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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the ho...

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... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...02 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means... ...ne day, with an army more powerful than any in Europe (except, perhaps, the French) and a revenue greater than that of Great Britain, govern nearly ... ...owerful than any in Europe (except, perhaps, the French) and a revenue greater than that of Great Britain, govern nearly one fifth of the world’s po... ...that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest Empire the world has ever known? Historia... ... the story of the Honorable East India Company will vi forever be part of the history of both Great Britain and that vast and glorious sub-conti... ...tory of the Honorable East India Company will vi forever be part of the history of both Great Britain and that vast and glorious sub-continent, ... ...ed the fragmentation of the Moghul Empire after the death of the last great Moghul, Aurungzib, in 1707. I believe that we will have no trouble with ...

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...Excerpt: Predictions for the year 1708. Wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being farther imposed on by vulgar almanack- makers....

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...harge 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... ...n tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Bickerstaff Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift , the Pen... ... 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.... ...ein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come... ...ey offer to the world as genuine from the planets, tho they descend from no greater a height than their own brains. I intend in a short time to publi... ... as will equally suit any age or country in the world. This month a certain great person will be threatened with death or sickness. This the news-pa... ...staff Partridge Papers – Swift 18 It was towards the conclusion of the year 1707, when an impudent pamphlet crept into the world, intituled, Predic-... ...gland is now no more, for the whole island is one Kingdom, under the name of Britain. v Geryon shall, etc. This prediction, tho somewhat obscure, is ...

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...nd Beau-ford on the one side. The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other. Suffolke. As by your high Imperiall Majesty, I had in charge at my depart for France, As Procurator to your Excellence, To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, In presence of the Kings of France, and Sicill, The Dukes of Orleance, Cala...

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... Suffolke. 8 As by your high Imperiall Maiesty, 9 I had in charge at my depart for France, 10 As Procurator to your Excellenc... ...xcellence, 11 To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; 12 So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, 13 In presence of the Kings of ... ...e, and was espous’d, 17 And humbly now vpon my bended knee, 18 In sight of England, and her Lordly Peeres, 19 Deliuer vp my Title in... ... To your most gracious hands, that are the Substance 21 Of that great Shadow I did represent: 22 The happiest Gift, that euer Marques... ...oule, 30 If Simpathy of Loue vnite our thoughts. 31 Queen. Great King of England, & my gracious Lord, 32 The mutuall conference ... ...et, 75 Salisburie, and Warwicke. 76 We thanke you all for this great fauour done, 77 In entertainment to my Princely Queene. 78 ... ...s the Fashions in the Court of England? 430 Is this the Gouernment of Britaines Ile? 431 And this the Royaltie of Albions King? 432 Wh... ...y, be gone. Exeunt. 1706 Sound Trumpets. Enter the King, the Queene, 1707 Cardinall, Suffolke, Somerset, with 1708 Attendants. 1709 ...

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...guage of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and sh...

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...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... ... I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will ... ...h him, he had that in his heart which secretly cheered and consoled him. A great secret had been told to Esmond by his unhappy stricken kinsman, lying... ...lose it, as in equity and honor he might do, the discovery would but bring greater grief upon those whom he loved best in the world, and who were sad ... ...and month with Frank, and just proclaimed at Saint Germains, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland. CHAPTER III I TAKE THE QUEEN’S PAY IN QUIN’S ... ..., and treading amidst the bones of shipwrecks. CHAPTER XIV THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708. DURING THE WHOLE OF THE YEAR which succeeded that in which the ... ...y way to the satisfaction of Marlborough’s gallant lieutenants. During all 1707, with the French before us, we had never so much as a battle; our army...

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...od man, And therefore banish?d) is a Creature, such, As to seeke through the Regions of the Earth For one, his like; there would be something failing In him, that should compare. I do not thinke, So faire an Outward, and such stuffe Within Endowes a man, but hee. You speake him farre. I do extend him (Sir) within himselfe, Crush him together, rather then unfold His measure...

