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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... ...on about Milan and my paintings and the siege and Milan’s bombardment and deaths—pell-mell thoughts. Francesco brought cups of wine. For us this was... ...melled new, raw earth—as terrifying as the death smell. ’Sblood, how many deaths does it take to satisfy the earth? YOUTH— What is this vomit, ... ...nies, church ceremonies, to honor the Proclamation. Hymns and prayers. In Norfolk, two thousand former slaves paraded. I have gone through many news...
...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the pri...
... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ...d. They were men of generally irregular lives and violent temper, whose bloody deaths were in most cases a fitting conclusion to careers of unbridled ... ...s until September 13th, when he departed en route for New Zealand, discovering Norfolk Island on the way, which was uninhabited and only about fifteen...
...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...
... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...
...hich then our leysure would not let vs heare, 10 Against the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? 11 Gaunt. I haue my Liege. 12 ... ...hily as a good subiect should 15 On some knowne ground of treacherie in him. 16 Gaunt. As neere as I could sift him on that argument, ... ... I could sift him on that argument, 17 On some apparant danger seene in him, 18 Aym’d at your Highnesse, no inueterate malice. 19 ... ...y speake; 22 High stomack’d are they both, and full of ire, 23 In rage, deafe as the sea; hastie as fire. 24 Enter Bullingbrooke and... ... Coosin of Hereford, what dost thou obiect 34 Against the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? 35 Bul. First, heauen be the record t... ...4 King. How high a pitch his resolution soares: 115 Thomas of Norfolke, what sayest thou to this? 116 Mow. Oh let my Soueraigne ... ...t; 656 Though Richard my liues counsell would not heare, 657 My deaths sad tale, may yet vndeafe his eare. 658 Yor. No, it is stop... ...hands, here in the view of men, 1319 I will vnfold some causes of your deaths. 1320 You haue mis- led a Prince, a Royall King, 1321 A happ... ..., and not with Hands: those whom you curse 1498 Haue felt the worst of Deaths destroying hand, 1499 And lye full low, grau’d in the hollow gro...
...ht hither Henry Herford thy bold son: Heere to make good y boistrous late appeale, Which then our leysure would not let us heare, Against the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? Gaunt. I have my Liege. King. Tell me moreover, hast thou sounded him, If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice, Or worthily as a good subject should On some knowne ground of treacherie in him. Gaunt...
...th. 9 Vpon my Tongue, continuall Slanders ride, 10 The which, in euery Language, I pronounce, 11 Stuffing the Eares of them with fa... ...s Rumour heere? 26 I run before King Harries victory, 27 Who in a bloodie field by Shrewsburie 28 Hath beaten downe yong Hotspurr... ...t can wish: 66 The King is almost wounded to the death: 67 And in the Fortune of my Lord your Sonne, 68 Prince Harrie slaine out- r... ...oines disguis’d. 1257 Fal. Peace (good Dol) doe not speake like a Deaths-head: 1258 doe not bid me remember mine end. 1259 Dol. S... ... To build a Griefe on: were you not restor’d 1977 To all the Duke of Norfolkes Seignories, 1978 Your Noble, and right well- remembred Father...
...ng West (Making the winde my Post- horse) still unfold The Acts commenced on this Ball of Earth. Upon my Tongue, continuall Slanders ride, The which, in every Language, I pronounce, Stuffing the Eares of them with false Reports: I speake of Peace, while covert Enmitie (Under the smile of Safety) wounds the World: And who but Rumour, who but onely I Make fearfull Musters, a...
...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. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. King Richard II by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...ry IV. DUKE OF AUMERLE : son to the Duke of York. THOMAS MOWBRAY : Duke of Norfolk. DUKE OF SURREY : EARL OF SALISBURY : LORD BERKELEY : BUSHY, BAGOT... ... appeal, Which then our leisure would not let us hear, Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray? JOHN OF GAUNT : I have, my liege. KING RICHARD II... ...igh treason. Cousin of Hereford, what dost thou object Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray? Richard II, Act I, scene i 5 HENRY BOLINGBROKE : ... ...om off my hands, here in the view of men I will unfold some causes of your deaths. You have misled a prince, a royal king, A happy gentleman in blood ...
