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...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ...hor XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the ... ...ramour - and while still being married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, who knew of the Prince's attentions and even discussed the adulterous relationsh... ... He tried to introduce her in court, but George V was outraged. Upon his death, the Prince of Wales became King on January 20, 1936. Ernest Simpson ... ...stitutional advisers. "The last time when this happened in English history was when Charles I raised His Standard at the beginning of the Civil War ... ... His average speed was a whopping 10 kilometers per hours (7 1/2 MPH). His brother, Charles, lost the race, driving a German Benz. The Duryea br... ...car. It was very successful. It continued to be manufactured well into the 1920's. Charles competed with his own self-designed three cylinder car m...

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...Excerpt: The Second Part of Henry the Sixth with the Death of the Good Duke Humfrey; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes. Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beau-ford on the one side. The Queene, Suffolk...

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Table of Contents: The second Part of Henry the Sixt, 1 -- Actus Primus. Scoena Prima., 1

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...The second Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Good Duke HVMFREY. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Tex... ... the Good Duke HVMFREY. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc.... ...s ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The second Part of Henry the ... ...t for France, 10 As Procurator to your Excellence, 11 To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; 12 So in the Famous Ancient City, ... ...f contracted peace, 48 Betweene our Soueraigne, and the French King Charles, 49 For eighteene moneths concluded by consent. 50 ... ... Glo. Reads. Inprimis, It is agreed betweene the French K[ing]. 51 Charles, and William de la Pole Marquesse of Suffolke, Am-bassador 52 ... ...thanke you all for this great fauour done, 77 In entertainment to my Princely Queene. 78 Come, let vs in, and with all speede prouide 79 ... ...rdinall, 182 His insolence is more intollerable 183 Then all the Princes in the Land beside, 184 If Gloster be displac’d, hee’l be Prot... ...had seuen Sonnes: 970 The first, Edward the Black- Prince, Prince of Wales; 971 The second, William of Hatfield; and the third, 972 L...

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...Excerpt: The First Part of Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Sirnamed Hot-Spurred; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter the King, Lord John of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland, with others. King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care...

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...Table of Contents: The First Part of Henry the Fourth, 1 -- Actus Primus. Scoena Prima., 1 -- Scaena Secunda., 3 -- Scoena Tertia., 8 -- Actus Secundus. Scena Prima., 15 -- Scaena Secunda., 17 -- Scoena Tertia., 20 -- Scena Quarta....

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...The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of HENRY Surnamed HOT-SPVRRE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio... ...NRY Surnamed HOT-SPVRRE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc.... ...s ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The First Part of Henry the F... ... 40 But yesternight: when all athwart there came 41 A Post from Wales, loaden with heauy Newes; 42 Whose worst was, That the Noble M... ...e? Ha Cosin, is it not? Infaith it is. 80 West. A Conquest for a Prince to boast of. 81 King. Yea, there thou mak’st me sad, & mak... ... West. I will my Liege. Exeunt Scaena Secunda. 113 Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Fal-staffe, 114 and Pointz. 115 Fal... ...will my Liege. Exeunt Scaena Secunda. 113 Enter Henry Prince of Wales, Sir Iohn Fal-staffe, 114 and Pointz. 115 Fal. Now Hal... ...intz. 115 Fal. Now Hal, what time of day is it Lad? 116 Prince. Thou art so fat- witted with drinking of olde 117 Sacke, and v... ... 1.Car. Heigh- ho, an’t be not foure by the day, Ile be 636 hang’d. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet 637 our horse not packt...

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...Excerpt: SUFFOLK. As by your high imperial majesty I had in charge at my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons and twenty reverend bishop...

