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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ...the loss of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the ... ...e, female infanticide and the practice of suttee, as one of the important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Historical Note to Reader T... ...on? Could they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest Empire the wo... ...n. ‘I was tied to a tree by my friends who wanted to play our favourite game of Settlers and Red Indians. I was the youngest, so they decided I sho... ... two women, took Helen’s hand and said in a soft Scot’s burr, ‘Lieutenant John MacGregor at your service, Miss Forsythe. Let me escort you and Mrs. ... ...smiled at the reference to his uniform and said by way of explanation, ‘The Company expects their civil administration to don formal attire on these... ... The meal was, however, entirely Indian served, nevertheless, on a fine English porcelain dinner service. Moghul dishes: flaming lamb kebabs; chick... ...t grandmother. Now, however, this practice was frowned on, not only by the Army, but also in the Civil Administration. Europeans, whose wives had no...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Ind...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...He contemplated marrying one, Thelma Furness, but then dumped her for Simpson. The British media - though perfectly aware of all the goings-on, rep... ...addressed as "Her Royal Highness". Additionally, the King was not allowed by the British government to address the British people and the Empire ... ...d in English history was when Charles I raised His Standard at the beginning of the Civil War on 22 August 1642." Edward abdicated from the thro... ...oday, a part of Turkey) and Libya combined. It harbored a technologically advanced civilization, recounted the priest, in the 10th millennium BC (c... ...r later, the first Strowger exchange was installed with great fanfare at La Porte, Indiana. It had less than 80 subscribers. Strowger died in 1902... ...r later, the first Strowger exchange was installed with great fanfare at La Porte, Indiana. It had less than 80 subscribers. Strowger died in 1902... ...lied by non EU Member States and third bodies. Also provides analyses and indexing services. http://www.atg.wa.gov/hits/index.shtml http://www... ...AR) and had the hallmarks of a unitary state: single flag and anthem, shared armed services and common foreign policy. Egypt retained the name - UA... ...d known as Mahatma "Great Souled") Gandhi (1869-1948). He was NOT born to a poor Indian family. His father was dewan (chief minister) of Porband...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... MI 48106-1346, USA Tel.: 1-800-521-0600 (Customer Service) http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/search/basic Peer revie... ...jud. Dolj, Romania. Dr. B.S.Kirangi, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India Copyright 2005 by Hexis, W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy, Flo... ... “Day in and day out we take pride in claiming that India has a 5000 year old civilization. But the way Dalits and those suppressed are being treate... ...and authority speaks volumes for the degradations of our moral structure and civilized standards.” Ex-President of India, the late K. R. Narayana... ...ilized standards.” Ex-President of India, the late K. R. Narayanan The New Indian Express, Saturday, 12 Nov. 2005 K.R.Narayanan was a lauded he... ...or six decades, he powerfully influenced the course of politics in the South- Indian state of Tamil Nadu. His ideology and struggle to attain ration... ... in the translations. We feel that it was our lifetime duty to render this service to the great leader Periyar who devoted his entire life to wor... ...knowledge." Our expert also quoted Periyar who had said that even during the British and Congress rule, the Dalit and Sudra children were denied en... ...mally entered public life by becoming the Chairman of Erode Municipality. The British Government made him an honorary magistrate and he held 29 hon...

...to such heights was never spared from the pangs of outcaste-ness and untouchability, which is based on birth. Thus, if the erstwhile first citizen of India faces such humiliation, what will be the plight of the last man who is a Dalit? As one of the world’s largest socio-economically oppressed, culturally subjugated and politically marginalized group of people, the 138 mil...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...ropeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE... ...BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND RECORDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIOT OF MURDER, PILLA... ...nds of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigat... ...t -- The Polos attached to the Royal Court -- Marco is educated for the Khan's service -- Appointed governor of Yunnan when only twenty -- Denial of r... ...ttle with the natives -- Conversions to Catholicism -- A terrible slaughter of Indians -- Indian maidens distributed among the Spaniards 185- 193 CHAP... ...he landing at Ulna harbor -- Founding of Vera Cruz -- An interview between the Indian governor and Cortez -- Stories of incredible wealth -- Presentat... ... Objection to Buccaneer government -- Henry Morgan the sea bandit -- His first service, when a boy, as servant to the Buccaneer commander -- A man of ... ...of impending danger. Such a spectre appeared in 1664, to Captain Rogers of the British Navy. He was heading for the Hatteras Capes, but still deemed h... ...the South Africa coast, and there he and all with him beheld in the offing the British man-of-war Barracouta. So plainly visible was the vessel that s...

