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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publiaction Dynevor Terrace Volume II by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...r all the sportsmen will be coming home, and my aunt would not for all the world that Mr. Mansell caught you on the forbidden ground.’ ‘How can you gi... ...sked for any such thing! I would not for worlds see her led to do anything underhand.’ ‘She will honour you! That’s right, Jem!’ ‘Neither as a clergym... ...could extort nothing but a drowsy repetition of the rhyme, in old days the war-cry of the Grammar-school against the present headmaster,— ‘The Wels... ...w, she did not venture to proffer it. She was uncomfortable in finding the rule committed to her, and all the more because Lord Ormersfield, who had l... ..., as though reproach- ing himself for the delay. ‘Oh! that she should have forced herself to that wedding, and spared me!’ ‘I am coming with you,’ sai... ...irmly. That was the sort of conversation into which they fell now and then during those last days of busy sadness. Truly it could have been worse. Suf... ...et be soothing and consoling. Some would have thought her letter stiff and laboured, but she had learned to believe that a grave and careful style bef... ...upation even in his attendance on the wearisome routine of health-seeking. German books, natural history, the associations of the place, and the ever-...

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...onore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine VOLUME II: The Second T en T ales PROLOGUE CERTAIN PERSONS have reproached the Aut... ...s his task with a light heart, relying upon the future to reward his heavy labours. And certes, it is a hard task to invent a hndred droll tales, sinc... ...reeable things all your life along, who are rough and sharp as currycombs, under the pretence that they are yours to command, in all the mishaps of li... ...eriod when Queen Catherine, of the house of Medici, was hard at work; for, during a great portion of the reign, she was always interfering with public... ...to make a language for himself, besides the strange Greek, Latin, Italian, German, and Swiss words, foreign phrases, and Spanish jargon, introduced by... ...as in your cell? But you must get rid of them at once. Do you know how the rules of our order en- join them to be driven out, so that never again duri... ...y!” answered sister Ursula, “here we are sheltered from the dangers of the world and of love, in which there are so many.” “Is there any other danger ... ...theory which was not directly admitted by the Regent, who determined to be forced, in order to throw the burden of this sin upon her lover. This notwi... ...hy life thou, who has never tasted the essence of love, and dreamed but of war, should know the secret marvels of the gallant amusement, since it is s...

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...War and the Future Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION War... ...before. This wild spreading weed was perhaps of deci- sive importance; the Germans at any rate were attempting to make it a cultivated flower. There w... ...exalt one’s own nation and confuse and divide the enemy, but to get a real under- standing with the peoples and spirits of a number of differ- ent nat... ...ner of testifying must be to tell what I have seen and what I have thought during this extraordinary ex- perience. It has been my natural disposition ... ...d say that this war is Queer. It is not like any- thing in a really waking world, but like something in a dream. It hasn’t exactly that clearness of l... ...d foreign sentimentalists who pretend so amusingly to be socialists in the Labour Leader, whose conception of foreign policy is to give Ger- many now ... ... to pieces, or using Italians instead of Austrian soldiers to garrison it. II. II. II. II. II. THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNTAIN AI... ...ar has been a shock to reasonable men the whole world over. They have been forced to realise that after all a great number of Germans have been engage... ...at has treated him so ill should collapse and give in, and its leaders and rulers be humiliated and destroyed, the intellec- tual direction of a misch...

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...ir by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...tells us in this book, as he has told us in others, more especially in The World Set Free, and as he has been telling us this year in his War and the ... ...t not so much a garden as an eligible build- ing site. He was horticulture under notice to quit, the last patch of country in a district flooded by ne... ...te of Sir Peter Bone, long since cut up for building, and how that magnate ruled the country-side when it was country-side, of shooting and hunting, a... ...st be told at some other time; suffice it now to remark simply that it was during the consequent great rise of prices, confidence, and enterprise that... ...’t only us neither. There’s the Japanese; you bet they got, it too—and the Germans!” The soldier stood with his legs very wide apart, and filled his p... ...on of the entire detestableness of Jessica. 24 The War in the Air CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HOW BER W B... ... balloonette of oiled and toughened silk can- vas, into which air could be forced and from which it could be pumped. So the airship could be made eith... ... tical dimensions. Every need was lavishly supplied them— money, material, labour; only space was restricted. T o begin, therefore, they built high pe...

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...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What... ... who will.” It is surely as interesting that presently some founder of the World Republic, some obstinate opponent of militarism or legalism, or the m... ...nd. Long before Europe was familiar with the engaging person- ality of the German Crown Prince, he represented great air- ships sailing over England (... ...ing over England (which country had been too un- enterprising to make any) under the command of a singu- larly anticipatory Prince Karl, and in “The W... ...er fall into sustained conflict again with one another. They, too, will be forced to create some overriding body to prevent so suicidal a possibility.... ...d includes dukedoms. But they will be overriding alliances, not overriding rulers. I leave it to the mathematician to work out exactly how much the ch... ...a greater confidence and draw our net of prob- abilities a little tighter. II. II. II. II. II. THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF ... ...ial, ill-conceived, and unnec- essary operation … Each will be thinking of Labour, wounded and perplexed, returning to the disorganised or nationalise... ... This Court and land-holding class cannot go on being rich and living rich during the strains of the coming years. The reconstructing world cannot bea...

