...LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lord O... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Th... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...ink her heart came quietly out. The look was like the fall of light on the hills from the first of morning. It lasted half a minute, and left a ruffle... ... at the head of two hundred horsemen across a stretch of country including hill and forest, to fall like a bolt from the blue on the suspected Prince ... ...g the silly deeds done in a moment; they were somewhere ahead and over the hills: a band of brigands rather than a homely shining mansion, it was true... ...back for another smack in the face of her enemy,—a third rounding of her T roy with the vanquished dead at her heels, as Weyburn let a flimsy suggesti...

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...dith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith RHODA FLEMING By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I REMAINS o... ...name in the world. There is a fate attached to some women, from Helen of T roy downward, that blood is to be shed for them. One duel on behalf of a wo... ... up to kiss her father’s cheek. CHAPTER VIII THAT is Wrexby Hall, upon the hill between Fenhurst and Wrexby: the white square mansion, with the lower ... ...uests, listening, gloved and bonneted, to the bells of Wrexby, West of the hills, and of Fenhurst, Northeast. The squire came in to them, groaning ove... ... the projected return of his gifts. A man’s gifts are an exhibition of the roy- alty of his soul, and they are the last things which should be mention... ...mulant increased in fervour. Arithmetic languished. As he was going up the hill, the wheels were still for a moment, and hearing “T enpenny Nail” shou...

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- ve... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... .................................178 5 Rudyard Kipling Plain T ales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling To the Wittiest Woman in India I Dedicate This Boo... ... move towards Saumarez, who was standing by me. I heard the girl whisper, “George,” and slide her arm through the arm that was not clawing my shoulder... ...with eighty- four pounds of Fumigatory in his trunk, to speak to the Vice- roy and to show him the merits of the invention. But it is easier to see a ... ... helping, un- der the direct patronage of a Commander-in-Chief and a Vice- roy, one small and very dirty boy in a sailor’s suit and a tangle of brown ...

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...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents The Hill ......................................................................... ...................................................................... 24 Doc Hill ......................................................................... .......................................................................... 32 George Trimble ............................................................... .......................................................................... 39 George Gray .................................................................. ..................................................................... 50 Mrs. George Reece.................................................................. .......................................................................... 77 Roy Butler ................................................................... ...................................................................... 118 Le Roy Goldman .................................................................. ...ology 11 Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters The Hill WHERE are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the ... ...our losses, leaden-eyed, Whining to try and try. 78 Spoon River Anthology Roy Butler IF the learned Supreme Court of Illinois Got at the secret of ev...

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...ct. “Can there be some cabal on foot?” 68 The Deputy of Arcis “It was Duc Georges de Maufrigneuse who sent Gothard to the Mulet. Poupart came to the ... ...don’t die; they are slaves or free men, and that’s all. Child-power is the roy- alty that was crowned in August, 1830. The present minis- try is beate... ...ibre that word is enough. The Cinq- Cygnes, the Princesse de Cadignan, and Georges de Maufrigneuse are living at Cinq-Cygne, close to Arcis; you can c... ...s-Anges, who in former days educated her daughter Berthe, now the Duchesse Georges de Maufrigneuse. But now we come to the most opposing and resisting... ...is only about nine miles from London, pleasantly situated at the foot of a hill on the borders of Middlesex and Surrey. After a long detention in the ...

...ts waters to the T weed. No longer Autumn’s glowing red Upon our forest hills is shed; No more, beneath the evening beam, Fair T weed reflects thei... ... 4 Marmion The withered sward and wintry sky, And far beneath their summer hill, Stray sadly by Glenkinnon’s rill: The shepherd shifts his mantle’s fo... ...ed in smoke, The trumpet’s silver sound is still, The warder silent on the hill! Oh think, how to his latest day, When Death, just hovering, claime... ...in the western blaze, In lines of dazzling light. 12 Marmion II. Saint George’s banner, broad and gay, Now faded, as the fading ray Less bright... ...ell: The Scots can rein a mettled steed, And love to couch a spear; St. George! a stirring life they lead, That have such neighbours near. Then ... ...e youth of Sicily, Saint Rosalie retired to God. XXIV. “T o stout Saint George of Norwich merry, Saint Thomas, too, of Canterbury, Cuthbert of Durh... ...ves its rage, Against the winter of our age: As he, the ancient Chief of T roy, His manhood spent in peace and joy; But Grecian fires, and loud alarms...

