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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK ONE by WIL... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself: Book One by W... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...736, soon after our return from England, whither my parents took me for my education; and where I made the acquaintance of Mr. W arrington, whom my ch... ...any was there in which he would not be first? When I went to Europe for my education, and we passed a winter at London with my half-brother, my Lord C... ...e was, had not the Prince managed to make his escape. On his expedition to Scotland directly after, Castlewood was so enraged against him that he aske... ...ked leave to serve as a vol- unteer, and join the Duke of Argyle’s army in Scotland, which the Pretender never had the courage to face; and thencefort... ... Mrs. Tusher lying sixty miles off at Castlewood. But my papa’s genius and education are both greater than any a woman can be expected to have, and hi...

...on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am....

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the docu- ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles C... ...o- ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...................................................... 183 CHAPTER XXV OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ........................................................ ...e other extreme.”[Essays, ii. 2.] Pierre Eyquem bestowed great care on the education of his children, especially on the practical side of it. To assoc... ...hat a father could do for a son; both in the care with which you tended my education, and in the zeal with which you pushed me for- ward into public l... ... which St. John renders things. But compare Chambers’s “Domestic Annals of Scotland,” 2d ed. i. 48.]—remain in their posses- sion. I have not seen the... ..., King of England, having in the long wars betwixt him and Robert, King of Scotland, had experience of how great importance his own immediate presence... ...ent with the place where he is planted by nature; and the High- landers of Scotland no more pant after Touraine; than the Scythians after Thessaly. Da...

...NY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES ..................................................... 104 CHAPTER XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .......................................................................... 105 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE .............................................

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. GRISLY, GRISELL, orThe Laidly Lady of Whitbernthe Pennsylvania ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ere confided to the great Earl Richard and Countess Alice of Salisbury for education and training. Boys and girls were alike there, some of the latter... ...rous damsels who formed the train of the Lady of Salisbury, and were under education and training—could have permitted her maidens to stray into the r... ...st lad.” Certainly “home” would be very unlike the experience of Grisell’s education. Ridley gave her a piece of advice. “Do not be daunted at my lady... ...Welsh and the Border lords on behalf of her son. She had obtained aid from Scotland, and the Percies, the 87 Charlotte M. Young Dacres of Gilsland, a... ...However, he did not move. Indeed be did not hear of the Queen’s journey to Scotland and fresh attempt till all had been again lost at Hedgeley Moor an...

...Excerpt: A terrible shriek rang through the great Manor-house of Amesbury. It was preceded by a loud explosion, and there was agony as well as terror in the cry. Then followed more shrieks and screams, some of pain, some of fright, others of anger and recrimination. Every one in the house ran together to the spot whence the cries proceeded, namely, the lower court, where t...

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WIL... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself: Book Two by W... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...the University, was master of two or three languages, and had that further education which neither books nor years will give, but which some men get f... ...hat than I, but there are many ways in which a young man of good parts and education can get on in the world; and I am pretty sure, one way or other, ... ...th ships and an army from Dunkirk, and was to have in- vaded and conquered Scotland. But that ill wind which ever opposed all the projects upon which ... ...upon which the Prince ever embarked, prevented the Chevalier’s invasion of Scotland, as ’tis known, and blew poor Monsieur von Holtz back into our cam... ... her is an immediate check to loose behavior, and to love her is a liberal education.’” “Oh, indeed!” says Mrs. Steele, who did not seem to un- dersta...

...on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am....

...ousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London,... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, tra... ...to have done for Switzerland what the author of the Waverly Novels did for Scotland, turning its mountains, lakes and islands, formerly regarded with ... ...er situation, the minister, her father, having bestowed great pains on her education. She was aught drawing, singing, and to play on the theorbo; had ... ... much neglected: this certainly was a fault which cannot be justified. His education and morals suffered by this neglect, and he acquired the habits o... ...lly attributed to nature, but are in reality the effects of an injudicious education. I had the faults common to my age, was talkative, a glutton, and... ... set off for Dunkirk, where he was to command the expedi- tion destined to Scotland. At his return, said I to myself, to authorize my idleness, it wil... ...uently? On my arrival at Motiers I had written to Lord Keith, mar- shal of Scotland and governor of Neuchatel, informing him of my retreat into the st...

