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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 w...

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...Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Ch... ...zlewit by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...ly turned back again when he came to a dead wall or was stopped by an iron railing, and felt that the means of escape might possibly present themselve... ...h of Mr Brick’s articles had become at that time the most obnoxious to the British Parliament and the Court of Saint James’s?’ ‘Upon my word,’ said Ma... ...ght of steps before the green street-door; a shining white ornament on the rails on either side like a petrified pineapple, polished; a little oblong ... ...espondent. 250 Martin Chuzzlewit ‘Oh! The depressing institutions of that British empire, colonel!’ said Jefferson Brick. ‘Master!’ ‘What’s the matte... ...amily of the splendour of that brilliant festival (comprehending the whole British Peerage and Court Calendar) to which they were specially invited, a... ...ough loud enough, bore no resemblance whatever to the noise of an American rail way train at full speed. It may be well to begin the present chapter w...

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...BEAUCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a pub... ...s Career by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ... of the Algerian wars proposed to make a clean march to the capital of the British Empire at the head of ten thou- sand men; which seems a small quant... ...d not hear my knock at your door.’ Now, could he trust her? The widow of a British officer killed nobly fighting for his country in India, was a perso... ... and tenacious Romfrey blood, he hated the title of Norman. We are English—British, he said. A family resting its pride on mere ancestry provoked his ... ...nds on spots of extreme pasto- ral beauty, which they visited by coach and rail, looking back on unfortified London with particular melancholy. Rosamu... ...ve him to relieve guard!’ Renee bent on Nevil one of her singular looks of raillery. She had hitherto been fencing at a serious disadvantage. ‘Not so ... ...nd sent light- nings up his veins; she leaned beside him over the vessel’s rails, not separated from him by the breadth of a fluttering riband. Like h...

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...ONE OF OUR CONQUERORS By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith is a ... ...nquerors by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ...rchase. It had ended disastrously: or say, a running of the engine off the rails, and a speedy re-establishment of traffic. 39 George Meredith Could ... ...ony in South Af- rica, and his dealings with the natives in India, and his Rail- ways in South America, his establishment of Insurance Of- fices, whic... ...nd owner of the place: ‘There you see Lakelands.’ The conveyances from the railway station drew up on a rise of road fronting an undulation, where our... ...ck,’ Victor replied hurriedly. ‘He got a drenching of all the damns in the British service from his. Generalissimo one day at a Review, for a trooper’... ...ell of the fairtressed Delphica’s phosphorial enthusiasm for our galaxy of British Poets. Assisted by Mr. Semhians, he begins to imagine, that he has,... ...a theme. He is a colonel of Companies. But those are his diversion, as the British Army has been to the warrior. Puellis idoneus, he is professedly a ...

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...DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a... ...rossways by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ...ter Is- land there was a public Ball, to celebrate the return to Erin of a British hero of Irish blood, after his victorious Indian campaign; a mighty... ...a tangle, inca- pable of extrication. He began to blink horribly under the raillery of his rival. The General observed him, but as an ob- ject remote ... ...stract air of his; and he was ral- lied. He confessed to being absorbed in railways, the new lines of railways projected to thread the land and fast m... ... prompted an impulse in Redworth to speak to her at once of his venture in railways. But what would she understand of them, as connected with the migh... ... not take it as the compensation for their departure.’ The Bull’s Head, or British Jury of T welve, with the wig on it, was faced during the latter ha... ... of the yacht. A stout champion in the person of T om Redworth was left on British land; but for some reason past analysis, intermixed, that is, among...

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...RHODA FLEMING By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith is a publicat... ... Fleming by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...hether he could come or no; for holidays were expensive, and jour- neys by rail had to be thought over before they were under- taken; and when you are... ...lours, Spaniards in black and white, Peruvians—orange, Mexicans—red as the British army. Well, it’s just my whim. If I like red, I go at red. I ain’t ... ...just now? Let any chap try to stop me! They may just as well try to stop a railway train. Steam’s up, and I’m off.” He laughed and wiped his forehead.... ...etting her absence; but one look at Rhoda’s face when she stepped from the railway carriage kept him from uttering a word on that subject, and the far... ...i- sons; while Algernon vehemently defended her with a bat- tering fire of British adjectives in superlative. He as much as hinted, under instigation,... ...ands of the Eccleses, by running off one day and entering the ranks of the British army. Those framed letters became melancholy objects for con- templ...