...eeling concerning the murder of Glenure (the “Red Fox,” also called “Colin Roy”) was almost as keen as though the tragedy had taken place the day befo... ...e door of my father’s house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the man... ...emory; and the flow- ers, put into a Glasse, close stopt, and set into ane hill of ants for a month, then take it out, and you will find a liquor whic... ...ad to get my bundle on my staff’s end and set out over the ford and up the hill upon the farther side; till, just as I came on the green drove-road ru... ...4 Kidnapped Scotland. His estate is in the hands of the man they call King George; and it is his officers that collect the rents, or try to collect th... ... lying in exile; and this money is a part of that very rent for which King George is looking. Now, sir, ye seem to me to be a man that under- stands t... ...ool. *Whig or Whigamore was the cant name for those who were loyal to King George. 55 Robert Louis Stevenson “And that’s naething,” said he. “But I’m... ... little better than a common Whig!” cries Alan. “But when it came to Colin Roy, the black Campbell blood in him ran wild. He sat gnashing his teeth at... ... of that clan. The skipper of the boat, on the other hand, was called Neil Roy Macrob; and since Macrob was one of the names of Alan’s clansmen, and A...

...and linn, And silence settled, wide and still, On the lone wood and mighty hill. IV . Less loud the sounds of sylvan war Disturbed the heights of Uam-... ...its moat; Yet broader floods extending still Divide them from their parent hill, Till each, retiring, claims to be An islet in an inland sea. XIV. And... ...replied, That Highland halls were open still T o wildered wanderers of the hill. ‘Nor think you unexpected come T o yon lone isle, our desert home; Be... ...e is the scene of Helen Macgregor’s skirmish with the King’s troops in Rob Roy; and near its head, on the northern side, is a waterfall, which is the ... ...e thing made of it.” Cf. v. 479 below. 117. Embossed. An old hunting term. George T urbervile, in his Noble Art of V enerie or Hunting (A.D. 1576), sa... ...e common vine is here meant. Idoean is from Ida, a mountain near ancient T roy (there was another in Crete), famous for its vines. 526. Clematis. The ... ... of the same race. This was sometimes derived from com- plexion, as dhu or roy; sometimes from size, as beg or more; at other times, from some peculia... ...face should give grace. For this Archibald (whatsoever were Angus’s or Sir George’s fault) had not been principal actor of anything, nor no counsellor... .... Barret-cap. Cloth cap. Cf. the Lay, iii. 216: “Old England’s sign, St. George’s cross, His barret-cap did grace.” He puts the purse in his cap...

...ore them, he explained, Reading, Newbury, Hungerford, Marlborough, Silbury Hill which overhangs Avebury. Both travellers discovered a common excitemen... ...llers discovered a common excitement at the mention of Avebury and Silbury Hill. Both took an intelligent inter- est in archaeology. Both had been gre... ...“Avebury is much the oldest,” said the doctor. They must have made Silbury Hill long before 2000 B.C. It may be five thousand years old or even more. ... ...f the two ladies to Salisbury, where their luggage awaited them at the Old George Hotel. In some way too elusive to trace, it became evident that he a... ..., it became evident that he and Sir Richmond were to stay at this same Old George Hotel. The luggage was to be shifted to the top of the coupe, the yo... ...u and your friend are coming to the Old 86 The Secret Places of the Heart George—” “We are,” said Sir Richmond. “I see no great scandal in talking ri... ...er as dogs fight over a bone. I shall sink back to the level of Helen of T roy. I shall cease to be a free citizen, a responsible free person. Whether...

...an towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquill... ... that residential district of Zenith known as Floral Heights. His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he m... ...scaped, the girl fleet beside him, and they crouched together on a shadowy hillside. She was so slim, so white, so eager! She cried that he was gay an... ...ed’s, Tinka’s, and the lone bath-towel with the huge welt of initial. Then George F. Babbitt did a dismaying thing. He wiped his face on the guest-tow... ...e was sufficiently roused by his wife to look at her. IV Myra Babbitt—Mrs. George F. Babbitt—was definitely mature. She had creases from the corners o... ... do you get that stuff! You’re so darn scared of the car that you drive up-hill with the emergency brake on!” “I do not! And you—Always talking about ... ...r, Professor Pumphrey of the Riteway Business College, Dr. Walter Gorbutt, Roy Teegarten the photographer, and Ben Berkey the photo- engraver. One of ...

