requires; ‘1. To rise early, and in order to it, to go to slee... ...umerous levee, but have not preserved any part of his conversation. On the 14th we had another evening by ourselves at the Mitre. It happening to be a... ... a Deist; for no man could be so after a fair examination of the proofs of Christianity.’ I named Hume. Johnson. ‘No, Sir; Hume owned to a clergyman i...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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