...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a public... ...itings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ly a court of inquiry examined chiefly with refer- ence to disobedience of orders, and reported the evidence. The foregoing is a synoptical statement ... ...ut, although he more than once advised its withdrawal, he never positively ordered it. General Schenck, on the con- trary, believed the service of th... ...d their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from British ports. The Emperor of France has, by a like proceeding, promptly v... ...Florida, where they will be sent under suitable guards by orders from army commanders. The commanding generals, who have power to act on pro- ceedings... ...t when General Grant was made Lieutenant-General, producing some change of commanders, General Blair sought to be assigned to the command of a corps. ...

...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, ...

...et Free by H.G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The World Set Free by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION The World Set Free 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...s, the opening campaign through the Neth- erlands, and the despatch of the British Expeditionary Force were all justified before the book had been pub... ...ng engine, the steam-engine and the steam-boat, followed one another in an order that had a kind of logical necessity. It is the most interesting and ... ...tific dis- covery was still rather a procession of happy accidents than an orderly conquest of nature? Y et the spirit of seeking was spreading steadi... ...which, for ex- ample, the reports of the British Admiralty and of the Slav commanders were recorded as they kept coming to hand. Upon these maps, as u... ...eth cen- tury understood it. T o one human being at least the consult- ing commanders had the likeness of world-wielding gods. She was a skilled typis...

Excerpt: The World Set Free by H. G. Wells.

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publica... ...ritings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...I will pay you for the papers and for your trouble. I wish the two sets in order to lay one away in the [undeci- pherable word] and to put the other i... ... which in commercial usage means interest-paying bonds with obligations or orders attached to them for the payment of annual or semiannual interest; t... ... were desirous of regulating their own concerns in their own way, that the British Government should not interfere; that at one 50 The Writings of Ab... ...f the 5th of August last Congress authorized the President to instruct the commanders of suitable vessels to defend themselves against and to capture ... ...specially, it seems to me that it would also be advisable to authorize the commanders of sailing vessels to recapture any prizes which pirates may mak...

...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...s by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...ions that it will be well to describe their characteristic differences, in order to give to this history the vivid local coloring to which so much val... ...llets of all were made, and showed nothing that was distinctive of the new order of civilization. Their long hair fell upon the collar of a round jack... ...uld be if I allowed that ci-devant, who dares to come from London with his British gold, to trap me like a crow!” On learning these secret circumstanc... ...the events of the 18th Brumaire were soon current in the air. The military commanders of the West understood then the silence of the ministers. Nevert... ...r of police gave notice that vigorous mea- sures entrusted to the military commanders would be taken to stifle the insurrection at its birth. But the ...

...Excerpt: An Ambuscade. Early in the year VIII., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on th...

... Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. 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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...lieutenant on board the steamer is stated to be so tremendous, that he may order it to stop, to move, to go larboard, starboard, or what you will; and... ...ge stars glittering on his portly chest, and tights and boots of the first order. Presently, after a good deal of trumpeting, the little men marched o... ...we found ourselves again in the great stalwart roast-beef world; the stout British steamer bearing out of the bay, whose purple waters had grown more ... ...Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and set there to guard the passage for its British mistress. The next British lion is Malta, four days further on in t... ...cquain- tance with those honest bearded white-jacketed Majors and military Commanders, finding England here in a French hotel kept by an Italian, at t...

...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of pre...

...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of... ...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story... ...f Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago By By By By By F F F F FRANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NOR... ...RIES P P P P PUBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA TION TION TION TION TION The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...itself a little crowded, and Jadwin and Cressler were obliged to stand, in order to see the stage. Although they all spoke in whispers, their arrival ... .... The melody was simple, the tempo easily followed; it was not a very high order of music. But to Laura it was nothing 18 The Pit short of a revelati... ...e being counted, while, shut in their head- quarters, the captains and the commanders drew the plans for the grapple of armies that was to recommence ... ...fair? You remem- ber that row between England and Turkey. They tell me the British agent in Constantinople put it pretty straight to the Sultan the ot... ...e between England and Turkey over the Higgins-Pasha incident, and that the British Foreign Office has threatened the Sultan with an ultimatum. I can s...

Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

...Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...entures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ersity. 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... ...ile, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...cteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture. The odd superstitions touched upon were all preval... ...he enemy’s mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away. So The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 9 he went away; but he... ...se armies, Joe Harper (a bosom friend) General of the other. These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person — that being better sui... ... of Rome were laid when Christ was crucified; when the Conqueror created the British empire; when Columbus sailed; when the massacre at Lexington was ... ... were laid when Christ was crucified; when the Conqueror created the British empire; when Columbus sailed; when the massacre at Lexington was “news.” ...

