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The War of the Worlds

By: H. G. Wells

...nto the taproom. That sobered him a little; and when he saw Henderson, the London jour- nalist, in his garden, he called over the palings and made him... ...n went into the railway station at once, in order to telegraph the news to London. The newspaper ar- ticles had prepared men’s minds for the reception... ...al- tered very much. The early editions of the evening papers had startled London with enormous headlines: “A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MARS.” “REMARKABLE... ...ord Hilton at his house, but I was told he was 15 H G Wells expected from London by the six o’clock train from Water- loo; and as it was then about a... ... unless it were some relation of Stent or of the three or four cyclists or London people lying dead on the common, whose emotions or habits were at al... ...unday excursionists began to return from all over the South-Western “lung”—Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth—at unnaturally early ho... ...nd along the northward-running roads. By midday a Martian had been seen at Barnes, and a cloud of slowly sinking black vapour drove along the Thames a... ...tion; but we had no glimpse of the Martians until we were some way towards Barnes. We saw in the blackened distance a group of three people running do...

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The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain

...isoner. XXIV. The escape. XXV. Hendon Hall. XXVI. Disowned. XXVII. In prison. XXVIII. The sacrifice. XXIX. To London. XXX. Tom’s progress. XXXI. ... ...er than his crown’. Merchant of Venice. I The birth of the Prince and the Pauper n the ancient city of London, on a certain au tumn day in ... ..., feasted and danced and sang, and got very mel- low; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By day, London was a sight to see, with gay ... ... whom he had just come to trouble with his presence. II Tom’s early life et us skip a number of years. London was fifteen hundred years old... ...ts were very narrow, and crooked, and dirty, especially in the part where Tom Canty lived, which was not far from London Bridge. The houses were of wo... ...ctacle was witnessed by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845. Among the more eminent Bluecoat boys are Joshua Barnes, editor of Anacreon and Eurip... ...y; Bishop Stillingfleet; Samuel Richardson, the novelist; Thomas Mitchell, the translator of Aristophanes; Thomas Barnes, many years editor of the Lon...

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Of Human Bondage

By: Somerset Maugham

...e came from Devonshire and, notwith- standing her many years of service in London, had never lost the breadth of her accent. Her tears increased her e... ...hen the news came that his sister-in-law was dying, he set off at once for London, but on the way thought of nothing but the disturbance in his life t... ...ey arrived, he was resigned and cheerful. Blackstable was sixty miles from London. Giv- ing their luggage to a porter, Mr. Carey set out to walk with ... ...s and on Sun- days, and on special occasions, as when the Vicar went up to London or came back. The traffic of the house took place through a side-doo... ...EW DAYS LATER Philip went to London. The cu- rate had recommended rooms in Barnes, and these Philip engaged by letter at fourteen shil- lings a week. ... ...all. So on Sun- days he got up late and took a walk along the tow-path. At Barnes the river is muddy, dingy, and tidal; it has neither the graceful ch... ... an hour or more at the gallery-door. It was not worth while to go back to Barnes for the interval between the closing of the Museum and his meal in a... ...u to some jolly girls.” Once or twice, hating the thought of going back to Barnes, Philip had remained in town, and late in the evening wandered throu... ...er Bridge Road bought some ham and a couple of mince pies and went back to Barnes. He ate his food in his lonely little room and spent the evening wit...

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Diana of the Crossways

By: George Meredith

...nk of smoke, when looking North-eastward from her summerhouse, the flag of London: and she was a person of the critical mind, well able to distinguish... ...n five months; he had spent just three weeks of that time away from her in London. No one could doubt of his having kept his pledge, although his wife... ...man for Diana. Letters came from the house of the Pettigrews in Kent; from London; from Halford Manor in Hertfordshire; from Lockton Grange in Lincoln... ...nce felt; and if only she had been an actress showing herself nightly on a London 44 Diana of the Crossways stage, she would before now have met the ... ...mparisons. The excellent Sir Lukin was passing a great deal of his time in London. His wife had not a word of blame for him; he was a respectful husba... ...rdly feel safe without the weatherwise on board.’ ‘You may count on my man Barnes; I have proved him. He is up to his work even when he’s bilious: onl...