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...Preface: A Chancery judge once had the kindness to inform me, as one of a company of some hundred and fifty men and women not laboring under any suspicions 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 ...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ... Mexicans -- Montezuma anticipates his fate -- His offer to become a vassal to Charles V -- Cities of the great Mexican Valley -- A scene of bewilderi... ...iege -- 75,000 dead bodies in the streets -- The torture of Guatemozin and the prince of Tacuba -- Mexican treasure sunk in the lake -- The Mexicans a... ...of demoniac acts -- Reckless bravery of the Buccaneers -- Cromwell's defeat of Charles I -- The effect on the naval war with Spain -- English are driv... ...dance in honor of Cook........................................ 482 Ceremony of princely initiation......................................... 483 A huma... ...nds with a fleet of thirteen vessels had established himself there as a ruling prince; and observing at once that Zeno, who was a skillful navigator, ... ...great reputation under Albuquerque in India. He sailed under the patronage of Charles V., full particulars of which voyage will be given in a subsequ...

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... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excluding the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imag... ...eets, and thrilled to be riding in a limo like a celebrity, or a fairytale princess with her handsome prince charming. They arrived at ‘The Discount B... ... day giggling and whispering with Jana and Gracie. Lisa and her boyfriend, Charles, held hands and talked about the wedding they would have one day. J... ...t’s so far to come.” Lisa had moved to British Columbia when she’d married Charles. Their only child, Charlie, was nearly fifteen, but Lacey had not s... ...hen turned off the computer. After lunch and a nap she phoned her lawyer. “Charles,” she said, without preamble. “I have cancer and I want to have the... ...rns and then back down to Alice Springs. I bussed and hiked into New South Wales where there are almost no towns, only set- 230 SUSAN BRACKEN tlers o... ...ithdignity.ca {info@dyingwithdignity.ca} Dying with Dignity NSW (New South Wales), Broadway, N.S.W ., Australia; www .dwdnsw .org.au; (02) 9212-4782 ...

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...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book--the first edition of the Manual of Sty...

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...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had i...

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...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indi... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Cultu... ...pread a rumour that Nang Suchada and the monk were secret lovers. When the Prince of Lampang heard this, he ordered that Nang Suchada must be executed... ...irth legend with figures of executioners with swords and a comical-looking Prince of Lampang, who also got his come-uppance according to the legend. I... ... to be common for the ordainee to ride on an elephant or a horse; he was a prince like Buddha had been before he became a monk. With music playing and... ...d.), Private Patronage and Public Power. Frances Printer, London. Keyes, Charles F. 1966. Peasant and Nation: A Thai-Lao Village in a Thai State. Ph... ...a. Merit-transference in the Karmic Theory of Popular Theravada Buddhism’. Charles F. Keyes – E. Valentine Daniel (eds.), Karma, an Anthropological I... ...es pour les dèfunts an Siam. L’ etnographic 72, 174–190. Maynard, Paul – Charles Murray (eds.) 1968. Thai Local Administration: A Study of Village I...

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...rayed in Love.? Letter the First From Isabel to Laura How often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give my Daughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of your Life, have you said ?No, my friend never will I comply with your request till I may be no longer in Danger of again experiencing such dreadful ones.?...

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...NDSHIP and Other Early Works also spelled LOVE AND FREINDSHIP A collection of juvenile writings by Jane Austen A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...cs Series Publication Love and Friendship by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...L GL GLAND AND AND AND AND From the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles 1st By a Partial, Prejudiced, and Ignorant Historian. T o Miss Aust... ... Be this as it may, he did not live for ever, but falling ill, his son the Prince of Wales came and took away the crown; whereupon the King made a lon... ...g speech, for which I must refer the Reader to Shakespear’s Plays, and the Prince made a still longer. Things being thus settled between them the King... ...NR HENR HENRY t Y t Y t Y t Y the 5t he 5t he 5t he 5t he 5th h h h h This Prince after he succeeded to the throne grew quite reformed and amiable, fo... ...ds Duke of Buckingham. On his Majesty’s death he was succeeded by his son Charles. C C C C CHARLES t HARLES t HARLES t HARLES t HARLES the 1s he 1s h... ...rtunate Mary; to op- pose, to deceive, and to sell the no less unfortunate Charles. The Events of this Monarch’s reign are too numerous for my pen, a...

