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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 -- ...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "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 ... ...s, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES, DISCOVERIES, ADVENTURES, BATTLES... ...BID DEFIANCE TO THE ARMED FLEETS OF ALL NATIONS. EMBELLISHED WITH MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS AND LARGE DOUBLE-PAC... ...hey had seen on shore. But towards evening the German returned, bearing in his arms a great quantity of grapes, a fruit which was quite familiar to hi... ...al forms; it is not wonderful that in the circling clouds he should behold the arms of demons stretched out to seize his vessel; that in the moaning o... ...S OF JAVA. On Borneo Polo also found many savage beasts, such as elephants and unicorns, the latter being the rhinoceros which is still occasionally t... ...nidad, Cortez collected a large quantity of military supplies, provided padded coats for some and armor for others of his soldiers, and set them throu... ...herein the ends of logs painted black to represent guns, put a large number of coats and hats: on sticks just inside the bulwarks to convey the impres...

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...Excerpt: One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it:--it was the black kitten?s fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that it couldn?t ha...

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... Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...lvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the... ...’re the Red Queen, Kitty! Do you know, I think if you sat up and folded your arms, you’ d look exactly like her. Now do try, there’s a dear!’ And Alic... ...n’t suc ceed, principally, Alice said, because the kitten wouldn’t fold its arms properly. So, to punish it, she held it up to the Look ing glass, t... ...oysters hurried up, All eager for the treat: Their coats were brushed, their faces washed, Their shoes were cl... ...er lips curling up into a smile as she began: ‘Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabu lous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!’ ...

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...h 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 States on the two c...

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... Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...uietly. “Not an instant to lose; lock in my trunk all travelling utensils, coats, shirts, and stockings—without counting, as many as you can, and make... ...n it done; and, until further proof, I deny that whales, cetaceans, or sea-unicorns could ever produce the effect you describe.” “Well, Ned, I repeat ... ...this is how we managed: while one of us lay on our back, quite still, with arms crossed, and legs stretched out, the other would swim and push the oth... ...id these words, the door opened. A steward entered. He brought us clothes, coats and trousers, made of a stuff I did not know. I hastened to dress mys... ... this scene. The commander, leaning against the corner of a table with his arms folded, scanned us with profound atten- tion. Did he hesitate to speak...

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...s Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ia State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...d in rolled a wild set of mariners enough. Enveloped in their shaggy watch coats, and with their heads muffled in woollen comforters, all bedarned and... ... he continued the business of undressing, and at last showed his chest and arms. As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same sq... ... amazement, contented himself with restricting his ablutions to his chest, arms, and hands. He then donned his waistcoat, and taking up a piece of har... ... a locker underneath for umbrellas, com- 157 Herman Melville forters, and coats. In front is a leather rack, in which to keep your speaking trumpet, ... ...d shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; for you cannot successfully shoot at them ...

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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. ...

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...Table of Contents: I Old Testament 1 -- 1 Book of Genesis, 3 -- 2 Book of Exodus, 67 -- 3 Book of Leviticus, 119 -- 4 Book of Numbers, 156 -- 5 Book of Deuteronomy, 209 -- 6 Book of Josue, 255 -- 7 Book of Judges, 286 -- 8 Book of ...

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...THE HOLY BIBLE TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN VULGATE DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE HEBREW, GREEK, AND OTHER EDITIONS IN DIVERS LANGUAGES DOUAY-RHEIMS... ...AGES DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSION 1609, 1582 2 Contents I Old Testament 1 1 Book of Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Book of Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...mmanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. 18 Th... ...im, Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death. 3 Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad; and when thou hast taken somethin... ...m, and envied him. 24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: th... ...in the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts, and as many coats: 13 But if you shall not be able to declare it, you shall give me thi... ...le to declare it, you shall give me thirty shirts and the same num- ber of coats. They answered him: Put forth the riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And... ...og. 22 Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns. 23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the ch...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether...

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...s A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylva- ... ...- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsi- bility for the... ...hat the younger one was moved to sit upon his knee forthwith, put her fair arms round his neck, and kiss him twenty times. During the whole of this af... ... attempting to be heard in silence was fain to sit down again, folding his arms and shaking his head most wrathfully, and giving Mrs Spottletoe to und... ...en there were young farmers and old farmers with smock-frocks, brown great-coats, drab great-coats, red worsted comforters, leather-leggings, wonderfu... ... chatted so pleasantly together, that although Tom knew infinitely more of unicorns than horses, the coachman informed his friend the guard at the end...

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...Excerpt: Genesis; Chapter 1 -- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and ...

