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The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

... there—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve b... ...you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been the... ...erior. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with... ...Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it... ...r extreme confusion) stirred almost indiscriminately by the valour of either army. Of course the circumspection of suspicious swains had never gone th... ...She was very critical herself— it was incidental to her age, her sex and her nationality; but she was very sentimental as well, and there was somethin... ...g woman dressed, on the lines of the prevailing fashion, in the folds of the national banner. Isabel’s chief dread in life at this period of her devel... ...that this was a subterfuge of the enemy, who was waiting to take him off his guard. If the manoeuvre should succeed there would be little hope of any ... ...r, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways. His other brother, who was in the army in India, was rather wild and pig headed and had not been of much us...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...pictorial scene is painted. Perhaps the greatest of these is the "Military Guard," which is not only re- markable for clearness of expres- sion in the... ...t Present Evils Mr. Iloiiior Fulks of New York oity, viooohairinuii of thn National Child Labor o(jMiinitleo, addreBHed tlio Good Governmen t club in ... ...Next Door to Watson's N. H. SANFORD, Proprietor Spring Street WILLIAMSTOWN National Bank Capital, --•... 150,000 Surplus and Net Profits, ij.ocxj Usua... ... profession, died of apoplexy when about to sit down to a banquet of Grand Army men at Saratoga, N. Y.. on March 20. Mr. Root was born at North Granvi... ...ellorsville. For several years he was vice-president of the Society of the Army of the Poto- mac and in 1892 was president of the Y, M. C. A. of White... ... to d«te Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH... ...e Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH si'lep... ...- similarities between the constitu- tioiis of Germany and of the L'liited States. It must be re raeinl)i!red, however, that the origi- nal sources an... ...; among them his costly three-volume edi- tion of " Butterflies of Eastern United States and Canada," and his largest work •• Nomenclatura Zoologicus....

... across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government and relies on revenue generated by local and national ad sales, subscriptions, and voluntary contributions for use of its website. Both Sawyer Library and the College Archives maintain more than a century's worth of publicly accessible, bound volumes of the...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

...t was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his ... ... next hawking-day. 5 Dumas So much for the ennui extra muros; of the ennui of the interior we will give the reader an idea if he will with us follow ... ...lcons upon a perch, the other a hunting-horn, which he blew with a careless note at twenty paces from the castle. Every one about this listless prince... ...upon the people of his suite, so that all, pages, offic- ers, and equerries, quitted the service, knives and goblets, and made towards the second cham... ...bord to seek for game, to the fisheries of Beuvion for fish, and to the gardens of Chaverny for fruits and flowers. Precious tapestries, and lusters w... ...ay, he held in such esteem, we may say in such friend- ship, the famous Pittrino, that he took him in his own house. Pittrino, grateful, and fed with ... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ...f the Fronde, the reconciliation of M. de Conde with the king, and the probable marriage of the infanta of Spain; but he avoided, as Athos himself avo... ... upon the duke’s superiority. Others, less brilliant, but more sensible, had reminded him of the king’s orders prohibiting dueling. Oth- ers, again, a...

...ens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express, in the purest French then spoken ...

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The Magic Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac

... gnawing pain of hunger. The spectacle of so much existence, individual or national, to which these pledges bore witness, ended by numbing his senses—... ...y school, and all strong intellects ever since time began. So now Royalist-national ideas must be inculcated, by proving to us that it is far better t... ...aid the tall, sarcastic Aquilina. “I thought you had more kindness for the army,” laughed Euphrasia. “How happy they are in their power of dethroning ... ...aphael. I do not want to make either an advocate or a notary of you, but a states- man, who shall be the pride of our poor house … . Good- night,’ he ... ...nflict like a battlefield; I must work day and night; seek interviews with statesmen, surprise their convictions, try to interest them in our affairs,... ...icity. Her father had been a major in the horse grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. He had been taken prisoner by the Cossacks, at the passage of Beresi... ...ithout pension or post, and with no bread to eat. As he played the part of guardian angel to a poor nephew, for whose schooling at Saint Sulpice he wa... ...e a man’s clear vision and prevent him from seizing like the general of an army, upon the auspicious moment for victory, in utter disregard of the gro... ... the hand of a pretty woman in his, went on board the Ville d’Angers. Thus united they both looked and wondered long at a white form that rose elusive...