... of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this documen... ... anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as... ... Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring cl... ...h of September,” said the younger Englishman, irrelevantly but gently. “For the shooting, eh? or is it the hunting, or the fish- ing?” inquired his en... ... herself again applying for intellectual assistance to Lord Lambeth. But he again assured her that he was utterly helpless in such mat- 60 An Interna...

...Excerpt: Four years ago--in 1874--two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. Dise...

...ge 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 Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ith my testimony against him. The Magistrate was wonderfully struck by his educational ac quirements, deeply impressed by the excellence of his let ... ...tack. Our chief clerical dig nitary who, to his honour, has done much for education both in time and money, and has established excellent schools, is... ... to all classes, to all degrees of wealth and pov erty, to every grade of education and ignorance. Here, for example, is her Majesty Queen Victoria i... ...rgeant Fendall, and Sergeant Straw. We have the whole Detective Force from Scotland Yard, with one exception. They sit down in a semi circle (the two ... ... thus: ‘It’s just about six years ago, now, since information was given at Scotland Yard of there being extensive robberies of lawns and silks going o... ... the House Surgeon, and the T reasurer, of Saint Blank’s Hospital, came to Scotland Yard to give in formation of numerous robberies having been commi...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...Norman challengers, a repeated triumph over the honour of England. His own education had taught him no skill in the games of chivalry, although, with ... ...not only of free will, but despotic authority, Rowena was, by her previous education, disposed both to resist and to resent any attempt to control her... ... had been tempered, and, as it were, hardened, by the circumstances of her education. Accus- tomed to see the will of all, even of Cedric himself, (su... ...e may mention, that the Princess Matilda, though a daughter of the King of Scotland, and afterwards both Queen of England, niece to Edgar Atheling, an... ...tle John, who is even now absent on an expedition as far as the borders of Scotland; and I will own to your Majesty, that I am some- times displeased ... ... descent from Matilda, niece to Edgar Atheling, and daughter to Malcolm of Scotland. But Matilda, though of the royal Saxon blood, was not the heir to...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pl...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Professor by Charlotte Brontë, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ... making a virtue of necessity, they consented to defray the expenses of my education. I was sent to Eton, where I remained ten years, during which spa... ...arents, I should not be indebted to my uncles Tynedale and Seacombe for my education; but as I grew up, and heard by degrees of the persevering hostil... ...ment, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language irritated him; my punctuality, industry, a... ... Professor water you will never return again alive!’”—(Vide the History of Scotland). I looked up in amazement; the voice was a voice of Albion; the a...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...en so in Greece, Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands; in England and Scotland; in Prussia and in Russia; and the Western World shows us the same... ... all 32,000 children attending school in the city throughout the year. The education at the State schools is very good. Thirty-four teachers are emplo... ...y of £92 each, ranging from £260 to £60 per annum. It is in this matter of education that the cities of the free States of America have done so much f... ...itical feeling—which induces every educated American to lend a hand to the education of his fellow- citizens. It shows, if nothing else does so, a ger...

...uma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. A... ...m Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the... ... Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student pub... ...al voice. It might have been said that he wished that voice to strike, at the end of the salon, any ear that was too distant. “Monseigneur,” replied h... ...” The officer was more and more surprised, more and more subdued. “If I consent to announce you, may I at least know whom to announce, monsieur?” “You... ... to Edinburgh, during Cromwell’s expedition into Ireland, I was crowned at Scone. A year after, wounded in one of the provinces he had usurped, Cromwe... ... devoted of my servants, because he was not a Covenanter; and as the poor martyr, to whom they had offered a favor when dying, had asked that his body... ...ill greater reason a princess.” “She has been well brought up, I suppose?” “Madame Henrietta, her mother, is a woman somewhat cold in manner, slightly... ...ther of the travelers, without pronouncing any name that might be dangerous. In this way the journey, which was performed by short stages, was most ag...