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Henry Iv, Part 2 Shakespeare’S

By: William Shakespeare

...h speed: Never so few, and never yet more need. [Exeunt.] ACT I SCENE II: London. A street. [Enter FALSTAFF, with his Page bearing his sword and buc... ...is grave: Thou, that threw’st dust upon his goodly head When through proud London he came sighing on After the admired heels of Bolingbroke, Criest no... ... We are time’s subjects, and time bids be gone. [Exeunt.] ACT II SCENE I: London. A street. [Enter MISTRESS QUICKLY, FANG and his Boy with her, and ... ... the Lord lighten thee! thou art a great fool. [Exeunt.] ACT II SCENE II: London. Another street. [Enter PRINCE HENRY and POINS .] PRINCE HENRY : B... ...spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. Is your master here in London? BARDOLPH: Yea, my lord. PRINCE HENRY : Where sups he? doth the o... ... too. There was I, and little John Doit of Staffordshire, and black George Barnes, and Francis Pickbone, and Will Squele, a Cotswold man; you had not ...

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Guy Mannering

By: Sir Walter Scott

...from his straying twice upon the road. On one occasion he was recovered by Barnes, who understood his humour, when, after engaging in close colloquy w... ...nu- ment of the slain at the distance of about a mile, and was arrested by Barnes in his progress up the Pentland Hills, hav- ing on both occasions fo... ...lation of “Prodigious!—I was oblivious,” and then strode back to his post. Barnes was surprised at his master’s patience on both occasions, know- ing ... ...om he had a letter of introduction from Mr. Mac- Morlan. He then commanded Barnes to have an eye to the Dominie, and walked forth with a chairman, who... ...lent of all retainers, Dominie Sampson, were finishing the breakfast which Barnes had made and poured out, after the Dominie had scalded himself in th... ...ring before me, while that investigation was proceeding?” “I was called to London,” answered Glossin, “on most im- portant business, the morning after... ...clock the next morning. By next day’s post, the solicitor sent the case to London, a chef-d’oeuvre of its kind; and in which, my informant assured me,...

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Emma

By: Jane Austen

..., though comparatively but little removed by mat- rimony, being settled in London, only sixteen miles off, was much beyond her daily reach; and many a... ...ore welcome than usual, as coming directly from their mutual connexions in London. He had returned to a late din- ner, after some days’ absence, and n... ...d engaged in trade, having brothers already estab- lished in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening. It was a concern which bro... ...ear, and, as he believed, so deservedly dear. He saw his son every year in London, and was proud of him; and his fond report of him as a very fine you... ...here were a few difficulties. It must be done directly; it must be done in London; the order must go through the hands of some intelligent person whos... ...use; though Fairfax, I believe, is not the proper name—I should rather say Barnes, or Bates. Do you know any family of that name?” “T o be sure we do,...

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Unknown to History : A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...nd thankfulness when one of the many messengers constantly passing between London and Sheffield brought a packet from Humfrey, whose ship had put into... ...e also the tusks of a sea-elephant which Humfrey would lay up at my Lord’s London lodgings till his father sent tidings what should be done with them,... ...he Queen of Scots will not be here much longer,” said Humfrey. “Men say in London that Sir Ralf Sadler is even now setting forth to take charge of her... ...adler is even now setting forth to take charge of her, and send my Lord to London.” “We have had such hopes too often, my son,” said Rich- ard. “Nay, ... .... Is the fellow of that sort? The false Scot.” “Look you, father, I met in London that same Johnstone who was one of this lady’s gentlemen at one time... ...bal, was to look in the bottom of the barrel with the yellow hoop, and one Barnes, a familiar of Gifford and Babington, undertook the freight at the o...

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Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence

...f manner, said of her: ‘She is a smart woman.’ She had just come back from London, where she had spent several years, working at an art-school, as a s... ... one of the school-inspectors of the county. But Gudrun had met others, in London. Moving with her artist friends in different kinds of society, Gudru... ...HE TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN ONE DAY at this time Birkin was called to London. He was not very fixed in his abode. He had rooms in Nottingham, bec... ...Nottingham, because his work lay chiefly in that town. But often he was in London, or in Oxford. He moved about a great deal, his life seemed uncertai... ...approaching with hand outstretched. ‘Hallo, Rupert, where are you going?’ ‘London. So are you, I suppose.’ ‘Yes—’ Gerald’s eyes went over Birkin’s fac... ...’ said Hermione slowly. Then she looked at him with her slow, heavy gaze. ‘Barnes is starting his school of aesthetics, and Olandese is going to give ... ...n’t think so,’ said Hermione. ‘Which do you admire, then?’ ‘I admire both. Barnes is a pioneer. And then I am inter- ested in Italy, in her coming to ... ...strial consciousness. I hate Italy 296 and her national rant. And I think Barnes is an amateur.’ Hermione was silent for some moments, in a state of ...