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...arth 28 For one, his like; there would be something failing 29 In him, that should compare. I do not thinke, 30 So faire an Outward,... ...n’d the Sur- addition, Leonatus. 43 And had (besides this Gentleman in question) 44 Two other Sonnes, who in the Warres o’th’ time 45 ... ...ther Sonnes, who in the Warres o’th’ time 45 Dy’de with their Swords in hand. For which, their Father 46 Then old, and fond of yssue, took... ... wish not so, vnlesse it had bin the fall of an Asse, 257 which is no great hurt. 258 Clot. You’l go with vs? 259 1 Ile attend ... ... and a Spaniard. 316 Iach. Beleeue it Sir, I haue seene him in Britaine; hee 317 was then of a Cressent note, expected to proue so wo... ...hed rather by her valew, then 330 his owne, words him (I doubt not) a great deale from the 331 matter. 332 French. And then his ban... ... no lesse then my life. 341 Enter Posthumus. 342 Heere comes the Britaine. Let him be so entertained a-mong’st 343 you, as suites with ... ...pt it against any Lady in 428 the world. 429 Post. You are a great deale abus’d in too bold a per-swasion, 430 and I doubt not you ... ..., whose tongue 1706 Out- venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whose breath 1707 Rides on the posting windes, and doth belye 1708 All corners of...

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...Duke of Gloster, solus. Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: And all the clouds that lowr?d upon our house In the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes, Our bruised armes hung up for Monuments; Our sterne Alarums chang?d to merry Meetings; Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Measures...

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... of Yorke: 5 And all the clouds that lowr’d vpon our house 6 In the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. 7 Now are our browes bound ... ... Grim- visag’d Warre, hath smooth’d his wrinkled Front: 12 And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, 13 To fright the Soules of fearfu... ... To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduersaries, 14 He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, 15 To the lasciuious pleasing of a Lute. 16 ... ... My selfe disgrac’d, and the Nobilitie 545 Held in contempt, while great Promotions 546 Are daily giuen to ennoble those 547 That sc... ...endur’d. 572 I had rather be a Countrie seruant maide 573 Then a great Queene, with this condition, 574 To be so baited, scorn’d, and s... ...ne, 589 I, or your Husband King: 590 I was a packe- horse in his great affaires: 591 A weeder out of his proud Aduersaries, 592 A ... ...le Lord? 1706 Yorke. I would that I might thanke you, as, as, you 1707 call me. 1708 Glo. How? 1709 Yorke. Little. 1710 ... ... Anne my wife hath bid this world good night. 2748 Now for I know the Britaine Richmond aymes 2749 At yong Elizabeth my brothers daughter, ... ...793 And who doth leade them, but a paltry Fellow? 3794 Long kept in Britaine at our Mothers cost, 3795 A Milke- sop, one that neuer in his ...

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...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. ...

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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 transmis sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from N... ...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... ...e reader may here after find it necessary to purge his mind. The author’s great doubt is, whether he has succeeded in writing a book which will be re... ...g. So they came into the room together, anti clustered round Grandfather’s great chair. Little Alice, who was hardly five years old, took the privileg... ... “Well, child,” said Grandfather, patting Clara’s cheek, “I can tell you a great many stories of my chair. Perhaps your cousin Laurence would like to ... ... history of his beloved chair. “Master Ezekiel Cheever,” said he, “died in 1707, after hav ing taught school about seventy years. It would require a ... ...blood streamed to baptize the soil which he had added to the do minion of Britain. His dying breath was mingled with his army’s shout of victory.” “O... ...nt was the proclamation, in the same year, of George III. as King of Great Britain. The blast of the trumpet sounded from the balcony of the T own Hou...

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...tion between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbors....

