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...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ...anv TAILORS At Bemls' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. The Finest Line of Pianos in the County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams StA,NT)A"RD RBPiTTABl^E ^... ...anv TAILORS At Bemis' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Thm FInast Lino of Plmno» In ihm County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams iflMSiii**^ ' ' : . I \U ... ... Henry Root, A. M., one of the most widely known members of the Washington county medical profession, died of apoplexy when about to sit down to a ban... ...h street. The manager requests that under- graduates who desire to reserve seats for friends or relatives do so at once ns the seats will be put on sa... ...ner, MORKIS L IvttNST, Mahlon B. Hopkins, For the Class of 190S). Reserved seats for the Williams- Amherst joint concert, which will take place in Nor... ...selectiuDB containing local hits and parodies, A large section of reserved seats has been set off on the floor of tiie auditorium, and nearly all of t...

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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intens... ...theatre, lost in its bowl of cypress and over- grown with grass and weeds, seats and benches crumbled. Laying aside our clothes, we toss rover reeds,... ...ternoon—warm and sunny! Women, wearing eye masks, are chatting and taking seats at the Globe. Hawkers, bright yellow bands around their waists, are ... ...ROM THE PAST 444 close to the stage. Swords clatter as soldiers find seats; a captain bows to a Jesuit priest. Someone strums a zither and croa... ...nson, Raleigh, Spenser have had their days in jail; I have had mine—those county sties where pigs and dust ate my manuscripts and foetid odors ate m... ...ounds (shall I make it more?); in addition, I grant her my estate in Warr County—I like that place... To Joan—I leave my clothes. Why? To Elizabe... ... Executive Mansion May 22, 1863 I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were born in Virginia, of undistinguished fam...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania Stat... ...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... ...vent. The locality of nearly all this seems to be St. Joseph and Buchanan County. I wish you to give special attention to this region, particularly... ...d, as I suppose, for the purpose of shutting out improper appli- cants for seats in the House of Representatives; and I fear there is some danger that... ...gress, passed last session, intended to exclude applicants not entitled to seats, but which, there is reason to fear, will be used to exclude some who... ... sent to me, so as to multiply the chances of the delegation getting their seats. Let it be done without publicity. Below is a form which may answer... ...ON, W ASHINGTON, D. C., November 23, 1863. E. P. EV ANS, West Union, Adams County, Ohio: Y ours to Governor Chase in behalf of John A Welch is before ... ...uary 20, 1864. HON. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.: In county and State elections, must citizens of Tennessee take the oath prescr...

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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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...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 of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

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...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

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...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...

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...Introduction: Queen Elizabeth herself, and London as it was in her time, with sketches of Elizabethan England, and of its great men in the way of social dignity, are here brought home to us by Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton....

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...ert Naunton A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner, and Fragme... ...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. Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul ... ...e, and the chamber of the English kings. This most ancient city is the the county of Middlesex, the fruitfullest and wholesomest soil in England. It i... ...mouth to the city: its banks are every- where beautified with fine country seats, woods, and farms; below is the royal palace of Greenwich; above, tha... ..., not a Lord. 17 In the chamber where the Parliament is usually held, the seats and wainscot are made of wood, the growth of Ireland; said to have th... ...nds, all is splen- did; the streets fine, the churches numerous, and those seats of the Muses, the colleges, most beautiful; in these a great num- ber... .... Baron Pagett, in exile, attainted. Baron Chandois. Baron St. John. Baron Delaware: his ancestors took the King of France pris- oner. Baron Compton, ...

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...nment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently r...

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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 Federalist Papers, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...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... ...he same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particu- lar county or district, than an entire State. In the extent and proper structur... ...sually of about fifty deputies appointed by the provinces. They hold their seats, some for life, some for six, three, and one years; from two province... ...ed with the State of New Y ork will doubt that the active wealth of King’s County bears a much greater proportion to that of Montgomery than it would ... ...f America could not long be per- *New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Geor- gia, South Carolina, and Maryland are a majority of the who... ...s, how is it acquired? No doubt from the information of the members of the county. Cannot the like knowledge be obtained in the national legislature f... ...hosen for the period of six years; there is to be a rotation, by which the seats of a third part of them are to be vacated and replenished every two y...

