...George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...e case, and discreetly, over-discreetly; and pictures the trial, tells the list of witnesses, records the verdict: so the case went, and some thought ... ...or chatter was disregarded. It was visible that the hero of the night hung listening and in expectation. He and the Beauty were named to one another, ... ...ved by Mr. Braddock: Diana received the opening proof-sheets of her little volume, and an instalment of the modest honorarium: and finally, the Plaint... ...on, and the several ap- pointed halting-places of the Esquarts between the lakes and Florence were named to him. Thus all things were openly treated; ... ...issed in his head. They were ignorant of his autumnal visit to the Italian Lakes, after the winter’s Nile-boat expedition; and also of the degree of h...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Of Diaries and Diarists Touching The Heroine. Among the diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: ?an unusual combination,? ...

...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series Ameri... ...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation... ... PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...rican Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...oo ill to get up to break fast. I say nothing of them: for although I lay listening to this concert for three or four days, I don’t think I heard it ... ... where they took their seats in an orchestra erected for that purpose, and listened with manifest delight to a volun American Notes – Dickens 34 ta... ...f a follower of his, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson. This gentleman has written a volume of Essays, in which, among much that is dreamy and fanciful (if he w... ... TO TRAVEL through the interior of the state of Ohio, and to ‘strike the lakes, ’ as the phrase is, at a small town called Sandusky, to which that r... ...honest industry may earn: were very great surprises. The steamboats on the lakes, in their conveniences, cleanliness, and safety; in the gentlemanly c...

...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existence not in my imagination. The...

...WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...assics Series Publication A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...argues and argues, and the foot- lights return, and then you find yourself listening again to the rather too plump little man at his table laboriously... ... which Mr. Hardy or George Gissing might have found a theme. I do but half listen at first—watching the black figures in the moonlit roadway pacing to... ...vast variety of boats; canals with diverse sorts of haulage; there will be lakes and lagoons; and when one comes at last to the borders of the land, t... ...e terrible Temperance Drinks, solutions of qualified sugar mixed with vast volumes of gas, as, for ex- 45 H G Wells ample, soda, seltzer, lemonade, a... ...her hand, another has developed. Our Founders made a collection of several volumes, which they called, collectively, the Book of the Samurai, a compil...

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...20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 ... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. Thi... ... Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...the entire world by this supernatural apparition. As to classing it in the list of fables, the idea was out of the question. On the 20th of July, 1866... ...enomenon in ques- tion. I had published in France a work in quarto, in two volumes, entitled Mysteries of the Great Submarine Grounds. This book, high... ... from this point of view. The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, the Lloyd’s List, the Packet-Boat, and the Maritime and Colonial Review, all papers dev... ...oved away two or three miles, leaving a phos- phorescent track, like those volumes of steam that the express trains leave behind. All at once from the... ... which formerly made a deep estuary, when the Red Sea extended to the Salt Lakes. Now, whether this passage were miraculous or not, the Israelites, ne...

...Excerpt: The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable inci dent, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of con...

...This Electronic Book Is a Publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor. The Tempes... ...PSU s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor. The Tempest by William Shakespeare is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...nis, Faculty Editor. The Tempest by William Shakespeare is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Tempest by William Shakespeare, the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Facul... ...ness, Knowing I loved my books, he furnish’d me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. MIRANDA: Wo... ...my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. TRINCULO: Your lieutenant, if you list; he’s no standard. STEPHANO: We’ll not run, Monsieur Monster. TRINCUL... ...an, show thyself in thy like ness: if thou beest a devil, take’t as thou list. TRINCULO: O, forgive me my sins! STEPHANO: He that dies pays all de... ...ll fetch them, sir. [Exit.] PROSPERO: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the...

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...T H E T E M P E S T. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc.... ...s ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Tempest . . . .... ... I’am out of patience. 65 An. We are meerly cheated of our liues by drunkards, 66 This wide- chopt- rascall, would thou mightst lye dr... ... Scena Secunda. 81 Enter Prospero and Miranda. 82 Mira. If by your Art (my deerest father) you haue 83 Put the wild waters in th... ...ng I lou’d my bookes, he furnishd me 275 From mine owne Library, with volumes, that 276 I prize aboue my Dukedome. 277 Mir. Would I... ...1366 Monster, or my Standard. 1367 Trin. Your Lieutenant if you list, hee’s no standard. 1368 Ste. Weel not run Monsieur Monster. ... ... thy selfe in thy likenes: 1486 If thou beest a diuell, take’t as thou list. - 33 - The Tempest Shakespeare: First Folio 1487 Trin. O for... ...h them, Sir. Exit. 1984 Pro. Ye Elues of hils, brooks, sta[n]ding lakes & groues, 1985 And ye, that on the sands with printlesse foote 1...

