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...Introduction: In September of the year during the February of which Hawthorne had completed ?The Scarlet Letter,? he began ?The House of the Seven Gables.? Meanwhile, he had removed from Salem to Lenox, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he occu...

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...Excerpt: When The Duchess Was Dead No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in England. Then they had gone abroad, takin...

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...ty of Chicago Manual Style by University of Chicago Classic Literature Collection World Public Library.org... ...World Public Library.org Title: Chicago Style Manal Author: University of Chicago Language: English Subject: NonFiction, Reference Publisher: W... ... I. Proper nouns and adjectives: George, America, Englishman; Elizabethan, French (see 46). 2. Generic terms forming a part of geographical names :... ... geographical name: (I) Holy Roman Empire, German Empire (-Dmtschw Reich), French Republic (=Rt?pdliquce Frawaise), United Kingdom, Northwest Terri... ...ganiza- tions and institutions : Union League Club, Knights Templar; Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Associated Charities; Smith- so... ...n if applied to a specific institution, except to avoid ambiguity : young people's societies, the high school at Lemont, local typographical union... ...eral rules: In Latin, capitalize proper nouns and adjec- tives; in French, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish, capitalize only proper nouns; in German a... ... GaUiczcm; Histoire de la lith?rature fraqaise, Novelle e racconti po#olari italiani, Antologia & poetus l&os castdlams, Svemka litteraturem hist&; ... ...75. Compounds of "great, " indicating the fourth degree in a direct line of descent, call for a hyphen: great-grandfather, great-grandson. I 76. Co...