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...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...pportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper INTRODUCTION IT IS BELIEVED that... ...ny ear in the prov- inces so deaf as not to have drunk in with avidity the narrative of some fearful tale of midnight murder, in which the natives of ... ...tray his unbelief. He listened like one who was convinced, and resumed his narrative in his former solemn manner. “We came from the place where the su... ...” was the slow and musing answer; “’tis not often that books are made, and narratives written of such a scrimmage as was here fou’t atween the Mohican... ...on of his father with that sort of intenseness which would be created by a narrative that redounded so much to the honor of those whose names he had l... ...om the capture of the fort was drawing to a close, but the business of the narrative must still detain the reader on the shores of the “holy lake.” Wh...

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...The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York State, and her eventual escape to Freedom. Since Sojourner could neither read or write, she d...

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... BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania S... ...................................................................... 339 4 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers NARRATIVE AND MISCELLA- NEOUS PAPERS BY ... ...ds, or even swallowed up in ruin themselves, or their course turned out 6 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers of the sunny beams into a dark wildernes... ... out of consideration for the descen- dants of one person concerned in the narrative: otherwise, it might not have been requisite: for it is proper to... ... eager to lose no hour of an enjoyment that might prove so fleeting. It 8 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers seemed as if the whole population of the... ... beside.’ But wherefore seek to delay ascending by a natural climax to 10 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers that final consummation and perfect crow... ... of haughty pretension, fled before the childlike innocence, the sweet 12 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers feminine timidity, and the more than che... ...y Agnes was at that time in her twenty-first year; and I may here add, 14 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers with respect to myself, that I was in my...

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...Table of Contents Forward 1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 4 Volume I: NARRATIVE DISCUSSION 6 Chapter 1: Constitutional Overview 6 Chapter 2: Money Raised to Fund the Revolutionary War 28 Chapter 3: Weights and Measures 52 Chapter 4: Constitutional Monetary Clauses 57 Chapter 5: Prelim...

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... (1850) Dictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information... ... Sojourner Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH ................................................. ................................................................... 93 4 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) Dictat... ... (1850) Dictated by Sojourner Truth (ca.1797-1883) Edited by Olive Gilbert NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Written by Olive Gilbert, based on information... ...n by Olive Gilbert, based on information provided by Sojourner Truth. 1850 NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE The subject of this bi... ...s a fortu- nate one, as Master Charles was the best of the family,— 5 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth being, comparatively speaking, a kind master t... ... or consti- tutional cruelty of the master, as to that gigantic in- 6 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth consistency, that inherited habit among slaveh...

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...an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith PRELUDE A CHAPTER OF WHICH THE LAST PAGE ONLY ... ...misfortune-sodden features and mem- bers for a continuation of the doleful narrative. “How did this occur?” Sir Willoughby peremptorily asked him. Fli... ...uccour of Mrs Mountstuart. “Drive straight,” she said, and braced him. His narrative was then direct. Near Piper’s mill, where the Wicker brook crosse... ...ing. The risky com- munication was to come. Vernon was proceeding with the narrative of Willoughby’s generous plan when Dr. Middleton electrified him ...

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...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... .......................... 70 4 Charlotte M. Yonge LADY HESTER; OR, URSULA’S NARRATIVE by Charlotte M Yonge CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA CH... ...nd she pointed to the papers on the table. They were her mother’s attested narrative, and the certificate of her burial. My brother read aloud, “The 3...

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Excerpt: Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglas.

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...5 1845 1845 1845 1845 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave by Frederick ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATI... ... CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE LIFE... ...s to become acquainted with Frederick Douglas, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every mem- ber of that body; but, ha... ...s strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtu- 4 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ous traits of character, by his... ...h gave utter- ance to many noble thoughts and thrilling reflections. As 5 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass soon as he had taken his seat, ... ...st abun- dant; and his success in combating prejudice, in gaining pros- 6 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass elytes, in agitating the public... ...al Association, March 31, 1845. “No matter,” said Mr. O’Connell, “under 7 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass what specious term it may disgu...

