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Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History (Volume Two).

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...TITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES ............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2.1.I. In the Tuileries. ..........................................................

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...E E E E VO VO VO VO VO L L L L L UTI UTI UTI UTI UTI O O O O O N N N N N A HISTORY Volume Two by TH TH TH TH THO O O O OMA MA MA MA MAS CA S CA S CA S... ...LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvan... ...ench Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, ... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... itself for mention: Captain Hippolyte Carnot, sent hither from the Pas de Calais; with his cold mathematical head, and silent stubbornness of will: i...

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...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ...ch Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ........ 274 6 The French Revolution - V olume Three THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE VOLUME III. THE GUILLOTINE BOOK 3.I. SEPTEMBER Ch... ...De- partment, but declining: Paine the rebellious Needleman, by the Pas de Calais, who accepts. Few Nobles come, and yet not none. Paul Francois Barra...

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...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. Irela...

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...Excerpt: When I came up to town for my second year, my aunt Hoggarty made me a present of a diamond pin; that is to say, it was not a diamond-pin then, but a large old-fashioned locket, of Dublin manufacture in the year 1795, which the late Mr. Hoggarty used to sport at the Lord Lieutenant?s balls and elsewhere...

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Excerpt: Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge.

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...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

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... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...w what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refe... ...cal com- pilation of the early part of the century, with an account of the history of that grand old foundation, and the struggle for appointments bet... ...t upon fiction. And for the Hospital of St. Katharine’s-by-the-T ower, its history is to be found in Stowe’s ‘Survey of London,’ and likewise in the e... ... the Sieur d’Escaillon got together sixty lances, and therewith we rode to Calais, where never were weary travellers more courte- ously received than ... ...re courte- ously received than we by Lord Northumberland, the cap- tain of Calais.’ ‘Oh, I am glad you came to us English!’ cried Alice. ‘Only I would... ...ord could not be spared to return to England, and was only to go as far as Calais; and James of Scotland was therefore to act as chief mourner, attend...

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...Preface: It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events that such warfare occasioned. ?Old Mortality? and ?Woodstock? are not controversia...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER 1. Fellow Travelers. In the autumn of the year, Darkness and Night were creeping up to the highest ridges of the Alps. It was vintage time in the valleys on the Swiss side of the Pass of the Great Saint Bernard, and along the banks of the Lake of Geneva....

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... Right Somewhere 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ?It Never Does? 9. Appearance and Disappearance 10. The Dreams of Mrs Flintwinch thicken 11. A Letter from Little Dorrit 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden 13. The Progress of an Epidemic 14. Taking Advice 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons should not ...

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...Excerpt: THE PREFACE; If ever the story of any private Man?s Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable when Publish?d, the Editor of this Account thinks this will be so. The Wonders of this Man?s Life exceed all that (he thinks)is to be...

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Table of Contents: THE PREFACE, 1 -- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &c., 2 -- THE JOURNAL., 51

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...ew 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 delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implement...

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...POEMS POEMS IN TWO VOLUMES, VOL. I. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AUTHOR OF THE LYRICAL BALLADS. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ... Poems in T wo Volumes, Volume One by William Wordsworth is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...erd with a sigh 40 Looks round, to learn the history. From those abrupt and perilous rocks, The Man had fallen, that... ...HE SECOND. SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY. 1. COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE, near CALAIS, August, 1802. Fair Star of Evening, Splendor of the West, St... ...try, many heartfelt sighs, Among Men who do not love her linger here. 2. CALAIS, August, 1802. Is it a Reed that’s shaken by the wind, Or what i... ...eble Heads, to slavery prone! 49 Wordsworth 3. TO A FRIEND, COMPOSED NEAR CALAIS, On the Road leading to Ardres, August 7th, 1802. Jones! when from...

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...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

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...Excerpt: ?There are several objections to it, but I?ll take it if you?ll alter it,? Mr. Locket?s rather curt note had said; and there was no waste of words in the postscript in which he had added: ?If you?ll come in and see me, I?ll show you what I mean.? This communication had reached Jersey Villas by the first post, and Peter Baron had scarcely swallowed his leathery ...

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...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal....

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