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...DYNEVOR TERRACE: OR THE CLUE OF LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,’ CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. V V V V VOL OL O... ...I A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Dynevor Terrace: or The Clue of Life, Volume One by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the P... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...I must consider—’ ‘Clara would find a companion in the younger Mary in the holidays, and if James would make Fitzjocelyn his charge, it would complete... ...ing unkindness, he left his little girl at school with orders to spend her holidays with his sister, and never to be with us.’ ‘That accounts for it!’... ...ed for dishonesty at the end of a month.’ ‘Did not Frampton know that that related to me?’ said Louis, sotto voce, to his aunt. ‘Did he not trust that... ...by a manufacture of Alpaca umbrellas. Meantime, he must show the beautiful American ducks which he hoped to naturalize on the pond near the keeper’s l... ...shining full on his face. ‘It was hardly quite a dream,’ said Louis, as he related it to Mrs. Frost. ‘It would make a very pretty allegory.’ ‘It is to...

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...nry James A PENN S TAT E ELE C T R O N IC CLAS SIC S SERIES PUBLICA TIO N The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...ee months spent there in the spring of 1879. Like “Roderick” and like “The American,” it had been designed for publication in The Atlantic Monthly, wh... ...e eigh- teenth century, it had passed into the careful keeping of a shrewd American banker, who had bought it originally because (owing to circumstanc... ... Mr. Bantling had promised her from his sister Lady Pensil. Miss Stackpole related very freely her conversation with Ralph Touchett’s sociable friend ... ...colleague, as well as the responsibility of their errand, which apparently related to the young girl. This object of interest wore her hat— an ornamen... ...elp me to decide whether my daughter shall return to you at the end of the holidays.” “I hope you’ll decide in our favour, madame,” the sister in spec...

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...s Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...th he had possessed an ascetic air which added to the impression. He often related that on one of his holidays in Boulogne, one of those holidays upon... ...tic air which added to the impression. He often related that on one of his holidays in Boulogne, one of those holidays upon which his wife for economy... ...ther , and then more, and they began to talk about their doings during the holidays, where they had been, and what wonderful cricket they had played. ... ... , and his almond eyes almost closed as he did so. There were two or three American men, in black coats, rather yellow and dry of skin: they were theo... ... “They told me, Herakleitus, they told me you were dead.” And now, when he related again the pictur- esque little anecdote about the examiner and his ...

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... In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevens... ...ment file 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... ...y, Electronic Clas- sics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing stude... ...able Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy a... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...ey of Hapaa, known to readers of Herman Melville under the grotesque misspell- ing of Hapar. There are but two writers who have touched the South Seas... ...sanctioned by punishment. On Vaitupu, in the Ellices, only two children were allowed to a couple; on Nukufetau, but one. On the latter the punishment ... ... coming or (as we say) ‘not in good form.’ Many tapus were in consequence absurd enough, such as those which deleted words out of the language, and pa... ...ng of hounds in a distant kennel. The slaves are certainly not overworked—children of ten do more without fatigue—and the Apemama labourers have 225 ...

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...e by Somerset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 20001 The Pennsylv... ...the pictures at the Royal Academy , of the weather and their plans for the holidays. There was never a pause, and the noise grew louder. Mrs. Strickla... ...ember my brother -in-law , don’t you? Y ou met at dinner , just before the holidays.” We shook hands. I felt so shy that I could think of nothing to s... ...e finest country in the world, sir , and he felt a lively superiority over Americans, Colonials, Dagos, Dutchmen, and Kanakas. But I do not think he w... ...elu, whither came ships’ captains in search of a man. He was married to an American woman, obese and slat- ternly , fallen to this pass by Heaven know... ... then we came to the object of my visit. I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in 217 Somerset Maugham his words, but in my own, for I cann...

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...Publication Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The... ...e landlord’s brother, but by another father or mother. He is not so nearly related to him as he was last night. The landlord scratches his head. The b... ...ONS of such a place as Albaro, the suburb of Genoa, where I am now, as my American friends would say, ‘located,’ can hardly fail, I should imagine, t... .... They are not a very joyous people, and are seldom seen to dance on their holidays: the staple places of entertainment among the women, being the chu... ...she puts to flight (instead of making kin) the puny world that claim to be related to her, in right of poor conventional forgeries! I saw in the Palaz... ... dimmed, in their transcendent melancholy, by the dark ghost of its bloody holidays, erect and grim; haunting the old scene; despoiled by pillaging Po...

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...ublication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ... what must Amelia do, but remind her brother of a promise made last Easter holidays—”When I was a girl at school,” said she, laughing—a promise that h... ...turdays. He had his top-boots in his room, in which he used to hunt in the holidays. He had a gold repeater: and took snuff like the Doctor. He had be... ...Fancy our late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward a... ...a number of other worthy gentlemen who sat in turns for the borough. It is related, with regard to the borough of Queen’s Crawley, that Queen Elizabet... ...as presented in state by my Lady Binkie, the Haggistoun’s kinswoman. She’s related to every one, that Haggistoun. Her diamonds blazed out like V auxha...

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...ND By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...orks of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; J.M.W. Turner: Moonlight, 184... ...ld make him taste like pork and thus let the Jew into the trick. My father related all this with such a veritable matter-of- fact air, and such liveli... ... led through the crush of people, by an old gentleman, to whom I must have related an extraordinary rigmarole. He shook his head, saying that I was un... ... father’s princely reputation in the school. At times, especially when the holidays arrived and I was left alone with Julia, I had fits of mournfulnes... ...hat Heriot would have to shoot 51 George Meredith or scourge him when the holidays came. Mr. Rippenger con- cluded his observations by remarking that... ... soit peu philosophe, a ce qu’on dit; a traveller. They say he has a South American complexion. I knew him a boy; and his passion is to put together w...

