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...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James A PENN STAT... ...Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...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... ... fine intensity, its liability to many accidents, its consciousness of all relations? This circumstance, true enough, might disqualify it for many act... ...the En- glish gentleman and the fortunate settled normal person. Seen at a foreign table d’hote he suggested but one thing: “In what perfection Englan... ... in filial intimacy, with her high spirit and general form. “Not from rich relations. She’s extremely kind to me, but it’s time, she says, that we sho... ...y. She means that she’ll ‘do’ for you hand- somely if you’ll break off all relations with me. You speak of her condition. Her condition’s of course th... ... pres- sure—fallen foul of his very type, his want of the right marks, his foreign accidents, his queer antecedents. She had told him he was but half ... ...essed, through the instinctive avoidance of cheap raptures—the religion of foreign things. When it was revealed to her how many more foreign things we...

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

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...altimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, was put in arrest, and subsequently a court of inquiry examined chiefly with reference to disobedience of orders, and reported the evidence....

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...itings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...to 1900? A. LINCOLN. ORDER CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF TO- BACCO PURCHASED BY FOREIGN NATIONS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, November 10, 1863. In cons... ...rofoundest gratitude to God is due. We remain in peace and friendship with foreign powers. The efforts of disloyal citizens of the United States to in... ...rs. The efforts of disloyal citizens of the United States to involve us in foreign wars, to aid an inexcusable insurrection, have been unavailing. He... ...gation on the ground of alienage. In common with other Western powers, our relations with Japan have been brought into serious jeopardy through the pe... ...of these treaties will result in the establishment of per- manent friendly relations with such of these tribes as have been brought into frequent and ... ...nfident. More than a year of trial now shows no loss by it in our foreign relations, none in our home popular sentiment, none in our white military f...

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...lassics Series Publication The Real Thing by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ey had no chil- dren—I soon divined that. They would also perhaps wish our relations to be kept secret: this was why it was “for the figure”—the repro... ...and looked, at least to my prejudiced sense, distin- guished and charming, foreign and dangerous. We left her looking so, while I went down-stairs wit... ...arious small reserves that she was alive to the propri- ety of keeping our relations markedly professional—not letting them slide into sociability. Sh... ...liked to lay hands on my property, to break the sitting, and sometimes the china—I made them feel Bohemian. The next time I saw Miss Churm after this ... ...as followed by the entrance of a young man whom I easily perceived to be a foreigner and who proved in fact an Italian acquainted with no English word... ...gh (they were prepared by this time to allow oddity to artists,) to pick a foreign vagabond out of the streets, when I might have had a person with wh...

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

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...ris to his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese....

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