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... his adopted home of Baltimore, Maryland on October 7th, 1849, making him the first American writer in this series. The critical estimation of Poe’s work has increased dramatically over the course of my lifetime, which has been satisfying to observe, as he was for me—as I believe for so many lovers of literature—an early favorite, particularly because of his verse, whic...

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...e City in the Sea A Pæn To One in Paradise Hymn An Enigma Serenade To——— (Sleep On, Sleep On, Another Hour...) The Coliseum Fanny To Frances S. Osgood To F——— To Mary May Queen Ode Bridal Ballad Sonnet: To Zante The Haunted Palace Sonnet: Silence The Conqueror Worm Lenore Dream-Land Impromptu: To Kate Carol Eulalie Epigram for Wall Street The Raven ...

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...Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is widely considered to be the greatest and most influential of all American poets. LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's sole book published at his own expense, represents almost the entirety of his poetical output. The first edition of LEAVES OF GRASS, which he would continue to revise over the course of his life expanding and rewriting it u...

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...Contents Introduction LEAVES OF GRASS INSCRIPTIONS One's-Self I Sing As I Ponder'd in Silence In Cabin'd Ships at Sea To Foriegn Lands To a Historian To Thee Old Cause Eidólons For Him I Sing When I Read the Book Beginning My Studies Beginners To the States On Journey...

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... Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of ... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania St... ...make use of them, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis Copyright © 1998 T... ...versity is an equal opportunity University. Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven By Mark Twain CHAPTER I Well, when I had been dead abou... ... miles a minute. Of course when I came across one of that sort — like Encke’s and Halley’s comets, for instance — it warn’t anything but just a flash... ...a minute and a half I was fringed out with “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” Mark Twain 3 an electrical nimbus that flamed aroun... ...that are comets, you’ve got to go outside of our solar system — where there’s room for them, you under stand. My friend, I’ve seen comets out there... ...cupy all space; the sulphur smoke from the “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” Mark Twain 4 furnaces — oh, well, nobody can descri... ...trous craft begun to crash along. And such another powwow — thousands of bo’s’n’s whistles screaming at once, and a crew like the populations of a hu...

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...orne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsy... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Hawthorne Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret A Romance By Nathaniel Hawthorne E E E E Edited, with P dited, wit... ...s Lathr arsons Lathr arsons Lathr arsons Lathr op op op op op, , , , , The S The S The S The S The S on in Law and D on in Law and D on in Law and D o... ...R This R This R This R This R omance I omance I omance I omance I omance I s D s D s D s D s D edicated edicated edicated edicated edicated B B B B By... ...tion will not be thankful to read. The appreciation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writings is more intelligent and wide spread than it used to be; and the... ...nal literature has not, perhaps, so entirely exhausted 4 Doctor Grimshawe s Secret our resources of admiration as to leave no welcome for even the le... ...k of a contemporary of Dickens and Thackeray. As regards “Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret,”—the title which, for lack of a better, has been given to this Ro... ...re is no other instance, that I happen to have met with, in which a writer’s thought reflects itself upon paper so immediately and sensitively as in t...

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...arles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State Universit... ... ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SECOND PART THE FIRST .............. 92 A Child’s History of England iii PART THE SECOND..................................... ...NDER EDWARD THE FOURTH........................................ 253 A Child’s History of England iv CHAPTER XXIV ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE FIFTH.......... ...UNDER OLIVER CROMWELL......................................... 386 A Child’s History of England v SECOND PART .......................................... ................................................................. 437 A Child’s History of England vi Charles Dickens 7 A Child’s History of England by ... ..., who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8 in ships to these Islands, and found that they produ... ...ther fastened to the stem. The butt end was a rattle, to frighten an enemy’s horse. The ancient Britons, being di vided into as many as thirty or for... ...ir masters went to fight on foot. The Britons could not have suc A Child’s Histroy of England 10 ceeded in their most remarkable art, without the ai...

