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............................................. 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ......................................................................... ...ey breathe their spells towards the departing day, Encompassing the earth, air, stars, and sea; Light, sound, and motion own the potent sway, Respondi... ...Editor’s Note. Dakrtsi Dioso Potmon ‘Apotmon. Oh! there are spirits of the air, And genii of the evening breeze, And gentle ghosts, with eyes as fair ... ... thou and France are in the dust, That Virtue owns a more eternal foe Than Force or Fraud: old Custom, legal Crime, And bloody Faith the foulest birth... ...terwards we lost at Rome, written under the idea that we might suddenly be forced to cross the sea, so to preserve him. This poem, as well as the one ... ...ary 4, 1818. See “Complete Works of John Keats”, edition H. Buxton Forman, Glasgow, 1901, volume 4 page 76. Month after month the gathered rains desce... ... _230 Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow, Or worse; but ’tis a bitter woe That love ... ... is understood; Private injustice may be general good. But he who gains by base and armed wrong, _5 Or guilty fraud, or bas... ...ocean, passed, Till it came to the clouds on the verge of the world Which, based on the sea and to Heaven upcurled, Like columns and walls did surroun...

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...ir places. Now a troop of 7 A Tramp Abroad servants brought pots and tubs of blooming plants and formed them into a beautiful jungle about the door a... ...ation. These ridges are chopped off at the mouth of the gorge and form two bold and conspicuous headlands, with Heidelberg nestling between them; from... ...e colored caps; there were white caps, green caps, blue caps, red caps, and bright-yellow ones; Mark Twain 20 so, all the five corps were present in ... ...egan to rain blows down upon each other with such light- ning rapidity that I could not quite tell whether I saw the swords or only flashes they made ... ...e in the air; the rattling din of these blows as they struck steel or paddings was some- thing wonderfully stirring, and they were struck with such te... ...understand why the opposing sword was not beaten down under the assault. Presently, in the midst of the sword-flashes, I saw a handful of hair skip in... ...which is the German equivalent for chicken-hearted. CHAPTER VII How Bismark Fought IN ADDITION TO THE CORPS LAWS, there are some corps usages which ha... ...ere not always idle; every now and then we heard a succession of the keen hissing sounds which the sword makes when it is being put through its paces ... ...ouis, 18; San Francisco, 19; New York (the Dublin of America), 23. See how the figures jump up, as soon as one arrives at the transatlantic list: Pari...

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... very ardent heart was just then tumultuously moved. The hilltop, the cool air of the night, the company of the great monuments, the sight of the city... ..., he slipped from the paternal doors, and found himself in the cool spring air, the thin spring sunshine, and the great Sabbath quiet of the city, whi... ...ive city, and set out on foot for California, with a more immediate eye to Glasgow. 19 Stevenson CHAPTER IV—THE SECOND SOWING I T IS NO PART OF MINE ... ...im, sad ones also, both with the same sur- prising pathos. The keen frosty air; the low, rosy, wintry sun; the castle, hailing him like an old acquain... ..., and in the hour of church-time silence, had stolen from that city by the Glasgow road. In the face of these changes, it were impi- ous to doubt fort... ...ortman- teau from the cloak-room, and was soon whirling in a cab along the Glasgow Road. The change of movement and position, the sight of the lamps t... ...ith avengers! Any strong degree of passion lends, even to the dullest, the forces of the imagination. And so now as he dwelt on what was probably awai... ...nocked, was bidden to enter, and found his father standing in front of the forced drawer, to which he pointed as he spoke. ‘This is a most extraordina... ...ns. Gradually Alexander joined; between them, whether he would or no, they forced a word or two from John; and these fell so tremulously, and spoke so...

