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...... ...pedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid students and educ... ...s to serve the public, aid students and educators by providing public access to the world's most complete collection of electronic books on-line as ... ...de of great stone lodges filled only with the white man. Even the words of the Elders in his visions were mysterious. They foretold a time of desti... ...eart to protect the sacred web of life. He would not question the wisdom of the Elders, nor would he give the white man cause to slaughter his peopl... ... "clear salt water", from which came the name of the Suquamish, and used by the elders for the grand potlach ceremonies) fired his passion and excit... ...young intern, who Greene thought was more asleep than awake, sat up, "How is it ingested?" That's the question." He stated it as if, all of a sudden... ...eve it's a virus or contagious, at least, not in the normal sense. And if it is ingested, it must be from a common source. Find the source - we find... ...re. We managed to get an interview with Alana Matloch and Hawk, through Emily's inge nuity," Jacobs said hoping a small compliment might go a long ...
...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connection...
...Series Pulication Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... let- ters, the circumstances connected with Chantry House and my two dear elder brothers. Once this could not have been done without more pain than I... ...te,’ and even while being slapped reiterated, ‘HER, Lucy!’ Lucy was a kind elder girl in the Square gardens, a protec- tor of little timid ones. She w... ...ld, With the warp and woof enwoven, Glitters like a thread of gold.’ —Jean Ingelow. LOOKING BACK, I think my mother was the leading spirit in our hous... ...remained a great pleasure to get her to spend an evening with us while the elders were gone out to dinner; nor do I think she ever did us anything but... ... be better housed than ever. A great packing-case was routed out, and much inge- nuity was expended, much delight obtained, in the process of converti...
...Excerpt: The United Force of the younger generation has been brought upon me to record, with the aid of diaries and letters, the circumstances connected with Chantry House and my two dear elder brothers. Once this could not have been ...
...U nder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circ... ...as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do—the situation is in itself ... ...old this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an ... ...hem, from time to time, as he passed, looked with a certain attention at the elder man, who, unconscious of observation, rested his eyes upon the rich... ... thought it was all right. Is one of those gentlemen your father?” “Yes, the elder one—the one sitting down,” said Ralph. The girl gave a laugh. “I do... ...tfully vague and the oppor tunity of listening to the conversation of one’s elders (which with Isabel was a highly valued pleasure) almost unbounded.... ...d to her that her mind was a good deal of a vagabond, and she had spent much ingenuity in training it to a military step and teaching it to advance, t... ...eaving lunch, went to walk in the grounds; but Lord Warburton exercised some ingenuity in engaging his least familiar guest in a stroll apart from the... ...hat the English are a highly eccentric people, and she had even read in some ingenious author that they are at bottom the most romantic of races. Was ...
...Excerpt: CHAPTER 1; Under certain circumstances there are few 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 m...
...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... It is still combating the recent heresies of Voltaire, Darwin, and Robert Ingersoll. Pious families in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas send t... ...oothly. Every cell of her body was alive—thin wrists, quince-blossom skin, inge- nue eyes, black hair. The other girls in her dormitory marveled at th... ...brought up there! And it’s a darn pretty town. Lots of fine maples and box-elders, and there’s two of the dandi- est lakes you ever saw, right near to... ...h come down to welcome us! Sam Clark and the missus and Dave Dyer and Jack Elder, and, yes sir, Harry Haydock and Juanita, and a whole crowd! I guess ... ...e walk up to it. Sickly yellow leaves in a windrow with dried wings of box-elder seeds and snags of wool from the cotton-woods. A screened porch with ... ... coiled braid. Now she wished that she had piled it high. Her frock was an ingenue slip of lawn, with a wide gold sash and a low square neck, which ga...
...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very...
...ing by Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ..., and had the honor to teach John Sterling his reading and writing, was an elderly Mr. Reece of Cowbridge, who still (in 1851) survives, or lately did... ...ves, or lately did; and is still remembered by his old pupils as a worthy, inge- nious and kindly man, “who wore drab breeches and white stockings.” B... ...to, here are wakeful Passy and the noises of paved Paris instead. Innocent ingenious Mr. Reece in drab breeches and white stockings, he with his mild ... ...nces. Mr. Hare celebrates the wonderful and beautiful gifts, the sparkling ingenuity, ready logic, elo- quent utterance, and noble generosities and pi... ...any of his 59 Thomas Carlyle vacant half-hours, lightly chatting with the elders or the youngsters,—doubtless with the young lady too, though as yet ... ...man companionship among persons of some standing in this country. With the elder Sterlings, among others, he had made acquaintance; became famil- iar ...
