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The Devil‘S Legacy- to Earth Mortals. Being the Key Note to Black Arts!! Witchcraft, Devination , Omens, Forewarnings, Apparitions, Sorcery, Daemonology, Dreams, Predictions, Visions, And Compacts with the Devil!! with the Most Authentic History of Salem Witchcraft!

By: M. Young

...TIONS, VISIONS, AND Compacts with the Devil!! WITH THE MOST AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT! Compiled by the publisher. NEW YO... ...AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT! Compiled by the publisher. NEW YORK: M. YOUNG, PUBLISHER, 173 GREENWICH STREET. ACT IV. A C... ...ENTIC HISTORY OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT! Compiled by the publisher. NEW YORK: M. YOUNG, PUBLISHER, 173 GREENWICH STREET. ACT IV. A Caver... ... double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Second Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and to... ...fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder‘s fork and blind-worm‘s sting, Lizz... ...t is evil bears his footprints, and as each succeeding generation appears, some new phase of the Devil‘s cunning hand looms up to our sight. As man ... ...s. A similar race of men was found by Columbus and the other discoverers of the New World in America; and facts of a parallel nature are attested to... ... New World in America; and facts of a parallel nature are attested to us in the islands of the South Seas. And, as phenomena of this sort were unive... ...D. FACTS VERSUS THE DICTUM OF SCIENCE – WHAT A TENNESSEAN CAN DO. A New York Paper publishes the follow item of Interest: I have seen se...

...Perhaps the title of this Book – The Devil‘s Legacy to Earth Mortals may at first seem somewhat strange; they will pause as they do at a Witches Prayer, and wonder whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Dev...

...The power of these witches as we find in their earliest records originated in their intercourse with familiar spirits, invisible beings who must be supposed to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in thes...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ... allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus;... ... taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely per... ...ure artist, Bartlett writes with ease and taste.” J. DONALD ADAMS in The New York Times: “...the freshest, most vital writing I have seen for some ... ...o tell us? Had the fog tricked the fleet? Changing my clothes, putting on new sandals, I walked to the pier and the seagulls screamed and we waited ... ... wished to go to sleep. These were wandering musi- cians, from neighboring islands, and their songs were mostly new to us. They repeated the ones we ... ...ld, before us, deceptive, feminine, wrap- ping us in fog, cities, deserts, islands, birds, starry decks and windless watches. We never remember the s... ...em deter- mined to flourish. Where the Loire widens, meadows of water form islands. Yesterday or the day before, Francesco and I spent most of a morn...

...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 private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

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Sappho's Journal

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a carefu... ...ty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett re... ...ving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose inti... ... taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely per... ...en with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely persona... ...ure artist, Bartlett writes with ease and taste.” J. DONALD ADAMS in The New York Times: “...the freshest, most vital writing I have seen for some ... ...o tell us? Had the fog tricked the fleet? Changing my clothes, putting on new sandals, I walked to the pier and the seagulls screamed and we waited ... ... wished to go to sleep. These were wandering musi- cians, from neighboring islands, and their songs were mostly new to us. They repeated the ones we ... ...ld, before us, deceptive, feminine, wrap- ping us in fog, cities, deserts, islands, birds, starry decks and windless watches. We never remember the s...

...In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, a...

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Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil (2 Vols.) ; (1899) : Volume 2

By: Josel de Olivares; William S Bryan, Editor

...Complete in Two quarto volumes. c.1905. Dark green cloth, gilt titles, marbled edges and endpapers. 784pp. Lavishly illustrated. Includes the islands lately acquired from Spain and Hawaii and the Philippines. Illustrated with more than twelve hundred special photographs, color types, and new colored maps. N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., St. Louis, New York, Etc.,...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ...u (The Boat), hung upside down for 2 months in 1961 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Not one of the art critics, journalists, 116,000 visit... ...e in 1640 BC and housed the flourishing Cycladic civilization), through the Canary Islands to Scandinavia. Considering that many ancient civilizati... ...ryplace.com/speeches/berliner.htm Bible The Jews do not include the 27 books of New Testament in their Bible. The factoids below relate to the v... ...late to the version of the Bible used by Christians everywhere: Old (39 books) and New Testament. Altogether 1189 chapters (929 of which are in the... ...se given out by disintegrating protein in decaying flesh. The flower is found on islands off the coasts of Sardinia, Corsica and Spain's Balearic... ..., the insect is to be found only in Central and South America and in some Caribbean islands. Treatment with "smears" containing ronnel and lindane a...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Frate Cu Meridianele Si Paralelele, Vol. 2