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...rt dunces depicted by Moliere with a bold gaze and a nose held high in the air; he was an honest fellow, with a pleasant face, lips a trifle protrudin... ...the robbery was discovered, picked detectives has- tened off to Liverpool, Glasgow, Havre, Suez, Brindisi, New York, and other ports, inspired by the ... ...obbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manners, and with a well-to-do air, had been observed going to and fro in the paying room where the crime ... ...my hand on his shoulder.” Having uttered these words with a cool, careless air, the detective took leave of the consul, and repaired to the tele- grap... ...of various grades, the latter being either attached to the regular British forces or com- manding the Sepoy troops, and receiving high salaries ever s... ..., the disorderly raging of the billows—every chance, in short, which might force the Mongolia to slacken her speed, and thus interrupt his journey. Bu... ...S SHOES Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embrace... ...sing Pauwell, they entered the defiles of the mountains, with their basalt bases, and their summits crowned with thick and verdant forests. Phileas Fo... ...Passepartout, who was mounted on the beast’s back, and received the direct force of each concussion as he trod along, he was very careful, in accordan...

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...usmore; What reins were tightened in despair, When rose Benledi’s ridge in air; Who flagged upon Bochastle’s heath, Who shunned to stem the flooded T ... ...d, Each plant or flower, the mountain’s child. Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale and violet flower ... ... o’er His ruined sides and summit hoar, While on the north, through middle air, Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. XV. From the steep promontory ga... ... held with toil; His sire had fallen in such turmoil, And he, God wot, was forced to stand Oft for his right with blade in hand. This morning with Lor... ...lotted from the things that be! How few, all weak and withered of their force, Wait on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tid... ...se, That far to seaward finds his source, And flings to shore his mustered force, Burst with loud roar their answer hoarse, ‘Woe to the traitor, woe!’... ...d his foot before:— ‘Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.’ Sir Roderick marked,—and in his eyes Respect was mingle... ...of Bothwell Castle stand on the banks of the Clyde, about nine miles above Glasgow. Some parts of the walls are 14 feet thick, and 60 feet in height. ... ...adle” (R. Jamieson). [FN#11] See Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, Glasgow, 1808, vol. ii. p. 117. [FN#12] A champion of popular romance; see ...

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...ld see only her face now, beyond misty waters. The furnace-man slammed the basement door. A dog barked in the next yard. As Babbitt sank blissfully 5... ...oard. But the Babbitt whose god was Modern Appliances was not pleased. The air of the bathroom was thick with the smell of a heathen tooth- paste. “Ve... ... He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party. They included a fountain pen and a silver... ...tiful indolence on a Sunday morning, there were no signs of it. It had the air of being a very good room in a very good hotel. One expected the chambe... ...se bums—” The zest of the spring morning was smothered in the stale office air. Normally he admired the office, with a pleased surprise that he should... ...rse I get it. But—Oh, I think we’d better use something more dignified and force- ful, like ‘We lead, others follow,’ or ‘Eventually, why not now?’ Co... ...y inch, of certain districts of Zenith, he did not know whether the police force was too large or too small, or whether it was in alliance with gambli... ...keeps out radical unions, which would destroy property. No one ought to be forced to belong to a union, however. All labor agita- tors who try to forc... ... have a notion that Zenith is a better place to live in than Manchester or Glasgow or Lyons or Berlin or Turin—” “It is not, and I have lift in most o...

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...of such a nature that in several aspects he could docu- ment it. Its logic forced him to introspection and to the making of a record. An idea that can... ...ion that behind the dingy face of this world, the earthy stubbornness, the baseness and dulness of himself and all of us, lurked the living jewels of ... ... con- troversialist. “Good Lord! I’ d like to see him,” said Benham with a forced loudness that could scarcely be ignored. The subsequent controversy ... ... and dwell upon the immense liberations that lie beyond for those who will force themselves through its remonstrances… . Benham confessed his liabilit... ... were swimming high and fast, three thousand feet or so, in a clear, sweet air over the town of Sheerness. The river, with a string of battleships, wa... ...ng half an hour ago will now be cutting the most venturesome capers in the air. Few men are in a hurry to get down again. I mean that quite apart from... ...-scented breeze just stirred the dead grass and the leaves. In the day the air had been still. Immediately after the sunset there had been a great cry... ...small terrier in the school house against all law and tradition, under the baseless pretence that it was a stray animal of unknown origin. Benham, on ... ... tourists’ twaddle. We send mer- chants from Brixton and missionaries from Glasgow, and what doesn’t remind them of these delectable standards seems e...