...rth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish main and for centuries bid defiance to the armed fleets...

...igators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...US Government may obtain a subscription from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4630 or... ...publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Tel: (703) 487-4650 i ... ... 20 Belize 22 Benin 23 Bermuda 25 Bhutan 26 Bolivia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bul... ...ze 22 Benin 23 Bermuda 25 Bhutan 26 Bolivia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bulgaria 34... ...ze 22 Benin 23 Bermuda 25 Bhutan 26 Bolivia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bulgaria 34... ...lines: natural gas, 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 42 total, 34 usable; 12 ... ...terways 29.2 million metric tons/km (1983) Ports: 1 major (Durre's), 3 minor Civil air: none Airfields: 10 total; 6 with runways 2,500 m or longer Tel... ...ances home; 26.4% unemployed (1984) Government Official name: Anguilla Type: British dependent territory Capital: The Valley Legal system: based on En... ...rgentine(s); adjec- tive Argentine Ethnic divisions: 85% white, 15% mestizo, Indian, or other nonwhite groups Religion: 90% nominally Roman Catholic (...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...f opprobrium and odium is hardly surprising, or unprecedented. Empires - Rome, the British, the Ottomans - were always targeted by the disgruntled,... ...and May 2006, Pew surveyed 16,710 people in Britain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Spai... ...the former. The Kosovo Liberation Army, an American anti- Milosevic pet, provoked a civil war in Macedonia tin 2001. Osama bin-Laden, another CIA go... ...e rough, immutable kernel of American narcissism. The United States was (until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s) and still is, in some import... ... US foreign policy. Thus, the American Empire is closer to the commercially driven British Empire than to the militarily propelled Roman one. Actu... ... vacuous eloquence. As a result, while tottering regional governments still pay lip service to the values of Capitalism, the masses are enraged and ... ...'In a democracy, malpractices are bound to occur ... corrupt dealings in government services lead ... to close personal associations, the men respon... ... to control Central Asian energy resources and to extend its influence towards the Indian Ocean. Two Saudi Arabian oil companies were also involved... ... wished to construct roads accessible for tanks to cross through Afghanistan to the Indian Ocean. This might also explain his characteristic opportu...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

.............................................................. 242 LEGAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ................................................................. ...th their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the fork in the left. Indians may eat with their right hands, Chinese with chop sticks. No need f... ...th their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the fork in the left. Indians may eat with their right hands, Chinese with chop sticks. No need f... ...e considering the poor people who need organ transplants or other medical services but cannot get them because he had cut their Medicaid budgets? W... ... both mind and matter are equally important. So the greatest minds of our civilization cannot agree on a starting point for our thinking. ―... ...ical document whose aim was to incite the colonists to revolt against the British.‖ --―I don‘t buy that Lee. We have always been a primarily Ch... ... accompanied his wife to church but left before the communion part of the service. He also spoke of God and Providence, but Dr. James Abercrombie, t... ...ans in North America were generally pantheistic, while the South American Indians were generally panentheistic. Yet the Cherokees were monotheistic. ... ...s? ` ―I don‘t know any of the particulars of these studies, but the British Broadcasting Company in 2004 found that 10% of Americans didn‘t be...

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Surviving the Economic Crisis : Current and Future Trends

