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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author... ...r to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci... .....articulate, believable ... charms with an expert knowledge of place and people.” MICHAEL FRAENKEL, novelist and poet: “His is the authenticity o... ...and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel,... ...nson, Raleigh, Spenser have had their days in jail; I have had mine—those county sties where pigs and dust ate my manuscripts and foetid odors ate m... ...’s tour. How vividly I remember that smoky inn—the crowd, the torches. In Chester, my lines once more escaped me: utterly perturbed, I gaped at the ... ...ounds (shall I make it more?); in addition, I grant her my estate in Warr County—I like that place... To Joan—I leave my clothes. Why? To Elizabe... ...ce, second floor, a narrow room with a pair of elegant brass spittoons, a Pennsylvania wood burning stove. High on the wall, above my desk, hung an ... ...pt at it, learning, unlearning. For every stick of wood we burned in that Pennsylvania stove we had an ardent opinion. Billy and I earned about $3,...

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...onic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the author. ISBN 0-7596-7159-1 This book is printed on ... ...rs who encouraged me to stop investing my talents, skills and intellect in other people and start investing them in myself. Also for being wise eno... ... that will make your journey through the materials go more smoothly. A message from the Author........................................................ ...................................................111 Included here is a State and County Directory with an indication of whether the States are Lien ... ..., they invest that money so as to earn more than they are paying you. What most people don’t know is that, for decades, banks, insurance companies ... ..., you will want to give up. The material may seem overwhelming and the various County employees less than helpful. The process of sorting through t... ...man, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, Yamhill Pennsylvania: Tax Deed State 67 Counties Adams, Allegheny, Armstro... ...edford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberla... ... Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dor...

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...fe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower classes. Ijet me introduce to you the sophomore orator, Mr. ... ...he Geography of France and Its Influence on the Cnlture and History of the People. ' ' Clark Hall. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 7.30p. m.—Y. M, C. A. elections. ... ...here to thank the various alumni who, unsolicit- ed, have contributed news from time to time. The same prinoiplo obtains in the collection of under- g... ...anv TAILORS At Bemls' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. The Finest Line of Pianos in the County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams StA,NT)A"RD RBPiTTABl^E ^... ...s Ready-to-Wear Tailor-Hade Barnard & Co. North Adams Williamstown LOTS OF PEOPLE NEVER WORRY ABOUT STYLE, JUST BUY Fownes AND HIT IT RICH New Members... ...anv TAILORS At Bemis' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Thm FInast Lino of Plmno» In ihm County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams iflMSiii**^ ' ' : . I \U ... ...n the ensuing concerts, as they have boon delared ineligible. The Williams Pennsylvania club hold a dinner at the Rich- mond hotel. North Adams, last ... ...enery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Winthrop L. Chenery of Bel- mont, Mass. to Chester Fitch of Utica, N. Y. Mr. Fitch is study- ing at the Harvard medica... ...d Mrs. J. B. Cobb.of New York city, will be inarried on Ootoljer 16, 1907. Chester A. Jayne '04, Arthur N. Oopper- thwait and Gbaunoey Hills '06 will ...

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...d Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ... that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constituti... ...serve should be valued by the human family. Those liberties had been wrung from reluctant monarchs in many contests, in many countries, and were group... ...stablished in ordinances sealed with blood, in many great struggles of the people. They were not new to the people. They were consecrated theories, bu... ...nto license and result in the tyranny of absolutism, without saving to the people the power so often found necessary of repressing or destroying their... ...queville could not foresee. Yet, in his commendation of the local town and county governments, he applauds and sustains that elementary feature of our... ...he other hand, it may be said that the town- ship was organized before the county, the county before the State, the State before the Union. In New Eng... ...rica, a witness, who happened to be called at the assizes of the county of Chester (State of New York), declared that he did not believe in the existe... ..., relates the fact in the following terms: – “The Court of Common Pleas of Chester county (New York) a few days since rejected a witness who de- clare...