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...Edinburgh, or towards our metropolis and mart of gain, whereby I insinuate Glasgow, are frequently led to make Gandercleugh their abiding stage and pl... ...states and men also; for I have visited the famous cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the former twice, and the latter three times, in the course of my ... ...d of boots, had his gloveless hands much stained with tar, and observed an air of deference and respect towards his com- panion, but without any of th... ...he object of their curiosity, “the breath of your human bodies poisons the air around me—the sound of pour human voices goes through my ears like shar... ... situation—you will perish in this wilderness, and we must, in compassion, force you along with us.” “I’ll hae neither hand nor foot in’t,” said Hobbi... ...m his dwelling. Dogs, hawks, and led-horses swelled the reti- nue, and the air resounded at intervals with the cheer of the hunters, and the sound of ... ...for her poor companions and kinswomen; even the conjuror cannot escape the force of her charms. You should, in compassion, cease to be such an engross... ... the English border, but had halted on the information that a considerable force was drawn together under some of the Jacobite gentlemen in that distr... ...hich thou hast no concern—portion- less truth, virtue, and innocence—thou, base ingrate,” he continued, addressing himself to Ellieslaw, “what is thy ...

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...I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornell University. I wish also to thank for many favors the Committee and officers of the Glasgow University Library....

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...ty. I wish also to thank for many favors the Committee and officers of the Glasgow University Library. If a word by way of suggestion to teachers be p... ... De Quincey his discourse is that of the broad river, not in its weight or force perhaps, but in its easy flowing progress, in its serene, unhurried c... ...ondition of riding inside; which condition we pronounced insufferable. The air, the freedom of prospect, the proximity to the horses, the *De non appa... ...s in Iceland.” **“Forbidden seat”:—The very sternest code of rules was en- forced upon the mails by the Post-office. Throughout En- gland, only three ... ...eemed prudent; for the horses of our audacious opponent had a disagreeable air of freshness and power. But his motive was loyal; his wish was that the... ...Holyhead mail. “Race us, if you like,” I replied, “though even that has an air of sedition; but not beat us. This would have been treason; and for its... ...outh, Gloucester, Oxford, Bristol, Manchester, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Aberdeen— expressing the grandeur of the empire b... ... is brought about, not by internal and spon- taneous change, but by active force having its origin from without. In this meaning the two authorities a... ...ght, as a solitary spectator, when seated on the box of the Manchester and Glasgow mail, in the second or third summer after Waterloo. I find it neces...

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... of iron twisted by the fury of the sea into the strangest forms. The timber was already bleached and iron rusted, and even these objects did no viole... ...ke sea-shells; but most other golden treasure would be found. As it was brought up, it went aboard the Tug-steamer, where good account was taken of it... ...-work: in which, also, several loose sovereigns that the ingot had swept in be- fore it, had been found, as firmly embedded as though the iron had bee... ...ther, and contemplating a world of fits. For everybody else in the room had fits, ex- cept the wards-woman; an elderly, able-bodied pauperess, with a ... ...to eat and drink carefully supervised as to quality, and sold at an appointed price; re- spectable female attendants ready for the commonest women in ... ...blished for us in the Theatre. The sand- wich—as substantial as was consistent with portability, and as cheap as possible—we hailed as one of our grea... ...nder Boanerges when he has specifically addressed himself to us—us, the infants—and at this present writing I hear his lumbering jocularity (which nev... ...of condescension, no shadow of patronage. In the great work- ing districts, this truth is studied and understood. When the American civil war rendered... ... complete success. Such thoughts passed through my mind on a July morn- ing of this summer, as I walked towards Commercial Street (not Uncommercial St...

