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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...sociated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electr... ... afforded a notable example. Although any man who had proved his unfitness for any other occupation in life, was free, without examination or qualific... ... the applications for loans, gifts, and offices of profit that I have been requested to forward to the originals of the Brothers Cheeryble (with whom ... ...top it instantly.’ The people of the house were evidently overcome by this request, and when the lady charged the boy to remember, as a means of ident... ...shed. The damsel held her peace, however, when an early messenger bore the request of Von Koeldwethout next morning, and modestly retired to her chamb... ...passed this comment on the world, in the tone in which most people do pass comments on the world when they are out of temper, that is to say , as if t... ...te.’ When he had become restored to his usual condition by these and other comments on his approaching triumph, Arthur Gride put away his book, and, h... ...king the task himself, he being already known to her by sight; and various comments on the uncommon tact and experience of Mr Squeers: which would mak...

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Two Poets

By: Honoré de Balzac

...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...ci- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an elec... ...s of a newspaper, or crouching in the subterranean places of jour- nalism. For this reason I desired that your victorious name should help to win a vi... ...umed the name of Madame Charlotte; and persons requiring her services were requested to apply to M. Postel, M. Chardon’ s successor in the business. L... ...rivate secre- tary; not that he would not have made a delightful Master of Requests, like many another, but the Princess was of the opinion that her s... ...ured away the storm with her heavy artillery. When Lucien, obedient to her request, appeared for the first time in the faded great drawing-room, where... ...anger- ous to shut herself up with him in the house. There would have been comments the next day if Lucien had stayed on till midnight after the rooms... ... whom I should have suspected!” “What will she do now?” Then followed more comments, and suppositions with- out end. Chatelet took Mme. de Bargeton’s ...

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Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen

...d their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner, as to ... ...ner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in... ... happened ten years before his own, produced a great alter ation in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the fami... ...ry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters? “It was my father’s last request to me,” replied her husband, “that I should assist his widow an... ...apter 2 7 “He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situatio... ...ve you are perfectly right. My father certainly could mean nothing more by his request to me than what you say. I clearly understand it now, and I wil... ...sign, by placing it in the hands of Mrs. Jennings, who read it aloud with many comments of satisfaction and praise. “Very well indeed! — how prettily ...

...of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner, as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and w...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

...and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...sociated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electr... ... saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies ... ...low your apprentice. You would not object to cancel his indentures, at his request and for his good? You would want nothing for so doing?” “Lord forbi... ... what I have to say, to you. Y ou are to understand, first, that it is the request of the person from whom I take my instruc- tions, that you always b... .... After dinner the children were introduced, and Mrs. Coiler made admiring comments on their eyes, noses, and legs – a sagacious way of improving thei... ...n about.” Of course I felt my good faith involved in the observance of his request. The punch being very nice, we sat there drink- ing it and talking,...

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Up from Slavery : An Autobiography

By: Booker Taliaferro Washington

...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...ciated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsi- bility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electr... ...ere appearing in that magazine I was constantly surprised at the number of requests which came to me from all parts of the country, asking that the ar... ...be permanently preserved in book form. I am most grateful to the Out- look for permission to gratify these requests. I have tried to tell a simple, st... ... form. I am most grateful to the Out- look for permission to gratify these requests. I have tried to tell a simple, straightforward story, with no att... ...l Armstrong could fail in any- thing that he undertook. There is almost no request that he could have made that would not have been complied with. Whe... ... had done so, and had heard their criticisms and 131 Booker T. Washington comments, I felt somewhat relieved, since they seemed to think well of what...

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