...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 State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. King Richard II by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania St... ... 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,... ... Bishop of Ely. (BISHOP OF ELY:) DUKE of BUCKINGHAM : (BUCKINGHAM:) DUKE of NORFOLK : (NORFOLK:) EARL of SURREY : His son. (SURREY:) EARL RIVERS : ... ...s, And fall somewhat into a slower method, Is not the causer of the timeless deaths Of these Plantagenets, Henry and Edward, As blameful as the execut... ...ct I, scene ii 14 Shall, for thy love, kill a far truer love; To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. LADY ANNE : I would I knew thy heart. GL... ... life; Who slew to day a righteous gentleman Lately attendant on the Duke of Norfolk. KING EDW ARD IV : Have a tongue to doom my brother’s death, Kin... ... Melting with tenderness and kind compassion Wept like two children in their deaths’ sad stories. ‘Lo, thus’ quoth Dighton, ‘lay those tender babes:’ ... ... them ashore. KING RICHARD III : Some light foot friend post to the Duke of Norfolk: Ratcliff, thyself, or Catesby; where is he? CATESBY: Here, my l...
...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. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...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... ..., father of the subject of the present memoir, was son to a clergyman of a Norfolk family, and was born at Coney Weston, on February 11, 1790. He was ... ...te to you very often, and send you ferns and seeds, and tell you about the Norfolk Island pines, and you must write to me, and tell me all about yours... ...in it. On the Island of Pines, so called from the tower-like masses of the Norfolk pine on the shores, was at that time the French Bishop of New Caled... ...eep you. ‘Your affectionate cousin, ‘J. C. Patteson, Bishop.’ One of these deaths was that of Kareambat, the little New Caledonian confided to the Bis... ...hat in the execution of this great purpose they should have met with their deaths. Surely there is matter for comfort here! ‘I can’t write all this ov... ... a sad little note was sent up to the Primate with the announcement of the deaths and losses. In spite of the comfort which, as this note said, Pattes...
...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...
...e is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own... ...ny responsibility for the mate- rial contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prince and the Paupe... ...ocu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access ... ...do, by way of salute to the lieutenant of the Tower, five or six weeks before, when delivering the great lords of Norfolk and Surrey into his hands fo... ... of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours? No, by the splendour of God! Warn my Parliament to bring me Norfolk’s doom before the sun rise a... ...here he would, he seemed to see floating in the air the severed head and the remembered face of the great Duke of Norfolk, the eyes fixed on him re- p... ...your worship. I saw the youth meddle with them—he that came for the boy.” 69 The Prince and the Pauper “Thousand deaths! ’Twas done to deceive me—’ti...
...om as a patrician. VI. Tom receives instructions. VII. Tom?s first royal dinner. VIII. The question of the Seal. IX. The river pageant. X. The Prince in the toils. XI. At Guildhall. XII. The Prince and his deliverer. XIII. The disappearance of the Prince....
...ge 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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylv... ...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... ...tons rose. Because Boadicea, a British queen, the widow of the King of the Norfolk and Suffolk people, resisted the plundering of her property by the ... ...dy settled in the West, and called their kingdom Wessex; the Northfolk, or Norfolk people, established them selves in one place; the Southfolk, or Su... ...h a dagger and a cup of poison, and left her to the choice be tween those deaths. How Fair Rosamond, after shedding many piteous tears and offering m... ... particular, Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Roger Bigod , Earl of Norfolk, were so stout against him, that they maintained he had no right to... ...thin three weeks of this murder, Henry died one of those convenient sudden deaths which were so common in the T ower; in plainer words, he was murdere... ...aving been always rather melancholy, and hav ing been made more so by the deaths of four of her children when they were very young. So, the King fell...
...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. Ireland is the next in size. The ...