Excerpt: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

...ics Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... ladies (for it is as well to know at once that they were not of that poor order of women who yield their admiration to a thing for its abstract virtu... ...ving no mother, they ruled their father’s house and him, and were at least commanders of what- soever forces they could summon for the task. It may be... ... despise them as pipers to dilettante life. Such persons come to us in the order of civilization. In their way they help to civilize us. Senti- mental... ...her side of her, she commenced thrumming a kind of Giles Scroggins, native British, beer-begotten air, while Jim smeared his mouth and grinned, as one... ... giantess to mix a body of people in the open air; and all that is said of commanders of armies shall be said of you, if you succeed.” This was Lady G...

... Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 ... ...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4033-8037-6 (e-book) ISBN: ... ... ‘And how do they not trouble you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are not the people whom we kill, killed by the orders of KALI?’ THUGS - A murderous, fanatical,... ...the loss of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the ... ...e, female infanticide and the practice of suttee, as one of the important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Historical Note to Reader T... ...old. When does the Nawab expect us? Tell me something about him and his family, Gavin.’ ‘I have ordered our carriage for six o’clock to-morrow even... ...sequently, the orgies of retribution, drunkenness and looting by some British troops (which their commanders seemed unable, or Audrey Blankenhagen ...

...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 m...

... BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...SSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...n to geography , or recognised by the muse of History—than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional,... ...ef of Owyhee or Tongataboo should proclaim a momentary independence of the British trident, or should even offer a transient outrage to her sovereign ... ...rstition of portents, prodi- gies, and omens. Thus far, in common with his order, and in this sense, Julius Cæsar was naturally a despiser of supersti... ...n this fine and Cæsarean line, “this world” is to be understood not of the order of co-existences merely, but also of the order of successions; he was... ...e these wild marauders anxious to provide for a safe retreat; the imperial commanders in Moesia listened eagerly to their offers: and it set the seal ...

...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the col...

... Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ... Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rsity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University, nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any... ...ith the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others. In order to gain a clear and just idea of the design and end of government, ... ...MONARCHY AND HEREDIT ARY SUCCESSION MANKIND BEING ORIGINALLY equals in the order of cre ation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequ... ...ent would never suffer itself to be drained of inhabitants, to sup port the British arms in either Asia, Africa, or Europe. Besides what have we to d... ...e by her dependence on Britain, she is made the make weight in the scale of British politics. Europe is too thickly planted with kingdoms to be long ... ...RMS. Give us proof of your sincerity by publishing it at St. James’s, to the commanders in chief at Boston, to the Admirals and Captains who are pirat...

...Introduction: Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at...

... Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Cloassics Series Publication The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of th... ...ion The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... quite tires me: and, my love, I should like you to have a new neck- lace. Order one. Not more than a hundred or a hundred and fifty thousand pounds.’... ...own nephew! our late King’s only son.’ ‘Giglio may go to the tailor’s, and order the bills to be sent in to Glumboso to pay. Confound him! I mean bles... ...er age at his royal father’s death, did not feel the loss of his crown and empire. As long as he had plenty of toys and sweetmeats, a holiday five tim... ...Army of Fidelity: it pottered along as nimbly as the gout of the principal commanders al- lowed: it consisted of twice as many officers as soldiers: a... ... very hottest battles His Majesty rode about as calmly as if he had been a British Grenadier at Alma. W ere I engaged in fighting for my country, I sh...

Excerpt: The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray.

...n by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott 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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...imagination by yet more sacred remem- brances—had been of late surveyed by British eyes, and de- scribed by recent travellers. Had I, therefore, attem... ... invitation was gratefully accepted. Richard, in the meantime, gave secret orders to his marshal that he should repair to the prison, select a certain... ...s it were a tender chick, To see how the others will like.’ “This horrible order was punctually executed. At noon the guests were summoned to wash by ... ...ges and recriminations, and both the common soldiery and their leaders and commanders, who had been good comrades in time of victory, lowered on each ... ...the little mound; and as those of each different country passed by , their commanders advanced a step or two up the hill, and made a signal of courtes...

Excerpt: The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott.