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Virginibus Puerisque, And Other Papers

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...he wiser. It is as if a ship captain should sail to India from the Port of London; and having brought a chart of the Thames on deck at his first setti... ...f borrowing shirts; and yet they were better people to fall among than Mr. Barnes. And though Falstaff was neither sober nor very honest, I think I co... ...lood like the sound of a trum- pet; and if the Indian Empire, the trade of London, and all the outward and visible ensigns of our greatness should pas... ...rgain, to its wise inhabitants, I believe there would be a stampede out of London, Liverpool, Paris, and a variety of large towns, where the clocks lo... ...choral harmony. To this music the young lambs bound as to a tabor, and the London shop- girl skips rudely in the dance. For it puts a spirit of glad- ...

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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

By: Henry Fielding

... of En gland. Mr. Allworthy had been absent a full quarter of a year in London, on some very particular business, though I know not what it was; bu... ...isfied with the truth of the reconciliation. The doctor went directly to London, where he died soon after of a broken heart; a distemper which kills... ... LIES, IN EXPECTATION OF A JOYFUL RISING, THE BODY OF CAPTAIN JOHN BLIFIL. LONDON HAD THE HONOUR OF HIS BIRTH, OXFORD OF HIS EDUCATION. HIS PARTS WERE... ...mbling the attitude in which we often see fellows in the public streets of London, who are not suffering but deserving punishment by so standing. He h... ...ind, some time afterwards, en tirely to cure him by a hint, that one Will Barnes, and not himself, had been the first seducer of Molly; and that the ... ...to be his own, might very probably have an equal title, at least, to claim Barnes for its father. Jones eagerly pursued this scent when he had first... ...fes sion of the fellow, but at last by that of Molly herself. This Will Barnes was a country gallant, and had acquired as many trophies of this kin... ...None of these were then abroad, but Mrs. Blifil, who had been some time in London, and Mr. Jones, whom the reader hath just parted from at Mr. Western...

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Amelia

By: Henry Fielding

...d the difference will be felt. But Fielding was a prose writer, writing in London in the eighteenth century, while Shakespeare was a poet writing in a... ... with the apprehension of this very declaration, the widow Carey came from London to make us a visit, intending to stay the whole summer at our house.... ... all his civilities. He did not stop at his quarters, but made directly to London, apprehensive, I be- lieve, either of my father or brother’s resentm... ... have told you? “Above a year I lived with this man in an obscure court in London, during which time I had a child by him, whom Heaven, I thank it, ha... ...“Unfortunately for us, Mrs. Harris’s lawyer happened at this time to be at London, where business detained him up- wards of a month, and, as Mrs. Harr... ...stathius tells us, folio 474.” “I know he doth,” cries the doctor, “and so Barnes tells us, in his note upon the place; but if you remember the rest o... ...ty. Y ou might have likewise remembered the noble sentiment with which Mr. Barnes ends his note, the sense of which is taken from the fifth chapter of...

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Stalky & Co.

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ouse,” said Stalky, his eye at the crack of the third cupboard. “I can see Barnes’s name on his trunk. Don’t make such a row, Beetle! We can get right... ... had a grievance against the school. Sefton had spent three months with a London Rudyard Kipling crammer, and the tale of his adventures there lost ... ...had been seven and a half years at the College, counting six months with a London crammer, from whose roof he had returned, homesick, to the Head for ...

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This Publication of Mark Twains the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain

...ce for the robbers. But go ahead, I ain’t got nothing to say.” Little Tommy Barnes was asleep now, and when they waked him up he was scared, and cri... ...world renowned Shakespearian tragedian, Garrick the Younger, of Drury Lane, London.” In other bills he had a lot of other names and done other wonder... ... world renowned tragedians, David Garrick the Younger, of Drury Lane Theatre London, and Edmund Kean the elder, of the Royal Haymarket Theatre, Whi... ...r, of the Royal Haymarket Theatre, Whitechapel, Pudding Lane, Piccadilly, London, and the Royal Continental Theatres, in their HUCKLEBERRY ... ...UNGER! AND EDMUND KEAN THE ELDER! Of the London and Continental Theatres, In their Thrillin... ...eat tragedy will be performed only two nights more, on accounts of pressing London engage ments, where the seats is all sold already for it in Drury...