... of Yorke: 5 And all the clouds that lowr’d vpon our house 6 In the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. 7 Now are our browes bound ... ... Grim- visag’d Warre, hath smooth’d his wrinkled Front: 12 And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, 13 To fright the Soules of fearfu... ... To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduersaries, 14 He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, 15 To the lasciuious pleasing of a Lute. 16 ... ...omething into a slower method. 303 Is not the causer of the timelesse deaths 304 Of these Plantagenets, Henrie and Edward, 305 As bl... ...85 Shall for thy loue, kill a farre truer Loue, 386 To both their deaths shalt thou be accessary. 387 An. I would I knew thy heart. ... ... slew to day a Riotous Gentleman, 1229 Lately attendant on the Duke of Norfolke. 1230 King. Haue I a tongue to doome my Brothers death? 1... ...uarta. 1964 Enter Buckingham, Darby, Hastings, Bishop of Ely, 1965 Norfolke, Ratcliffe, Louell, with others, 1966 at a Table. 1967 ... ...endernesse, and milde compassion, 2712 Wept like to Children, in their deaths sad Story. 2713 O thus (quoth Dighton) lay the gentle Babes: 2... ... them ashore. 3232 Rich. Some light- foot friend post to y Duke of Norfolk: 3233 Ratcliffe thy selfe, or Catesby, where is hee? 3234 ...
...Duke of Gloster, solus. Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: And all the clouds that lowr?d upon our house In the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes, Our bruised armes hung up for Monuments; Our sterne Alarums chang?d to merry Meetings; Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Measures...
...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WIL... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself: Book Two by W... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...el, had heard of his elder brother’s death, and was heir to a baronetcy in Norfolk, and four thousand a year. Fate, that had left him harmless through... ...ith crime and passion now; it wore the anxious look of a man who has three deaths, and who And our Grandmother used to tell us children, that on his f...
...on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am....
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...new wounds! and how her old have bled! 320 She saw her sons with purple deaths expire, Her sacred domes involved in rolling fire, A dreadful series... ...0 But errs not Nature from this gracious end, From burning suns when livid deaths descend, When earthquakes swallow, or when tempests sweep Towns to o... ... nice no more, but, with a mouth profound, As rumbling D——s or a Norfolk hound; With George and Fred’ric roughen every verse, ...
.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................
...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 Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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... ...s old. I’m the son of the Reverend Sidney Hirst, vicar of Great Wappyng in Norfolk. Oh, I got scholarships everywhere—Westminster—King’s. I’m now a fe... ...k about their passions, which we are not. My father, who is a clergyman in Norfolk, says that there is hardly a squire in the country who does not—” “... ...olute lie to say I’ve Jewish blood in me—as a matter of fact we’ve been in Norfolk, Hirst of Hirstbourne Hall, for three centuries at least. It must b... ...ly there was a balance of happiness—surely order did prevail. Nor were the deaths of young people really the saddest things in life—they were saved so...
...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. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...uld meddle in state matters, and so he got into the mire about the Duke of Norfolk’s affair these two or three years since, fled the coun- try with a ... ... to receive at the same time with three most noble associates, the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Northampton, and the Earl of Rutland. I was the low... ...adieu to the court and to the camp both. I have five hundred foul acres in Norfolk, and thither will I, and change the court pantoufle for the country... ...onically the marvellous good luck of this great favourite in the opportune deaths of those who stood in the way of his wishes. There is a curious pass...
...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 approached the task with the sam...
... COMET BY H. G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment 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. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State... ...xample, the English, with much dysentery and bad poetry, and a few hundred deaths in battle, conquered the South African Boers at a gross cost of abou... ... themselves. It was a place somewhere on the east coast, I knew, either in Norfolk or Suffolk. “Why!” cried I—and stopped. What was the good of tellin...
...Excerpt: I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing: He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. A...
...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. Night and Day by Virginia Woolf, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...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... ...w what Ralph was saying. He was telling her that he had taken a cottage in Norfolk, and she was saying that she knew, or did not know, that par- ticul... ...external world which recks so little of the happiness, of the marriages or deaths of individuals. In order to give her examples of what he was saying,... ...set down at his door. Arrived at the shop, she bought a large scale map of Norfolk, and thus provided, hurried into Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and assured ... ... right hand now showed her that she was crushing her gloves and the map of Norfolk in a grip sufficient to crack a more solid object. She relaxed her ...
...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ...s in a slanting Italian hand and dealing mainly with births, marriages and deaths, business starts (in the vaguest terms) and the distresses of bankru... ...i with a new understanding. Willersley had dressed himself in a world-worn Norfolk suit of greenish grey tweeds that ended unfamiliarly at his rather ...