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...ication Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished f... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...te, in ate, in ate, in ate, in M M M M Macbeth acbeth acbeth acbeth acbeth FROM MY BOYISH DAYS I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Ma... ...e human mind, and the most to be distrusted; and yet the great majority of people trust to nothing else; which may do for ordinary life, but not for p... ...uses on each side of a street, as seen by a person looking down the street from one extremity. Now in all cases, unless the person has happened to obs... ... corresponding improve- ment. Practice and theory must advance pari passu. People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine m... ...himself to be se- duced by their charms, endeavors to banish them from the county of Middlesex. But the truth is, that, however objec- tionable per se... ...t:) the answer was, with roars of laughter, from the under- sheriff of our county— “Non est inventus.” T oad-in-the-hole laughed outrageously at this:... ... is the great En- glish Prince, Regent of France. There is my Lord of Win- chester, the princely Cardinal, that died and made no sign. There is the Bi...

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...N Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ........................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. ........................ ...pers MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY FR FR FR FR FROM OM OM OM OM THE A THE A THE A THE A THE AUTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, U... ... any, had been already tried for me vicariously amongst the Ameri- cans; a people so nearly repeating our own in style of intel- lect, and in the comp... ...rciful bloodshed”—In reading either the later religious wars of the Jewish people under the Maccabees, or the ear- lier under Joshua, every philosophi... ...parts so grotesque, wilder also by much in Connaught than in Lord Massey’s county of Limerick; whilst he (with- out affecting any delight in the hunti... ...s. Lord Carbery was a thorough fox-hunter. The fox-hunting of the adjacent county of Leicestershire was not then what it is now. The state of the land... ...this great house rested exclusively upon its connection with the county of Chester. In this connection it was that the young Vis- count Belgrave had b... ...xeter and Plymouth; north-westwards from Lon- don to Oxford, and thence to Chester; eastwards to T unbridge; southwards by east to Dover; then inclini...

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...This electronic book is a publication of The Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Seni... ...y Editor. William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2 is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fr... ...for which of you will stop The vent of hearing when loud Rumour speaks? I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post horse, still ... ...on, And not a man of them brings other news Than they have learn’d of me: from Rumour’s tongues They bring smooth comforts false, worse than true wro... ...eed, That stopp’d by me to breathe his bloodied horse. He ask’d the way to Chester; and of him I did demand what news from Shrewsbury: He told me that... ...ep them off, Bardolph. FANG: A rescue! a rescue! MISTRESS QUICKLY: Good people, bring a rescue or two. Henry 4th, Part 2, Act II, scene i 19 Thou ... ...as gone down stairs, desire me to be no more so familiarity with such poor people; saying that ere long they should call me madam? And didst thou not ... ...ustice Shallow? SHALLOW: I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of this county, and one of the king’s justices of the peace: What is your good plea...

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...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...r 27, 1863. In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Win- chester, V a. At the time, it was under General Milroy as im- mediate comm... ... with General Schenck in the opinion that the force should be kept at Win- chester at least until the approach of danger, but he disobeyed 4 The Writ... ... have recently reached the War Department, and thence been laid before me, from Missouri, three communications, all similar in import and identical in... ...vent. The locality of nearly all this seems to be St. Joseph and Buchanan County. I wish you to give special attention to this region, particularly... ... attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the soldiers themselves do no wrong. Y ... ...not comprehend the object of your dispatch. I do not often decline seeing people who call upon me, and probably will see you if you call. A. LINCOLN.... ...n, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 21... ...ON, W ASHINGTON, D. C., November 23, 1863. E. P. EV ANS, West Union, Adams County, Ohio: Y ours to Governor Chase in behalf of John A Welch is before ...

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... A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication ... ... say that the first movable types were made on birch sticks—BUCHSTABE—hence the name. I was taught a lesson in political economy in Frankfort. I had b... ...ne as their clothes. In one of the shops I had the luck to stumble upon a book which has charmed me nearly to death. It is entitled THE LEGENDS OF THE... ...he carpetway clear. Nobody moved or spoke any more but only waited. In a short time the shrill piping of a coming train was heard, and immediately gro... ...e lofty Neckar hills to their beguiling and im- pressive charm in any country; but German legends and fairy tales have given these an added charm. The... ...his conversation: “You are Americans, I think? So’m I.” “Yes—we are Americans.” “I knew it—I can always tell them. What ship did you come over in?” “C... ...“What hotel you going to stop at?” “I don’t know.” “Well, then you stop at the Schreiber—it’s full of Ameri- cans. What ship did you come over in?” “C... ...trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoed with mushrooms; a town- ship or two of tender, yellowish fat gracing an outlying dis- trict of this... ... a little to the present day, but with the hyphens left out, in the German fashion. This is the shape it takes: instead of saying “Mr. Simmons, clerk ...