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...Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is widely considered to be the best poet of the Augustan age, and perhaps English verse’s best satirist ever. Pope was mostly self-taught having been denied a formal protestant education because of his family’s Roman Catholic beliefs; he also suffered from the effec...

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...from "Essay on Criticism" “Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But of the two less dangerous is th’ offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense: Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amis...

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...Introduction Ode on Solitude A Paraphrase (On Thomas à Kempis) To the Author of a Poem Entitled Successio The First Book of Statius’s Thebais Imitation of Chaucer Imitation of Spenser: The Alley Imitation of Waller: On a Lady Singing to Her Lute Imitation of Waller: On a Fan of the Author’s Desig...

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...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

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... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...been scarcely seven years old at the time of the murder of the unfortunate Prince of Scotland; hut a flush of colour rose into the face of the guest, ... ...ck Drummond had gone to embark for France, with the army led to the aid of Charles VI. by the Earl of Buchan, his father and cousins, with a large esc... ...t thou, caitiff land-louper,’ muttered Walter, ‘to put to oath knights and princes?’ The knight raised the visor of his helmet. The evening sun shone ... ...urned on him, a hand held out, and he was thus greeted: ‘Welcome, my young Prince Malcolm; I am happy that your cousin thinks so well of our cheer, th... ...st!’ James argued on his own conviction that the true France was with poor Charles VI., and that it was doing the country no service to prolong the re... ...ondition of their swearing allegiance to Henry as regent for, and heir of, Charles VI. T o this the deputies consented, and the next day was fixed for...

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...e Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ny; of the insuperable excellences of German Kultur, the Kaiser, and Crown Prince, and so forth; abuse of the “treacherous” English who allied themsel... ...g up and exchange of ideas in the villages due to the movement of the war. Charles Lamb’s story of the discovery of roast pork comes into one’s head w... ... is with General Joffre as the antithesis of the Effigy. The effigy, “Thou Prince of Peace, Thou God of War,” as Mr. Sylvester Viereck called him, pra... ...ete this impression let me repeat a pleasant story about this king and our Prince of Wales, who recently visited the Italian front. The Prince is a so... ...mpression let me repeat a pleasant story about this king and our Prince of Wales, who recently visited the Italian front. The Prince is a source of an...

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...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have ap...

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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. Irela...

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...A CHILD S HISTORY OF ENGLAND by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Chil... ...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...r country, and help them to keep out the Picts and Scots. It was a British Prince named Vortigern who took this resolution, and who made a treaty of ... ...he brav ery and virtues of King Arthur , supposed to have been a British Prince in those old times. But, whether such a person really lived, or whet... ...read itself among the Saxons, and became their faith. The next very famous prince was Egbert. He lived about a hundred and fifty years afterwards, an...

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...Excerpt: Chorus: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his h...

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...Contents The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater ...4 THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS .............................................................................................. 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE.....................

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...QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Penn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ongest light, when we recur to the fact of his astonishment at a religious princess refusing to confer a bishoprick upon one that had treated the T ri... ...ife; but what reasonable ground had a man of sense for astonishment—that a princess, who (according to her knowledge) was sincerely pious, should decl... ...nd less dissimulations. And, therefore, it seemed to him scandalous that a princess, who must, of course, in her heart regard (in common with himself)... ...n whose true mode of power has never yet been truly investi- gated; whilst Charles Fox is known only as an echo is known, and for any real effect of i... ...performer on the organ. Southey, in his Life of John Wesley, tells us that Charles Wesley, the brother of John, and father of the great organist, had ... ...not have made the same schism with the English Church, because his brother Charles 129 Thomas de Quincey had become unexpectedly rich? The Marquess W...