...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. David Copperfield, Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine ... ...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... ...ronged, has not been cruelly deluded, and would not rather die a hun- dred deaths than take a cup of water from your son s hand now, you cherish a ter... ...f this will not do either, die! There are doorways and dust-heaps for such deaths, and such despair find one, and take your flight to Heaven! I heard... ...ng one day, when I was out a-working on the land, a traveller from our own Norfolk or Suffolk in England (I doen t rightly mind which), and of course ...
...Excerpt: I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that oppor...
...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. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylv... ...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... ...eather leggings (an article of apparel never before seen in Costaguana), a Norfolk coat of grey flannel, and those great flam- ing moustaches, he sugg... ...sufferings of that incorrigible people; the cruel futility of lives and of deaths thrown away in the vain endeavour to attain an enduring solution of ...
... 483 CHAPTER 1 1 CHAPTER 1 U nder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as a... ... dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course nev... ...ou partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do—the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in be ginning to unfold ... ... go to Florence if you like houses in which things have happened— especially deaths. I live in an old palace in which three people have been mur dere... ...ves, was worse than her husband. The other had espoused a smallish squire in Norfolk and, though married but the other day, had already five children. ...
...Excerpt: CHAPTER 1; Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some people of course never do--the situation is in itself deligh...
...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 Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive ... ...oing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...among the stumps in the same manner as he had before done on the plains of Norfolk, until dear-bought experience taught him the useful lesson that a s... ...e background. On the tomb were the names, with the dates of the births and deaths, of several individuals, all of whom bore the name of Grant. An extr...
...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 Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...go to Florence if you like houses in which things have happened—especially deaths. I live in an old palace in which three people have been murdered; t... ...s, was worse than her husband. The other had espoused a smallish squire in Norfolk and, though mar- ried but the other day, had already five children....
...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. Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...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... ...cular frame shook with suppressed agitation. “See,” he said, “yonder bends Norfolk, renegade to his Catholic.faith; there stoops the Bishop of — , tra... ..., or, a Brief Historical Account of some of the Wicked Lives and Miserable Deaths of some of the most remarkable Apostates and Bloody Persecutors, fro...
...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. Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...pered up in journals, daily and weekly, ob- truded fragmentary accounts of deaths and dreadful murders. Every chandelier or lustre, muffled in holland... ...n subjected to so much pressure, that it had become a kind of intellectual Norfolk Biffin, and had nothing of its original form or flavour remaining. ...
...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his ...
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. ... ...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... ...her have abandoned it from its diffi- culty, either on account of frequent deaths, or the often re- curring calamities of war. I pray that every reade... ...rham, but most probably the Roman station of Garionenum, near Yarmouth, in Norfolk. 6 V .R. The image of the cross of Christ, and of the perpetual vi...
...ants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, I have presumed to deliver these things in the Latin tongue, not trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings ...
...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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penn... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...where till they came to the Wash—that curious bay between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, where so many rivers run into the sea. There is a safe way across ... ...nd commanded Henry of Lancaster to tell all those present what the Duke of Norfolk had said when they were riding to- gether. Henry gave in a written ... ...ke of Gloucester, and that the king would find some way to de- stroy them. Norfolk angrily sprang up, and declared he had said no such thing. In those... ...o glad to see him back again. But the joy of his return was clouded by the deaths of his sister Mary, the Princess of Orange, and of his brother Henry...
.... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418.......................................................... 8 CHAPTER III THE ANGLE CHILDREN A.D. 597.................................................................... 10 CHAPTER IV THE NORTHMEN. A.D. ...
...Y H. G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...e of any kind. Any per- son 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. Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Un... ..., lies not in selective breed- ing, but in the disproportionately numerous deaths of the individuals below the average. And even the methods of the br... ...tch and English, these same men allow thousands and thousands of avoidable deaths of English children close at hand to pass absolutely unno- ticed. Th... ...in these same towns. Unclassified “violence” also accounts for more infant deaths in the country than in towns. This 56 Mankind in the Making suggest... ...n their wives and lady friends, controlling the public services, a Duke of Norfolk managing so vital a business as the Post Office and succeeded by a ...
...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. It is an attem...