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...t is better not to be very tall, to wear a long blue cloak, or to beat the air with your left hand. One afternoon in the beginning of October when the... ...n, the poor, and the rain, her mind was like a wound exposed to dry in the air. 7 Virginia Woolf At this point the cab stopped, for it was in danger ... ...hich had a certain amount of troubled yel- low light in it, ran with great force; bulky barges floated down swiftly escorted by tugs; police boats sho... ... that indicated huge squares of domestic comfort, lights that hung high in air. No dark- ness would ever settle upon those lamps, as no darkness had s... ...f about ten different branches of knowl- edge, but they would as soon have forced her to go through one piece of drudgery thoroughly as they would hav... ... of the world, how trains worked, or money was invested, what laws were in force, which people wanted what, and why they wanted it, the most elementar... ...aid Richard. “I understand you to mean that the whole of modern society is based upon coopera- tive effort. If only more people would realise that, Mi... ... his left hand he indicated the top of a pyra- mid, and with his right the base. “But you didn’t get out of bed to tell me that,” he added severely. “... ...by a sound at the back of her throat. “Evie writes that George has gone to Glasgow. ‘He finds Mr. Chadbourne so nice to work with, and we hope to spen...

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...fresh complexion, however, was always suffused with an 10 Roderick Hudson air of apathetic homesickness, and she played her part in American society ... ...d his eyes, under their drooped lids, looked straight into the cup. On the base was scratched the Greek word ;aa;gD;gi;gc;ga, Thirst. The figure might... ..., was narrow; the jaw and the shoulders were narrow; and the result was an air of insufficient physical substance. But Mallet afterwards learned that ... ...fair, slim youth could draw indefinitely upon a mysterious fund of nervous force, which outlasted and outwearied the endurance of many a stur- dier te... ...rnamented with parterres bordered with high box hedges. The mansion had an air of antiquated dig- nity, but it had seen its best days, and evidently s... ...oves, engaged in frugal horticulture. Roderick’s studio was behind, in the base- ment; a large, empty room, with the paper peeling off the walls. This... ...g lady than as a young woman. She was evidently a girl of a great personal force, but she lacked pliancy. She was hemming a kitchen towel with the aid... ...ry way rec- onciled to a world in which he was going to count as an active force. He was inexhaustibly loquacious and fantas- tic, and as Cecilia said... ...r she would go and really enjoy life near her sister, a baronet’s lady, at Glasgow. She was now propos- ing to make a visit to that exhilarating city,...

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...foremost in 4 Waverley the charge, and observing an officer of the King’s forces, who, scorning to join the flight of all around, remained with his s... ... to compare it with those of the last war, when Edinburgh, besides regular forces and militia, furnished a vol- unteer brigade of cavalry, infantry, a... ...f six thousand men and upwards, which was in readiness to meet and repel a force of a far more formidable description than was commanded by the advent... ...uffered, or was supposed to suffer (which is quite the same thing), by the air of London. As soon, therefore, as official duties, atten- dance on Parl... ...bert observed that her heart as well as consent was in these nuptials; the air of dignity, yet of deep feeling, with which he flung down the half-draw... ...explained his actual business. The man of books, with a much more composed air, pro- ceeded to examine the manuscripts. The title of the first was ‘ A... ...asts, a charge which, ye must have observed, is only entrusted to the very basest plebeians; but, moreover, seemed to infer that our coat-armour had n... ... passenger’s farther progress; and it was not until he approached its very base, that Waverley discerned the sud- den and acute turn by which the path... ...er into Scotland; then, that he had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow; and that the Duke of Cumberland had formed the siege of Carlisle. ...