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...r any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ... modest retirement in London, by a friend of mine, and given to me. He had from the first, as Sir Hugh Evans says of Anne Page, ‘good gifts’, which he... ...e superiority of his genius, to walk off unmolested with the dog’s dinner, from before his face. He was rapidly rising in acquirements and virtues, wh... ... a drunken man’—which I never did, having (un fortunately) none but sober people at hand. But I could hardly have respected him more, whatever the st... ...nce, sir!’ returned his father, ‘what do you mean by talking, when you see people that are more than two or three times your age, sitting still and si... ...bout last night?’ ‘All true, my dear; true as the Gospel, Doll.’ ‘Young Mr Chester robbed, and lying wounded in the road, when you came up!’ ‘Ay—Mr Ed... ...ow.’ ‘He has had visitors to day—humph?’ said Gabriel, slyly. ‘Yes. Old Mr Chester has been here ever since we sent for him, and had not been gone man... ... said the widow mildly. ‘Then why don’t you shut him up? we pay enough for county institutions, damn ‘em. But thou’d rather drag him 362 Barnaby Rudg... ... night more drunk and get up every morning more sober, than any man in the county. In knowl edge of horseflesh he was almost equal to a farrier, in s...

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...Wheels of Chance, A Bicycling Idyll by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ... where the blocks of white linen and piles of blankets rise up to the rail from which the pink and blue prints depend, you might have been served by t... ...the lappel of his coat. His remarks, you would observe, were entirely what people used to call cliche, for- mulae not organic to the occasion, but ste... ...u selected, extracted a little book with a carbon leaf and a tinfoil sheet from a fixture, made you out a little bill in that weak flourishing hand pe... ...see a tram- line, go round the corner at once, and hurry off into the next county—and always light up before dark. You mind just a few little things l... ...d a persuasion the cult had been maligned. Anyhow she was a Lady. And rich people, too! Her machine couldn’t have cost much under twenty pounds. His m... ...e question out valiantly, nevertheless,—“since when ‘ave you purchased the county of Sussex?” “May I point out,” said the other man in brown, “that I ... ...ck horse har- nessed into a thing called a gig, northwestward towards Win- chester. Dangle, barring his swollen eye, was a refined-look- ing little ma... ...After nearly an hour’s hard riding, they found themselves uncaught at Win- chester. Not a trace of Dangle nor any other danger was vis- ible as they r...

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...A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. This Portable Document file is furnished f... ...ea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...hose white cliffs across the water, which you can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ te... ... collected them about the King, that once, when the King held his court at Chester, and went on the river Dee to visit the monastery of St. John, the ... ... lay north of Watling Street, as the old Roman military road from Dover to Chester was called, and to give A Child’s Histroy of England 44 Ironside a... ...sword, four thousand of the rebels are supposed to have fallen in that one county. In Norfolk (where the rising was more against the enclosure of open... ... Queen. This was discovered in time by Gardiner; but in Kent, the old bold county, the people rose in their old bold way. Sir Thomas Wyat , a man of ...

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...or the Parish Boy’s Progress by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...r any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...GS in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is on... ...parish, by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had not been possessed of that very useful appendage... ...en were neat and clean to behold, when they went; and what more would the people have! It cannot be expected that this system of farming would produc... ...s every night,’ said another gentleman in a gruff voice; ‘and pray for the people who feed you, and take care of you—like a Christian.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ st... ...iling the loss of the flute, which had been confiscated for the use of the county: so Nancy passed on to the next cell, and knocked there. ‘Well!’ cri... ...itutional, for it burnt holes in them, and there was no remedy against the County. The same re mark he considered to apply to the regulation mode of ... ...iserable enough even to satisfy us, until a widow lady, residing, then, at Chester, saw the girl by chance, pit ied her, and took her home. There was...

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...sics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ...ete bridge fled a limousine of long sleek hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a L... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...r poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin an... ...en a “crack” real-estate man with a firm of his own in haughty Brook- lyn; Chester Kirby Laylock, resident salesman out at the 31 Sinclair Lewis Glen... ...creation. Fifteen minutes after the purple prose of Babbitt’s form-letter, Chester Kirby Laylock, the resident salesman at Glen Oriole, came in to rep... ... in Zenith or anywhere else. He had heard it said that “conditions” in the County Jail and the Zenith City Prison were not very “scientific;” he had, ... ...an English family—in- deed, more precisely, considering the opinion of old county families upon newly created brewery barons and woolen- mill viscount...