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... of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bi... ...lands by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201- 1291 is a P... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...r, 1842, some severe spasmodic attacks made her family anxious; and as the railway communication was still incomplete, so that the journey to London w... ...ts, &c., is erected, and where shooting at targets with wooden darts, sham railway- trains and riding-horses, confectionery of every kind, beer of eve... ...d upon her.’ He chose to walk to the coach that would take him to join the railway at Cullompton. The last kisses were exchanged at the door, and the ... ..., a great portion of it on the expediency of the islands being taken under British protection, also much respecting the Church of New Zealand, which i... ...d in the midst of a heathen popu- lation, having refused protection from a British man-of-war, it gives a grandeur to the following narrative:— ‘June ... ...ecration was not by Royal mandate, as in the case of Bishops of sees under British jurisdiction; but the Duke of Newcastle, then Colonial Secretary, w...

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...Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Con... ...Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...ow—with some Italian workmen, im- ported to work upon the National Central Railway, was at hand, and managed to snatch him away—for the time at least.... ...the protec- tion of the Company’s property. That and the prop- erty of the railway were preserved by the European residents; that is, by Captain Mitch... ...e harm the mob managed to achieve was to set fire to one—only one—stack of railway-sleepers, which, being creosoted, burned well. The main attack on t... ... army of the king, had given him a Bible in Italian—the publication of the British and Foreign Bible Society, bound in a dark leather cover. In peri- ... ...after him the door of the landing, the colonel leaped out with a fling of 379 Joseph Conrad both feet in an avalanche of woollen coverings. His spurs...

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...f Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volum... ...even Volumes – Volume Six, the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...rom your right to cut off the enemy’s supplies from Richmond, preserve the railroad bridges across the two forks of the Pamunkey, and intercept the en... ...00 men; and if you succeed in saving the bridges you will secure a line of railroad for supplies in addition to the one you now have. Can you not do t... ...enandoah, moving on the line or in advance of the line of the Manassas Gap railroad. Y our object will be to capture the forces of Jack- son and Ewell... ...ton himself endured greater physical hard- ships than if he had remained a British subject, yet he was a happy man because he had engaged in benefitin... ...y. The great interior region bounded east by the Alleghenies, north by the British domin- ions, west by the Rocky Mountains, and south by the line alo... ...homestead, is our ample resource. Were our territory as limited as are the British Isles, very certainly our population could not expand as stated. In...

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...ntry of the Blind And Other Stories by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by... ...Other Stories by H.G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... were found in the bedrooms of convalescents and in dentists’ parlours and railway trains than in gentlemen’s studies. I would rather have it dipped i... ... a brush and dust-pan. She used in the old days to sing hymn tunes, or the British national song for the time being, to these instruments, but latterl... ...against the hazy blue of the evening. Farther were the three lights of the rail- way signal against the lowering sky. The man and woman spoke to one a... ... the iridescent coal of the place. Nearer at hand was the broad stretch of railway, and half-invisible trains shunted—a steady puffing and rumbling, w... ...e green things… “I sold the bones to a man named Winslow—a dealer near the British Museum, and he says he sold them to old Havers. It seems Havers did... ...e little map fluttered and the voices sank. A fine story for two, stranded British wastrels to hear! Evans’ dream shifted to the moment when he had Ch...

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...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publ... ...l Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...mentary flare out of the candle, as that the ba- bies—Hindoo, African, and British—the ‘human warious’, the French gentleman, the green glass-eyed cat... ...acoa by the Ana- lytical. And after that, the bridesmaids begin to come by rail- road from various parts of the country , and to come like ador- able ... ...ursued Mr Podsnap, with dignity , ‘Many Evidences that Strike Y ou, of our British Constitution in the Streets Of The World’s Metropolis, London, Lond... ... Mr Podsnap explained, as if he were teaching in an infant school.’ We Say British, But You Say Britannique, You Know’ (forgivingly, as if that were n... ...rs upon every plot of grass, seeks rest in vain behind the legions of iron rails. In Paris, where nothing is wasted, costly and luxurious city though ... ... upon it), which was very noticeable here. The staircase, balustrades, and rails, had a spare look—an air of being denuded to the bone—which the panel...