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The Pit a Story of Chicago

By: Frank Norris

... Island” and “Michael Strogoff,” or even to “Mr. Potter of Texas” and “Mr. Barnes of New York.” But she had set herself to accomplish his literary edu... ...atching, all Chicago, all the nation, all the world. Not a “factor” on the London ‘Change who did not turn an ear down the wind to catch the echo of t... ...d, New York, and Boston and Philadelphia sent out their tributary streams; London, Liverpool, Paris, and Odessa merged their influences with the vast ...

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Adam Bede

By: George Eliot

...e got a book I meant to bring you, Godmamma. It came down in a parcel from London the other day. I know you are fond of queer, wizardlike stories. It’... ...ng money, I should think, though I understan’ it’s what the great folks i’ London play at more than anything. For my husband heard at market as Lord D... ...ight.” “Well, I’m later too, for I got into talk, after meeting, with John Barnes, who has lately professed himself in a state of perfection, and I’d ... ...go t’ Ashby next—that’s south’ard. But there’s as many places from here to London as there’s houses in Stoniton, by what I can make out. I’ve never be... ...ents were not redeemed, he could make a good thing of it by taking them to London and selling them. The wife thought she would coax the good man into ... ... one another. He’d never heard about poor Hetty till Mr. Irwine met him in London, for the letters missed him on his journey. The first thing he said ...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... each other. Ten years ago, on his election to a lectureship at one of the London hospi- tals, the son had set up his name on the brass plate of the d... ... plate of the door of a comfortable house in a once fashionable quarter of London; she had joined him there, and they had been as happy as affection a... ...er her charge, and reminded her that their father wished them to be out of London; nor did Allen and Robert show any wish to return to a house of mour... ... he said we were only half-price and second class. Then when once I was in London,” said Jock, as if his foot was on his native heath, “of course I kn... ...dalised, diverted her attention by asking, “Whom does it belong to ?” “Mr. Barnes,” said Jessie; “but he is hardly ever there. He is an old miser, you... ... in the neighbourhood, staunch in his poli- tics, and very ill-used by old Barnes of Belforest. Caroline looked anxiously for Bobus; and Janet, who ha... ...rd of Belforest tried to buy them out. The alienation between them and Mr. Barnes, the present mas- ter, had however much stronger grounds than these.... ...her, and he had only brought back the little girl about two years ago. Mr. Barnes ignored her entirely, and the Goulds, who had a good deal of pride, ... ...t is not quite so grand as it sounds—” “Hush, mother. He was nephew to Mr. Barnes, and they lived out of the town in a perfect paradise of a place, lo...

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Evan Harrington

By: George Meredith

...meditation: which, however, was cut short by the approach of his neighbour Barnes, the butcher, to whom he confided what he had heard, and who ejacula... ...h, at one of the windows, im- plying that all was just over. ‘ Amen!’ said Barnes, as to a matter-of-fact affair. Some minutes after, the two were joi... ..., with a sud- denly serious brow. ‘How does he stand on your books?’ asked Barnes. Kilne shouldered round, crying: ‘Who the deuce is to know?’ ‘I don’... ...rehand. Something or other! and so we run on.’ ‘What I want to know,’ said Barnes, the butcher, ‘is where he got his tenners from?’ Kilne shook a saga... ...us head: ‘No knowing!’ ‘I suppose we shall get something out of the fire?’ Barnes suggested. ‘That depends!’ answered the emphatic Kilne. ‘But, you kn... ... ‘I have written to Mr. Goren, who was my husband’s fel- low-apprentice in London, my lady; and he is willing to in- struct him in cutting, and measur... ...WAS THE EVENING of the second day since the arrival of the black letter in London from Lymport, and the wife of the brewer and the wife of the Major s... ...His sister Harriet offered him 47 George Meredith her house for a home in London, thence to project his new career. His sister Caroline sought a word... ... received a touch of the hat for a lordly fee, and was soon rolling out of London. CHAPTER VI MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD THE POSTILLION had every reason...