...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world se...
...ion Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray 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 any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...re priests, one a monk, six or seven in various military services, and the elder at home at Schloss Galgenstein breeding horses, hunting wild boars, s... ...earance had created so much attention came to the door of the inn, and the elder and stouter was seen to smile at his compan- ion; after which he stro... ...l, under encouraging circumstances—say, she is pretty, in a family of ugly elder sisters, or an only child and heiress, or a humble wench at a country... ... of horseboys; and there she learned that Mrs. Score had been inventing an inge- nious story to have her out of the way. The ostler said he was just g... ... a moment deserted him, but that he showed the greatest daring, as well as ingenuity, in meeting and averting the danger. He flew to the sideboard, wh... ...nticipated effect was pro- duced, and he was enabled, by the power of this ingenious extemporaneous emetic, to get rid of much of the poison which Mrs...
...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which ...
...c by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope 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 any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...asionally to be rather loud in her sport. Mrs. Thompson had another and an elder daughter, now some fifteen years old, who was at school in Le Puy; an... ... he was decorated, and wore the little red ribbon of the Legion of Honour, inge- niously twisted into the shape of a small flower. M. Lacordaire might... ... grand, but neither Lilian nor Mimmy were much pleased with the place. The elder sister, who had talked over the matter with her school companions, ex... ...s the saying is, at his best. But Mrs. Thompson forgave him. She knew that elderly gentlemen under such circumstances do not look at their best. “But ...
Excerpt: The Chateau of Prince Polignac by Anthony Trollope.
...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a... ...Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...ossessed a true eye for the merits of a horse, was unable, with his utmost ingenuity, to decide by what sort of movement his pursuer worked his sinuou... ...ter- ments, though a rifle of great length**, which the theory of the more ingenious whites had taught them was the most danger- ous of all firearms, ... ...ast of the Mohicans ing which, they, whose fates depended on the faith and inge- nuity of these unknown foresters, had a little leisure to observe the... ...ustice of your opinion though she cannot put it in practice,” returned the elder sister, who had placed herself by the side of Alice, on a couch of sa... ...s, and his ad- dress, though calm and deliberate, seemed very decided. The elder Mohican heard with deep gravity, and appeared to pon- der on his word... ...ns Alice. “Did he speak of sending me to our father?” For many moments the elder sister looked upon the younger, with a countenance that wavered with ...
Excerpt: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper.
...x by Honoré de Balzac A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Human Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honoré de Balzac is a publica... ...n Comedy: Introductions & Appendix by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. 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... ...nciple of accepting that of the saint on whose day he was born. Balzac the elder had been a barrister before the Revolution, but un- der it he obtaine... ...born, the family had not long been established at T ours, where Balzac the elder (besides his duties) had a house and some land; and this town contin-... ...el- dest of the family, was about sixteen. He had two sisters (of whom the elder, Laure, afterwards Madame Surville, was his first confidante and his ... ...ons who are unfor- tunate enough to see in Balzac little or nothing but an inge- nious piler-up of careful strokes—a man of science taking his human d...
...Excerpt: Volumes, almost libraries, have been written about Balzac; and perhaps of very few writers, putting aside the three or four greatest of all, is it so difficult to select one or a few short phrases which will in any way denote them, much more sum them up. Yet the five words quoted above, which come from an early letter to his sist...
.... 4 APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................... 32 THE BALZAC PLAN OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE ............................................................ 32 Comedie Humaine .............................................................................................................
...Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott 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 any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...entrusting with this commission; for her own motions, and those of all her elder inmates, were closely watched. With ingenuity beyond her years, the c... ...wn motions, and those of all her elder inmates, were closely watched. With ingenuity beyond her years, the child used to stray about among the soldier... ...t and remove hereditary prejudice, could Richard have anticipated that his elder brother, Sir Everard, taking to heart an early disappointment, would ... ...- pened in many similar instances, had it not been for the cour- age of an elder sister, who revealed to the wealthy suitor that Lady Emily’s affectio... ...ned Edward to become ‘a brother of the angle.’ But of all diversions which ingenuity ever de- vised for the relief of idleness, fishing is the worst q... ...um cuique. This snatch of a ballad was composed by An- drew MacDonald, the ingenious and unfortunate author of Vimonda.] The Baron, whose voice was dr...