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...ly. Salus populi suprema lex is a maxim susceptible of great abuse, but it has that force which we find elsewhere only in the laws of nature: I mean i... ...as that force which we find elsewhere only in the laws of nature: I mean it has the force of necessity. I will open this out to you, if you will allow... ...d in the Italian manners; this put me more at my ease, and being reminded of Alan’s air that he had taught me in the hole near Carriden, I made so bol... ...e of it?” she asked. “I do not know the real name,” said I. “I just call it Alan ’s Air.” She looked at me directly in the face. “I shall call it Davi... ...im. I began to walk swiftly and at random, conscious only of a desire for movement, air, and the open country. CHAPTER VII – I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOUR ... ...e West Highlands; and the Lovat interest by their side to help them with so great a force in the north, and the whole clan of old Jacobite spies and t... ...,” he resumed, “our business here is to be 127 Catriona finished, and I proceed by Glasgow. I would be very glad to have you of my party, Mr David.” ... ...deigned to remark the fact of my exist- ence. And now I was to ride with my lord to Glasgow; I was to dwell with him in Edinburgh; I was to be brought... ... The following day, Prestongrange and I, with a consider- able company, set out for Glasgow, where (to my impatience) we continued to linger some time...

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... and bring out to the light of day, the highest qualities of his mind; the force of their own education stood in their own way: they did not delve int... ...admitted to be of the very highest or- der, take precedence of his logical force. Whilst the schools might have trained him to the exhibition of the f... ...he exhibition of the formulas of deductive logic, nature and circumstances forced him into the exercise of the higher faculties required by induction.... ...ter shell. His days, when the weather is warm, are spent in the pure, open air, and in the bright sunshine. He always sleeps in airy apartments; he se... ...d supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur. It was a treat to my young and gradually opening mi... ...ALING TO SUPERI- ORS—THE SLAVEHOLDER S WRATH BAD AS THAT OF THE OVERSEER—A BASE AND SELFISH AT- TEMPT TO BREAK UP A COURTSHIP—A HARROW- ING SCENE. ALT... ...ee him boil over with rage at the revolting deed, and to hear him fill the air with curses upon the brutual Plummer; but I was disap- pointed. He ster... ...ached to Edward, and ab- horred—as she had reason to do—the tyrannical and base behavior of old master. Edward was young, and fine look- ing, and he l... ...meal, Andrew Paton, Frederick Card, and other sterling anti-slavery men in Glasgow, denounced the transaction as disgraceful and shock- ing to the rel...

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...ht have fallen among robbers in his way homeward. CHAPTER IV UNIVERSITIES: GLASGOW; CAMBRIDGE At a later stage, John had some instruction from a Dr. W... ...opitious and flourishing, he, as his brother had already been, was sent to Glasgow University, in which city their Mother had connections. His brother... ...family; much attached to one another in their College years as afterwards. Glasgow, however, was not properly their Col- lege scene: here, except that... ...ce of 37 Thomas Carlyle stars. Over the wild-surging chaos, in the leaden air, are only sudden glares of revolutionary lightning; then mere darkness,... ...mous elephantiasis and no go at all in them! Men will one day think of the force they squander in every generation, and the fatal damage they encounte... ...he old sleepy amusements; and the latest news that reaches us daily has an air of tiresome, doting antiquity. The world has nothing for it but to excl... ...eason, but by flunky blustering and brazen lying, superadded to mere brute force, could be no creed for young Sterling and his friends. In all things ... ...uld you see a grander prospect on a bright summer day, with the set of the air going south- ward,—southward, and so draping with the city-smoke not yo... ...ego and Quirogas quarrel. These were they whom Charles Tenth had, by sheer force, driven from their constitutionalisms and their Trocadero fortresses,...

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...d as a Devonshire lane, here and there crossed by fallen trees; huge trees overhead in the sun, dripping lianas and tufted with orchids, tree ferns, f... ...ings from nettles, stabs from citron thorns, fiery bites from ants, sickening resistances of mud and slime, evasions of slimy roots, dead weight of he... ...st state; I never meant it to appear as a book. Knowing well that I have never had one hour of inspiration since it was begun, and have only beaten ou... ...ith them, and (what’s worse) most of the shelves forbye; and where they are to go to, and what is to become of the librarian, God knows. It is hot to-... ...ke the man extremely—that is the word—I love his society—he is intelligent, pleasant, even witty, a gentleman—and you know how that at- taches—I loath... ...ently believed a rescue would be attempted; the gaol was laid about with armed men day and night; but there was some question of their loyalty, and th... ...ree furlongs eastward from the house of Vailima, where the stream being quite dry, the bush thick, and the ground very difficult, I decided to leave t... ... liked to lazy; but I daresay all it means is the delay of a day or so in harking back to David Balfour; that respectable youth chides at being left (... ...r, I believe all right now; I too am mending, though I have suffered from crushed wormery, which is not good for the body, and dam- nation to the soul...

