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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... ...e – Narcissism Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ...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... ...mantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot less inspiring. Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest... ... time, dined with her and her husband in their London flat and invited them to his country retreat - she did not captivate him. He did take her on ... ...f the Young Turks, including cabinet ministers. Many of the perpetrators fled the country only to return, triumphant, after the establishment of m... ...roduce low-pitch sounds and light effects (flashes, streamers, and balls). Water in lakes and reservoirs oscillate causing flooding (a phenomenon c... ...explorers in the early 17th century reported that the Iroquois Indians in the Great Lakes region drank popcorn beer and ate popcorn soup. In either ... ...s and studies for Leonardo's works of art and engineering are found on his shopping lists, personal notes, and personal expenditure ledgers. No ...

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

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...dles and colored fire. The procession, which start- ed at 7,35, was headed by tiie senior drag, containing Clarey and Murphy, the senior orators, Hin-... ...de reached President Hoji- kina' housn on the return marol). when a charge by the sophomores upset things. Most of the trans- [jaroncios informed 1900... ...brandt and was illustrated by slides both of the artists' works and of the country surrounding their homes. Prof. Rice showed how each of these painte... ...s considered a distinctly English problem, with which the citizens of this country had nothing to do and which could never become a serious evil here.... ...he practice of sending out double bi-weekly bulletins to newspapers on its lists. Several new papers have been added to the list, in- oludirig the Spr... ...ally whenever de- sired, without removing blade. Each automatic stropping "lakes the place of a new blade, and for a long time makes each . shave at l... ...smuch . as several of them aie filled with pure water in the form of small lakes — one of them havitig a diameter of more than a mile. The treatise on...

...lliams 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 in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government and relies on revenue ...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

... Montaigne's Essays MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) Translation by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on th... ... Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was provided by Professor Emeritus Ben R. Schneider, Lawrence University, Wisconsin. It... ...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...e same effect. Edward the black Prince of Wales (who so long governed our Country of Guienne, a man whose conditions and fortune were accompanied wi... ...s cause of his death, which was, that he would never consent to yeeld his Country into the hands of a cruell tyrant, menacing him with an imminent p... ...yers occasions urging him still upon any accident to be ready to enter the lists: and the unexpected replies and answers of his adverse parlie, do of... ... Sit licet infesto pollice turba minax. The Fencer hopes, though down in lists he lye, And people with turn'd hand threat's he must dye. All thin... ...are bred, Whether by death divorst with us it goe, Or see the darke vast lakes of hell below, Or into other creatures turne the head. To Crates...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... FUZZY AND NEUTROSOPHIC ANALYSIS OF PERIYAR’S VIEWS ON UNTOUCHABILITY W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy e... ... K. Kandasamy e-mail: dr.k.kandasamy@gamil.com Translation of the speeches and writings of Periyar from Tamil by Meena Kand... ...om Translation of the speeches and writings of Periyar from Tamil by Meena Kandasamy HEXIS Phoenix, Arizona 2005 2 Th... ...angi, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India Copyright 2005 by Hexis, W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy, Florentin Smarandache and K. Kanda... ...ven when the government recognized the girl child as a critical issue for the country's development, India continues to have an adverse ratio of wom... ...monkeys are worshipped in the form of Hanuman, whose tiny statues litter the countryside and giant statue line the highways! This has no scientific... ...ads by Dalits R 10 - Fight against denial of right to use common wells and lakes by Dalits R 11 - Rights denied to Dalits to wear new clothes, ... ... 1 0 0 ) i.e. “right denied for the Dalits and Sudras to use common well and lakes” to be in the ON state and all other nodes in the range space ar... ...vernment decided and passed a resolution never to mention subcastes in voters lists, religious institutions, school records, court records but only ...

...K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He was visibly upset and it proved that a Dalit who rose up to such...