...Excerpt: The Tempest; Actus Primus -- Scena Prima -- A tempestuous noise of Thunder and Lightning heard: Enter a Ship- master, and a Boteswaine. Master. Boteswaine. Botes. Heere Master: What cheere? Mast. Good: Speake to th? Mariners: fall too?t, yarely, or we run our selves a ground, bestirre, be...

...Table of Contents: The Tempest, 1 -- Actus primus, Scena prima., 1 -- Scena Secunda., 3 -- Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima., 16 -- Scoena Secunda., 24 -- Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima., 28 -- Scoena Secunda., 31 -- Scena Tertia., 34 -- ...

...Tales for Fifteen: or, Imagination and Heart by James Fenimore Cooper (writing under the pseudonym of “Jane Morgan”) A P... ...magination and Heart by James Fenimore Cooper (writing under the pseudonym of “Jane Morgan”) A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Tale... ... Classics Series Publication Tales for Fifteen: Or, Imagination and Heart by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...fteen: Or, Imagination and Heart by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...mirable reasons!” exclaimed Charles Weston, who had laid aside his book to listen to this conversation. “They are forcible ones I must admit,” said Mi... ... lovely scenery of the west. The moon had risen and the sun had set on the lakes of the interior, and Anna had said not one word of either. But the th... ...andid, and acknowledged his infirmities,” said Miss Emmerson, who had been listening. “I think most men would have done as I did, at so heavy and so s... ...hat I have forgotten to give you the description of our journey and of the lakes that I promised to send you. No, my Julia, I have not forgotten the p... ... her cheeks burned with the blushes that suffused them. But the look spoke volumes—he understands my “Antonio,” thought Julia, and perceives that, to ...

Excerpt: Tales for Fifteen: Or, Imagination and Heart by James Fenimore Cooper.

...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...portunity university. 3 Charles Dickens OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens Volume One BOOK THE FIRST THE CUP AND THE LIP Chapter 1 ON THE LOOK OUT IN ... ...’s point. She is always attended by a lover or two, and she keeps a little list of her lovers, and she is always booking a new lover, or striking out ... ...a new lover, or striking out an old lover, or putting a lover in her black list, or promoting a lover to her blue list, or adding up her lovers, or ot... ...s? Wot sorts of water is there on the land?’ Shrill chorus: ‘Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds.’ ‘Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds,’ said Riderhood. ‘They’... ...ood. ‘They’ve got all the lot, Master! Blowed if I shouldn’t have left out lakes, never having clapped eyes upon one, to my knowledge. Seas, rivers, l...

...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridg...

...fe on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, J... ...tate University is an equal opportunity University. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] THE BODY OF THE NA... ...ntry and reached the banks of the Mississippi. They went by way of the Great Lakes; and from Green Bay, in canoes, by way of Fox River and the Wiscons... ...hat it wouldn’t be no risk to swim down to the big raft and crawl aboard and listen—they would talk about Cairo, because they would be calculating to ... ...dow of them; two or three wood flats at the head of the wharf, but nobody to listen to the peaceful lapping of the wavelets against them; the great Mi... ...the captain stands by the big bell, calm, impos ing, the envy of all; great volumes of the blackest smoke are rolling and tumbling out of the chimney... ... in the body in unintermittent procession. The rain poured down in amaz ing volume; the ear splitting thunder peals broke nearer and nearer; the wind...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,00...

...ry James A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chaperon by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... Classics Series Publication The Chaperon by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chaperon by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...she repeated; but this time her visitor had got between her and the door. “Listen to me before you go. I will give you a life’s devotion,” the young m... ...uch a scruple. This enumeration of his mother’s views does not exhaust the list, and it was in obedience to one too profound to be uttered even by the... ...ten failed after the first days, and then, while she bent over instructive volumes, this lady, dressed as if for an impending function, sat on the sof... ...transalpine valleys, as the lonely ladies went vaguely down to the Italian lakes and cities. Rose guided their course, at moments, with a kind of aiml...