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... SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...them by clenching his hands behind him, and he stammered: “I know. You get people. Most of these darn co-eds— Say, Carol, you could do a lot for peopl... ...dmit I fall down in sympathy sometimes. I get so dog-gone impa- tient with people that can’t stand the gaff. You’d be good for a fellow that was too s... ...no park to rest the eyes. And since not Gopher Prairie but Wakamin was the county- seat, there was no court-house with its grounds. She glanced throug... ...Guns and churns and barrels of nails and beau- tiful shiny butcher knives. Chester Dashaway’s House Furnishing Emporium. A vista of heavy oak rockers ... ...Anoka.” “He did not!” roared Mr. Stowbody. “He settled first in Blue Earth County, him and his father!” (“What’s the point at issue?” Carol whispered ... ...d wandered to Los Angeles, where, the Dauntless reported, “Our good friend Chester has accepted a fine position with a real- estate firm, and his wife...

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...ATION Adam Bede by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one a... ...e, busy upon doors and window-frames and wainscoting. A scent of pine-wood from a tentlike pile of planks outside the open door mingled itself with th... ...sincere, Thy conscience as the noonday clear. Such a voice could only come from a broad chest, and the broad chest belonged to a large-boned, muscular... ... turn to something worse. Mester Irwine’s got more sense nor to meddle wi’ people’s doing as they like in religion. That’s between themselves and God,... ... says for ‘hevn’t you?’—the gentry, you know, says, ‘hevn’t you’—well, the people about here says ‘hanna yey.’ It’s what they call the dileck as is sp... ... a chance; and it’s an unnat’ral thing to have one bit o’ your farm in one county and all the rest in another.” “Ah, the Scantlands would go much bett... ... Adam and Seth. “I hope y’ enjoyed them spinach and gooseberries as I sent Chester with th’ other day. If ye want vegetables while ye’re in trouble, y... ...an eye at measuring and a head- piece for figures, against any man in this county and you’ve had good teaching—you’ve had good teaching.” When they go...

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...ng: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...r any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ... to distinguish what is true and genuine in this historic kind of writing, from what is false and counterfeit. Indeed, it seems likely that some such ... ...h two or three authors have lately procured for their works of this nature from the public, will probably serve as an encouragement to many others to... ... calumny, and to the prejudice of the characters of many worthy and honest people. I question not but the ingenious author of the Spectator was prin... ...probation. “Why now, that’s friendly,” said he; “d—n me, I hate to see two people bear ill will to one another after they have had a tussel. The only ... ...rom him. This gentleman then being well tired with his long journey from Chester in one day, with which, and some good dry blows he had received in ... ... much the sharper man of the two, no sooner heard that this lady came from Chester, with the other circumstances which he learned from the hostler, th... ...ntleman, who had the honour to be in the commis sion of the peace for the county of Worcester. Of which Mr. Western was no sooner informed than he of...

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...Heartsease or Brother’s Wife by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...him into animation, and ever and anon chasing her little dog to extract it from be- tween his teeth. Suddenly she became aware of the presence of a sp... ...said, not without hesitation—’You have not heard when to expect your party from Madeira?’ ‘You know we cannot hear again. They were to sail by the nex... ... as he is, so fastidious about women! And yet this letter spoke decidedly. People talk of love! and Arthur is so easy, he would let himself be drawn o... ...not think how she was kept in such unconsciousness.’ ‘She knows nothing of people’s ways,’ said Arthur. ‘She knew you were all abroad, and her own fam... ...e. The place is altogether too big for comfort. Our little parlour at Win- chester was twice as snug as that overgrown drawing-room 33 Yonge down-sta... ...der than the house.’ ‘It is. My father built the house, but we were an old county family long before. The old Admiral, the first lord, had the peerage... ... instructed the dumb boy, talked to the curate, and took her share of such county gaieties as were not beneath the house of Martindale; but at every t...