...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. Biographical Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...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... ... statements which he makes with respect to him- self and the young Duke of Norfolk of 1700, as two schoolfellows of Pope at that time and place, toget... ...on fire in her absence. But more shocking, because more lingering, are the deaths by artificial appliances of wet, cold, hunger, bad diet, and disturb... ...fices, until a sum of 18,000 pounds had been secured in the event of their deaths within the two years. Mr. W—took care that they should die, and very...
...pt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Ma...
...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. Howards End by E.M. Forster, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...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... ...nry? I should enjoy living somewhere.” “I have not yet decided. What about Norfolk?” Margaret was silent. Marriage had not saved her from the sense of... ...it at week-ends was really a home to it, and the graver sides of life, the deaths, the partings, the yearnings for love, have their deepest expression... .... She is the house, and the tree that leans over it. People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is noth- ing beyond de... ...d. It had made music before they were born, and would continue after their deaths, but its song was of the moment. The moment had passed. The 305 EM ...
...Excerpt: ?Dearest Meg, ?It isn?t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful--red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into diningroom or drawing-room. Hall itself is practically a room. You open another door in it, and th...
...e of any kind. Any per- son 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 Longest Journey by E.M. Forster, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e to think Cambridge narrow? In his short life Rickie had known two sudden deaths, and that is enough to disarrange any placid outlook on the world. H... ...pped his whip. Stephen picked it up and rammed it into the belt of his own Norfolk jacket. He was scarcely a fashionable horseman. He was not even gra... ...nt woman, died soon after. There was something fatal in the order of these deaths. Mr. Failing had made no provision for the boy in his will: his wife...
...ge 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 ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Hard Times by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...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... ...ggles, triumphs and defeats, the cares and joys and sorrows, the lives and deaths of common men and women! They sometimes, after fifteen hours’ work, ... ...ll be heer when I am gone. Put that clock aboard a ship an’ pack it off to Norfolk Island, an’ the time will go on just the same. So ’tis wi’ Slackbri... ...tle think ing he’d come to it through me. But I know he’d die a hun dred deaths, ere ever he’ d break his word. I know that of him well.’ Stephen ha...
...Excerpt: Now, what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own childr...
...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Three A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Public... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Three is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State ... ...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... ...e way, unresistingly, to the most gloomy imaginings, in which the dreadful deaths of thirst, famine, suffocation, and premature interment crowded upon... ...ng with him privately. CHAPTER 7 JUL Y 10. Spoke a brig from Rio, bound to Norfolk. Weather hazy, with a light baffling wind from the eastward. To-day... ...d me to reflect on the few chances I had of escaping the most appalling of deaths—a death for the most appalling of purposes—every 90 Poe in Five V o...
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........................198 KING PEST .................................................................................................221 THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK...............................................................232...
...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ...rd and saw so long ago. Upon the winding up of the tragedy involved in the deaths of Madame L ’Espanaye and her daughter, the Chevalier dismissed the ... ...Poe in Five V olumes THE BALLOON-HOAX [Astounding News by Express, via Norfolk ! —The At- lantic crossed in Three Days! Signal Triumph of Mr. Mon...
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...EOPARD .............................................................................................................................. 108 THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE............................................................................................................ 115 THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET. ......................................................................
...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKE... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Mak... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...el, had heard of his elder brother’s death, and was heir to a baronetcy in Norfolk, and four thousand a year. Fate, that had left him harmless through... ...ith crime and passion now; it wore the anxious look of a man who has three deaths, and who knows how many hidden shames, and lusts, and crimes on his ... ...and matrons in those dreadful days, when every Gazette brought accounts of deaths and battles, and when the present anxiety over, and the beloved pers...
...on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am, Your obliged friend and servant....
............................................................... 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL ..................................... 14 CHAPTER II RELATES H...
...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...lled 11 more peo- ple, none of them Americans. Interviewed later about the deaths of the Africans, Bin Ladin answered that “when it becomes apparent t... .... Instead, the Department established the Joint Forces Command, located at Norfolk,Virginia, making it responsible for military response to domestic e... ...ed? Even after the embassy attacks, Bin Ladin had been responsible for the deaths of fewer than 50 Americans, most of them overseas.An NSC staffer wor... ... three-year period since accurate measurements began in 1946.Fire- fighter deaths—a total of 22 during the 1990s—compared favorably with the most tran...
... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...