...close to the fire, where she sat knitting and warming her knees. She was dressed in deep mourning; her face had a faded nobleness, tempered, however, by the somewhat illiberal compression assumed by her lips in obedience to something that was passing in her mind. She was far from the lamp, but though her eyes were fixed upon her active needles she was not looking at them. ...

...ter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ... Pique’s ball—the novels (so far as matter of notoriety, Darsie) to an odd volume of Tom Jones. ‘But he danced from night to morning,’ replied my fath... ... chant the same unvaried lesson from sunrise to sunset, not to mention the listening to so many lectures against idleness, as if I en- joyed or was ma... ... to my destiny; and while you, are looking from mountain peaks, at distant lakes and firths, I am, de apicibus juris, consoling myself with vi- sions ... ...pted some apol- ogy. T o this he did not deign either to reply, or even to listen; and Cristal, at a signal from his master, removed the object of my ... ...inguish each other by nicknames; and they have called him the Laird of the Lakes (not remem- bering there should be no one called Lord, save one only)...

Excerpt: Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott.

...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story... ...f Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago By By By By By F F F F FRANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NOR... ... Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago By By By By By F F F F FRANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NORRIS RRIS RR... ...UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA TION TION TION TION TION The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ... something.” But Laura, preoccupied with looking for the Cresslers, hardly listened. Aunt Wess’, whose count was confused by all these figures murmure... ...m closely during their interview in the vestibule, but now, as she sat and listened to him talk, she could not help being a little attracted. He was a... ...ks in place. Laura stood half-way up the step-ladder taking vol- ume after volume from Landry as he passed them to her. “Do you wipe them carefully, L... ... was Empire, the resistless subjugation of all this cen- tral world of the lakes and the prairies. Here, mid-most in the land, beat the Heart of the N... ... delicious. It was yet too early for the exodus northward to the Wisconsin lakes, but to stay in- doors after nightfall was not to be thought of. Afte...

Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

...r Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...ics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ..., which had forsaken Mr. Bertram, if ever he possessed it. A good-humoured listlessness of countenance formed the only remarkable expression of his fe... ...ng pedi- gree, and a short rent-roll, like many lairds of that period. His list of forefathers ascended so high, that they were lost in the barbarous ... ... stretched the other limb over it instead, puffing out between whiles huge volumes of tobacco smoke. “What needs ye groan, Dominie? I am sure Meg’s sa... ...ived at the mansion of his friend Mr. Mervyn, upon the banks of one of the lakes of Westmoreland. CHAPTER XVII. Heaven first, in its mercy, taught mor... ...taracts-hills 126 Guy Mannering which rear their scathed heads to the sky-lakes, that, wind- ing up the shadowy valleys, lead at every turn to yet mo...

...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in ...

...ipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication American Notes by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...ics Series Publication American Notes by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ... real work that they have been nearly suppressed and are rarely found in a list of his writings. Their very caustic style is of interest to a student ... ...rge hand of welcome, and were as brethren, and I did homage to the owl and listened to their talk. An Indian club about Christmas-time will yield, if ... ... ornamentation about her. At irregular intervals she speaks and sends up a volume of water over two hundred feet high to begin with, then she is angry... ...ile an unarmored gun-boat guarding Toronto could rav- age the towns on the lakes. When one hears so much of the nation that can whip the earth, it is,...

...Introduction: In an issue of the London World in April, 1890, there appeared the following paragraph: ?Two small rooms connected by a tiny hall afford sufficient space to contain Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the literary hero of the present hour, ?the man who...

...THE ILIAD OF HOMER TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NOTES BY TES BY TES... ...Y ALEXANDER POPE, WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NO WITH NOTES BY TES BY TES BY TES BY TES BY THE THE THE THE THE RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. . . . . THEOD... ....S.A. .S.A. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Iliad of Homer, trans. Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckl... ...otes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F . S. A. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...; the words, and not the melody were regarded by the 8 The Iliad of Homer listeners, hence it was necessary for him to remain intelli- gible to all. ... ...o represent such scenes to the mind; but whoever has had an opportunity of listening to the improvisation of Italy, can easily form an idea of Demodoc... ...before they have read its fellow. As to the Notes accompanying the present volume, they are drawn up without pretension, and mainly with the view of h... ...ey as much as is wanted; at least, as far as the necessary limits of these volumes could be expected to admit. T o write a com- mentary on Homer is no... ...bius, in his painted mitre gay, In fat Bœotia held his wealthy sway, Where lakes surround low Hyle’s watery plain; A prince and people studious of the...

