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.................................... 144 EPIGRAM ON THE TOASTS OF THE KIT-CAT CLUB, ANNO 1716. ............................................................. ...alous Whigs, “Poets should be poor, and Pope is independent,” growled Grub Street. The ancients could not endure that a “poet should build an house, b... ...you say, “He smells of the midnight lamp;” of Dante, boys cried out on the street, “Lo! the man that was in hell.” With the very first class of poets,... ...st like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothin... ...de his cheese, Sir Morgan might we meet; And Worldly crying coals 25 from street to street, Whom, with a wig so wild, and mien so mazed, Pity mistake... ...lind? Was there a chief but melted at the sight? A common soldier, but who clubb’d his mite? Such, such emotions should in Britons rise, When press’d ... ... sizes and all shapes you meet, And fit yourselves, like chaps in Monmouth Street. Gallants, look here! this fool’s cap 60 has an air, ... ... common care; And prudent nymphs against that change prepare: The Knave of Clubs thrice lost! Oh! who could guess This fatal stroke, this unforeseen d... ...IT THE KIT THE KIT THE KIT THE KIT-CA -CA -CA -CA -CAT T T T T CL CL CL CL CLUB, ANNO 1716. UB, ANNO 1716. UB, ANNO 1716. UB, ANNO 1716. UB, ANNO 1716...

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...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound app...

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...OMPANY, NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on Janu ary 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a ... ...g of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub street ballad style; and when they were printed he sent me about the town... ...es and printing off the sheets, I was employed to carry the papers thro’ the streets to the customers. He had some ingenious men among his friends, wh... ...bout eight or nine o’clock on the Sunday morn ing, and landed at the Market street wharf. I have been the more particular in this description of my j... ...ntroduced me to Dr. Mandeville, author of the “Fable of the Bees,” who had a club there, of which he was the soul, being a most facetious, entertainin... ...ity in performing his part, when they exhibited plays; belong’d to the Witty Club there, and had written some pieces in prose and verse, which were pr... ... the preceding year, I had form’d most of my ingenious ac quaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which we called the Junto; we met on Friday ... ...ontinued without inter ruption to his death, upward of forty years; and the club continued almost as long, and was the best school of phi losophy, m... ... prevent our disgusting each other. From hence the long con tinuance of the club, which I shall have frequent occasion to speak further of hereafter....

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... is decorated we dress ourselves for mass. At ten o’clock we walk down the street to St. Michael’s church to attend mass. When mass is ended we go hom... ... like their predecessors, the New Kids on the Block. The group uses “dance-club pop, fresh-faced good looks, and sexy choreography to whip up their pr...

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...seeing the haggard pale young old- clothesman, who wakes the echoes of our street with his nasal cry of “Clo’!”—I have often, I said, fancied that, be... ...ut the garment. Psha! there is, perhaps, some faith- less girl in Holywell Street who fills up his heart; and that des- ultory Jew-boy is a peripateti... ...d, its progress irresistible: and the best proof of this may be had at Bow Street any day, where if you ask any officer of the establishment how they ... ...L OF GENTEEL SOCIETY DEPICTED. WHEN THE CORPORAL, who had retreated to the street-door immediately on hearing the above conversation, returned to the ... ...ttering wildly about ill-luck, seven’s the main, bad punch, and so on. The street-door banged to; and the steps of Brock and the Squire were heard, un... ... of poverty makes a rascal of you, who were, and are still, an honest man; clubs, trumps, or six lucky mains at dice, make an honest man for life of y...

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...unfamiliar to the Scotchman’s eye – the domestic architecture, the look of streets and buildings; the quaint, venerable age of many, and the thin wall... ...ight call 9 Memories and Portraits them – or on one of these flat-chested streets, but he is in- stantly reminded where he is, and instantly travels ... ...ld stone cities, immi- nent on the windy seaboard; compared with the level streets, the warm colouring of the brick, the domestic quaintness of the ar... ...ity to recall him from the public-house where he has been lunching, or the streets where he has been wandering fancy- free. His college life has littl... ...to look away, and fled in panic from his chamber into the enclosure of the street. In the cool air and silence, and among the sleeping houses, his str... ...e it rendered reckless; for he took flight to London, and there, in a fast club, disposed of the bulk of his considerable patri- mony in the space of ... ...urgh, in a good part of the town, there were several distinct societies or clubs that met in the morning to – the phrase is technical – to “rake the b... ...ter of three dogs, was one day surprised to observe that they had left one club and joined another; but whether it was a rise or a fall, and the resul...