... Series Publication Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...where you go wrong. In some things, in many things, you must trust to your elders, to those who know more of life than you do. Your aunt and I have di... ... re- plied. “You are making your dress?” “Such as it is.” They were in the elder Widgett girl’s bedroom; Hetty was laid up, she said, with a sprained ... ...carrying the trousers in her hands, and stooped to examine them. They were inge- nious disguises of gilt paper destructively gummed, it would seem, to... ...ed on that assumption—a world in which children were trained to obey their elders and the wills of women over-ruled as a matter of course. It was wond...
...ey came down from London in a state of solemn excitement and quite resolved to have things out with her father that very evening. She had trembled on the verge of such a resolution before, but this time quite definitely she made it. A crisis had been reached, and she was almost glad it had been reached. She made up her mind in the train home that it should be a decisive cr...
...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publicat... ...erted Woman by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. 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... ...-so has sound opinions,” and of such do they make deputies. As a rule, the elderly spinsters are their patronesses, not without comment. Finally, in t... ...ice or design, Mme. de Sainte-Severe omitted to mention that Gaston had an elder brother; nor did Gaston himself say a word about him. But, at the sam... ...t to call on Mme. de Beauseant yesterday, did you not?” The speaker was an elderly lady, and she addressed the head of the local royal family. “I went... ...hile he asked the Marquis to keep his secret in case of a refusal, he very ingeniously insinuated sufficient reasons for his own admittance, to be dul... ...ion. The pleasure of loving, like some rare flower, needs the most careful inge- nuity of culture. Time alone, and two souls attuned each to each, can...
...Excerpt: In the early spring of 1822, the Paris doctors sent to Lower Normandy a young man just recovering from an inflammatory complaint, brought on by overstudy, or perhaps by excess of some other kind. His convalescence demanded compl...
...ies Publication Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...d collects are quite hard work to the young mind as book-keeping is to the elderly; and that quite as little feel- ing of worship enters into one task... ...he duty of any young man rudely to assail the religious convictions of his elders of the church. Courtesy should have kept him silent, even if neither... ... his livings were as much as his individual property as the estates of his elder brother were the property of that worthy peer. She had for years past... ...bour frightful to antici- pate, and that immediately on starting they have inge- niously found some accommodating short cut which have brought them wi...
...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? ...
...ATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...Bristol belles from a later generation. The subjects of the murder were an elderly lady bearing some such name as Rusborough, and her female servant. ... ...ntious crew, acknowledging no discipline or restraints, but that the grave elders of the university, and those who wield the nominal authority of the ... ...Christ Church), nor wore the dress of a nobleman. Gener- ally, however, an elder son appears in his true character of nobleman; but the younger sons r... ...f that letter to Mr. Wordsworth above referred to, language was exhausted, ingenuity was put on the rack, in the search after images and expressions v... ...rather popular journal, and who belongs to that class, feeble, fluttering, ingenious, who make it their highest ambition not to lead, but, with a slav... ...version of the truth, could not, by any artifice 145 Thomas de Quincey of ingenuity, have been crowded into one short sentence. Paley, as a philosoph...
...Excerpt: These papers I am anxious to put into the hands 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 havin...
...s MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANATORY NOTICES...................................................................................................
...es Dickens Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pickwick Papers, Volume Two by Charles Dickens is a publication of t... ..., 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylva nia State University assumes any responsibility for the mate... ... while Mr. Bob Sawyer abstracted his thoughts from worldly matters, by the ingenious process of carving his name on the seat of the pew, in corpulent ... ...der the guidance of Mr. Weller; presenting the singu lar phenomenon of an elderly gentleman, dripping wet, and without a hat, with his arms bound dow... ...its are issued, judgments signed, declara tions filed, and numerous other ingenious machines put in motion for the torture and torment of His Majesty... ...umerous little bundles of papers tied with red tape; and behind it, sat an elderly clerk, whose sleek appearance and heavy gold watch chain presented ... ...o morrow, and the pleasures of the evening. CHAPTER XXXIII Mr. WELLER THE ELDER DELIV ERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTS RESPECTING LITERARY COMPOSITION; ... ...I didn’t understand him so, certainly,’ said Mr. Winkle, astounded on this ingenious dove tailing of the few words he had heard. ‘I was on the stairca...
Excerpt: The Pickwick Papers, Volume Two by Charles Dickens.