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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. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... will be said that the American cars are good enough for all purposes. The seats are not very hard, and the room for sitting is sufficient. Neverthele... ...he two provinces were divided there were, of course, two capitals, and two seats of government. These were at Quebec for Lower Canada, and at Toronto ... ...of the nine States above named. But the North will also claim Maryland and Delaware, and the eastern half of Virginia. The North will claim them, thou... ...d I think that the North will ultimately make good its claim. Maryland and Delaware lie, as it were, behind the capital, and Eastern Virginia is close... ...egro goes to work much more quietly than the Harlequin; and for every four seats in the railway car he builds up four beds almost as quickly as the he... ...en days, who has lived in the State for a year, and for four months in the county in which he votes. He can vote for all “officers that now are, 246 ...

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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. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...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... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ...d from Ravenna, and set up the same busi- ness at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. During the minority of my father, the West afforded but poor ... ...who, I believe, never attended any other institution of learning—have held seats in Congress, and one, if not both, other high offices; these are Wads... ...ere are usually from four to six bulls sac- rificed. The audience occupies seats around the ring in which the exhibition is given, each seat but the f... ...found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. I had my staff with me, a good portion of whom were in the room duri...

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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 Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. One, the Pennsylvan... ...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... ...eep per- chance the lotus of the air Beside the Susquehannah and along the Delaware. Unweary God me yet shall bring To lands of brighter air, Where I,... ...der front than that which now I wear Beside the Susquehannah and along the Delaware. Exit Muse, hurried by child’s games… . Have at you again, being n... ...f going to the original itself, if he could only find it. In the branch he seats himself at a table covered with waxcloth, and a pam- pered menial, of... ...ul in peace, and continue to possess my body on any terms. CALISTOGA, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA All which is a fortnight old and not much to the point n... ...onceive the kingdom of the Muses mildlier mannered; and in particular that county which you administer and which I seem to see as a half-suburban land...

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...gnomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form?d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing....

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...s LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 To Foreign Lands................................12 To a Historian.....................................12 To Thee Old Cause.......................

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...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman , the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... 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.... ...e the south west Colorado winds! Land of the eastern Chesapeake! land of the Delaware! Land of Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan! Land of the Old Thirtee... ..., I am he who tauntingly compels men, women, nations, Crying, Leap from your seats and contend for your lives! Leaves of Grass –Whitman 354 I am he ... ...l self denial that stood steady and aloof on wrecks, and saw others fill the seats of the boats, All offering of substance or life for the good old ca... ...mortal. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 409 THE O X T AMER In a far away northern county in the placid pastoral region, Lives my farmer friend, the theme o... ...friend, Whom a hundred oxen love there in his life on farms, In the northern county far, in the placid pastoral region. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 410 ... ... I should need to name, O Western World, your po 526 In a far away northern county in the placid pastor 410 In a little house keep I pictures suspen...

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...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobsco...

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... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ...lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about on... ... was printed before the boundary question was settled, this single Penobscot county, in which we were, was larger than the whole State of Vermont, wit... ... appointed little boat, commanded by a gentlemanly captain, with patent life seats and metallic life boat, and dinner on board, if you wish. She is ch... ...delicate flowers should here adorn these wilderness paths. Having resumed our seats in the canoe, I felt the Indian wiping my back, which he had acccid... ...g since, similar beds were spread along the Connecticut, the Hudson, and the Delaware, and longer still ago, by the Thames and Seine, and they now hel...

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...some person who contributes to the case mainly a certain amount of criticism and interpretation of it. Again and again, on review, the shorter things in especial that I have gathered into this Series have ranged themselves not as my own impersonal account of the affair in hand, but as my account of somebody?s impression of it--the terms of this person?s access to it and es...

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...erson who contributes to the case mainly a certain amount of criticism and in terpretation of it. Again and again, on review, the shorter things in e... ...ries have ranged themselves not as my own impersonal account of the affair in hand, but as my account of somebody’s impression of it—the terms of this... ...ness—that is, as I say, its effective interest—enriched by the way. I have in other words constantly inclined to the idea of the particular attaching ... ...e Middle West—she rather insisted on it—but of New Jersey, Rhode Island or Delaware, one of the smallest and most intimate States: he could n’t rememb... ...ebraska, in Arizona or somewhere—somewhere that, at old Fawns House in the county of Kent, scarcely figured as a definite place at all; it showed someho... ...nt and above, the safe sense of the whole place yet prevailed in lamps and seats and flagged walks, hovering also overhead in the close neighbourhood o... ...y unattainable ideals, still falling back, beyond the sea, to their native seats, for renewals of the moral, financial, conversational—one scarce knew ...