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...at we could hardly hold our marline spikes. I have here gone out of my narrative course in order that any who may read this may form as correct ... ...rue account. Whether I shall ever meet him again, or whether his manuscript narrative of his adventures in the Pelew Islands, which would be credit... ... Many of the reflections, and the political parts, I omitted, but all the narrative they were delighted with; especially the descriptions of the ... ...LUDING CHAPTER I trust that they who have followed me to the end of my narrative, will not refuse to carry their attention a little farther, to... ... subject, though I cannot but feel sure that all who have followed me in my narrative must be convinced that the sailor has no romance in his every d... ... of their officers. *I am not sure that I have stated, in the course of my narrative, the manner in which sailors eat, on board ship. There are neit... ... the infliction of corporal punishment. Those who have followed me in my narrative will remember that I was witness to an act of great cruelty in... ..., for the most part, remarked upon them as they came up in the course of my narrative, I will offer nothing further now, except on the single point o... ...ied to judge of their operation. Without any formal dedication of my narrative to that body of men, of whose common life it is intended to be ...

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...Excerpt: In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in various writ ings since, I have given the public what I considered very good reasons for withholding the manner of my escape. In substance these re...

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... printed in The Cnetury Illustrated Magazine, November 1881. I N THE FIRST NARRATIVE of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and ...

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...ry of what once filled it a treasure to be brought forward with joy and thankfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotten, and their place know them no more....

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...nkfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotten, and their place know them no more. To... ... with few interruptions till the present time, and is the backbone of this narrative, which I compile and condense from it and other sources before de... ... but there have been such alterations that without minute description this narrative will be unin- telligible. The aspect was northwards so far as the... ...t Clarence than ever he had been before. When encouraged to speak out, the narrative of the temptation had so entirely agreed with what we had said as... ...ness; and perhaps I am lin- gering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative. Some- thing is due to the disproportion assumed in our memories ...

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... rendered her an amusing inmate in a country house, had that of recounting narratives of this sort with very considerable effect—much greater, indeed,... ...r Scott THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER; OR, THE LADY IN THE SACQUE. T he following narrative is given from the pen, so far as memory permits, in the same char... ...e voice of the speaker on a circle of fireside auditors, who hang upon the narrative as the narrator details the minute incidents which serve to give ... ... her numerous accomplishments, added, in a remarkable degree, the power of narrative in pri- vate conversation. In its present form the tale must nece... ...t related to me; and for the same reason I will not add to or diminish the narrative by any 5 Sir Walter Scott circumstance, whether more or less mat... ...r- stood, to save the inconvenience of introducing a nameless agent in the narrative. He was an officer of merit, as well as a gentleman of high consi... ...nd hence, unquestionably, many subjects which de- light us in poetry or in narrative, whether real or fictitious, cannot with advantage be transferred...

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...n travel, is, natheless, incompetent to the task of recording the pleasant narratives of my Landlord, I will let these critics know, to their own eter... ...t modesty. For these alone they were compiled, as will appear from a brief narrative which my zeal for truth compelled me to make supplementary to the... ...fying in the main, was, like a well-built palace, decorated with facetious narratives and devices, tend- ing much to the enhancement and ornament ther... ...world may see the injustice that charges me with incapacity to write these narratives, seeing, that though I have proved that I could have written the... ... for the press, hath more consulted his own fancy than the accuracy of the narrative; nay, that he hath sometimes blended two or three stories togethe... ...uthor that such a character might be made a power- ful agent in fictitious narrative. He, accordingly, sketched that of Elshie of the Mucklestane-Moor... ...e volume, a tale which was designed to occupy two, have perhaps produced a narrative as much disproportioned and distorted, as the Black Dwarf who is ... ...ed with the wild and pastoral district in which the scene of the following narrative is placed, and I was fortunate enough to recover many links of th... ...orts. The more high-spirited among the youth were, about the time that our narrative begins, expecting, rather with hope than apprehension, an opportu...