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.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

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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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, ... ...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... ...rish of Reay, in Caithness, who rode all the way to T wickenham to pay his great namesake a visit, and was pre- sented by him with a copy of the subsc... ...ave put his money in a strong box, and to have lived on the principal. His great delight was in his garden; and both he and his wife seem to have cher... ...and piercing eye. He was sickly in constitution, and required and received great tenderness and care. Once, when three years old, he nar- rowly escape... ... of his poems. Walsh told Pope that there had never hith- erto appeared in Britain a poet who was at once great and correct, and exhorted him to aim a... ... share of malice as well as vanity, there was a warm heart in our poet. In 1707, Pope became acquainted with Michael Blount of Maple, Durham, near Rea... ...is different friends are pic- tured as receiving him home on the shores of Britain, after an absence of six years. Bentley, that stern old Grecian, av...

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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. Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott, the Pen... ...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... ... the battle of Culloden, the hardships which he endured were aggravated by great bodily pain. After the soldiers had removed their quarters, he had an... ... A tale of manners, to be interest- ing, must either refer to antiquity so great as to have become venerable, or it must bear a vivid reflection of th... ...he head as he endeavoured to escape from the conflagration. It is from the great book of Nature, the same through a thousand edi- tions, whether of bl... ...dwardine, at his principal mansion of T ully-V eolan, in Perthshire, North Britain, These—By the hands of Captain Edward Waverley, nephew of Sir Evera... ...ntion of giving them to the world, by the medium of a bookseller in Little Britain, well known to deal in such commodities, and to whom he was instruc... ...found in the western counties, and several, with a better tem- per than in 1707, have now taken arms for Government, This person, whom they call Gifte...

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...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... ...niversal consent, at the head of French historical papers, and are the one great source from which all historians derive their insight into the closin... ...operty. I bore the name of the Vidame de Chartres; and was edu- cated with great care and attention. My mother, who was remarkable for virtue, perseve... ...d recourse to my fa- ther, whom I made believe that the King, having led a great siege this year, would rest the next. I said nothing of this to my mo... ...d louis in gold was the sum he ordinarily spent in this manner. This year, 1707, he diminished it by ten thousand Louis. It was upon Madame de Montesp... ... confusion of this affair. 320 Saint-Simon On Thursday, the 7th of March, 1707, a strange event troubled the King, and filled the Court and the town ... ...TER XXXVIII CHAPTER XXXVIII CHAPTER XXXVIII ON WEDNESDAY, the 27th of May, 1707, at three o’clock in the morning, Madame de Montespan, aged sixty, die...

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...guage of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and sh...

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............................................................... 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL ..................................... 14 CHAPTER II RELATES H...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKE... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Mak... ...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... ............................................. 250 CHAPTER XIV THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708. .................................................................. ... I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will ... ...eland county, between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great as an English Principal- ity, though in the early times its revenues ... ... so good and so respected. My father was of a dark complexion, with a very great forehead and dark hazel eyes, overhung by eye- brows which remained b... ..., and treading amidst the bones of shipwrecks. CHAPTER XIV THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708. DURING THE WHOLE OF THE YEAR which succeeded that in which the ... ...y way to the satisfaction of Marlborough’s gallant lieutenants. During all 1707, with the French before us, we had never so much as a battle; our army...

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...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

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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. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...cording, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those who are to consume it,... ...ld beasts. Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do not labour at all, many of whom consume the produ... ... produce of ten times, frequently of a hundred times, more labour than the greater part of those who work; yet the produce of the whole labour of the ... ...1 9 6 1703 1 16 0 1704 2 6 6 1705 1 10 0 1706 1 6 0 1707 1 8 6 1708 2 1 6 1709 3 18 6 1710 3 18 0 1711 2 14 ... ...lue of the silver money which circulated in Scotland be- fore the Union in 1707, and which, immediately after it, was brought into the Bank of Scotlan... ... fund. The deficiencies charged upon it amounted to £2,055,999: 7: 11½. In 1707, those duties were still further prolonged, as a fund for new loans, t...