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... Familiar Studies of Men & Books up, and Jean Valjean, in the light of the street lamp, recognises the face of the detective; as when the lantern of t... ...d moorland to spend an hour or two in courtship. Rule 10 of the Bachelors’ Club at T arbolton provides that “every man proper for a member of this Soc... ...da on her part writes, this time with a beautiful simplicity: “I think the streets look deserted-like since Monday; and there’s a certain insipidity i... ...lchral regularity and seclusion, others fled the schools, swaggered in the street “with their thumbs in their girdle,” passed the night in riot, and b... ...e Montigny, and that there was a householder called Nicolas de Cayeux in a street – the Rue des Poirees -in the immediate neighbourhood of the cloiste... ...thing apparently more grave than a pretty face on the opposite side of the street and a couple of bad companions round the corner. Catherine de Vausse... ...mmar, he must fall to it like a schoolboy. He was a member of Harrington’s Club till its dissolution, and of the Royal Soci- ety before it had receive...

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...e provocation enough to both fami- lies when he went among the taverns and clubs, and vowed before Providence over his big fist that they should rue t... ...her brother Lord Levellier, sworn to baffle Kirby. Present with him in the street and witness to the shutting of the carriage-door on Countess Fanny, ... ...class; you don’t meet others.’ ‘But we may meet anybody, Chillon!’ ‘In the street. I suppose you would not stop to speak to him in the street.’ ‘It wo... ...top to speak to him in the street.’ ‘It would be strange to see him in the street!’ Carinthia said. ‘Strange or not!’ … Chillon thought he had said su... ...erest in the tricks of a circling white marble ball. The chuck farthing of street urchins has quite as much dignity. He compared the creatures dabblin... ...ting a run. ‘That fellow it is, Fleetwood’s tag-rag; holds his head like a street-fiddler; Woodler or some name. But there’s nothing to be done if we ... ...ne-armed old lord, who burst out on him in the street from the ambush of a Club-window, where he had been stationed every day for a fortnight, indefat... ...ge, and decided to wait for information. At the second of the aristocratic Clubs of London’s West, 159 George Meredith into which he stepped like an ...

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... to ask all he encounters, whether workmen in the road or politicians in the street, about their work and trade and the knowledge he gains is oh, so ... ...for garden fun, children's delights pouring forth and overflowing. Member of clubs numerous, sailing, swimming, bowling, singing just a few, giving fr... ...family pressure he bows, wedding a girl known for years from just across the street, a marriage of convenience in fact, no great passionate affair, bu... ...kes running and swimming, karate and cricket unequivocal delights. Yet other clubs too she wants to try: French, ballet, tap and IT, singing and chess...

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...d also, about the role he was to play. The black limousine scaled the narrow streets that led to the rear of the Vatican. After identifying himself... ...n home. The ancient city of Palermo with its ornate fountains and cobblestone streets that dated back hundreds of years was still a magical place. T... ...eet bread filled the air as he passed the outdoor cafes that lined the narrow streets: bottles of Chianti, fresh salads, black olives, large plates ... ...aking in the nostalgic smells and sounds of the ancient city, the cobblestone streets, and people laughing and yelling all at the same time. This was... ...y majoring in Political Science, and at night he hung out in the Puerto Rican clubs where Branderos could be free and wild. Leading a double life kep... ...th American flags whipping in the wind as they rumbled over the cobble-stoned streets in his German village were as clear as if they were yesterday. ... ...y, started gyrating to the music. As they made their way through the darkened club, flashing strobe lights swept across the late afternoon patrons, ... ... there.” Brand pointed to a small, dark man seated at the farthest end of the club. As they approached, Brand announced "Jose, mi amigo." The sound... ...'s been awhile. I've missed you." Jose was a Cuban refugee, and owner of the club. "We need a meeting room," Brand said just loud enough to heard. ...