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...piled by a person named Scott early in the last century— a curious book of narratives of maritime adventures, with exceedingly quaint illustrations. N... ...istory I found a description of Algeria which tallied wonderfully with the narrative. It was taken from a survey of the coast made a few years later b... ... sheyk to detain the young French lady for a wife to his son, are from the narrative. He really did claim to be an equal match for her, were she daugh... ...ey in- terested themselves actively on her behalf, and that they wrote the narrative from the lips of the maitre d’hotel (who indeed may clearly be tr... ...y all went home to dejeuner. T wenty-nine years before the opening of this narrative, just after the battle of Boyne Water had ruined the hopes of the... ...d Arthur had candour enough to perceive that this was the simple primitive narrative of the death of martyrs struggling for Christian truth, long ere ...

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...opportunity University. Bleak House – Volume Two 3 CHAPTER XXXV Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life b... ... how it was, and I was drawn to stay there.” Having got over her own short narrative, in the delivery of which she had spoken in a low, strained voice... ...of Mr. Elwes, of Suffolk, and transfers all the facts from those authentic narratives to Mr. Krook. Twice when the dustman is called in to carry off a... ...ng from the ceiling. Bleak House – Volume Two 106 CHAPTER XLIII Esther’s Narrative IT MATTERS LITTLE NOW how much I thought of my living mother w... ...ngs and up the turnings. Bleak House – Volume Two 195 CHAPTER L Esther’s Narrative IT HAPPENED THAT WHEN I came home from Deal I found a note fro... ...ll and out at the great door of the Dedlock mansion. CHAPTER LVII Esther’s Narrative I HAD GONE TO BED and fallen asleep when my guardian knocked ... ...e! Who will tell him!” Bleak House – Volume Two 314 CHAPTER LIX Esther’s Narrative IT WA S THREE O’CLOCK in the morning when the houses out side... ...olume Two 327 CHAPTER LX Perspective I PROCEED TO OTHER PASSAGES of my narrative. From the good ness of all about me I derived such consolation a... ...down the recollection of their sympathy. I proceed to other passages of my narrative. During the time of my illness, we were still in London, where Mr...

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...s came into my possession, and as offering proofs of the authenticity of a narrative therein contained. This, in fact—a desire to put myself in my tru... ...time of Mr. Surveyor Pue, and from whose oral testimony he had made up his narrative, remembered her, in their youth, as a very old, but not decrepit ... ...ll be freely exhibited to whomsoever, induced by the great interest of the narrative, may desire a sight of them I must not be understood affirm ing ... ..., the figures with which I did my best to people it. The characters of the narrative would not be warmed and rendered malleable by any heat that I cou... ...cacious. I might, for instance, have contented myself with writing out the narratives of a veteran shipmaster, one of the Inspectors, whom I should be... ... take upon us to determine. Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we co...

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...-hunt story was put aside for more 18 V anity Fair – V olume Two stirring narratives which he had to tell about the great cam- paign of Waterloo. As ... ... various periodical works now published not to reprint the following exact narrative and calculations—of which I ought, as the discoverer (and at some... ...t quarrelled. So, in a word, Briggs told all her history, and Becky gave a narrative of her own life, with her usual artlessness and candour. Mrs. Bow...

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... all that concerned his kindred and friends. Other letters only repeat the narrative or the reflections given elsewhere; and of 4 Life of John Coleri... ...protection from a British man-of-war, it gives a grandeur to the following narrative:— ‘June 7th.—One of their chief men has just been with two bread-... ...uire special gifts of discernment and wisdom from on high. Then occasional narratives, by way of illustration, to clench the statement of principles, ... ... Life of John Coleridge Patteson of Hebrew; though even now it is only the narrative books that I read, so to say, rapidly and with ease. ‘I wish some... ...nesians habitually think and speak such languages. I assure you the Hebrew narrative viewed from the Melanesian point of thought is wonderfully graphi... ...time is past, present, or future, i.e., whether such and such a verse is a narrative of a past fact or the prophecy of a future one. It is much a matt... ...ther the day before; but the substance of his letter has been given in the narrative:— ‘September 21, 1871. ‘My dear Mother,—We have had a terrible lo...

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...earness to the tale I am about to tell you.” The worthy German resumed his narrative after having, without the smallest regard for romanticism and loc... ...hani- cally pouring from an empty decanter. Monsieur Hermann continued his narrative after the slight pause occasioned by this interruption.] The next... ...myself. Since the first inquiry I had put to him during Monsieur Hermann’s narrative, he had steadily avoided my eye. Possibly he avoided those of all...