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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," "T... ... 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 ... ... RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS ... ...s of a new world -- Interview with a King in America -- Description of the new country -- Intercourse between Greenland and America -- Captured and ea... ...there were many vast plains uninhabited, but abounding in pastures, rivers and lakes, which region was used for pasturing cattle, of which the people ... ...g expedition, which he did two or three times a year. In this region were many lakes and rivers, in which were great abundance of swans, cranes, and o... ...ing themselves before the spectators. Soon after they successively entered the lists, and entertained us with single combats. One champion, rising up ... ...rtainment, which, however, did not prevent two other females from entering the lists. They seemed to be girls of spirit, and would certainly have give...

...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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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ... withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. The World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i... ...dixes A. The United Nations System 278 B. International Organizations 279 C. Country Membership in International Organizations 282 D. Mathematical Con... ...een added. Area: Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate... ...y international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Comparative areas are based on total area equ... ... Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the Census, and the Department of State. Country abbreviations: CAR Central African Republic FRG Federal Republic ... ... for military bases Environment: ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; consists of about 360 small coral islands Special notes: 1,050 km ... ...ocratic Group (RDNP), Leslie Manigat Voting strength: new voter registration lists being compiled Communists: United Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH...

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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, ... ...be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the p... ..., 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... ...sons, living or dead, or events, is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on a... ...nk I can this time too. But Mr. Brock has indi- cated he’ll be leaving the country next summer, which will make it harder to litigate against him. He’... ... lot to think about. Thank 40 SUSAN BRACKEN you.” That evening Lacey made lists of expenses and weighed the pros and cons. Between her part-time job ... ... non-descript. But when they rounded the corner onto 58 SUSAN BRACKEN the lakeshore area Lacey was awed by the beauty of Kempenfelt Bay, stretching a... ...d playfully. “The bay enters into Lake Simcoe, which is one of the largest lakes in the province, about three hundred square miles I think. I’ll take ... ...ved on to happier thoughts. Ruby and Pearl had remained on the best-seller lists for a whole year and the book became a series on HBO and TMN. In 2012...

... 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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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... ...irety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist. Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leadin... ...ES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.” GRACE FLANDRAU, author and historian: “..... ...talking. Again he lampooned Mimnermos and mimicked “that strange-smelling country poet from Smyrna.” But I detected a morbid note, a self-hostility ... ...ght Kleis’ fancy...” Vaguely, I had the flash of an image: a fair, slim, country boy, not one of the slaves. “And what is it you want?” I said, in... ...r the Alpine heights and passes to heavenly promises; I prefer rivers and lakes to the Dantesque. Savonarola’s ashes were thrown into the Arno... I ... ... in. Church steeple, reflected in the water, sways: The church registry lists column after column of dead: Not a sound. 355 n S...

...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: ...

...PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis 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 62...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... SPLITNESS By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January ... ... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...tter understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it through a microscope? The answer is; very little. B... ... people who own villas and mansions on different continents. People who have country homes and travel from the city to the country every week: are t... ...u cannot own the oceans of the world. Life energy flows. Damming rivers and lakes: stopping the flow of Life of an entire huge eco-system is the d... ... owned. Water in the forms of clouds, rain, groundwater, humidity, moisture, lakes, rivers, oceans, glaciers, snow, ice; cannot be easily sectioned... ...nt from Santa. The song still sings of that time when rich people had secret lists… which people were favored and which were not. The evil of thi... ... beings: by creating a myth based upon secrecy, stealth, and greed, and secret lists of who has been naughty and nice. It worked. The starving po...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects a...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...nic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsy... ... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve 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... ...tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...re fully equal to his task. He began with the physical ge- ography of this country, and examined the characteristics of 6 Democracy in America the pe... ...h, forming a triangle whose irregular sides meet at length below the great lakes of Canada. The second region begins where the other terminates, and i... ...at length, after innumerable windings, fall into the Polar Seas. The great lakes which bound this first region are not walled in, like most of those i... .... See the Laws of Massachusetts, vol. i. p. 410. The selectmen draw up the lists of electors for the election of the Governor, and transmit the result... ... be limited to a nar- row sphere; but when the chief magistrate enters the lists, he borrows the strength of the government for his own pur- poses. In...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential t...