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...Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Almayer’s Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad is a publication of t... ...ument or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Almayer’s Folly: A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...te University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad ALMAYER’S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER by Joseph Conrad CHAPTER I “KASPAR! MA... ...would spread a glowing gold tinge on the waters of the Pantai, and Almayer’s thoughts were often busy with gold; gold he had failed to secure; gold th... ...n this coast where he felt like a prisoner. All this was nearly 4 Almayer’s Folly within his reach. Let only Dain return! And return soon he must—in ... ...more than a week late! Perhaps he would return to-night. Such were Almayer’s thoughts as, standing on the verandah of his new but already decaying hou... ...uded branch, like a hand lifted in mute appeal to heaven against the river’s brutal and unneces- sary violence. Almayer’s interest in the fate of that... ...rifted in sight of Celebes, as far as Macassar, perhaps! Macassar! Almayer’s quickened fancy distanced the tree on its imaginary voyage, but his memor... ... a Bornean evening, he recalled with pleasurable regret the image of Hudig’s lofty and cool warehouses with their long and straight avenues of gin cas...

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....... 10 CHAPTER III. THE PEERAGE CASE........................................................................................ 23 CHAPTER IV. SKIMPING?S FARM............................................................................................ 35 CHAPTER V. SPINNEY LAWN ......................................................................................................

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lady Hester; or, Ursala’s Narrative by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ..................................................... 23 CHAPTER IV. SKIMPING’S FARM ....................................................................... ................................................ 44 CHAPTER VI. THE WHITE DOE’S WARNING .................................................................... ...................................................... 64 CHAPTER IX. TREVOR’S LEGACY...................................................................... ............................ 70 4 Charlotte M. Yonge LADY HESTER; OR, URSULA’S NARRATIVE by Charlotte M Yonge CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA CHAPTER I. SA ... ... most carefully ruled not only over us, but over Adela Brainerd, my father’s ward, who was brought up with us because she had no other rela- tion in t... ...od had other views, to which my father would not then listen. Then Bertram’s regiment was ordered to Canada, and that was the real cause of it all, th... ...d friendly, was at work there with some French-Canadian labourers. Bertram’s friend knew him and often halted there on hunt- ing expeditions, so they ...

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... poetry of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Rochester (1647–1680) was among the worst (best?) of the Restoration rakes, and also one of the period’s best satirists employing a direct language rife with plenty of four-letter words and an obsessive indulgence of the most vulgar vernacular used on behalf of satirical shredding, scatological humor, and sexual candor. Volume...

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... Strephon and Daphne Song (Give Me Leave to Rail at You...) Song (Insulting Beauty, You Misspend...) Song (My Dear Mistress Has a Heart...) Woman's Honour (A Song) Song (To This Moment a Rebel...) Written in a Lady's Prayer Book The Discovery The Advice Under King Charles II's Picture The Platonic Lady Song (Phillis, Be Gentler, I Advise...) Epistle To Love T...

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...e, old-fogyfied times, re member amongst other amusements which we had as children the pictures at which we were permitted to look. There was Boydell?s Shakespeare, black and ghastly gallery of murky Opies, glum Northcotes, straddling Fuselis! there were Lear, Oberon, Hamlet, with starting muscles, rolling eyeballs, and long pointing quivering fingers; there was little Pri...

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... Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication John Leech’s Pictures of Life and Character by William Makepeace Thackeray is a public... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. John Leech’s Pictures of Life and Character by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsy... ...ate University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thackeray John Leech’s Pictures of Life and Character by William Makepeace Thackeray W e, who ca... ...hildren the pictures at which we were permitted to look. There was Boydell’s Shakspeare, black and ghastly gallery of murky Opies, glum Northcotes, st... ...nd dancing before a black background,—a melancholy mu- seum indeed. Smirke’s delightful “Seven Ages” only fit- fully relieved its general gloom. We di... ... present, and plenty of lights and company were in the room. 4 John Leech’s Pictures of Life and Character Cheerful relatives used to treat us to Mis... ... of Life and Character Cheerful relatives used to treat us to Miss Linwood’s. Let the children of the present generation thank their stars that traged... ...ation thank their stars that tragedy is put out of their way. Miss Linwood’s was worsted-work. Your grandmother or grandaunts took you there and said ... ...tram- pling through the snow; the snow bitter cold to look at, the woodman’s pipe wonderful: a gloomy piece, that made you shudder. There were large d...