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...for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone a... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate ri... ... UNITED STATES 3 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BILL CLINTON George Washington FIRST INAUGURAL ... ...ed by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilec tion, and, i... ...t, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for the... ...s than my own, nor those of my fellow citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the In visible Hand which c... ... governed in a body, and whose dominions seldom exceeded the dimensions of a county in one of our States, a tumultuous and disorderly movement per mi... ...earth. Harry S. Truman INAUGURAL ADDRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 A former county judge, Senator and Vice President, Harry S. Truman had taken the o... ...hief Justice Salmon Chase in his rooms to take the executive oath of office. CHESTER A. ARTHUR On September 20, 1881, upon the death of President Garf...

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...liam Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Malone ha...

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...LICATION Biographical Essays by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascer... ...in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Malone has inferr... ... 23d. There is doubtless, on the one hand, no absolute necessity deducible from law or custom, as either operated in those times, which obliges us to ... ...ns. Thirdly, even apart from the political as- pects of Warwickshire, this county happens to be the central one of England, as regards the roads betwe... ... sensibility; upon which as- sumption, the wonder ceases that Cicero, Lord Chesterfield, and other brilliant men, who took the utmost pains with their... ...y is to be received as evi- dence of pauperism, nine tenths of the English people might occasionally be classed as paupers. With respect to his libera... ... their debts. And the prob- ability is, that Master Sadler acted like most people who, when they suppose a man to be going down in the world, feel the... ...hibition, or else they demand too vivid illustrations of the meaning. Lord Chesterfield him- self, so brilliant a man by nature, already therefore mak...

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...OVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR ......................................................................... 10 CHAPTER II OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR ...................

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... and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...CH ITS PRODUCE IS NATU- RALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE. .......... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .................... ...ERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM 342 CHAPTER II OF RESTRAINTS UPON IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME .............. ...XTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST ALL KINDS, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE BALANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISADVANTAGEO... ...irectly destroy- ing, and sometimes of abandoning their infants, their old people, 9 Adam Smith and those afflicted with lingering diseases, to peris... ...ate of the markets, of all the different sorts of grain in every different county of Scotland. If such direct proof could re- quire any collateral evi... ...terwards by particular orders of the justices of peace in every particular county, both these practices have now gone entirely into disuse. “By the ex... ...he septier of wheat; a measure which contains a little more than four Win- chester bushels. In Great Britain, the real recompence of labour, it has al...

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...e of speech, I have presumed to deliver these things in the Latin tongue, not trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebiu...

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...(Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. J.A. Giles is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...ot trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the... ...rom writings and monuments of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Is... ...bout with me an inward wound, and I was indignant, that the name of my own people, formerly fa- mous and distinguished, should sink into oblivion, and... ...istory of the Britons, edited by Mark the anchorite, a holy bishop of that people. 7. The island of Britain derives its name from Brutus, a Ro- man co... ... 7 History of the Britons 21. Cair mauiguid (Manchester). 22. Cair ligion (Chester). 23. Cair guent (Winchester, or Caerwent, in Monmouthshire). 24. C... ...St. Patrick. 1 King of Connaught. 2 A mountain in the west of Connaught, county of Mayo, now called Croagh-Patrick. 32 History of the Britons of on...

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..............................110 THE PHILOSOPHER?S PUBLIC LIBRARY............................................................................ 126 ABOUT CHESTERTON AND BELLOC.................................................................................... 129 ABOUT SIR THOMAS MORE ................................................................................................

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...n An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyone a... ................................................................... 126 ABOUT CHESTERTON AND BELLOC......................................................... .............................................................. 175 IS THERE A PEOPLE? ...................................................................... ...L rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gym- nastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. ... ...out what it means.” I make a hasty promise and go out and tell my friends. From my garden I look straight upon the Channel, and there are white caps u... ... an astonishing effect of ease, that was incredible not simply to ignorant people but to men well informed in these mat- ters. It cannot be fifteen ye... ...rous reactionary thinkers as Mr. G.K. 76 An Englishman Looks at the World Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc for example turn, as be- ing the most des... ...reaming head or the subjugated feet. Even the highly feudal slave-holding “county family” traditions of Virginia and the South pass now out of memory....

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... reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy received many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should be re-edited, but ninety years could not but make a great difference in these days of progress, so that not only had the narrative to be brought up to ...