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The Princess

By: Alfred Lord Tennyson

...Tennyson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...Series Publication The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 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... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ...ies rolled about Like tumbled fruit in grass; and men and maids Arranged a country dance, and flew through light And shadow, while the twangling violi... ...ed, Madam, I love the truth; Receive it; and in me behold the Prince Y our countryman, affianced years ago To the Lady Ida: here, for here she was, A... ... And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set t... ...r countrywoman, I your old friend and tried, she new in all? But still her lists were swelled and mine were lean; Y et I bore up in hope she would be ... ... fight, But now fast barred: so here upon the flat All that long morn the lists were hammered up, And all that morn the heralds to and fro, With mess...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...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... ...letter of eight closely written foolscap pages. The other two are written by a differ- ent person, at St. Joseph, Mo., and of the dates, respectivel... ...ven no loyal man who has been disarmed is named, but the affida- vits show by name forty-two persons as disloyal who have been armed. They are as fol... ...field. My wish, then, is compounded of what I believe will be best for the country; and it is that he will come here, put his military commission in m... ... him retake his commis- sion and return to the army for the benefit of the country. This will heal a dangerous schism for him. It will relieve him fr... ... of intention may be made or naturalizations effected to send periodically lists of the names of the persons naturalized or declaring their intention ... ... must hold themselves at liberty to increase their naval armament upon the Lakes if they shall find that proceeding necessary. The condition of the b...

...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 Lady of the Lake

By: William J. Rolfe

...The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridg... ...tt, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publicatio... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publication of the Pen... ...nd dells along, Wrapping thy cliffs in purple glow, And reddening the dark lakes below; Nor faster speeds it, nor so far, As o’er thy heaths the voice... ...s; and given his charge, Nor skiff nor shallop, boat nor barge, Upon these lakes shall float at large, But all beside the islet moor, That such dear p... ...mean vengeance on a foe, Those cords of love I should unbind Which knit my country and my kind? O no! Believe, in yonder tower It will not soothe my c... ...ne may be your paine another tide,” etc. See also Scott’s Lay, vi. 50: “Me lists not at this tide declare.” 483. Bridal. Bridal party; used as a colle... ...udged essential to fair com- bat. It is true that in formal combats in the lists the parties were, by the judges of the field, put as nearly as possib...

...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State... ...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicatio... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a public... ...ation The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ... the Susquehanna, is of necessity among its highest lands. The face of the country , the climate as it was found by the whites, and the manners of the... ...bout a hundred miles west of Otsego, on the banks of the Cayuga. The whole country was then a wilder- ness, and it was necessary to transport the bag ... ... these hills that the Delaware takes its rise; and flowing from the limpid lakes and thousand springs of this region the numerous sources of the Susqu... ... thriving vil- lages are found interspersed along the margins of the small lakes, or situated at those points of the streams which are favorable for m... ...ling loss so sensibly. But her own champion was now preparing to enter the lists. The mirth of Brom, which had been again excited, though in a much sm...

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The Talisman

By: Sir Walter Scott

...er Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott 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... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...th whose dreadful name the Saracens, according to a historian of their own country, were wont to rebuke their startled horses. “Do you think,” said th... ...ter much experience of the wonders which it wrought, brought it to his own country, and left it to his heirs, by whom, and by Clydesdale in general, i... ... were the only fit receptacle for its sullen waters, sends not, like other lakes, a tribute to the ocean. The whole land around, as in the days of Mos... ...e of either. Impeach me if thou wilt—I am prepared to defend myself in the lists against the best Templar who ever laid lance in rest.” “Yet thou star... ...ield other satisfaction than that which these poor limbs can render in the lists to any bold challenge—ay, were it against five champions instead of o...

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The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicatio... ...imore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publicat... ...Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...operly speaking, among all the numerous tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficu... ... and the French, all gave appellations to the tribes that dwelt within the country which is the scene of this story, and that the Indians not only gav... ...oun- try which lies between the head waters of the Hudson and the adjacent lakes. The facilities which nature had there offered to the march of the co... ...covered the southern termination of the portage between the Hudson and the lakes, that Montcalm had been seen moving up the Champlain, with an army “n... ...thou tyrant! thou recreant knight! he who abandons his damsels in the very lists,” she cried; “here have we been days, nay, ages, expecting you at our...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Volume I.