By: Florentin Smarandache

...Tucson. Din nou drumuri de aer: zbor spre Las Vegas, schimb avionul spre New York, apoi iau bus-ul (autobuzul) spre Bloomsburg, unde m-a şteapt ă p... ...on. Din nou drumuri de aer: zbor spre Las Vegas, schimb avionul spre New York, apoi iau bus-ul (autobuzul) spre Bloomsburg, unde m-a şteapt ă profe... ...vion. M ă tot chinui. Mai cuc ăi, mai a ţipesc... şi trece noaptea... “New York, New York!” M ă plimb pe 42 nd Street (Stada a 42-a). Din Queen... .... M ă tot chinui. Mai cuc ăi, mai a ţipesc... şi trece noaptea... “New York, New York!” M ă plimb pe 42 nd Street (Stada a 42-a). Din Queens, ... ...îmi spune un cetăţean cu care intru în vorb ă... Biblioteca Public ă din New York e-nchis ă azi, 11 noiembrie, Ziua Veteranilor... 9 Things are... ...Ghisa de la 19 York University – Toronto, D. Pa şnicu de la University of Puerto Rico). Irinel Dr ăgan (de la Texas State University, Arlington)... ...Cor de fete în blugi. Dr ăcoase! Altele, cu fuste scurte, dau University of Las Cruces – Campusul 31 din fese. Strig ă in şii înnebuni ţi!... F... ...(taxiul) de la aeroport la hotel... Încerc o escapad ă la UTA (University of Texas Austin). Ce plou ă! Pânz ă de ap ă. Iarba face valuri. Sunt bloca... ...it ă chiar Hawaii (precum întreg arhipelagul), o zi, 139 $. Zbur ăm inter-islands cu Aloha – companie local ă, 35 de minute din Honolulu în Kona. Ai...

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Sarmiento Y la Patagonia

By: Francisco M. Goyogana

...an Republics” to justify the Argentine claims for the boundary in the summits of the Cordillera de los Andes, according to the Treaties of 1881 & 18... ... et al., op. cit, P. I, t. IV, p. 71; ver también Robert D. Talbott, A History of Chilean Boundaries, (Ph.D. dissertation), University of IIlinois, U... ...rt.... op. cit, vol. I, p. 150; Appendix to the Statement Presented on Behalf of Chile in Reply to the Argentine Report submitted to the Tribunal Co... ... se embarca para Panamá, atraviesa el istmo y luego sigue en vapor para Nueva York. La política exterior argentina durante la presidencia de Mitre s... ...er, la India, la Arabia y el África del Mediterráneo a París, Londres y Nueva York. Es preciso que el lector no olvide que el mundo civilizado se e... ...p. cit, p. 8. 17 Allison Williams Bunkley, The life of Sarmiento, Princeton, New Jersey, 1952, p. 149, existe una traducción al castellano de Luis ... ... Buenos Aires, 1963, pp. 196-197. 19 Ambas Américas, N° 1, Haillet & Brenn, New York, 1867, edición facsímil, Asociación de Difusión Interamerican... ...e development of the Argentine armed forces; 1870-1902, (Ph.D. dissertation), New York University, 1989, pp. 54- 55; ver A. Cisneros. C. Escudé et al... ...r Vieyra, Segunda Cronología Legal Anotada sobre las Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands), edición ampliada, Córdoba, 1993. 124 P. R.O.F.O. 420/23. 1...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist environmental, ... ...long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist environmental, soci... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...pt me focused while writing, in no particular order) Warsaw · Joy Division · New Order The Stooges The Velvet Underground Belle & Sebastian Interpol T... ... doctors, with such advanced medical technology, know why there are so many new diseases such as acid reflux? And why is there nothing being cured to... ... the opportunity to make lots of money, not for freedom or equality. In New York City, for instance, many Chinese people live in Chinatown and stay t... ...der for things to change, instead of being isolated in our own little Asian islands. By working together and helping each other, we can change anyt...

...ever, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones — and open a hidden world of long-guarded secrets. http://ansonchi.webng.com...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...es Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ...aissance. By changing the structure of words and sentences, the monk from York makes writing forever easier to read. 9. Largest Land Empire Ever ... ... ―As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, new scientific knowledge will flow to those who can apply it to practical ... ... 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,... ...in a university print shop that made textbooks with offset machines and a new variety of mimeograph that duplicated the original to make the master ... ...ient postal system.  The Great Wall that stretched farther than from New York to Los Angeles.  The 1,103-mile Grand Canal ‗s locks could lift boa... ...tholic Church‘s internationally renowned monastery schools on the British islands. Two-pronged invasion from the North From the eighth through the ...

...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. This boo...

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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," "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 ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ...earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce o... ... of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage --... ...especting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great philosophers -- Fabulous islands of the Atlantic -- The Viking navigators -- Overrunning Europe,... ... in the year 889 -- Verdant shores and prolific woodlands -- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American con... ...tlement in America -- The courtship of Thorfinn -- The first white baby in the New World -- The Dighton writing rock -- Church records respecting the ... ...ttacked by the natives -- A bold rover of the north -- A cruise among Atlantic islands -- A surprising discovery in Greenland -- Castaways on the shor...