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...y of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...shire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy re- ceived many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should b... ...lliam Heathcote needed to be recorded in their relations to the parish and county. This has, therefore, here been attempted, together with a record of... ...an interest in provincial dialect, some specimens are appended, which come from personal knowledge. The lists of birds and of flowers are both from th... ...star on their base, are picked up in the gravels and called by the country people Shep- herds’ Crowns—or even fossil toads. Large boulder stones are a... ...difficulties or controversies attended to, confirmation given to the young people and children, and, after a meal, the bishop proceeded, sometimes to ... ...ed worthy of a Latin epitaph, probably the work of a chaplain or of a Win- chester scholar to whom he had endeared himself: Hic in humo stratus, John ... ... to whatever was required of him. He had been member of Parliament for the county of Hants, and had been placed at the head of the list of his father’... ...lternately with T udor portcullises, profusely adorn Fox’s chantry in Win- chester Cathedral. CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER VI VI VI VI VI C...

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...tion An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished ... ...wept round in an unbroken curve at each landing, forming an inclined plane from the top to the bottom of the house. A young voice, apparently mimickin... ...bottom of the house. A young voice, apparently mimicking someone, now came from above, saying, “We will take the Etudes de la Velocite next, if you pl... ...makes me feel like an author; and so in Christian duty I always read other people’s. Listen to poor Sarah’s tale of guilt. ‘1st October. I am very sor... ...at her daughter had taken the hint. “You had better go and wash your face. People may call, and I presume you don’t wish to receive them in that pligh... ..., I’m browed!” exclaimed Jane incredulously. “I like that.” “For a girl of county family, you are inexcusably vulgar, Jane. I don’t know what I said; ... ...han I can lift myself up by the waist- band and carry myself into the next county, as some one 62 An Unsocial Socialist challenged a speculator in pe... ...th apprehension by turns. “What a disgraceful thing! Where are the police? Chester, will you come with me and see what they are doing? Sir Charles is ... ...e wall with 129 GB Shaw his own han’s.” “I will go and see the fun,” said Chester. Lady Brandon hesitated. But her anger and curiosity van- quished h...

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...ng Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fre... ...esar. The sol diers he led to battle were very strong, and con- quered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gunpowder then; but they had ... ...gunpowder then; but they had swords and spears, and, to prevent themselves from being hurt, they had helmets or brazen caps on their heads, with long ... ...le way off there was a country nobody knew anything about, except that the people were very fierce and savage, and that a sort of pearl was found in t... ...strong places in the woods, with trunks of trees, cut down to shut them in from the enemy, with all their flocks and cattle; but Caesar did not get in... ...the country, and they built towns. Almost all the towns whose names end in chester were begun by the Romans, and bits of their walls are to be seen st... ...tons in Wales and Scotland. Once, eight of these kings came to meet him at Chester, and rowed him in his barge along the river Dee. It was the grandes... ... this time, were able to get between them and the city. The people of each county were desired to state their grievances; the king engaged to do what ... ... general election—by the men who have a certain amount of property in each county and large town. There must be a fresh election, or choosing again ev...

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...on Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished ... ...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ...and but few east; and above all, there were no reporters prying into other people’s private affairs. Consequently it did not become generally known th... ...s in imitation of mine. The joke was a huge one in the mind of many of the people, and was much enjoyed by them; but I did not appreciate it so highly... ... joined us on the march from North Anna to Cold Harbor, in the vicinity of Chesterfield. Sheridan in this memorable raid passed entirely around Lee’s ... ... and east of Hawkins Creek as they can be found. The 2d corps will move to Chesterfield Ford. The 9th corps will be directed to move at the same time ...

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...ner, and Fragmenta Rega- lia by Sir Robert Naunton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnished ... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...ted, together with Sir Robert Naunton’s “Fragmenta Regalia,” in the volume from which they are here reprinted, with notes by the translator and the ed... ...beth sent thither as Ambassa- dor, and was despatched to Elizabeth’s court from Scotland as a trusty messenger. In 1596-7 he was in France, and cor- r... ...e, and the chamber of the English kings. This most ancient city is the the county of Middlesex, the fruitfullest and wholesomest soil in England. It i... ...its antiquity; though others think it to have been named Elbegate. Several people believe that there were formerly two gates (besides that to the brid... ... thy kingdom shall be translated to another, whose manner and language the people under thee knoweth not. Nor shall thy sin be done away till after lo... ... erected by the Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Order, is called Win- chester Tower;* there are a hundred steps to it, so ingeniously contrived t... ... of England. Of Prince Edward, Duke of Aquitaine and Cornwall, and Earl of Chester. Reginald Pole, with this inscription: “The remains of Reginald Pol...