By: George Gilfillan

...DER POPE VOL. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.LVI... ...I. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Expl... ...ope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...eds not so much from the idea of that business, as of the tranquility of a country life. We must therefore use some illusion to render a pastoral deli... ...ot? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a combat in the lists left out. ‘What! leave the combat out?’ exclaims the knight. ‘Yes, or... ...take his sins, Be stopp’d in vials, or transfix’d with pins; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie, Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin’s eye: Gums an... ...akes on rolling spires, Pale spectres, gaping tombs, and purple fires: Now lakes of liquid gold, Elysian scenes, And crystal domes, and angels in mach... ... 290 Matchless his pen, victorious was his lance, Bold in the lists, and graceful in the dance: In the same shades the Cupids tuned his l...

Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

...Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE.................................................................................................................................. 6 PREFACE2......................................................................

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...RLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...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... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE AS THE... ...of materials has compelled us to stop short of recording those noble deeds by which delicate women and light-hearted young soldiers showed, that in th... ... and preserved the chair among the relics of the bravest of his own fellow countrymen. Such obedience at all costs and all risks is, however, the very... ... that gives itself for others—the temper that for the sake of religion, of country, of duty, of kindred, nay, of pity even to a stranger, will dare al... ... among the hills, sometimes encamping in the woods, sometimes crossing the lakes in small boats. Many 27 Yo n g e ladies were among them, and their s... ...is counsel takes, And let him learn that I can burn The fish within their lakes.’ III. ‘Swift, swift, good steed, death’s on thy speed, Gain... ...strength and resources were exhausted. Upon this the Tzar desired that two lists might be drawn up of the willing and unwilling warriors in his camp. ...

...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 their full meed of fame. The...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

...Plutarch’s Lives Volume One T T T T Translated by Arthur Hugh Clough ranslated by Arthur Hugh Clough ranslated by Arthur H... ... ranslated by Arthur Hugh Clough ranslated by Arthur Hugh Clough ranslated by Arthur Hugh Clough ranslated by Arthur Hugh Clough A P A P A P A P A Pen... ... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania 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... ... their lives are both of them said to have incurred great odium with their countrymen, if, that is, we may take the stories least like poetry as our g... ... which was of- fered to him upon condition that he would not come into the lists; and when he had with much to-do thrown his an- tagonist, some of the... .... And chronology, in gen- eral, is uncertain; especially when fixed by the lists of victors in the Olympic games, which were published at a late perio... ...he shepherds and graziers Aegicores. Since the country has but few rivers, lakes, or large springs, and many used wells which they had dug, there was ... ... been neither rainy nor much troubled with southern winds; and of the many lakes, brooks, and springs of all sorts with which Italy abounds, some were...

Excerpt: Plutarch?s Lives -- Volume One. translated by Arthur Hugh Clough.

.... 5 ROMULUS ........................................................................................................................... 34 COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS .............................................................. 64 LYCURGUS .......................................................................................................................... 68 ...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...air Lewis A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 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... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ... hardware turnover is the envy of the four counties which constitute God’s Country. In the sensitive art of the Rosebud Movie Palace there is a Mes- s... ...own. Lots of fine maples and box-elders, and there’s two of the dandi- est lakes you ever saw, right near town! And we’ve got seven miles of cement wa... ...b- bery, a porch indistinct in leafy shadows. But she ex- claimed over the lakes: dark water reflecting wooded bluffs, a flight of ducks, a fisherman ... ...inclair Lewis preparations for her first party, the housewarming. She made lists on every envelope and laundry-slip in her desk. She sent orders to Mi... ...t hopefully. “All right,” she yawned. With hazy eyes she tried to read the lists of characters, which were hidden among lifeless advertisements of pia...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

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