...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 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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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...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... ...ww.WorldLibrary.net is an effort to preserve and disseminate classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and... ...irst proofreader; added to from year to year, as opportunity would offer or new necessities arise; revised and re-revised as the scope of the work,... ... Kingdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Bo... ...gdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Boroug... ...ide Building, Capitol, White House, County Hospital, Boston Public Library, New York Post-Office, British Museum, Thatre Fran~ais, Lexington Hotel, ... .... Miss. D. C. Mo. Del. Mont. Fla. N. C. Ga. N. D. H. I. =Hawaiian Neb. Islands Nev. Id. N. H. 111. N. J. Ind. N. M. Ia. N. Y. Ran. 0. KY. ... .... J. Ind. N. M. Ia. N. Y. Ran. 0. KY. Ok. Ore. Pa. P. I. =Philippine Islands P. R. =Port0 Rico R. I. Samoa S. C. S. D. Tenn. Tex. Utah...

...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 a book--the first edition of the Manual of Sty...

...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 i...

...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 Proofr...

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Family and More : Enemies or Friends?

By: Helena Harper

... Family and More Family and More - Enemies or Friends? A collection of poems By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Ha... ...By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Harper No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means... ...ut the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of AEG Publishing Group 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor - 6016 New York, NY 1... ... Books An imprint of AEG Publishing Group 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor - 6016 New York, NY 10022 www.eloquentbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-60693-127-1 1-60693-... ...ks An imprint of AEG Publishing Group 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor - 6016 New York, NY 10022 www.eloquentbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-60693-127-1 1-60693-127-... ...this place, these parents, the child's choice - why? A small champion for a new way, a new life, a new world of humanity? A sign of hope that in the... ...oisoned water to the sun-parched German throats, whilst the brother's shiny, new officers' boots, two sizes too big and for the bulging rucksacks too ... ...the Canaries he goes, running a bar for the German tourists who flock to the islands in droves. The weather he adores and the relaxing lifestyle suits...

...nemy? Whom do we call a friend? And why? Why do we have relationships at all? These are the questions Helena Harper eloquently asks in her collection of poems that examines the relationships in her own life. She has had to rethink her definition of 'enemy', not least because her father was English and her mother German and they met in the aftermath of World War II in Germa...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excluding the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imag... ...mb with self-loathing, she took her books up to her bed and lay down. This new hurt was tempered by the knowledge that boys were like that. In her sto... ... turned right back to his TV show. His mother hugged him. “Hi, Mum. What’s new?” he asked, not really interested and not expecting any answer other th... ...ense Dad ever had is here! My goodness, he kept all my old report cards. A new pang of sorrow gripped her as she leafed through these, reliving the ta... ..., they were awed by the oceanic size of the water, and by the thousands of islands dotting the horizon. “Well, they don’t call it the thirty thousand ... ...her is Dr. Samuel Sanderson. He’s a cardi- ologist. He left Canada for New York and fame and fortune when I was a teen. I put up such a fuss about not... ... canals, and gazed in fascination at the smooth rock forma- tions and tiny islands they passed. All his life he had lived in the city and had immersed...

... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electron... ...RNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 ... ...Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of... ...m New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ... in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania S... ..., arrived, with a commission to be governor general of New England and New York. The king had given such powers to Sir Edmund Andros that there was no... ...appened to hear of a Spanish ship which had been cast away near the Bahama Islands, and which was supposed to contain a great deal of gold and silver.... ...month the fleet set sail, carrying four regiments from New England and New York, besides the English soldiers. The whole army amounted to at least sev...

...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbrok...

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The War in the Air

By: H. G. Wells

...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...e under notice to quit, the last patch of country in a district flooded by new and prbaa things. He did his best to console himself, to imagine matter... ...rench artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of New York, apples from California, apples from Canada, apples from New Zeala... ...h artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of New York, apples from California, apples from Canada, apples from New Zealand, ... ...a whole day before he was five, and nearly drowned in the reservoir of the new water-works before he was seven. He had a real pistol taken away from h... ...AT MONO-RAIL DISASTER AT TIMBUCTOO. or this:— WAR A QUESTION OF HOURS. NEW YORK CALM. 37 H G Wells EXCITEMENT IN BERLIN. or again:— WASHINGTON STILL ... ...nd made a broad-chested and intelligent man of every Bert Smallways in the islands, had they given the resources they spent in war material to the mak...