By: Mark W. Medley

...r people who lived and worked in Industry, not Banking, Brokering, IT and the service industry that replaced Industry, when it was outsourced or rep... ...ises in unemployment in from traditional manufacturing, banking and financial service companies, service companies and some commodity based industri... ... 21 Will Outsourcing become more localized? The economies of China, India and the Philippines were expanding outsourcing centers, before t... ...ability of outsourcing meant higher corporate profits, and mini-booms in both India, and China. In the Philippines tens of thousands of jobs were cr... ... USA but could ruin Mexico, the Philippines and badly affect the Chinese, and Indian economies. Rather like Globalization in reversal, Governments w... ...those who are unemployed. What are the Seven most recession proof jobs?. 1. Civil Law Lawyers When the going gets tough, people sue. In Countrie... ...g after the Market Crash. Governments could be forced into hiring more police officers, in order to combat a future crime wave. 5. Solar Ener... ...idered a luxury, then our Governments may impose some form of Travel Tax. The British Government recently talked about creating a Travel database on... ... markets for their own products. Now Microsoft have already partnered with an Indian designer to create an energy efficient 200 US Dollar Laptop, an...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...y much as a one minute old baby does. The contract between him and his mother is a service provision contract. She provides him with goods and serv... ...further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a personal cost to the provider) are the com... ...urgical" precision. The legal (and moral) imperative to spare the lives of innocent civilians was well observed, they bragged. "Collateral damage" w... ...r pilots. Military planners are well aware that there is a hushed trade-off between civilian and combatant casualties. This dilemma is both ethical... ...ble positive statements of the type "I am ... (a citizen of country X, which is not India)", including the statement "I am an Israeli". "I am not a ... ...tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface." Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), British writer I. Overview of Theories of Anarchism Politics... ...ry language for a minute, what group does not behave this way? Harvard alumni, the British Commonwealth, the European Union, the Irish or the Itali... ... Texas, the Calusa in current day Florida, the Caddo and Iroquois confederacies of Indians in North America, the Cree in Canada, the Witoto, native... ...nes Decrees. But ethnic cleansing can be economic (ask the Chinese in Asia and the Indians in Africa). It can be physical (Croatia, Kosovo). It has...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...y much as a one minute old baby does. The contract between him and his mother is a service provision contract. She provides him with goods and serv... ...further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a personal cost to the provider) are the com... ...urgical" precision. The legal (and moral) imperative to spare the lives of innocent civilians was well observed, they bragged. "Collateral damage" w... ...r pilots. Military planners are well aware that there is a hushed trade-off between civilian and combatant casualties. This dilemma is both ethical... ...ble positive statements of the type "I am ... (a citizen of country X, which is not India)", including the statement "I am an Israeli". "I am not a ... ...tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface." Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), British writer I. Overview of Theories of Anarchism Politics... ...ry language for a minute, what group does not behave this way? Harvard alumni, the British Commonwealth, the European Union, the Irish or the Itali... ... Texas, the Calusa in current day Florida, the Caddo and Iroquois confederacies of Indians in North America, the Cree in Canada, the Witoto, native... ...nes Decrees. But ethnic cleansing can be economic (ask the Chinese in Asia and the Indians in Africa). It can be physical (Croatia, Kosovo). It has...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...rs to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-703 A: The Beginnings of Civil... ...: The Beginnings of Civilization Pgs 704-1469 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1470-1868 Chapter 7: ... ... at the beginning; was romantic to say the least. What if the North American Indians tried to do it? Or the Irish…? Oops, I forgot…that attempt i... ... at the beginning; was romantic to say the least. What if the North American Indians tried to do it? Or the Irish…? Oops, I forgot…that attempt i... ...ing horses, they became incredibly warlike. So did the North American plains Indians. War is usually a manifestation of accumulated power. Regardl... ...These loans given to corrupt regimes exist only so rich countries can pay lip service to the idea that they are actually helping the 3rd World countr... ...lness, or truth. A perfect example is the internet where endless articles, services, remedies, and products exist for every known interest, need,... ...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi...

... the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a free E-book at: http://thepathofsplitness.com/ ...

...ho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-704 A: The Beginnings of Civilization Pgs 705-1474 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1475-1868 Chapter 7: Entities and the Alternative ...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...s Barnstone Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature Indiana University aul Alexander Bartlett’s journal of Sappho is a m... ...s Barnstone Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature Indiana University aul Alexander Bartlett’s journal of Sappho is a m... ...wood for winter; for many others there may be no wood at all. Some want a civil war to put them on their feet. At Vaprio, I recall a child of nine o... ...ree hundred guests, I hear: Germans, Dutch, Austrian, Swiss, two or three British, a Greek potentate; the majority will be Parisians and the château ... ... smoked on the long watches. It settles the blood and calms the mind. The Indians...” “We know about the Indians,” Jonson said. “Just remember, we’r... ...ve! I felt its warmth. I asked her how she was but she wanted kisses, not civilities. (Vapid lines out of the Spanish Tragedy seemed foolish there... ...eady had eleven lawyers. Springfield, in those days, offered better legal services than side- walks. Pigs in the streets, mud on our boots—so it went... ...e- walks. Pigs in the streets, mud on our boots—so it went. We offered our services at all hours of the day. Often I never walked home for lunch. Whe... ...om Italy, I be- lieve; also a red handkerchief and books. Mary gave him a British belt buckle with lion and unicorn, a set of brushes and tubes of p...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...e 1907 board. We feel that some recog- nition is due to the latter for its service not only to the publication but tu the college as a whole. The most... ...ot only to the publication but tu the college as a whole. The most notable service to the latter has been the establishment of a news bureau by means ... ... school at Farmer, N. Y'. and then studied law in Auburn, N. Y. During tho Civil War he was clerk in the otiico of the Provost Marsiial of Ilia distri... ...dicine and in 1859 received his M. D. from New York university. During the Civil War he served as surgeon in the 54th and 58th New Y'ork volun teers a... ...apel. THURSDAY, APRIL 18 8.00 p. m.—Cap and Bells presents "My Friend from India, ' ' Williamstown Opera House. TAXATION STILL UPHELD Bill for Taxatio... ...e, 1 Cap atid Bells in New York Cap and Bells will present "My Friend from India " in New York oity on the night of Tuesday, April 23, at the Carnegie... ...s, sink holes and glacial boulders found in this vicinity. The fain- ons ''Indian Ladder" was also visited. The party returned Sat- urday night. LastM... ..." Salsollona "Sptlne Chlcktn" Solacllona 'Take Me Bacii to New York Town" "Indian Medley" "Tha Cttorus Lady" "Blue Danube" f "Cupid la Captain of the ... ...of North Amerion opennd on November 22 with addresses by Hon, James Bryoe, British ambassador to the United States, Governor Glenn of North Carolina a...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself : Book Three