...end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. He mounted the staircase of one of the gambling hells distinguished by the number 36, without too much deliberation. ?Your hat, sir, if you please?? a thin, querulous voice called out. A l...

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The Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

... across the river to the far piers, lessening in the haze; overhead to the guard-towers—and only he knew how strong those were—and with a sigh of cont... ...ner yet no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke... ... no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke an’ ha... ...n Chinn the Second was rather clever, but as the eldest son he entered the army, according to Chinn tradition. His duty was to abide in his father’s r... ...he Order of British India, with thirty-five years’ spotless service in the army, and a rank among his own people superior to that of many Bengal princ... ... are no facilities for even the smallest repairs. —Sailing Directions H ER NATIONALITY was British, but you will not find her house-flag in the list o... ...kidars were what they call a Pioneer regiment, and the bag- pipes made the national music of half their men. The native officers held bundles of polo-... ... par- ticulars from ours. And do you always stop trains in this way in the States, Mr. Sargent?” “I should if occasion ever arose; but I’ve never had ... ...d for a constable! lock him up! “ said that man, adjusting his collar; and unitedly they cast him into the lamp-room, and turned the key, while the dr...

...e had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop would bl...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...83-3238 Requesters outside the US Government may obtain a subscription from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, ... ...nment may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, ... ...elow. The World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to me... ...he World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet thei... ... Tunisia 246 Turkey 247 Turks and Caicos Islands 249 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257... ...9 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257 Vanuatu 259 Vatican City 260 Venezuela 261 Vietnam... ...tation Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Air and Defense Forces, border guard forces, Defense of the Revolution Force, National Police Force oper... ...00 TV sets; 210,000 receiver sets Defense Forces Branches: Albanian People's Army, Fron- tier Troops, Interior Troops, Albanian Coastal Defense Comman... ...iver sets; 1 satellite ground station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie Military manpower: males 15-4...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

... to know about him first. The second name on the list is Alexander Artemis, a United States Senator. His picture, conveniently enough, was all over ... ...w about him first. The second name on the list is Alexander Artemis, a United States Senator. His picture, conveniently enough, was all over the fro... ...e me what I have always dreamed of, but never imagined possible. To go to the United States is more than a dream come true.” Antonio fell to his knee... ...at I have always dreamed of, but never imagined possible. To go to the United States is more than a dream come true.” Antonio fell to his knees. “I a... ...s Committee he controlled the purse strings of the world's most sophisticated Army. An Army designed to protect a Nation; but, in the end, he couldn... ...ou to catch the next plane back to Rome. Come to the rear of the Vatican, the guards will let you in, use the private elevator and come to my quarter... ...ources, Marian,” Alex said, trying to calm her fears. “I’ve got access to the Army, Navy, Air Force, hell, I’ve got a whole damn Marine Corp.” “You... .... Brand’s reputation as one of the young, savvy political 'Turks' grew into national prominence, and was often asked for quotes from political 'ha... ...n't solve everything at once, but we can stop the drug trade, if we make it a national priority policy." Alex waved off the rest of the reporters cl...

...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwin...

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An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters

By: H. G. Wells

...e meaning, I think, stands out plainly enough, unpal- atable enough to our national pride. This thing from first to last was made abroad. Of all that ... ... be extremely hard to hit with any sort of missile. I do not think a large army of under-educated, under-trained, extremely unwilling con- scripts is ... ...ere any reason to suppose that our Navy is going to keep above the general national level in these things? Is the Navy bright? The arrival of M. Bléri... ...er war, when one realised that it had never occurred to our happy-go-lucky Army that it was possible to 9 H. G . Wells make a military use of barbed ... ...rom the Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a str... ... Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a stream of ... ... Europe. Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the... .... Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the Britis... ...e, and one is surprised to find thoughtful and reputable writers off their guard against such bad analogy. But, indeed, it is impossible to isolate co...