Excerpt: The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A., F.S.A.

... Glasses by Henry James is a ... ... Glasses by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnished free and without... ...nia State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any w... ...Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry Ja... ...ass, playing her light over Jews and Gentiles, completely at ease in all promiscuities. It was an effect of these things that from the very first, wit... ...n her wealth of illustration, the grandeur of her life and the freedom of her hand. I had on the first opportunity spoken to her of Geoffrey Dawling, ... ...omiscuous fringe of scalps. Much at any rate would have come and gone since our separation in July. She had spent four months abroad, where, on Swiss ... ...f intellectual society and of the idea of a political career. That such a man should be at the same time fond of Flora Saunt attested, as the phrase i...

...Excerpt: Yes indeed, I say to myself, pen in hand, I can keep hold of the thread and let it lead me back to the first impression. The little story is all there, I can touch it from point to point; for the thread, as I call it, is a row of colored beads on a string. None of the beads are miss...

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Excerpt: St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson.

...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens Volume Four BOOK THE FOURTH A TURNING A Publication of the Penn State Elect... ...FRIEND Charles Dickens Volume Four BOOK THE FOURTH A TURNING A Publication of the Penn State Electronic Classics Series Our Mutual Friend Volume Four... ...f the Penn State Electronic Classics Series Our Mutual Friend Volume Four by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ... Series Our Mutual Friend Volume Four by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend Volume Four by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classic... ...e made ekally sure afore, and have got disapinted. It has told upon you.’ ‘Listen,’ said Bradley, in a low voice, bending forward to lay his hand upon... ... his wooden arm-chair, and looked through the window at the lightning, and listened to the thun- der. But, his thoughts were far from being absorbed b... ...s? Wot sorts of water is there on the land?’ Shrill chorus: ‘Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds.’ ‘Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds,’ said Riderhood. ‘They’... ...ood. ‘They’ve got all the lot, Master! Blowed if I shouldn’t have left out lakes, never having clapped eyes upon one, to my knowledge. Seas, rivers, l...

...Excerpt: Plashwater Weir Mill Lock looked tranquil and pretty on an evening in the summer time. A soft air stirred the leaves of the fresh green trees, and passed like a smooth shadow over the river, and like a smoother shadow over the yielding grass. The voice of the falling water, like the voices of the sea and the wind, were as an outer memory to...

...CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER by Thomas De Quincey A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION C... ...e Quincey A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Penn... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ess under my arm; a favourite English poet in one pocket, and a small 12mo volume, con- taining about nine plays of Euripides, in the other. 14 Confe... ...October 1821. SO THEN, Oxford Street, stony-hearted step-mother! thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans and drinkest the tears of children, at le... ... viz., on T uesday and Saturday, and might safely be depended upon for—the list of bankrupts.” In like man- ner, I do by no means deny that some truth... ...to have known the virtues of opium. To my architecture succeeded dreams of lakes and silvery expanses of water: these haunted me so much that I feared... ... very dangerous. The waters now changed their character—from translu- cent lakes shining like mirrors they now became seas and oceans. And now came a ...

Excerpt: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey.

...THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA VING VING VING VING VING OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA GP GP GP GP GP A A A A A T T T T T AN AR... ...IAN ENTER AN ARABIAN ENTERT T T T TAINMENT AINMENT AINMENT AINMENT AINMENT By By By By By George Meredith George Meredith George Meredith George Mered... ... Publication enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...n enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... one, one that toucheth the tender corner in man and woman?’ When she that listened had heard him to an end, she shook her garments, crying, ‘O youth,... ...g before it descended upon him. Then loosed they him, to wander whither he listed; and disgust was strong in him by reason of the disgrace and the sev... ... mounds of sand, where the tents of Bedouins stood in white clusters; over lakes smooth as the cheeks of sleeping loveliness; by walls of cities, mosq... ...ging foam, pale, and with scintillating bubbles. The surges in- creased in volume, and boiled, hissing as with anger, like savage animals. Presently, ... ... rested under the shade of his garden palm, and I studied beside him great volumes of magic, it happened that after I had read certain pages I closed ...

Excerpt: The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith.