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...e by Somerset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 20001 The Pennsylv... ...the pictures at the Royal Academy , of the weather and their plans for the holidays. There was never a pause, and the noise grew louder. Mrs. Strickla... ...ember my brother -in-law , don’t you? Y ou met at dinner , just before the holidays.” We shook hands. I felt so shy that I could think of nothing to s... ...e finest country in the world, sir , and he felt a lively superiority over Americans, Colonials, Dagos, Dutchmen, and Kanakas. But I do not think he w... ...elu, whither came ships’ captains in search of a man. He was married to an American woman, obese and slat- ternly , fallen to this pass by Heaven know... ... then we came to the object of my visit. I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in 217 Somerset Maugham his words, but in my own, for I cann...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very...

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...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...; and a rebellious girl is the spirit of that bewildered empire called the American Middlewest. II Blodgett College is on the edge of Minneapolis. It ... ...in love then with religion and Carol. Throughout Senior year she anxiously related all her experiments and partial successes to a career. Daily, on th... ...ink of my plans, Mrs. Warren?” she concluded. Speaking judiciously, as one related to the church by marriage, Mrs. Warren gave verdict: “I’m sure we’r... ...he fictional tradition, resolutely stay there, sel- dom returning even for holidays. The most protesting pa- triots of the towns leave them in old age... ...xcellent nurse for Hugh. She herself put him to bed and played with him on holidays. There were walks with him, there were motionless evenings of read...

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...Excerpt: Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossib...

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...Contents INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. .......................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................

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...r Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...y grandsire, the inditer of this goodly matter, was rather lengthy, as our American friends say. Indeed, I reserve the rest of the piece until I can o... ...ss’s house too. I omitted for certain rea- sons, or greatly abridged, what related to her-self. But when I came to treat of my general views in public... ...lmon. On his return homeward an inci- dent befell him, which he afterwards related as ominous, though probably his heated imagination, joined to the u... ...ous Robin Oig M’Combich himself was more attentive to the main chance. His holidays were holidays indeed; but his days of work were dedicated to stead... ...rvade every civilized country. Amongst their mountains, as among the North American Indians, the various tribes were wont to make war upon each other,...

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...Publication Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The... ...e landlord’s brother, but by another father or mother. He is not so nearly related to him as he was last night. The landlord scratches his head. The b... ...ONS of such a place as Albaro, the suburb of Genoa, where I am now, as my American friends would say, ‘located,’ can hardly fail, I should imagine, t... .... They are not a very joyous people, and are seldom seen to dance on their holidays: the staple places of entertainment among the women, being the chu... ...she puts to flight (instead of making kin) the puny world that claim to be related to her, in right of poor conventional forgeries! I saw in the Palaz... ... dimmed, in their transcendent melancholy, by the dark ghost of its bloody holidays, erect and grim; haunting the old scene; despoiled by pillaging Po...

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...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some cr...

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...ies Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; Joseph Turner: Sun Setting ov... ...ne of his heroes, and of Lancashire origin, strangely!), flew to the South American station, in and about Lord Cochrane’s waters; then as swiftly back... ...g the strong salt of his similes, likening that rascal and his crew to the American weed in our waters, to the rotting wild bees’ nest in our trees, t... ...nd had met merchandize, and his vanity was offended. T o pacify him, Nevil related how he had heard that since the Venetian rising of ’49, V enetian l... ...posed toward the entire world, especially to women, also to men in any way related to pretty women, had just lit a cigar, and it was a cigar that he h... ...k to no absolution of evil acts.’ The school was a hard one. It denied him holidays; it cut him off from dreams. It ran him in heavy harness on a roug...

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Excerpt: The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells.

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...AVELLI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...nce of smoking during these twilight prowls with the threepenny packets of American cigarettes then just ap- pearing in the world. My life centred upo... ...as not back home again until within an hour of my bedtime. I spent my half holidays at school in order to play cricket and football. This, and a prett... ...herself a very redoubtable Character in the Gyp-Bedder class; about her he related quietly absurd anecdotes. He displayed a marvel- lous invention in ... ... ideals and gave form to all our ambitions. Every man was to be definitely related to that, to have his predominant duty to that. Such was the England... ... very like a boy who has returned to school with the first batch after the holidays. The London world reeked with the General Election; it had invaded...

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...Introduction: Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutis...

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...The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed fo... ...E CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 A Penn State Electronic Class... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...these were my thoughts; such was I. With equal freedom and veracity have I related what was laudable or wicked, I have concealed no crimes, added no v... ...ar to me, without possessing any precise idea of the objects to which they related—I had conceived nothing—I had felt the whole. This confused suc- ce... ...ire of the bishop, that he might superin- tend the music during the Easter holidays, and that he pro- posed returning that way in a few days. T o supp... ...y. According to the information given to M. Reydelet, we passed our Easter holidays at Bellay, and though not expected there, were received by the mus... ... with mine. T o prove this by experience, I taught music gratis to a young American lady, Mademoiselle des Roulins, with whom M. Roguin had brought me...

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Excerpt: The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...e townspeople of Issoudun said about him then, and how many anecdotes they related of his hor- rible private life. Jean-Jacques Rouget, whom his fathe... ... for art was developed by a very com- monplace incident. During the Easter holidays of 1812, as he was coming home from a walk in the Tuileries with h... ...y, 1814, he found her ruined. Joseph’s scholarship was withdrawn after the holidays, and Madame Bridau, whose pension came from the Emperor’s privy pu... ...ery day be- yond the round tower built by Francois I., to look out for the American packet, enduring the keenest anxieties. Moth- ers alone know how s... ...own stairs and asked if Philippe had come in during the day. The concierge related the tale of his return and the locksmith. The mother, heart-stricke...

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...Excerpt: The United Force of the younger generation has been brought upon me to record, with the aid of diaries and letters, the circumstances connected with Chantry House and my two dear elder brothers. Once this could not have been ...

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...Series Pulication Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...ted to Emily, but not before Griff had read the latter, and the version he related to us probably lost nothing in the tell- ing; indeed, to this day I... ...hour I remem- ber portions of Belzoni’s Researches and Franklin’s terrible American adventures, and they bring back tones of my father’s voice. As an ... ...trious, and did not fail in his school work, but when he came home for the holidays there was a cowed look about him, and private revelations were mad... ...ch, when he was well out of the way, used to be exhibited on high days and holidays. It seems now like the boundary mark of the golden days of our boy... ...ly knew that Griff had deserted the room after his own return to London. I related what I had learnt from the old lady, and in that midnight hour we a...

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...Excerpt: Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adore...

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...AMBUSH? ................................................................................................................................. 6 SLAVES OF THE LAMP ............................................................................................................... 29 AN UNSAVORY INTERLUDE ..................................................................................

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...cs Series Publication Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ... again the barren purple moun- tains of the rainy West coast, where in his holidays he was viceroy of four thousand naked acres, only son of a three- ... ...if he thought we got tight.” “I never got squiffy but once—that was in the holidays,” said Stalky, reflectively; “an’ it made me horrid sick. ‘Pon my ... ...emper. After tea, at an informal gathering of prefects in his study, Flint related the adventure. “He’s been playin’ for this for a week, and now he’s... ...ed the mob in the dining-hall, which resembled the storm-centre of a South American revolution. “‘Hellish dark and smells of cheese.’” Stalky elbowed ... ...b in the dining-hall, which resembled the storm-centre of a South American revolution. “‘Hellish dark and smells of cheese.’” Stalky elbowed his way i...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world se...

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...ing by Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...peared what help or remedy any friend of Sterling’s, and especially one so related to the matter as myself, could attempt in the 6 The Life of John S... ...glory such as did that crowded school-room the week before the Christ- mas holidays. But these were the splendors of life. The truest and the stronges... ... Over the wild-surging chaos, in the leaden air, are only sudden glares of revolutionary lightning; then mere darkness, with philanthropistic phosphor... ... his crown of spiritual manhood; escaping from the black materialisms, and revolutionary deluges, with “God, Freedom, Immortality” still his: a king o... ...a disastrous shadow hanging over it, not to be cleared away by effort. Two American gentlemen, acquaintances also of mine, had been recommended to him...

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Excerpt: The Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells.

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...Bishop by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...shop’s mind. And others no less wicked followed it. Once during his summer holidays in Florence he and Lady Ella had subscribed to an association for ... ... reply. What was there for a bishop to object to? There was that admirable American widow, Lady Sunderbund. She was enor- mously rich, she was enthusi... ...hall we eva, do ‘ou think, have a new ‘iligion—t’ua and betta?” That was a revolutionary idea to him. He was still fending it off from him when a gap ... ...he isn’t like the T rinity, he isn’t like the Creed, he doesn’t seem to be related to the Church, then comes the question, are you going out for that?... ...The English were indolent, the French decadent, the Russians barbaric, the Americans basely democratic; the rest of the world was the “White man’s Bur...

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...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,? in the deliberate syllables of on...