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...By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Under the Storm, or Steadfast’s Charge by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publicati... ...ad times in the middle of the seventeenth century, when Englishmen were at war with one another and quiet villages became battlefields. We hear a grea... ...cave to any man, save a lawfully ordained minister of the Church.” CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE STRA THE STRA THE STRA T... ...ing up. “So he was willing for me to go, and I thought I’d like to see the world, but I’d fain be at home again.” “So would not I,” muttered the other... ...woman to the lady, who in widow- hood went to reside at Bristol, and there during her marketings, honest John Kenton had won her by his sterling quali... ...lain that the house could not be saved, and the elder remounted, saying in German, “’Tis of no use, Maurice, we must not linger here.” “And can nothin... ...trying to gather to- 41 Yo n g e gether his live stock, which he had been forced to leave to take care of themselves. Horse, donkey, and cows were al... ...SESSION STEAD IN POSSESSION STEAD IN POSSESSION “At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed.” ... ... al- ways supplied Mistress Lightfoot, but this was laughed to scorn. “The rulers of the army of saints had a right to be served first, above all befo...

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... Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...of the marvellous, we can understand the excitement produced in the entire world by this supernatural apparition. As to classing it in the list of fab... ...rnals, quarrelling with believers in the supernatural, spilled seas of ink during this memorable campaign, some even draw- ing blood; for from the sea... ...ean.* *Member of the whale family. 8 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea CHAPTER II PRO AND CON AT THE PERIOD when these events took place, I had just retur... ... times, when the inge- nuity of man has multiplied the power of weapons of war, it was possible that, without the knowledge of others, a State might t... ...parations for my departure. Certainly I was sure of this devoted boy. As a rule, I never asked him if it were convenient for him or not to follow me i... ...s they would know this almost universal language. I knew it—as well as the German language—well enough to read it fluently, but not to speak it correc... ...om!” I cried. “Then one may smoke on board?” “Certainly.” “Then, sir, I am forced to believe that you have kept up a communication with Havannah.” “No... ...th dynam- ics or you will be exposed to grave errors. There is very little labour spent in attaining the lower regions of the ocean, for all bodies ha...

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...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war ...

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...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ... CE CE CE CE IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a “War of Ideas.” A phrase, “The War to end War,” got into circulat... ... essen- tially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war against German imperialism, but it was a phrase whose chief con- tent was its aspir... ...not to be busied upon it, not to be making it more widely known and better understood, not to be working out its problems and bringing it about, is to... ...nly fight be- cause of the split will of the war-complete powers. Some are forced to fight by that very division. No one can vie with me in my appreci... ...n drawn plainly with the ap- proval of the mass of mankind. 15 H.G. Wells II II II II II THE LEA THE LEA THE LEA THE LEA THE LEAGUE MUST BE REPRESENT... ...e Central Powers may open a cleft among the Allies that has never appeared during the actual war. Have the British 16 In the Fourth Year settled, for... ...en- tral Africa? Suppose Germany makes sudden proposals af- fecting native labour that win over the Portuguese and the Boers? There are a score of suc... ...the agents of knowledge and efficiency. On the whole the record of British rule is a pretty respectable one; I am not ashamed of our record. Neverthel...

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...h, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered so popular in English song....

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...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED...................................... 24 CHAPTER IV ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY-KING...

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...Contents CHAPTER I: THE BLUE BALL ..............................................................................................4 CHAPTER II: ROYAL OAK.................................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER III: ?THE LIGHTED TREE? .................................................................................

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...THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .........................................................

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...Contents VOLUME II.?THE CONSTITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES .........................................................

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...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents VOLUME II.—THE CONSTITUTION ......................................................... ...French Revolution—V olume Two Menadic Insurrection, as in this ever-kindly world all rub- bish can and must be, is swept aside; and so again, on clear... ...l rub- bish can and must be, is swept aside; and so again, on clear arena, under new conditions, with something even of a new stateliness, we begin a ... ...ty? Man indeed, and King Louis like other men, lives in this world to make rule out of the ruleless; by his living energy, he shall force the absurd i... ...goose Gobel, for example,—or Go(with an umlaut)bel, for he is of Strasburg German breed, be a Con- stitutional Archbishop? Alone of all men there, Mir... ...hus, in these June days, when the question Who shall have right to declare war? comes on, you hear hoarse Hawkers sound dolefully through the streets,... ...man who does not pay the marc d’argent, or yearly tax equal to three days’ labour, shall be other than 28 The French Revolution—V olume Two a passive... ...r omit- ted from contempt! What unutterable things the stone- walls spoke, during these five years! But it is all gone; To- day swallowing Yesterday, ... ... and the Queen puts an emphasis on it, “that the King cannot consent to be forced away.”—”I see!” said d’Inisdal, whisk- ing round, peaking himself in...

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......................... 4 CHAPTER I ? ?VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE?................................................................................ 4 CHAPTER II ? CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH ......................................................................... 38 CHAPTER III ? AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS.......................................................................... 49 CHAPTER ...

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