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Lady Britomart Undershaft

By: George Bernard Shaw

...who takes an early opportunity of dropping 50 GB Shaw his cap on it]. Mrs Barnes comes from the shelter. She is dressed as a Salvation Army Commissio... ...ng, urgent voice, and an appealing manner. BARBARA. This is my father, Mrs Barnes. [Undershaft comes from the table, taking his hat off with marked ci... ...doing, of course. UNDERSHAFT [very civilly] The whole nation knows it, Mrs Barnes. MRS BRINES. No, Sir: the whole nation does not know it, or we shoul... ... land. Let me tell you that there would have been rioting this win- ter in London but for us. UNDERSHAFT. You really think so? MRS BRINES. I know it. ... ...l- nesses of life: there are not fifty genuine professional crimi- nals in London. But there are millions of poor people, abject people, dirty people,...

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Getting Married and Preface to Getting Married

By: George Bernard Shaw

...The late Hugh Price Hughes, an eminent Methodist divine, once organized in London a conference of respectable men 10 Shaw to consider the subject. No... ... discreetly. THE GENERAL. Whats the matter? MRS BRIDGENORTH. Reginald’s in London, and wants to come to the wedding. THE GENERAL [stupended] Well, das... ...ay. THE BISHOP. Well, whom Egerton Fotheringay hath joined, let Sir Gorell Barnes put asunder by all means. THE GENERAL. I may be a silly soldier man;... ...preciated. I was made an hon- orary member of two of the smartest clubs in London when the truth came out. THE GENERAL. Well, sir, those clubs consist... ...TCHKISS. I dont know. Listen to me. I was a young fool living by myself in London. I ordered my first ton of coals from that woman’s husband. At that ... ...foot had pressed it made me realize how mad I was. I tore myself away from London by a supreme effort; but I was on the point of returning like a need... ...t odious decree demolished or annulled or whatever it is. T ell Sir Gorell Barnes that I have changed my mind. [To Hotchkiss] I might have known that ...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Five

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...vening in autumn, I sat at the large bow window of the D—— Coffee-House in London. For some months I had been ill in health, but was now convalescent,... ...t noon in Broadway near the Park—so vast a difference is there be- tween a London populace and that of the most frequented 35 V olume Five American c... ...t from those we had hitherto traversed. It was the most noisome quarter of London, where every thing wore the worst impress of the most deplorable pov... ...ived by sure degrees, and at length large bands of the most abandoned of a London populace were seen reeling to and fro. The spirits of the old man ag... ... with a mad energy, retraced his steps at once, to the heart of the mighty London. Long and swiftly he fled, while I followed him in the wildest amaze... ...e opened its eyes and winked very rapidly for several minutes, as does Mr. Barnes in the pantomime, in the second place, it sneezed; in the third, it ...

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Familiar Studies of Men and Books

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... body and soul to the unpatriotic faction in his own country, set out from London with a light heart and a damaged integrity. In the magnificent copy ... ...l perspective, is almost a history of his imprisonment. It gives a view of London with all its spires, the river passing through the old bridge and bu... ...ibrary of their grandfather Charles V., when Bedford put it up for sale in London.** The duchess had a library of her own; and we hear of her borrowin... ...he name. Boyle’s Hydrostatics was “of infinite delight” to him, walking in Barnes Elms. We find him comparing Bible concordances, a captious judge of ... ...he way in case the nightingales were silent; and even along the streets of London, with so many pretty faces to be spied for and dignitaries to be sal... ...or was, in substance, greatly different. John Aylmer, afterwards Bishop of London, published an answer to Knox, under the title of An Harbour for Fait...

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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to His Family and Friends ; Selected and Edited with Notes and Introd. By Sidney Colvin : Volume 1

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ull, true, and particular account of the worst day I have had since I left London. I shall not go to Nice again for some time to come. 45 The Letters... ... I am in good spirits, about my parents. If I get a bit dull, I am away to London without a scruple; but so long as my heart keeps up, I am all for my... .... My health is very well; I am in a fine exercisy state. Baynes is gone to London; if you see him, inquire about my ‘Burns.’ They have sent me 5 pound... ...much interested by all the Edinburgh gossip. Most likely I shall arrive in London next week. I think you know all about the Crane sketch; but it shoul... ...e; but I don’t know either; he’s such damned fine sport. Do you like Sally Barnes? I’m in love with her. Constable Muddon is as good as Dogberry and V... ... pleasure to extend to younger men. I send a duplicate of this letter to a London weekly; for the mistake, first set forth in your columns, has alread...