...th the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and throbbings. Then in elfin tones the real message comes through: ?Bleriot has crossed the Channel.... An article ... about what it means.?...

................ 61 SYNDICALISM OR CITIZENSHIP............................................................................................. 66 THE GREAT STATE ...................................................................................................................... 72 THE COMMON SENSE OF WARFARE ........................................................................

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and ... ...ily and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned c... ...ile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. The sanctity seemed no less clearly... ...ady Chettam, who attributed her own remarkable health to home-made bitters united with constant medical attendance, entered with much exercise of the ... ...cceed each other like the magic-lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastn... ...actitioner, having increased Middlemarch practice in that direction. Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect se... ...ainst Middlemarch, Middlemarch was becoming more and more conscious of the national struggle for another kind of Reform. By the time that Lord John Ru... ...ale’s wholesome corrections. “Oh, he has not the style of a captain in the army, or that sort of carriage as if everybody was beneath him, or that sho... ...you have your own way in taking to medicine. Y ou might have gone into the army or the Church. Y our money would have held out for that, and there wou...

...he country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa?s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what w...

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Captain Brassbound's Conversion

By: George Bernard Shaw

...c alphabet. He is dressed in some- body else’s very second best as a coast-guardsman, and gives himself the airs of a stage tar with sufficient succes... ...y? That it was time for you to make room for younger and better men. You a national hero! You had better find a goldfield in the Atlas Mountains. Then... ... Brassbound). Captain Burton’s Ara- bian Nights—copy in the library of the National Liberal Club. LADY CICELY (calling without). Mr. Drinkwater. Come ... ...n Hamlin Kearney, of the cruiser Santiago, presents the compliments of the United States to the Cadi Muley Othman el Kintafi, and announces that he is... ...n Kearney, of the cruiser Santiago, presents the compliments of the United States to the Cadi Muley Othman el Kintafi, and announces that he is coming... ... its fingers in a tentative stealthy way which would put Sir Howard on his guard if he were in a suspicious frame of mind, which, as it happens, he is... ...r at a later stage. Captain Brassbound: the position is this. My ship, the United States cruiser Santiago, was spoken off Mogador latest Thursday by t... ...later stage. Captain Brassbound: the position is this. My ship, the United States cruiser Santiago, was spoken off Mogador latest Thursday by the yach... ...can com- mand a schooner and a shore party if I can’t command a ship or an army. When work is put upon me, I turn neither to save my life nor to fill ...

...arbor of Mogador, a seaport on the west coast of Morocco, the missionary, in the coolness of the late afternoon, is following the precept of Voltaire by cultivating his garden. He is an elderly Scotchman, spiritually a little weather beaten, as having to navigate his creed in strange waters crowded with other craft but still a convinced son of the Free Church and the North...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...helpless looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and ... ...ily and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned c... ...ile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. The sanctity seemed no less clearly... ...ady Chettam, who attributed her own remarkable health to home made bitters united with constant medical attendance, entered with much exercise of the ... ...cceed each other like the magic lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastn... ...ti tioner, having increased Middlemarch practice in that direction. Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect se... ...ainst Middlemarch, Middlemarch was becoming more and more conscious of the national struggle for another kind of Reform. By the time that Lord John Ru... ...ale’s wholesome corrections. “Oh, he has not the style of a captain in the army, or that sort of carriage as if everybody was beneath him, or that sho... ... you have your own way in taking to medicine. You might have gone into the army or the Church. Your money would have held out for that, and there woul...

...he country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa?s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what w...

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