...pigs, and the old donkey which got their living there. From the top of the hill, beyond the cleft of the river Avon, he could see the smoke and the ch... ...to a wooded cleft or gulley, Hermit’s Gulley , which broke the side of the hill just below where Steadfast stood, and had a little clear stream runnin... ...rother Will and I were wont to play there when we herded the cattle on the hill. It was climbing yon ash tree that stands out above that he got the fa... ... Goodman Blane explained. “The land here is all held under my Lady and Sir George, Stead—mine just the same—no rent paid, but if there’s a death—landl... ...to look after the land. I’m bound to look after my Lady’s interest and Sir George’s.” “Be they ready to build up the place if you had another tenant?”... ...s peace. “Well—hum—ha! It might not come handy just now, see- ing that Sir George is off with the King, and all the money and plate with him and most ... ...Parliament, for there were bushes of holly, mistletoe, and ivy, at all the Roy- alist doors and windows, and from many came the savoury steam of roast...

...y CHAPTER XXVI Between London and Chatham ON QUITTING BRIGHTON, our friend George, as became a per- son of rank and fashion travelling in a barouche w... ...nd silent waiters, was ready to receive the young gentleman and his bride. George did the honours of the place with a princely air to Jos and Dobbin; ... ... the first time, and with exceeding shyness and timidity, presided at what George called her own table. George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the wa... ... called her own table. George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters roy- ally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. Dob- bin h... ...olumns of the Imperial Guard 76 V anity Fair – V olume Two marched up the hill of Saint Jean, at length and at once to sweep the English from the hei... ...eath from the English line—the dark rolling col- umn pressed on and up the hill. It seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and fal... ...ck after his last charge, that the Captain, hurraying and rushing down the hill waving his sword, received a shot and fell dead. “It was Major Dobbin ...

...rtunity university. 3 H G Wells The World Set Free by H.G. Wells [Herbert George Wells] We are all things that make and pass, striving upon a hidden ... ...nchman Russian, brothers in their offences and in their disaster, upon the hills of Brissago, beheld in Geneva at the other end of Switzer- land a poo... ...et Free spear it as it went down to its resting-place amidst the dis- tant hills. Then he was roused to convey to his brother that once indeed he had ... ... ‘if only we could pick that lock… .’ The sun was sinking over the distant hills. Already it was shorn of its beams, a globe of ruddy gold, hanging ov... .... Helen of Holloway was at last as big a nuisance in her way as Helen of T roy, and so long as you think of yourselves as women’— he held out a finger...

... original Spanish. The later translations may be dismissed in a few words. George Kelly’s, which appeared in 1769, “printed for the Translator,” was a... ...a flying visit to Toledo will remem- ber the ruined castle that crowns the hill above the spot where the bridge of Alcantara spans the gorge of the Ta... ...Lescaut” is not more thoroughly French, “Tom Jones” not more English, “Rob Roy” not more Scotch, than “Don Quixote” is Spanish, in character, in ideas... ...ds of one of his own countrymen, Don Felix Pacheco, as reported by Captain George Carleton, in his “Military Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Before the a... ... that the innocent and fair young shepherdess roamed from vale to vale and hill to hill, with flowing locks, and no more garments than were needful mo... ...ue it is, but as I said it, By the girls I’m hated now. For Teresa of the hillside At my praise of thee was sore; 104 Don Quixote – Part I Said, “Y... ...o in quest of adventures to Germany, where he engaged in combat with Micer George, a knight of the house of the Duke of Austria. I shall be told that ...

.... Fitzsimmons, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, Rufus King, William Paterson, George Claimer, Ri- chard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carro... ...Constitution would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again: George W ashington, another of the “thirty nine,” was then President of the... ...aham Lincoln: V ol Five the original Constitution. They were John Langdon, George Read, and Abraham Baldwin. They all, probably, voted for it. Certain... ...cted in Maine, in your letter to Colfax, would, I fear, put us on the down-hill track, lose us the State elections in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and pr... ...embers of the Cabinet.] 208 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ON ROY AL ARBITRATION OF AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED ST... ...of the railroad from Louisville to Nashville, Tenn., so far as Muldraugh’s Hill, about forty miles, and the rebels have possession of that road all 2... ...all 287 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five south of there. At the Hill we have a force of 8000, under General Sherman, and about an equal for...