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...eir feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid. To these who are cleansed of base Desire, Sorrow and Lust and Shame — Gods for they knew the hearts of m... ...UZZY “FUZZY -- ---WUZZY” WUZZY” WUZZY” WUZZY” WUZZY” (Soudan Expeditionary Force) We’ve fought with many men acrost the seas, An’ some of ‘em was br... ... cut our sentries up at Suakim, An’ ‘e played the cat an’ banjo with our forces. So ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your ‘ome in the Soudan; ... ...ghtin’ man; An’ ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your ‘ayrick ‘ead of ‘air — You big black boundin’ beggar — for you broke a British square! ... ...rom the wars, Do you bring no sign from my true love?” “I bring a lock of ‘air that ‘e allus used to wear, An’ you’d best go look for a new love.” “So... ...o the stores an’ the guns, The men an’ the ‘orses what makes up the forces O’ Missis Victorier’s sons. (Poor beggars! Victorier’... ...pling 66 In the Golden room on the palace roof All night he fought for air: And there was sobbing behind the screen, Rustle and whisper of women u... ...t if I may pray a Rajpoot lord To sully the steel of a Thakur’s sword With base-born blood of a trade abhorred,” — And the Thakur answered, “Ay.” ... ...e never asked ‘im to dinner, but he’ll see it out to the end. Stiff-necked Glasgow beggar, I’ve heard he’s prayed for my soul, But he couldn’t lie if ...

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... Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...University is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells The War in the Air by H. G. Wells [Herbert George Wells] PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A A... ...rely successful flight of Mr. Alfred Butteridge from the Crystal Palace to Glasgow and back in a small businesslike-looking machine heavier than air—a... ...ne. A man was flying securely and well. Scotland was agape for his coming. Glasgow he reached by one o’clock, and it is related that scarcely a ship-y... ...s, quite overwhelming sums to the first person to fly from Manches- ter to Glasgow, from London to Manchester, one hundred miles, two hundred miles in... ... 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... ...uns and countless swarms of little Smallways. The Asiatic peoples had been forced in self-defence into a like diversion of the new powers science had ... ...pansion. So at once they would strike at America. They would fling a great force across the Atlantic heavens and bear America down unwarned and unprep...

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...Excerpt: The Second Cabin. I first encountered my fellow-passengers on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. A few Scandinavians, who had already grown acquainted on the North Sea, were friendly and voluble over th...

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...EUR EMIGRANT THE SECOND CABIN I FIRST ENCOUNTERED my fellow-passengers on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spir... ...ately pays the steward for extra rations, the difference in price becomes almost nomi- nal. Air comparatively fit to breathe, food comparatively varie... ...mpropriety; and the whole strength of her endeavour was bent upon keeping her watch true to Glasgow time till she should reach New York. They had hear... ...doors broken and removed for firewood; of homeless men loiter- ing at the street-corners of Glasgow with their chests beside them; of closed factories... ...ith horror. I had myself suffered, even in my decent-sec- ond-cabin berth, from the lack of air; and as the night prom- ised to be fine and quiet, I d... ...even bells, there was no one to be seen but the watch. That chimerical terror of good night-air, which makes men close their windows, list their doors... ...a treat to see him manage this: the various jesters with- ered under his gaze, and you were forced to recognise in him a certain steely force, and a g... ...p him off the streaming decks, O’Reilly and I supported him between us. It was only by main force that we did so, and neither an easy nor an agreeable... ...th word: ‘I had no call to come.’ But there he was; and by the doctor’s orders and the kind force of his two ship- mates disappeared down the companio...