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...rge Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...ll come to stay in the Winter?’ ‘Certainly. But I am speaking of one of my holidays.’ They kissed fervently. The lady mounted; the grey and portly lor... ... whip, and Emma was left to brood over her friend’s last words: ‘One of my holidays.’ Not a hint to the detriment of her husband had passed. The stray... ...e worked for my bread. I had thoughts of America. I fancy I can write; and Americans, one hears, are gentle to women.’ ‘Ah, Tony! there’s the looking ... ...dy Dunstane brought her at last to the point of her damped enthusiasm. She related an inci- dent or two occurring in her career of independence, and t... ...Dame Gossip, who keeps the ex- otic world alive with her fanning whispers, related that the lovely Mrs. Warwick had left England on board the schoo- n...

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...Excerpt: As little recked Fitzjocelyn of the murmurs which he had provoked, as he guessed the true secret of his victory. In his eyes, it was the triumph of merit over prejudice, and Mrs. Frost espoused the same gratifying view, though ascribing much to her nephew?s...

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...ction Dynevor Terrace Volume II by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...erday, I was not aware how much concern Lord Fitzjocelyn had taken in what related to my niece.’ At that moment, when Louis’s face was crimson with co... ... ei- ther to hear or resent. The boys met with decreased numbers after the holidays; and James received them with undiminished energy, but with failin... ...eserve. ‘If you wish it, go by all means. I hope you will.’ ‘The Christmas holidays are so near, that we may both go,’ said Isabel; but James still ha... ...mplaints were sifted. Some were palpably false, others exaggerated, others related to matters of principle; but deducting these, it still was proved t... ...where he had secretly embarked 262 Dynevor Terrace V olume II on board an American vessel bound for Panama. Louis asked why he had fled, instead of t...

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...ne through Twenty-five) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- nis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ... what must Amelia do, but remind her brother of a promise made last Easter holidays—”When I was a girl at school,” said she, laughing—a promise that h... ...turdays. He had his top-boots in his room, in which he used to hunt in the holidays. He had a gold repeater: and took snuff like the Doctor. He had be... ...Fancy our late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward a... ...a number of other worthy gentlemen who sat in turns for the borough. It is related, with regard to the borough of Queen’s Crawley, that Queen Elizabet... ...as presented in state by my Lady Binkie, the Haggistoun’s kinswoman. She’s related to every one, that Haggistoun. Her diamonds blazed out like V auxha...

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...Excerpt: The sun shone slanting over a spacious park, the undulating ground here turning a broad lawn towards the beams that silvered every blade of grass; there, curving away in banks of velvet green; shadowed by the trees; gnarled o...

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...on Heartsease or Brother’s Wife by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...have congratulated you on the friend’s capture. A gold- finch of the South American breed is a rare bird.’ Theodora drew up her head, and impetuously ... ...istance; and when I was at home, either she went out on long visits in the holidays, or there was a surveillance on me; and when I did get down to the... ...ave made an exception in favour of such near connections! Why, we shall be related ourselves, Mrs. Martindale. How charmed I shall be.’ Violet turned ... ...ponding interjection was more surprised and curious than disappointed. She related the main features of the story, much to Annette’s indigna- tion. ‘W... ... into my mind, as it used to look up the avenue, when we came back for the holidays. Those old shields with the martlets—see, Johnnie, like that— ’ ho...

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...DYNEVOR TERRACE: OR THE CLUE OF LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. V V V V VOL OL O... ...I A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Dynevor Terrace: or The Clue of Life, Volume One by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the P... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...I must consider—’ ‘Clara would find a companion in the younger Mary in the holidays, and if James would make Fitzjocelyn his charge, it would complete... ...ing unkindness, he left his little girl at school with orders to spend her holidays with his sister, and never to be with us.’ ‘That accounts for it!’... ...ed for dishonesty at the end of a month.’ ‘Did not Frampton know that that related to me?’ said Louis, sotto voce, to his aunt. ‘Did he not trust that... ...by a manufacture of Alpaca umbrellas. Meantime, he must show the beautiful American ducks which he hoped to naturalize on the pond near the keeper’s l... ...shining full on his face. ‘It was hardly quite a dream,’ said Louis, as he related it to Mrs. Frost. ‘It would make a very pretty allegory.’ ‘It is to...

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...ication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylva... ...ing crisis if they are to leave the rosy impression which spans the gap of holidays. Neither Matey nor Browny returned to their yoke, and Cuper’s boys... ...thumping, under knitted brows. “Out of town?” For a man of business taking holidays, when a lady craves for gossip, disappointed her faith in him as c... ...he work, doesn’t dispirit. Otherwise, one may say that an African or South American traveller has a more exciting time. I shall manage to keep my head... ...d spring- ing, surcharged and copious exponents of the play they had seen, related, for the benefit of the town, how that the two gentlemen had exchan... ...lotte heard with 264 Lord Ormont and His Aminta an incredulous shrug—they related piecemeal what they did know, and Weyburn’s name gave her scent. Sh...