...BLICATION Adam Bede by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] 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 any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... pile of planks outside the open door mingled itself with the scent of the elder-bushes which were spreading their summer snow close to the open windo... ...he village and down to the valley. As he reached the foot of the slope, an elderly horseman, with his portmanteau strapped behind him, stopped his hor... ...stick against the milk-can by way of musical accompaniment. But one of the elderly women bending down to take him by the shoulder, with an air of grav... ...in to adorn my maiden speech in Parliament six or seven years hence. ‘Cras ingens iterabimus aequor,’ and a few shreds of that sort, will perhaps stic... ...to disappointment, and soon won the victory over the conjectures her small ingenuity could devise to account for Arthur’s absence on the supposition t... ...—a kitchen 195 George Eliot cupboard of his own contrivance, with such an ingenious ar- rangement of sliding-doors and bolts, such convenient nooks f...
...Excerpt: With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen, I will show you the roomy workshop o...
...Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 18... ...tion ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publicati... ...rst, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ose that he did not concur in the suggested improvements; and pleaded very ingeniously for me in my presence against another (also an Italian) who opp... ...cle to re-adjust the clothes. Then, turning his eyes towards me, he said, “Ingenui est, cui multum debeas, ei plurimum velle debere.” M. de Belot call... ...ide in my range. This is the reason, Monsieur, why, although persons of an ingenious turn laugh at our care as to what will happen after our own time,... ...rsonage.—[Plutarch, How far a Man may praise Himself, c. 5.] Dionysius the elder, after having, by a tedious siege and through exceeding great difficu... ... who being at Trent, and having news there brought him of the death of his elder brother, a brother on whom depended the whole support and honour of h... ...ces, which was afterwards the occa- sion of the king’s final ruin. Yet the elder senators, mindful of their forefathers’ manners, condemned this proce...
Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.
...................................................................................................................................................... 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE ............................................
...The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed fo... ...E CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 A Penn State Electronic Class... ... Society London, 1903 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Or... ...ial, his business of a watchmaker (in which he had the reputation of great ingenuity) was his only depen- dence. My mother’s circumstances were more a... ...table he asked in a sharp tone, what lad that was? Madam Basile an- swered ingenuously. He then inquired whether I lodged in the house; and was answer... ...alley was one year younger than her friend, handsomer, more delicate, more ingenious, and to complete all, extremely well made. They loved each other ... ... commun- ion under the condition which I had proposed, but that he and the elders thought themselves much honored by my being one of their flock. I ne... ...ndepen- dently, and had begun to learn the trade of a carpenter. He had an elder brother, a captain in the same regiment, the favorite of the mother, ... ...a majority of the voices. But the peas- ants, who under the appellation of elders, composed this as- sembly, presided over and governed by their minis...
...Introduction: Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutis...
...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... to the thin flagstaff at the summit, up to which have been piled the most ingenious edifices for murder Christian science ever adopted. My hobby-hors... ...tion whither they were bound—were not these all noted down with surprising inge- nuity and precision by the lieutenant, at a family desk at which he s... ...daytime is a true and real one; from both of which your own great soul and inge- nious philosophic spirit may draw conclusions, that I myself have mod... ...d he 141 Thackeray returned to his village, where he forthwith called the elders together. “O friends,” he said, “complaints of our poverty and miser... ...rest of the profit to them, as an alleviation for their affliction. ’” The elders of El Muddee knew the great value and fertility of the lands of Guan... ...t off on the road to the capital. When they arrived, Skinflint Beg and the elders of El Muddee sought admission to the Royal throne, and there laid do...
...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 pre...
...s Series Publication Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... total, and set before him the sum of Anthony’s riches, could see that his elder daughter was behaving flightily and neglecting the true interests of ... ...this week. How did you leave her yesterday, Algy? Quite well, I hope.” The ingenuous face of the young gentleman crimsoned. “Oh, she was well,” he sai... ...ory. Dahlia had been admirably dealt with by the artist; the charm of pure ingenuousness without rusticity was visible in her face and figure. Hanging... ...er junior could en- ter the library, without encountering the scorn of his elders; so he enjoyed the privilege of hearing all the scandal, and his 11... ...among his own people for good. So chimed the younger ones, and many of the elder. Danish blood had settled round Warbeach. To be a really popular hero... ...s effort being to fix the epithet to frivo- lous allusions, from which her ingenuity rescued it honourably. Had she ever been in love? He asked her th...