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...When French equestrian Claire Delacroix loses her fiance in a tragic accident, she comes to live at the Paris Opera during its 1890s heyday. Whilst working at the opera, she meets a mysterious, masked stranger: Erik. Is it possible that the two of them will heal the pain of each ot...

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...re Delacroix’s background, and her intellectual rebellion against her place in “proper society.” Everyone I have spoken to has his or her own vision ... ... inspiration. I am also grateful to Paddy Doyle Cathcart, who became Pierre in these pages. Jacket design by James Courtney (c) Sharon E. Cathcart, 2... ...re I was an equestrienne trainer and performer. Horses were frequently used in the operas and Josephine was my gentlest mare, a beautiful Dutch Frie... ...its cosmopolitan air. I made friends with young ladies from many different countries and could converse passably in German, Italian and English by t... ...te my previous reticence, I found myself telling her about traveling around Europe, living in Russia and Persia, and how I had been outcast not only...

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...is labours. When the foundation stone is laid, the architect appears with his plans, and struts for an hour before the public eye. So with the writer in hisPreface: he may have never a word to say, but he must show himself for a moment in the portico, hat in hand, and with an urbane demeanour....

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...nsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ...associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an elec... ..., Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical ... ...in his chair whenever that particular topic came up. And there was yet another proposal which had the same effect on both of us. It appeared that the ... ...r. When people take the trouble to do dignified acts, it is worth while to take a little more, and allow the dignity to be common to all concerned. Bu... ...ss, with the solid tramp of men marching, and the startling reverberations of the drum. It reminded you, that even this place was a point in the great... ...rew prophets, it must be stripped from his poor hinder quarters after death, stretched on a drum, and beaten night after night round the streets of ev...

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... I WONDER by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov?d? were we not wean?d till then? But suck?d on countrey pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seaven sleepers den? T?was so; But this, all pleasures fancies bee. If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desir?d, and got, t?was but a dreame of thee. And now good morrow to our waking soules, Which watch not one anot...

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... 11 -- SONG, 12 -- THE LEGACIE, 13 -- A FEAVER, 14 -- AIRE AND ANGELLS, 15 -- BREAKE OF DAY, 16 -- THE ANNIVERSARIE, 17 -- A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME, IN THE WINDOW, 18 -- TWICKNAM GARDEN, 20 -- A VALEDICTION: OF THE BOOKE, 21 -- COMMUNITIE, 23 -- LOVES GROWTH, 24 -- LOVES EXCHANGE, 25 -- CONFINED LOVE, 27 -- THE DREAME, 28 -- A VALEDICTION: OF WEEPING, 29 -- LOVES ALCHYMIE...

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... . . 17 THE ANNIVERSARIE . . . . . . . . . 18 A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME, IN THE WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TWICKNAM GARDEN . . . . ... ...ill then? But suck’d on countrey pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seaven sleepers den? T’was so; But this, all pleasures fancies be... ...ossesse one world, each hath one, and is one. My face is thine eye, thine in mine appeares, And true plaine hearts doe in the faces rest, Where can... ... such mirrors, and such spies, That they did all to you epitomize,) Countries, Townes, Courts: Beg from above A patterne of your love! - ... ... On a round ball A workeman that hath copies by, can lay An Europe, Afrique, and an Asia, And quickly make that, which was nothing, A...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether there may occasionally be a difference of this kind between some writers and some readers; whether it is a...

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...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 document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 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... ...fully running away from his happiness, and establishing himself in foreign countries as a bachelor. ‘Your pa was once a little particular in his atten... ...if he were already First Architect in ordinary to all the Crowned Heads in Europe. ‘I’d do it. I’d provide for you.’ ‘I am afraid,’ said Tom, shaking ... ... without a breakfast. He passed more Golden Balls than all the jugglers in Europe have juggled with, in the course of their united performances, befor... ...,’ quoth the colonel, with a smile. ‘England has heard of Jefferson Brick. Europe has heard of Jefferson Brick. Let me see. When did you leave England... ...ur of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe. ‘It’s not likely to last, I hope?’ said M... ...r, shrugging his shoul- ders, ‘still no mighty matter to boast of; for old countries, and despotic countries too, have done as much, if not more, and ...