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...ent File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of tho... ...hem, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classic Series. Copyright © 1998 The Pennsylvania State University The Pe... ... it. Having had some time at my disposal when in Lon don, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library r... ...scrap of paper was gone, and with it all my notes, my memoranda, relating to railways and travel, my letter of credit, in fact all that might be usefu... ... found was a great heap of gold in one corner, gold of all kinds, Roman, and British, and Austrian,and Hungarian,and Greek and Turkish money, covered ... ... signs an’ warnin’s, be all invented by parsons an’ illsome berk bodies an’ railway touters to skeer an’ scunner hafflin’s, an’ to get folks to do so... ...d. My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoophagous (life eating) maniac. W... ...“Dear Sirs,—”Herewith please receive invoice of goods sent by Great Northern Railway. Same are to be deliv ered at Carfax, near Purfleet, immediatel... ...s were already down, with that obedience to the etiquette of death which the British woman of the lower classes always rigidly observes. The room was,...

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...HE ADVENTURES OF HARRY RICHMOND By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Mer... ...chmond by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of tho... ...y father led me before the cathe- dral monuments, talking in a low tone of British victories, and commending the heroes to my undivided attention. I u... ... father’s elo- quent talk of ruling a realm, shepherding a people, hurling British thunderbolts. The day’s discipline was, that its se- lected hero sh... ... that child’s father worrits about his learning to speak the language of a British gentleman,’ Mrs. Waddy exclaimed. ‘Before that child your h’s must ... ..., indeed, I had no intention to deceive him. We entered a new station of a railway. ‘Oh!’ said Temple, ‘the rest of the way by rail.’ When the railway... ...urmur, and taking the tickets I replied to Temple, ‘The rest of the way by rail. Uberly’s sure to stop at that inn’; but my heart beat as the carriage... ... London’s fog. I left him unanswered to bring up all his senses, which the railway had outstripped, for the contemplation of this fact, that we two we...

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...it of a Lady by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ...while of their feet and their lungs. They are typical, none the less, of a class difficult, in the individual case, to make a centre of interest; so d... ...o the consumption of beer by her maid- servants; and she affirmed that the British laundress (Mrs. Touchett was very particular about the appearance o... ... Lady puzzled him. She questioned him immensely about En- gland, about the British constitution, the English char- acter, the state of politics, the m... ...o amused themselves, time and again, with talk- ing of the attitude of the British public as if the young lady had been in a position to appeal to it;... ...e; then he turned away and stared at a picture. Ralph, leaning against the rail before the picture with his hands in his pockets, had for the moment b... ...of abnormal animation in the interior, poked their faces between the rusty rails of the enclosure, the most vivid object within sight was the big red ... ... the Almanach de Gotha, with the best shops, the best hotels, the hours of railway- trains. He could order a dinner almost as well as Mr. Luce, and it...

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...The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Volume One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pickwick Papers, Volume One by Charles Di... ...e One by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... Mr. Pickwick, who had by this time advanced, horse in hand, to the garden rails. ‘Missus’—roared the man with the red head, emerging from the garden,... ... would place him by her side. He rushed to the gate, and grasping the iron rails with the energy of des peration, shook it till it rang again, and th... ...RONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE IS NOT A RAILWAY THE QUIET SECLUSION of Dingley Dell, the presence of so many of the... ...ound, formed by mixing together, in a pewter vessel, certain quantities of British Hollands and the fragrant essence of the clove. ‘And what sort of a... ...in Magna Charta, sir,’ said Mr. Jinks. ‘One of the brightest jewels in the British crown, wrung The Pickwick Papers 322 from his Majesty by the baron... ...ght a glimpse of his own shoes for five and forty year.’ Charles Dickens 379 ‘Lor!’ exclaimed Emma. ‘No, that he hadn’t, my dear,’ said Mr. Weller; ...

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...EHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehann... ...le by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Po... ...File produced as part of an ongoing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...ure maintenance. Major Effingham, in declin- ing the liberal offers of the British ministry, had subjected himself to the suspicion of having attained... ...orm, as well as the caves of the house, were surmounted by gaudily painted railings, and the genius of Hiram was exerted in the fabrication of divers ... ...cuts into the gap, where he left it to rot, though its top would have made rails enough to answer his purpose, and its butt would have sold in the Phi... ...gain, there was a hole under your lee-quarter big enough to hold the whole British navy.” “Oh! for massy’s sake! and wa’n’t you afeard, Benjamin? and ... ...matter, can talk the language almost as well as myself, or any native-born British subject. Y ou’ve forgot your schooling, and the young mistress is a... ...ing, for boiling down the maple sap, for tending brick-kiln, splitting out rails, making potash, and parling too, or hoeing corn; though I keep myself...