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WILLIAM MA... ...cs Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself: Book Two by William ... ... with him— my Lord Marlborough’s and my Lord Sunderland’s, and many of the officers of the Guards, in which he served in the old King’s time; and my l... ...of this past trial as an initiation before entering into life—as our young Indians undergo tortures si- lently before they pass to the rank of warrior... ...of this past trial as an initiation before entering into life—as our young Indians undergo tortures si- lently before they pass to the rank of warrior... ...his Grace everywhere—at the Hague, Utrecht, Ruremonde, and Maestricht; the civil authori- ties coming to meet his coaches: salvos of cannon saluting h... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a... ...ore her Majesty, as the world said, though she never could be got to say a civil word to Beatrix, whom she had promoted to her place as maid of honor,... ...he town, honest Dick was all flames and raptures for a young lady, a W est India fortune, whom he married. In a couple of years the lady was dead, the...

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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

... July in the same year, in the Pacific Ocean, by the Columbus, of the West India and Pacific Steam Navigation Company. But this extraordinary creature... ...the different surprises of life, very quick with his hands, and apt at any service required of him; and, despite his name, never giving advice—even wh... ...ted to the commander. The sailors could not hide their discontent, and the service suffered. I will not say there was a mutiny on board, but after a r... ...decide by their appearance whether they are Spaniards, Turks, Arabians, or Indians. As to their language, it is quite incomprehensible.” “There is the... ...placed on the table, and we took our places. Undoubtedly we had to do with civilised people, and, had it not been for the electric light which flooded... ...ight?” “It might be the right of a savage,” I answered, “but not that of a civilised man.” “Professor,” replied the commander, quickly, “I am not what... ... portions: the Arctic or Frozen Ocean, the Antarctic, or Frozen Ocean, the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans. The Pacific Ocean extends fro... ...an hour. But I saw noth- ing, not even the Island of Perim, with which the British Government has fortified the position of Aden. There were too many ... ...s Verne than 120 miles from Ireland. Was Captain Nemo going to land on the British Isles? No. To my great surprise he made for the south, once more co...

...r of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE T... ...cs Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace ... ...uite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother, that my dear mother’s he... ...uite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother, that my dear mother’s he... ...his youth:— ”Were your father, Madam,” he said, “to go into the woods, the Indians would elect him Sachem;” and his lordship was pleased to call me Po... ...eep pretty generally), Esmond read many volumes of the works of the famous British Divines of the last age, and was familiar with W ake and Sherlock, ... ...d on Harry’s shoulder, relented to Mr. Esmond, and condescended to be very civil to him; and some days after his arrival, Harry, laughing, told this s... ...his Grace everywhere—at the Hague, Utrecht, Ruremonde, and Maestricht; the civil authori- ties coming to meet his coaches: salvos of cannon saluting h... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...y; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already ren- dered me; namely, first, in having bro... ...en vindictive impulse, but in cold blood, to a simple case ap- parently of civil disobedience or revolt. Now, when we con- sider how intimate, and how... ...f national prowess. This is the principle upon which, very naturally , our British school- boys value a battle. Painful it is to add, that this is the... ...he shipwreck on the coast of Peru, the rescue of the royal banner from the Indians of Chili, the fatal duel in the dark, the astonishing passage of th... ...he shipwreck on the coast of Peru, the rescue of the royal banner from the Indians of Chili, the fatal duel in the dark, the astonishing passage of th... ...urposes of hospitality with some powers of self-fulfilment. And yet, for a service of that na- ture, could she reasonably rely upon me? Odious is the ... ...rent quarters,—what we both knew of Laxton, the barbaric splendor, and the civilized splendor,—had natu- rally an interest for us both in their contra... ...rously awful, though, at that time, the practice was common throughout our Indian possessions. He had a Hindoo servant with him; and this servant ever... ... Or do we grind her still?” Pretty much the same authority it is which the British public of this day has for its craze upon the subject of English op...