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... Our Mutual Friend Volume Three by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished fr... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...til at the heart of the City—which call Saint Mary Axe—it was rusty-black. From any point of the high ridge of land northward, it might have been disc... ...s before his listening ears were greeted by the voice of Fledgeby, calling from his bed, ‘Hold your row!—I’ll come and open the door directly!’ But, i... ...osely, ‘you haven’t been lightening any of these; but it’s a trade of your people’s, you know. Yo u understand what sweating a pound means, don’t you?... ...of his two open hands at arm’s length; ‘at a distance—among certain of our people, where her industry would serve her, and where she could hope to exe... ...ve up.’ ‘No, sir!’ remonstrated Wegg, enthusiastically. ‘No, Sir! “Charge, Chester, charge, On, Mr V enus, on!” Never say die, sir! A man of your mark... ...tched off to a great blank barren Union House, as far from old home as the County Jail (the remoteness of which is always its worst punishment for sma...

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...d with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnished f... ...of growing enlightenment and happy compan- ionship, and an innocent refuge from the cares and perturbations of life. Princeton, June 28, 1917. INTRODU... ...ect and setting are so closely allied that each borrows charm and emphasis from the other. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor w... ..., such as ‘love’ and ‘hate,’ and vast is the number, range, and variety of people who at one time or another had been in some degree personally relate... ...godchild Jane Langton. ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I love the acquain- tance of young people, . . . young men have more virtue than old men; they have more gen- ... ...and seventy-five pounds. The Plan, was addressed to Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, then one of his Majesty’s Prin- cipal Secretaries of State; a... ...f my Dictionary came to 64 Boswell’s Life of Johnson be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield, was this: I had neglected to write it by the time appointed. ... ...ly, and I do not watch myself, they will find me out to be of a particular county. In the same man- ner, Dunning may be found out to be a Devonshire m... ...great estate, I would drive all the rascals whom I did not like out of the county at an election.’ We then walked to the Pantheon. The first view of i...

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...n The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. One is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished ... ...hope you will find your house at Mentone nice. I have been obliged to stop from writing by the want of a pen, but now I have one, so I will con- tinue... ...se of justice forbids the receipt of less – than half-a- crown. – Greeting from, Sir, your most affectionate and needy son, R. STEVENSON. Letter: TO M... ...enness of a tree. The southerly heights, when I came here, were black with people, fishers waiting on wind and night. Now all the S.Y .S. (Stornoway b... ...ny drunk men, and a double supply of po- lice. I saw them sent for by some people and enter an inn, in a pretty good hurry: what it was for I do not k... ... L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO MRS. SITWELL TRAIN BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND CHESTER, AUGUST 8, 1874. My father and mother reading. I think I shall talk... ...rite; but it is very hard in this flying train, or I would write you more. CHESTER. – I like this place much; but somehow I feel glad when I get among... ...ul in peace, and continue to possess my body on any terms. CALISTOGA, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA All which is a fortnight old and not much to the point n... ...onceive the kingdom of the Muses mildlier mannered; and in particular that county which you administer and which I seem to see as a half-suburban land...

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...blication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished f... ...o not know that the Duchess or the Duke had enjoyed it much; but the young people had seen something of foreign courts and much of foreign scenery, an... ...ed much among the trumpets, and yet they longed to return. He told himself from day to day, that though he had been banished from the House of Commons... ... dead. Had the heavens fallen and mixed themselves with the earth, had the people of London risen in rebellion with French ideas of equality, had the ... ...rt to him. But now it was as though all outside appliances were taken away from him. There was no one of whom he could ask a question. For it may be s... ...ent man, he lived at home as a country gentleman, and thus was able in his county to hold his head as high as richer men. But Frank Tregear was only h... ...he has got a title, nor yet because he owns half a 26 The Duke’s Children county. But men have their ideas and feelings about it. My father is a rich... ... Archbishop all he knew to beat him with only 9st 2lb, and what the lot at Chester are likely to be, I don’t think that there can be seven to one agai... ...f it, if he’s all right, and if his temper will stand. Think what a course Chester is for an ill-condi- tioned brute like that! And then he’s the mos...