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...Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a publication... ...ne Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ...ore a long and lamentable blast. I returned to my book—Bewick’s History of British Birds: the letterpress thereof I cared little for, generally speaki... ... was the answer; “and, ‘comme cela,’ she charmed my English gold out of my British breeches’ pocket. I have been green, too, Miss Eyre,—ay , grass gre... ...re, so much was I flattered by this preference of the Gallic sylph for her British gnome, that I installed her in an hotel; gave her a complete establ... ...was returning: of course my heart thumped with impatience against the iron rails I leant upon. The carriage stopped, as I had expected, at the hotel d... ...otte Brontë Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned. “She won’t come now,” ... ...y the vault of the Rochesters, their backs towards us, viewing through the rails the old time- stained marble tomb, where a kneeling angel guarded the...

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...ouse by Charles Dickens Volume One Chapters 1 34 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bleak House, Volume One, Containing Chapters O... ...our by Charles Dickens , the Pennsyl vania State University, Electronic Classics Series , Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a P... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...as no objection to an interminable Chancery suit. It is a slow, expensive, British, constitutional kind of thing. T o be sure, he has not a vital inte... ... window. “One of the young Jellybys been and got his head through the area railings!” “Oh, poor child,” said I; “let me out, if you please!” “Pray be ... ...y hot and frightened and crying loudly, fixed by the neck between two iron railings, while a milkman and a beadle, with the kindest intentions possibl... ... that her dress didn’t nearly meet up the back and that the open space was railed across with a lattice work of stay lace—like a summer house. The roo... ...dmiring Mrs. Snagsby the regular acute professional eye which is thrown on British jurymen. “Now, ma’am, perhaps you’ll have the kindness to tell us ... ...om that truly national work The Divinities of Albion, or Galaxy Gallery of British Beauty, representing ladies of title and fash ion in every variety...

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...fe by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Ba... ...Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...eplied the fine gentleman, in a light but meaning tone, expressive of keen raillery. “No!” said the fat mask in his ear, repaying a thousand ironies i... ...ledo; she ate two nota- ries out of house and home—” “And kept Maxime de T railles when he was a court page,” said Bixiou. “La Torpille is too dear, a... ...sity, or some impending dishonor, pay up, if with a bad grace. Maxime de T railles had often used such means, borrowed from the com- edies of the old ... ... ask him for two sous? He would listen to you solemnly, and tell you, with British precision that would make a slap in the face seem genial, that he p... ... belonging to your Order which you so imprudently devoted to my use, as a 379 Balzac result of your paternal affection for me. “And so, farewell. Far...

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...Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a p... ...dage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Po... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...with high brick walls on three sides of it. On the fourth side was an iron railing through which you saw a vast lawn and beyond this some of the build... ... back to T ercanbury in time for call-over. As he sat in the corner of the railway carriage he saw that he had done nothing. He was angry with himself... ... not help seeing how small his attainments were beside the American’s, his British pertinacity , his wounded vanity (perhaps they are the same thing),... ... contemplate the masterpiece and then took him to a picture representing a railway-station. “Look, here’s a Monet,” she said. “It’s the Gare St. Lazar... ...th hair - dressers and garcons de cafe; I translate wretched books for the British public, and write articles upon contemptible pictures which de- ser... ...thed himself in a tweed suit and a Trinity Hall tie. He looked grotesquely British. The others were elaborately polite to him, and during the soup the...

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...Bleak House by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bleak House by Charles Dickens is a publicat... ...House by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series , Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a P... ...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...as no objection to an interminable Chancery suit. It is a slow, expensive, British, constitutional kind of thing. T o be sure, he has not a vital inte... ... window. “One of the young Jellybys been and got his head through the area railings!” “Oh, poor child,” said I; “let me out, if you please!” “Pray be ... ...y hot and frightened and crying loudly, fixed by the neck between two iron railings, while a milkman and a beadle, with the kindest intentions possibl... ... that her dress didn’t nearly meet up the back and that the open space was railed across with a lattice work of stay lace—like a summer house. The roo... ...dmiring Mrs. Snagsby the regular acute professional eye which is thrown on British jurymen. “Now, ma’am, perhaps you’ll have the kindness to tell us ... ...om that truly national work The Divinities of Albion, or Galaxy Gallery of British Beauty, representing ladies of title and fash ion in every variety...