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A Footnote to History

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...lication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...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... ...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... ...he held perhaps as high a pro- portion as can be hoped in these distracted islands; and he counted among the number the preponderant name of Malietoa.... .... In addition to the old conundrum, “Who is the king?” they had supplied a new one, “What is the vice-king?” Two royal lines; some cloudy idea of alte... ...11 Robert Louis Stevenson came to him upon a visit and took a fancy to his new posses- sion. “We have long been wanting a boat,” said they. “Give us t... ...ain they might enjoy themselves far beyond the aver- age of man. Seated in islands very rich in food, the idleness of the many idle would scarce matte... ... can see, on the line of the main coast of the island, the British and the new Ameri- can consulates. The course of his walk will have been enlivened ... ...to its old quarters. And he will think it significant that the king of the islands should be thus shuttled to and fro in his chief city at the nod of ...

...Preface: An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considere...

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Rewards and Fairies

By: Rudyard Kipling

...eries Publication Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... course,’ said Dan, flushing. ‘Well, Sir Huon was young when that song was new. But about tricks on mortal babies. I said to Sir Huon in the fern here... ...child Meets the Cold Iron.” And there he stood, in clear starlight, with a new, heavy, shin- ing slave-ring round his proud neck. ‘“Is this how it goe... ...e banquet at Brickwall. They say she danced Philip of Spain out of a brand-new king- dom that day. Worth the price of a pair of old shoes—hey?’ She th... ...aid Dan. ‘You come along too.’ ‘Wilfrid—Saint of Sussex, and Archbishop of York. I shall wait till he asks me.’ He waved them forward. Their feet sque... ...the seal come to my island still?’ Puck shook his head. ‘ All those little islands have been swept away.’ ‘Very possible. The tides ran fiercely down ... ...Northumbrian folk. I was bring- ing over a few things for my old church at York, and some of the natives laid hands on them, and—and I’m afraid I lost...

......................... 71 THE KNIFE AND THE NAKED CHALK .................................................................................. 72 The Run of the Downs ................................................................................................................................................ 72 The Knife and the Naked Chalk .....................................

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A Legend of Montrose

By: Sir Walter Scott

...Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...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... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...voted tribe of MacGregor still bred up survivors to sustain and to inflict new cruelties and injuries. [I embrace the opportunity given me by a second... ...her in a red velvet purse. After I had given her assureance of her gold, a new search is made, the other angell is found, the velvet purse all gnawd i... ...d to Montrose, who, probably wishing as much as possible to conciliate his new allies, treated it in rather an evasive man- ner. Ardvoirlich, who was ... ...r of the castle afforded a singular scene. The Highlanders, from different islands, glens, and straths, eyed each other at a distance with looks of em... ...his way, I would converse with you apart; for men say that in your distant islands the sight is poured forth with more clearness and power than upon u... ...re the craggy ridges showed their black and irregular outline, like desert islands rising above the ocean of vapour. “Spirit of the Mist!” said Ranald...

...Excerpt: I. Introduction to a legend of Montrose. The Legend of Montrose was written chiefly with a view to place before the reader the melancholy fate of John Lord Kilpont, eldest son of William Earl of Airth and Menteith, and the singular circumstances attendi...

...Contents I. INTRODUCTION TO A LEGEND OF MONTROSE. .............................................................. 4 II. INTRODUCTION (Supplement). ............................................................................................. 16 III. A LEGEND OF MO...

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

...lter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...at it would have been an idle piece of affectation to attempt getting up a new incognito, after his original visor had been thus dashed from his brow.... ...ng of a decisive character, and are not eagerly and easily diverted into a new channel. When I made the discov- 15 Sir Walter Scott ery—for to me it ... ... he proposed to drink to the memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York.—Drunk in solemn silence. The chairman then requested that gentlemen w... ...t a want of energy on the part of the performers was the probable cause. A new set of Rules and Regulations were lately drawn up, submitted to and ap-... ...band occupied Holyrood in a species of honourable banishment; [The Duke of York afterwards James II., frequently resided in Holyrood House when his re... ...ir hair to line their nests, before the sun sinks beneath the T reshornish islands.” These words recalled to Elspat’s mind the whole history of the la...

...Excerpt: Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the wri...

...Contents INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. .......................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................

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The Caged Lion

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...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... ...the King- maker, the Marquis of Montagu, and George Nevil, Arch- bishop of York. As nothing is known of her but her name, I have ventured to make use ... ...ed at entrance, as if supposing the old man asleep; and at a slow pace the new-comer crossed the hall to the chimney, where he stood by the fire, warm... ... a voucher for the guest. The drawbridge had already been lowered, and the new-comer was crossing it upon a powerful black steed, guided by Father Nin... ...he keen au- burn eye fell on him, and the cheery kindly voice said, ‘Ha! a new book—a romance? Well may that drive out other thoughts.’ ‘Had he ears t... ...ed the strangers. Lord Marmion was a good-humoured, hearty-look- ing young Yorkshireman, but the other two attracted his at- tention far more. They we... ...ersi- ties in Europe, all of which formed one general system—all were like islands of one country, whose common language was queer Latin, and whose te...

...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

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