...elville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...s Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ashore. They seemed to endeavor to conceal themselves behind the whale, in order to avoid be- ing seen by us.” —Cook’ s V oyages. “The larger whales, ... ...iper-wood, and some other articles of the same na- ture in their boats, in order to terrify and prevent their too near approach.” —Uno von Troil’s Let... ...it with a high hand on the quarter-deck, just as if they were to be joint- commanders at sea, as well as to all appearances in port. And, as for Capta... ...utchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest badge have been all Mar- tial Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honour. And as for the mat... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland 146 Moby Dick Fishery, under the corrupted title of Spec...

Excerpt: Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville.

...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a pu... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a publication o... ... the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. 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... ...a few minutes, entered unseen, and disposed the parties according to their orders. Meanwhile Momus, fearing the worst, and calling to mind an ancient ... ...ever sacrifice or build altars to our divinities? Haste, therefore, to the British Isle, and, if possible, prevent their destruction; while I make fac... ...es into their hands. It is I who have deposed wit and knowledge from their empire over poetry, and advanced myself in their stead. And shall a few ups... ...ve him a distorted look, and half overturned his brain. Then she privately ordered two of her beloved children, Dulness and Ill man ners, closely to ... ...ve event. I shall not name the place, for the reasons afore said, but the commanders on each left wing will be killed. I see bonfires and hear the no...

...Excerpt: Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody?s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happe...

... Chronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mason is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mason is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...r place in chronicle history in a form that persisted throughout the later British historical annals. His theme and his manner of presenting it were b... ...ge that knew no printed books. Not only was it accepted as an authority by British historians, but French chroniclers also used it for their own purpo... ...ion is almost to give it a misnomer, for although Wace follows exactly the order and substance of the Historia, he was more than a mere translator, a... ... and many another marvel were to be seen, and he determined to visit it in order to find out how true these stories were. “I went there to look for ma... ...the ships preparing, yonder friends exchanging parting words, on this side commanders calling orders, on that, sailors man ning the vessels, and then...

...PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...LICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ollection, it is my wish to place at your disposal as soon as possible, in order that you may make what use of them you see fit, be it little or much.... ... which may possibly strike you as sometimes mere caprices, pulling down in order to rebuild, or turning squares into rotundas, (diruit, aedificat, mut... ...rt to be re- garded as a republication of papers scattered through several British journals twenty or thirty years ago, which papers have been reprint... ...t years, I have received from many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing ... ...be adopted. These reprisals, but for the fortunate influence of the French commanders, and but for their great energy in applying that influence accor...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expre...

...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION .........................................................

...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ries Publication The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...own canoe; while we thought it might do no harm to come up a few miles, in order to be of service if wanted. It is lucky we did, for I doubt if Arrowh... ... is no harm in it. Still, there are matters which belong altogether to the ordering of God’s providence; and these salt and freshwater lakes are some ... ... which we are writing, Oswego was one of the extreme frontier posts of the British possessions on this conti- nent. It had not been long occupied, and... ...ualities, as it might be.” “A French master is but a poor instructor for a British sailor, notwithstanding.” “I beg your pardon, sir: Jasper Eau-douce... ...care? The most d——ble confusion has grown out of misunderstandings between commanders- in-chief, ashore and afloat.” “In one sense, brother, though in...

Excerpt: The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper.

...fe on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ontain Autria four times, Germany or Spain five times, France six times, the British Is lands or Italy ten times. Conceptions formed from the river ... ...Soto took his glimpse of the river, Ignatius Loyola was an obscure name; the order of the Jesu its was not yet a year old; Michael Angelo’s paint was... ...eated—if to be received by an Indian chief who has taken off his last rag in order to appear at his level best is to be received hospitably; and if to... ...had to go off to the Hot Springs. When there, I got a good many letters from commanders saying they wanted me to come Life on the Mississippi Mark ... ...e nation to cel ebrate the battle of New Orleans—Jackson’s victory over the British, January 8, 1815. The war had ended, the two na tions were at pe...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and...

...n Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ..., commanded by so respectable a person, composed a society more sedate and orderly than a military mess always exhibits; and that W averley escaped so... ..., or some domestic belong- ing to the house, Edward descended the steps in order to meet him; but as the figure approached, and long before he could d... ...al cause of their being written, without a glance into the interior of the British Cabinet at the period in question. The Ministers of the day happene... ...at he protested he could beat any known march or point of war known in the British army, and had accordingly commenced with ‘Dumbarton’s Drums,’ when ... ...sed their swords, on which they were taught to rely . The authority of the commanders was therefore interposed to curb the impetuosity of the Highland...