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...don Bridge, with the houses and booksellers’ shops thereon, looking like a street, and the Tower of Lon- don, with the Armor, and the great lions and ... ... slaves there, no one sees them,” an- swered the lady. “They don’t work in street gangs with the public to jeer them: and if they suffer, suffer in pr... ...Alsatia for his ears and won ‘em, and have one of ‘em in my lodging in Bow Street in a bottle of spirits. 136 Henry Esmond Harry Mohun will play any ... ...ney, as desired that day, to my Lord Mohun himself, at his lodgings in Bow Street; that his lordship had expressed some surprise, as it was not custom... ...till they are asked,” says my Lord Viscount with a laugh. “Y ou go to Duke Street, and see Mr. Betterton. Y ou love the play, I know. Leave me to foll... ...s they lay on the field, and Jack had brained one of these gentry with the club-end of his musket, who had eased Esmond of his hat and periwig, his pu... ...emen in the House of Commons, and get the hiccupping cheers of the October Club! What days will you spend in your jolting chariot.” (Mr. Esmond often ... ...ch one, according as either pre- vailed. And while the Tories, the October club gentlemen, the High Church parsons that held by the Church of England,...

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...s? What is it that keeps them so contented. Certainly people in my country need both. The media extol the joys and the promises of sex and the street... ...eople has a power drive being fulfilled as the motivation for the trashing of values.‖ —―In the same line of thinking, initiations into clubs,... ...ou see power. The power gained by being in the true religion, the best nation, the more favored race, by being the older member of the team or club w... ... fashion our own lives. If we all develop inferiority complexes when we are young because we can‘t walk or feed ourselves, we can‘t cross the street... ...he Hypocrites, and be firm against them, their abode is Hell-- an evil refuge indeed.‘ (6a) ―We wonder if the violence we see on the street... ... 44 —―You can certainly gain power by associating with others. Collective rioting on the street... ...out-muscling a weak woman, a man with a knife or gun subduing a strong woman, a group of Hutus raping a Tutsi woman‘s vagina with penises and clubs.... ...and an ineffective method of reducing inferiority feelings. ―Then there was the movement to teach black children Ebonics, the name for black street...

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...ling. Then the shield of leaves dropped away briefly and Morris saw that the wagon was moving along on a road about 400 feet above a town with narrow streets and Chinese-style pagoda roofs. Some of the buildings were demolished and others were in flame. “That is Sam Neua, the actual town,” the third passenger informed. “Where was the camp then?” “Place called Xanthon. J...

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...PART I: UP AGAINST THE DRAFT 1. Steward brings his 1-A letter to the boat club 2. Brandt and Morris argue about the Vietnam war 3. O’Rourke steps in to bring the crew on task 4. Morris offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks about his dad’s experience in World War Two 6. Brandt st...

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...hat role.The father of the OSS was William J.“Wild Bill” Dono- van, a Wall Street lawyer. He recruited into the OSS others like himself—well traveled,... ...levision screens showed images of an Amer- ican corpse dragged through the streets by exultant Somalis. Under pressure from Congress, President Clinto... ...with a message:“From the American President down to the average man in the street, we want him [Bin Ladin] stopped. ” If the trib- als captured Bin La... ...rack the three men as they came in, and the travelers disappeared into the streets of Bangkok. 49 The Counterterrorist Center (CTC) had briefed the CI... ...ning how to fly. 36 A pilot they consulted at one school, the Sorbi Flying Club in San Diego, spoke Arabic. He explained to them that their flight ins... ... Saudi investigators reported that the Saudi had enjoyed shooting at a gun club in T exas, where he had completed his flight training for a commercial... ... TO CHAPTER 7 517 FinalNotes.4pp 7/17/04 4:26 PM Page 517 Sorbi Flying Club in San Diego. On May 5, both of them took a lesson at Sorbi, followed ... ... of Penttbom Investigation,” Feb. 29, 2004, p. 18. 37. On the Sorbi Flying Club, see FBI report of investigation, interview of Khaled al Kayed, Sept. ... ...yer Aviation in Phoenix,Arizona, show Hanjour joining the flight simulator club on June 23, 2001, with Faisal al Salmi, Rayed Abdullah, and Lotfi Rais...