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...Contents A Child?s Garden of Verses .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Bed in Summer ..................................................

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s Garden of Verses by ... ...ponsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s Garden of Verses by ... ... 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents A Child’s Garden of Verses ...... ........................................................................................................................ 12 Auntie’s Skirts ................ ............................................................................................. 43 6 Robert Louis Stevenson A Child’s Garden of Verses by ... ... fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice As made my childish days rejoice! R. L. S. 7 A Child’s Garden... ...r way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet Still going pas... ... go, And still beside me close I keep Until we reach the town of Sleep. V Whole Duty of Children A child should always say what’s true And speak when ... ...is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea 9 A Child’s Garden of V erses VI...

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Anne's story continues with her marriage to Gilbert and their years in the House of Dreams. ( Summary by Karen Savage)

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...Excerpt: All?s Well, that Ends Well; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter yong Bertram Count of Rossillion, his Mother, and Helena, Lord Lafew, all in blacke. Mother. In delivering my sonne from me, I burie a second husband. Ros. And I i...

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...Table of Contents: All?s Well, that Ends Well, 1 -- Actus primus. Scoena Prima., 1 -- Actus Secundus., 14 -- Actus Tertius., 31 -- Actus Quartus., 42 -- Actus Quintus., 57...

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...Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the pine needles and hear the waves crashing on the rocks. This is a tale of romance, tragedy, crusty sea captains, an impetuous boy, a loving girl, complete with village gossips and ...

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...A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain...

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...The Pennsylvania State University s Electronic Classics Series Senior Faculty Editor: Jim Manis The Pennsylva... ...d, First Lord, Second Lord, First Page, 3 and Second Page) SCENE: Oliver’s house; Duke Frederick’s court; and the Forest of Arden. ACT I SCENE I: O... ...derick’s court; and the Forest of Arden. ACT I SCENE I: Orchard of Oliver’s house. [Enter ORLANDO and ADAM.] ORLANDO: As I remember, Adam, it was up... ...hast railed on thyself. ADAM: Sweet masters, be patient: for your father’s remembrance, be at accord. OLIVER: Let me go, I say. ORLANDO: I will no... ...r DENNIS.] DENNIS: Calls your worship? OLIVER: Was not Charles, the duke’s wrestler, here to speak with me? DENNIS: So please you, he is here at th... ...HARLES: Good morrow to your worship. OLIVER: Good Monsieur Charles, what’s the new news at the new court? CHARLES: There’s no news at the court, si... ...ves them good leave to wander. OLIVER: Can you tell if Rosalind, the duke’s daugh ter, be banished with her father? CHARLES: O, no; for the duke’s ... ... shalt find I will most kindly requite. I had myself notice of my brother’s purpose herein and have by un derhand means labored to dissuade him from... ...young fellow of France, full of ambition, an envious emulator of every man’s good parts, a secret and villanous contriver against me his natural broth...

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...e M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge, the... ...ty is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charlotte M. Yonge JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge PREF... ...pedient to rewrite the whole, though, whenever possible, the former Curate’s work has been respected and repeated; but he paid little attention to the... ...enurious steward, and, till the last generation, no 4 John Kemble’s Parishes striking character. But the record of a thousand peaceful years ... ...o Clausentum (Southampton) on the slope of Otterbourne hill. In Dr. Milner’s History of Winchester, written at the end of the last century, he describ... ... one of a cinquecento series of the twelve Caesars. 6 John Kemble’s Parishes The masters of the world have left us few traces of their posses... ...owns, mak- ing part of what the West Saxons called the Jotunwald, or Giant’s Wood, and the river Ytene, and so Itchen seems to have been named in like... ... of the tragedy. Church property being exempted from William the Conqueror’s great survey, neither Merdon nor Hursley ap- pears in Domesday Book, thou...