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...ions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge?s eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate....

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...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 ... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Bleak House, Volume One, Containing Chapters One through Thirty... ...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... ...dson, who, being out of his apprenticeship, and home from a journey in far countries, whither he was sent to enlarge his knowledge and complete his pr... ... he has brought you up to follow in his ways and has sent you into foreign countries and the like? Well, he knows best. There may be a world beyond Ch... ...uppose?” said Mr. Jarndyce. “By heaven, he is the most astonishing bird in Europe!” replied the other. “He is the most wonderful creature! I wouldn’t... ...indeed. The name of Professor Dingo, my immediate prede cessor, is one of European reputation.” Mrs. Badger overheard him and smiled. “Yes, my dear!”... ...nniver sary of my wedding day, I became the wife of Professor Dingo.” “Of European reputation,” added Mr. Badger in an un dertone. “And when Mr. Bad... ...elf. And I looked up at the stars, and thought about travellers in distant countries and the stars they saw, and hoped I might always be so blest and...

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...ions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge?s eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate. There had been, he admitted, a trivial blemish or so in its rate of progress, but this was exaggerated and had been entirely owing to the ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public...

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...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 Arrow of Gold: A Story between Two Notes, 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... ...ies, when Don Carlos de Bourbon, encouraged by the general reaction of all Europe against the excesses of communistic Republicanism, made his attempt ... ...egard narrow prejudices. Y ou see examples in the aristocracies of all the countries. A chivalrous young American may offer his life for a remote idea... ...p, and in truth did not wish to drop. They were my excuse for remaining in Europe, which somehow I had not the strength of mind to leave for the West ... ... to Dona Rita, telling her that now nothing stood in the way of my leaving Europe, because, really, the enterprise couldn’t be begun again; that thing...

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...?t is true that you turn?d out a Tory at Last,-- yours has lately been a common case; And now, my Epic Renegade! what are ye at? With all the Lakers, in and out of place? A nest of tuneful persons, to my eye Like ?four and twenty Blackbirds in a pyre....

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...arge 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 Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Don Juan by George Byron , the Pennsylvania State University,... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...and Erin’s yet green wounds, Have voices, tongues to cry aloud for me. Europe has slaves, allies, kings, armies still, And Southey lives to si... ...h a one ‘T were better to have two of five and twenty, Especially in countries near the sun: And now I think on ‘t, ‘mi vien in mente,’ ... ...p’d off from Cadiz. She had resolved that he should travel through All European climes, by land or sea, To mend his former morals, and get new... ...ir betters. These Oriental writings on the wall, Quite common in those countries, are a kind Of monitors adapted to recall, Like skulls at... ...es uncouth; Some shepherds (unlike Paris) led to stare A moment at the European youth Whom to the spot their school boy feelings bear; A t... ...on?— but we will Continue. As I said, this goodly row Of ladies of all countries at the will Of one good man, with stately march and slow, ...

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...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The ...

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...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 U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylv... ...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... ...people. He loved to talk with clever men, and with travellers from foreign countries, and to write down what they told him, for his people to read. He... ... never to be turned aside from enterprises on which they have resolved. In Europe, Asia, Af rica, America, the whole world over; in the desert, in th... ...ing and fighting bravely, but this success increased the general desire in Europe to join the Crusade. Another great French Duke was proposing to sell... ... under one Sovereign England, Scot land, and Wales; the two last of which countries had each a little king of its own, about whom the people were alw... ...’s Histroy of England 196 Now came that terrible disease, the Plague, into Europe, hurrying from the heart of China; and killed the wretched people—es... ...way from Antwerp, and prevented all commercial intercourse between the two countries. He also, by arts and bribes, prevailed on Sir Robert Clifford to...

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.... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418.......................................................... 8 CHAPTER III THE ANGLE CHILDREN A.D. 597.................................................................... 10 CHAPTER IV THE NORTHMEN. A.D. ...

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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...hapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the im...

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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of ...

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