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...Table of Contents: I Old Testament 1 -- 1 Genesis, 3 -- 2 Exodus, 70 -- 3 Leviticus, 126 -- 4 Numbers, 167 -- 5 Deuteronomy, 225 -- 6 Joshua, 273 -- 7 Judges, 306 -- 8 Ruth, 338 -- 9 1 Samuel, 343 -- 10 2 Samuel, 385 -- 11 1 Kings,...

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...THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARE... ...NING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED BY HIS MAJESTY... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 22 Song of Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the... ...her of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man... ... and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;... ...alt make the girdle of needlework. 40 And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make fo... ...y is like the rstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the ea... ...ky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and un- derneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, De...

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...Index A A blow felled Artaxerxes, with a thrust 466 A branch of Est there in the Guelfian tree 392 A bugle small he winded loud and shrill, 162 ?A burning fire, so are those deserts charmed, 307 A Christian once, Macon he now adores, 27 A dreadful thunder-cla...

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.... Parma, Italy 1581), trans. Edward Fairfax (London 1600) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...lvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...pake: “Godfredo find, And in my name ask him, why doth he rest? Why be his arms to ease and peace resigned? Why frees he not Jerusalem distrest? His p... ...e, Four hundred brought he, but so many thrice Led Baldwin, clad in gilden arms of price. XLI Guelpho next them the land and place possest, Whose fort... ... ploughmen joy when thunders promise rain. LXXII Some shirts of mail, some coats of plate put on, Some donned a cuirass, some a corslet bright, And ha... ...e flocks of sheep and tender goats Give milk for food, and wool to make us coats. XI “We little wish, we need but little wealth, From cold and hunger ... ...nd jacinths glistered round: Her coachman guided with the golden rein Four unicorns, by couples yoked and bound; Of squires and lovely ladies hundreds...

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...Table of Contents: I. Looking-Glass House, 1 -- II. The Garden of Live Flowers, 14 -- III. Looking-Glass Insects, 23 -- IV. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, 33 -- V. Wool and Water, 47 -- VI. Humpty Dumpty, 57 -- VII. The Lion and the Un...

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...ass House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. The Garden of Live Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 III. Loo... ...lass House O NE THING was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it: — it was the black kitten’s fault entirely. For the white kitt... ...ite kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that i... ...ed her children’s faces was this: first she held the poor thing down by its ear with one paw, and then with the other paw she rubbed its face all over,... ...ou’re the Red Queen, Kitty! Do you know, I think if you sat up and folded your arms, you’d look exactly like her. Now do try, there’s a dear!’ And Ali... ... didn’t succeed, principally, Alice said, because the kitten wouldn’t fold its arms properly. So, to punish it, she held it up to the Looking glass, t... ... oyster bed. But four young oysters hurried up, All eager for the treat: Their coats were brushed, their faces washed, Their shoes were clean and neat... ...elp her lips curling into a smile as she began: ‘Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!’ ‘W...

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.... Parma, Italy 1581), trans. Edward Fairfax (London 1600) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...lvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...pake: “Godfredo find, And in my name ask him, why doth he rest? Why be his arms to ease and peace resigned? Why frees he not Jerusalem distrest? His p... ...e, Four hundred brought he, but so many thrice Led Baldwin, clad in gilden arms of price. XLI Guelpho next them the land and place possest, Whose fort... ... ploughmen joy when thunders promise rain. LXXII Some shirts of mail, some coats of plate put on, Some donned a cuirass, some a corslet bright, And ha... ...e flocks of sheep and tender goats Give milk for food, and wool to make us coats. XI “We little wish, we need but little wealth, From cold and hunger ... ...nd jacinths glistered round: Her coachman guided with the golden rein Four unicorns, by couples yoked and bound; Of squires and lovely ladies hundreds...

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...Excerpt: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel by Master Francis Rabelais, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Antony Motteux....

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...MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL ... ...TUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL T ranslated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...lvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...aloud, Assembled in a blue-vein’d cloud, And this tall infant in angelic arms now shroud. IX. T o praise it further I would now begin Were ‘t now... ...s portrayed a man’s body with two heads, looking towards one another, four arms, four feet, two arses, such as Plato, in Symposio, says was the mys- t... ...ke a mallet. He took the cranes at the first leap, and would have the mail-coats to be made link after link. He always looked a given horse in the mou... ...r complaint, showing their panniers broken, their caps all crumpled, their coats torn, their cakes taken away, but, above all, Marquet most enormously... ...fice, rehearsed by Euripides. He also caused to be bought three fine young unicorns; one of them a male of a chestnut colour, and two grey dappled fem...