...ds of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to b...

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The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...ey sometimes gave names out of the Bible to places, Salem means Peace. The Indian name was Naumkeag.} Peter Palfrey, Roger Conant, and one or two more... ...ey sometimes gave names out of the Bible to places, Salem means Peace. The Indian name was Naumkeag.} Peter Palfrey, Roger Conant, and one or two more... ... and are armed with bows and arrows, and flint headed spears. These are an Indian sagamore and his attendants, who have come to gaze at the labors of ... ...er, “did not keep posses sion of the chair a great while. His opinions of civil and reli gious matters differed, in many respects, from those of the... ... fierce were the dissensions that it was feared the conse quence would be civil war and bloodshed. But Winthrop and the ministers being the most powe... ...air, discovered that its broken leg might be clamped with iron and made as serviceable as ever.” “Here is the very leg that was broken!” exclaimed Cha... ...eplied Grandfather, “was now some what the worse for its long and arduous services. It was con sidered hardly magnificent enough to be allowed to ke... ...ss caused the gover nor and Sir Francis Wheeler, who was commander of the British forces, to give up all thoughts of attacking Canada. “Soon after th... ... a mob of the Boston people. They were so in censed at the conduct of the British Commodore Knowles, who had impressed some of their fellow citizens,...

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What Is Coming a Forecast of Things after the War

By: H. G. Wells

...gle) the greatness of the power of Russia, which was still in those days a British bogey; in making Belgium the battle-ground in a coming struggle bet... ...uld find in the divines and dignitaries of the Vatican, of the Russian and British official churches, or of any other of the multitudinous Christian s... ... still only very vaguely imag- ined. What happens in the Turkish Empire or India or America or elsewhere may extend the areas of waste and ac- celerat... ...the State; it employs all the savings of surplus income that the unrest of civil enterprise leaves idle; it has an effect of creating property by a pr... ...come up for a moral judgment, on whose verdict the whole future of Western civilisation depends. If they cannot achieve a considerable, an unprecedent... ...vast moi- ety of the population that has been engaged either in mili- tary service or the making of munitions to productive work, to the production of... ...m is to be found in the extreme dislocation of the privately owned transit services of Great Britain at the present time. There is no essential reason... ...exities arising out of those British dependencies of non- British race—the Indian states, for example, whose interests are sometimes in conflict with ... ...ciple, for example. South Africa again takes a line with regard to British Indian subjects which is highly em- barrassing to Great Britain. There is a...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...cleared off. He would have seen that, at the end of the most destruc- tive civil war that ever occurred, when animosities of the bitterest sort had ba... ..., about the power of the United States to withstand the severest shocks of civil war. Could he have traced the further course of events until they ope... ...tat of December 2, 1851 drove him from 12 Democracy in America the public service. In 1856 he published “The Old Regime and the Revolution.” He died ... ...heir native land, the French formerly called this river the St. Louis. The Indians, in their pompous language, have named it the Father of Waters, or ... ...heir native land, the French formerly called this river the St. Louis. The Indians, in their pompous language, have named it the Father of Waters, or ... ...ist between the physical conformation, the language, and the habits of the Indians of North America, and those of the T ongous, Mantchous, Mongols, T ... ...ople has been clearly observable – In what respects all who emi- grated to British America were similar – In what they dif- fered – Remark applicable ... ...ristocracy, but simply the class of the rich and that of the poor. All the British colonies had then a great degree of similar- ity at the epoch of th... ...tion which he had himself upheld in Eu- rope, renders attendance on divine service compulsory,** and goes so far as to visit with severe punishment, ...

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