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Hesiod the Homeric Hymns and Homerica

By: Hugh G. Evelyn White

... A Paris, Bibl. Nat. Suppl. Graec. (papyrus) 1099 (4th-5th cent.). B London, British Museam clix (4th cent.). R Vienna, Rainer Papyri L.P . 2... ...l. Nat. 2772 (14th cent.). H Florence, Laur. xxxi 32 (15th cent.). I London, British Museaum Harleianus (14th cent.). K Rome, Bibl. Casanat. ... ...Modena, Estense iii E 11. G Rome, Vatican, Regina 91 (16th cent.). H London, British Mus. Harley 1752. J Modena, Estense, ii B 14. K Flore... ...cal works of value are: Martin (Variarum Lectionum libb. iv), Paris, 1605. Barnes, Cambridge, 1711. Ruhnken, Leyden, 1782 (Epist. Crit. and “Hymn to D... ...ford, 1893. Ludwich (Battle of the Frogs and Mice), 1896. Allen and Sikes, London, 1904. Allen (Homeri Opera v), Oxford, 1912. 37 Hesiod, The Homeric... ...he following may be noticed: — The Georgicks of Hesiod, by George Chapman, London, 1618; The Works of Hesiod translated from the Greek, by Tho- mas Co...

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

... between us, I add to this Preface, as I added to that, May we meet again! London May 1857 6 Charles Dickens BOOK THE FIRST POVERTY CHAPTER 1 Sun and... ...Pet to church at the Foundling—you have heard of the Foundling Hospital in London? Similar to the Institution for the Found Children in Paris?’ ‘I hav... ... me—if you’ll excuse my freedom in saying so—that you don’t go straight to London,’ said Mr Meagles, in the tone of a confidential adviser. ‘Perhaps I... ...through the pilgrimage of life. CHAPTER 3 Home IT WA S A SUNDAY evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale. Maddening church bells of all degrees of ... ...es; the Plagues of Egypt, much the dimmer for the fly and smoke plagues of London, were framed and glazed upon the walls. There was the old cellaret w... ...nt gaze, delivered the following fearful remark: ‘When we lived at Henley, Barnes’s gander was stole by tinkers.’ Mr Pancks courageously nodded his he...

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Little Dorrit Book One Poverty

By: Charles Dickens

... between us, I add to this Preface, as I added to that, May we meet again! London May 1857 6 Charles Dickens BOOK THE FIRST POVERTY CHAPTER 1 Sun and... ...Pet to church at the Foundling—you have heard of the Foundling Hospital in London? Similar to the Institution for the Found Children in Paris?’ ‘I hav... ... me—if you’ll excuse my freedom in saying so—that you don’t go straight to London,’ said Mr Meagles, in the tone of a confidential adviser. ‘Perhaps I... ...through the pilgrimage of life. CHAPTER 3 Home IT WA S A SUNDAY evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale. Maddening church bells of all degrees of ... ...es; the Plagues of Egypt, much the dimmer for the fly and smoke plagues of London, were framed and glazed upon the walls. There was the old cellaret w... ...nt gaze, delivered the following fearful remark: ‘When we lived at Henley, Barnes’s gander was stole by tinkers.’ Mr Pancks courageously nodded his he...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...Staff Member Scott H.Allan, Jr. Counsel John A. Azzarello Counsel Caroline Barnes Professional Staff Member Warren Bass Professional Staff Member Ann ... ...ly in a declaration faxed early in 1998 to an Arabic-language newspaper in London. Few Americans had noticed it. The fax had been sent from thousands ... ...hiri, arranged from their Afghan headquar- ters for an Arabic newspaper in London to publish what they termed a fatwa issued in the name of a “World I... ...ich it had been linked when Bin Ladin was in Sudan. It also reinforced its London base and its other offices around Europe, the Balkans, and the Cauca... ...nshiri’s accidental drowning. In August 1997, the Kenya cell panicked. The London Daily Telegraph reported that Madani al Tayyib, formerly head of al ... ...head of al Qaeda’s military committee, Mohammed Atef, faxed to Bin Ladin’s London office a new fatwa issued by a group of sheikhs located in Afghanist...

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