...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-ente...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ain, and Baroness Dunsterville and d’Amblay in the peerages of Ireland and Scotland, I’ll thank you to remember that you are a member of one of the mo... ...r demand in Europe than it appears to be.’” “Well, you’ll see: that girl’s education won’t interfere with her, once she’s started. So then: if Nick ca... ...imming across the dying ripples at their feet. “Y ou’ll be a lot cooler in Scotland,” Fred added, with what, for him, was an unusual effort at explici... ...is nasty sloppy desert …. Oh, Susy, if you knew how hard life is for me in Scotland between the Prince and Fred you couldn’t pos- sibly say no!” Susy ... ...ut I need a platform—a sky-scraper. Father and mother slaved to give me my education. They thought education was the important thing; but, since we’ve...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly... .... Do not let us be frightened from a good deed by a trifle. Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but sh... .... Norris, “and what I was saying to my husband this morning. It will be an education for the child, said I, only being with her cousins; if Miss Lee t... ... You may not have heard of the last blow—Julia’s elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates. She left London a few hours before we entered it. At a...

...irty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet?s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and...

...e of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any pur- pose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Du... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...especting the Prince of Wales, whom he would recognise as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The few English who were there threw themselves upon... ...be a subject all his life; and there- fore could not be too much abased by education, and trained to patience and obedience: That supreme law, the rea... ...es, the latter of whom he unceasingly sought to re-establish. The union of Scotland with England appeared to him a favourable con- juncture, by the de... ...ho was aware of the fermentation going on, made several secret journeys to Scotland, and planned an invasion of that country; but, as I have said, for... ...h will and firmness, which he spoiled by a do- cility, the result of a bad education, austere and confined, that devotion, ill understood, together wi... ...ch a kind, joined to such vivacity, sensibility, and passion, rendered his education dif- ficult. But God, who is the master of all hearts, and whose ...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...gnedly insinuated by myself. My father was a merchant; not in the sense of Scotland, where it means a retail dealer, one, for instance, who sells groc... ...all accounts, something of the same kind might plausibly have been said in Scotland about the Burnetts. Lord Monboddo’s nieces, of whom one perished b... ...awyers to take charge of Greek; far less, one might suppose, of lawyers of Scotland, where the general system of education has moved for two centuries... ...ss, one might suppose, of lawyers of Scotland, where the general system of education has moved for two centuries upon a principle of slight regard to ... ...ion amongst the services of England from ancient times to the interests of education—a service absolutely unapproached by any one nation of Christendo... ... to the public by his “Travels in Spain and Sicily,” &c.,) Mrs. Lee, whose education in a French con- vent, aided by her father’s influence, had intro...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expressly to disown any one thing that I have ever published; but some t...

...otte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pulication The Dove In The Eagle’s Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Dove In The Eagle’s Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsyl... ...ch a catastrophe could hardly have happened anywhere but in Germany, or in Scotland; and the contrast between the cultivation in the free cities and t... ... The White, or the Wise King, it is uncertain which, is a his- tory of his education and exploits, in prose. Every alternate page has its engraving, s... .... Thus, while the cities advanced in the power of self-government, and the education it conveyed, the nobles, especially those whose abodes were not e... ...nd the numerous festivals, both secular and religious, were an unconscious education, even without that which had been bestowed upon her by teachers, ... ...e was blazing everywhere in the Alps, in the Hartz, nay , even in England, Scotland, and on the granite points of Ireland. Heaped up for many previous...

...Introduction: In sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytag?s first series of pictures of German Life:...

...ge 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 Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , th... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ding, set apart for that pur pose, are work shops for blind persons whose education is finished, and who have acquired a trade, but who can not purs... ...tionably very beautiful — in face: but there I am compelled to stop. Their education is much as with us; neither better nor worse. I had heard some ve... ... day as I once thought it never did rain anywhere, but in the Highlands of Scotland. The river was full of floating blocks of ice, which were constant... ... institutions, and of the ad vantageous opportunities they afford for the education of their children. The heights of this neighbourhood, above the P... ...at night, the way wound through some lonely gorge, like a mountain pass in Scotland, shining and coldly glittering in the light of the moon, and so Am...

...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 exist...

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vanity Fair: Volume Three (Chapters Fifty-one through Sixty-sev... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...lords and councillors, when the great ancestor of the House became King of Scotland. Lady Steyne, after the music scene, succumbed before Becky, and p... ...s benevo- lence, selected all sorts of objects for their bounty. To get an education for nothing, and a future livelihood and profession assured, was ... ...ffices not deemed to be necessary parts of every young English gentleman’s education? Our business does not lie with the second generation and Master ... ...” he said to him with much gravity, “there’s nothing like a good classical education! Nothing!” Becky’s contempt for her husband grew greater every da...