...rried away by the fervor of youth, electrified by his intercourse with the Georges, the Billardiere, Montauran, Bauvan, Longuy, Manda, Bernier, du Gue... ...ur dreams, and shows us that all great events are summed up in one idea. T roy and Napoleon are but poems. May this present history be the poem of mid... ...downfall of the protege of the palace, of a ministeralist, an incorrigible roy- alist who on the 13th Vendemiaire had insulted the cause of liberty by... ...which leads to the woods of Aulnay, placed like a crown upon the prettiest hill- side in the neighborhood of Paris, and from which the V allee- aux-Lo...

...e barrow told us the mail had set him down the morning before at the Royal George, that he had inquired what inns there were along the coast, and hear... ...le lap- ping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward. The captain had risen earlier than usu... ...howed a wonderful clean pair of heels and disappeared over the edge of the hill in half a minute. The captain, for his part, stood staring at the sign... ... in the gracious defence of his native country, England—and God bless King George!—where or in what part of this country he may now be?” “You are at t... ...part of this country he may now be?” “You are at the Admiral Benbow, Black Hill Cove, my good man,” said I. “I hear a voice,” said he, “a young voice.... ...bled one. “They might have hid the blessed thing,” said another. “Take the Georges, Pew, and don’t stand here squalling.” Squalling was the word for i... ...ra, as brought us all safe home from Malabar, after England took the vice- roy of the Indies; so it was with the old Walrus, Flint’s old ship, as I’ve...

...Stuarts has been rekindled in our own days towards the grand daugh- ter of George the Third of Hanover. “Somewhat similar may be seen in the dispositi... ...ant from other Greek authors. Thus the story of Sinon, and the taking of T roy, was copied (says Macrobius) almost word for word from Pisander, as the... ... “heroes distinct from other men; a divine race who fought at Thebes and T roy, are called demi-gods, and live by the care of Jupiter in the islands o... ...reus’ royal race 6 “Ye kings and warriors! may your vows be crown’d, And T roy’s proud walls lie level with the ground. May Jove restore you when your... ...tain boar, Ranged the wild deserts red with monsters’ gore, And from their hills the shaggy Centaurs tore: Yet these with soft persuasive arts I sway’... ...ual in command. These head the troops that rocky Aulis yields, And Eteon’s hills, and Hyrie’s watery fields, And Schoenos, Scholos, Græa near the main... ...arms: Phares and Brysia’s valiant troops, and those Whom Lacedæmon’s lofty hills inclose; Or Messe’s towers for silver doves renown’d, Amyclæ, Laas, A...

... H. S. SALT. DE QUINCEY. Bell’s Miniature Series of Great Writers. London: George Bell and Sons. [A good short life.] 6. A. H. JAPP . Thomas De Quince... ...y was a state- coach. It had been specially selected as a personal gift by George III; but the exact mode of using it was an intense mystery to Pekin.... ...y strong, paralysed a French column six thousand strong, then ascended the hill, and fixed the gaze of the whole French army. As regarded themselves, ... ...E THOUGHT of her? What is to be thought of the poor shepherd girl from the hills and forests of Lorraine, that—like the Hebrew shepherd boy from the h... ...at they do not, like some loftier ranges, repel woods; the forests and the hills are on sociable terms. “Live and let live” is their motto. For this r...

...he scientific people is, that the mouth used to be at Baton Rouge, where the hills cease, and that the two hundred miles of land between there and the... ... heavy drinkers, coarse frolickers in moral sties like the Natchez under the hill of that day, heavy fighters, reckless fellows, every one, elephantin... ...ng, and the thing floated across the bright streak of the moonshine, and, by George, it was bar’l. Says I— “‘Dick Allbright, what made you think that ... ...ause, another subdued voice— “Her stern’s coming down just exactly right, by George!” “Now she’s in the marks; over she goes!” Somebody else muttered—... ...pying the middle of a straight shore, when I got abreast of it! No prominent hill would stick to its shape long enough for me to make up my mind what ... ...sleep and do strange things. He was once fellow pilot for a trip or two with George Ealer, on a great New Orleans passenger packet. During a considera... ..., in the name of the King. The column bore this inscription— Louis le Grand, Roy de France et de Navarre, Regne; Le Neuvieme Avril, ... ...ting of merit above birth, and also so completely stripped the divinity from roy alty, that whereas crowned heads in Europe were gods be fore, they ... ...in sight of us is entirely from the Mississippi. Up to T rinity, or rather T roy, which is but a short distance below, the people have nearly all move...