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...cs Series Publication Night and Day by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... families in England. There are the Warburtons and the Mannings—and you’re related to the Otways, aren’t you? I read it all in some magazine,” he adde... ...took part in a series of scenes such as the taming of wild ponies upon the American prairies, or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a bla... ...ich, after a moment’s hesitation, he put to Katharine. “Are you in any way related, I wonder, to the poet Alardyce? His daughter, I believe, married a... ...as only roughly sketched so far—jotted down, in fact, during the Christmas holidays. 221 Virginia Woolf “When you ought to have been taking a rest, M... ...d Mary dutifully, but her tone was flat and tired. “We learn to do without holidays, Miss Datchet,” said Mr. Clacton, with a spark of satisfaction in ...

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...Preface: A Chancery judge once had the kindness to inform me, as one of a company of some hundred and fifty men and women not labouring under any suspicions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which p...

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...hapters One through Thirty four by Charles Dickens is a publica tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any o... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylva... ... and I never went. I never went out at all. It was my birthday. There were holidays at school on other Birthdays—none on mine. There were rejoicings a... ...nt look and acknowledged my curtsy very graciously. “Miss Summerson is not related to any party in the cause, I think?” “No, my lord.” Mr. Kenge leant... ...lowly out of his abstrac tion. “Yes! Tom Jarndyce—you’ll excuse me, being related; but he was never known about court by any other name, and was as w... ...to partnership with Peffer. On that occasion, Cook’s Court was in a manner revolutionized by the new inscription in fresh paint, Peffer and Snagsby, ... ...ghts as I lie here. T ake an extreme case. T ake the case of the slaves on American plantations. I dare say they are worked hard, I dare say they don’...

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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

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...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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...right January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms an... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...nd in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, an... ...Connection was balanced by a Causal Separation. Every connection is causally related to every separation. Every separation is causally related to e... ...ew lions? When there were millions of grazing animals? Why didn’t the North American natives colonize the land where millions of bison lived? It ... ...s functioning at each point in this process? How much are they connected, or related to each other? In what way? The human brain is a layered org... ...nsider that you have earned your money? Would you go off on their junkets and holidays called business trips? To hob-nob with your fellow cronies a... ...vicariously entertained, or it inspires us to escape it temporarily by having holidays or vacations. It inspires us either to be active or non-activ...

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...s. D. J. Hogarth, with an introduction by John Cournos is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...v himself is now gener- ally regarded as a universal character. We find an American professor, William Lyon Phelps*, of Yale, holding the opinion that... ...ut meeting scores of Chichikovs; indeed, he is an accurate portrait of the American promoter, of the successful commercial trav- eller whose success d... ...two of clubs—as a sacred thing; so sacred that on one occasion two closely related ladies who had also been closely attached friends were known to fal... ...ing eyes, and all. At once the ladies hastened to inform him of the events related, adducing therewith full details both as to the purchase of dead so... ...e met by a couple of youths. “Let me introduce my two sons, home for their holidays 279 Gogol from the Gymnasium*,” said Pietukh. “Nikolasha, come an...

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...Preface: If a book by an author who must call herself a veteran should be taken up by readers of a younger generation, they are begged to consider the first few chapters as a sort of prologue, introduced for the sake of those of elder years, who were kind enough to be interested in the domestic politics of the Mohuns and the Underwoods....

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...BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ... as she wished, but to go to the cliffs, that she might hear the adventure related in sight of the scene of action, he discovered that he had left a g... ...aret Hall.” “Yes, it incited her to worry Wilfred beyond sufferance in his holidays. I know if you or Lily had been always at me I should have kicked ... ...ll, she said, it was not the spirits, but the tobacco, which the Dutch and American sail- ors were glad enough to exchange for her mother’s commodi- t... ...on the Winchester roll, and that he was sure of entering college after the holidays. Gillian alone was allowed to go up to the station with her uncle ... ...it was with Gerald, for even to Dolores he had not told half what Ludmilla related. “My Dearest Mrs. Henderson, “It is a long time since I received yo...

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...cation Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylv... ...egor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERICAN, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and col... ... Ripley, only ten miles distant from Georgetown, but spent the Christ- mas holidays at home. During this vacation my father re- ceived a letter from t... ...ssmate and fellow lieutenant in the 4th, informing me of the circumstances related above, and advising me not to open any letter post marked St. Louis... ...the march when it did not interfere with their military duties. As already related, having lost my “five or six dollars’ worth of horses” but a short ... ...y as of very great victories. The anniversaries are recognized as national holidays. At these two battles, while the United States troops were victori...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising 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 B...

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... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising 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 ... ...996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and No... ...d in the White House 98 3.7 . . . and in the Congress 102 4. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S INITIAL ASSAULTS 108 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and T... ...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...r stairwell with deviations p. 312 The Twin Towers following the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Penta... ...alameh, Ayyad, Abouhalima, the Blind Sheikh, and Ramzi Y ousef, for crimes related to the W orld Trade Center bombing and other plots. An unfortunate ... ...reign intelligence. Finally the NSA began putting caveats on its Bin Ladin–related reports that required prior approval before sharing their contents ... ...sts in Caucasus” (June 1999), “Bin Ladin to Exploit Looser Security During Holidays” (December 1999),“Bin Ladin Evad- ing Sanctions” (March 2000),“Bin...