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...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 machination...

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...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...stigations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, th... ...ot, who bore no resemblance to the gentle, reserved woman he had married. THE CURSE OF KALI 3 England 1854 It was a beautiful autumn day when Si... ...ima,’ said Rosita in her inimitable Spanish accent, which she had never lost despite her years in England. ‘Your dreams have come true, at last, and... ...enturers to the East, had made his fortune in India in the early 18th century. ‘On his return to England, Sir William’s substantial wealth purchased... ...personal compliment to Spain. They, themselves, wore the fifteenth century Spanish court dress of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain and their daughter...

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...A meticulously edited edition of John Keats’ verse collecting all of his poems sans his two long verse plays. Keats was born in London, England, on October 31, 1795. He dedicated his short life to the creation of poetry characterized by its sensuous and v...

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...Contents Introduction Imitation of Spencer On Peace On Death Lines Written on 29 May, the Anniversary of Charles’ Restoration, on Hearing Bells Ringing Song: Stay, Ruby Breasted Warbler, Stay Fill for Me a Brimming Bowl As from the Darkening Gloom a S...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ...uster " -- Sailors turned soldiers -- Free rovers on desperate undertakings -- England and France give license to prey on Spanish commerce -- A defeat... ... of two survivors -- One dies from thirst, the other picked up and returned to England 345- 357 CHAPTER XXXIII. An attack in which Drake is wounded. -... ...- Description of the natives and their customs -- The return trip from Java to England 367- 373 CHAPTER XXXV. Honored as a hero yet condemned as a cor... ... After sailing 1450 leagues he discovered the Isle of Jesus, the island of St. Isabella and the Star, and then came upon a group to which he gave the ... ...first voyage (Oct. 28, 1492) and in honor of Prince John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella, was named Juana, but at the death of the King the name was ch...

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...t your money! A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating the world of high yield, low risk Tax Lien and Tax Deed Sales Includes Gloss... ...ounting or tax advice. When in doubt, the reader is cautioned to seek the advice of the appropriate professional. © 2001 by Lillian R. Villanova. ... ... professional. © 2001 by Lillian R. Villanova. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, restored in a retrieval system, or ... ... payable immediately. Acre A measure, usually of land, in the United States and England, equal to 160 sq. rods (43,560 sq. ft.) in any shape. Act ... ...Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Houghton, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Iron, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Keweenaw, Lake, Lapee...

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...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED..........

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...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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 ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...University is an equal opportunity University. Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS........................................................ ...t a man that he was not the least in the world like a King, as Kings went. Isabella, King Henry’s mother, wished very much (for a certain spite she ha... ...ret; and the Prince of Wales was contracted to the French King’s daughter Isabella. Out of bad things, good things sometimes arise. Out of this hangi... ...hes; and, when the King went over to France to marry the French Princess, Isabella, daughter of Philip Le Bel : who was said to be the most beautifu...

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... The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furn... ...ersity. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ... WAS FOUND in the library of an an cient Catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529.... ... con tracted a marriage for his son with the Marquis of Vicenza’s daughter, Isabella; and she had already been delivered by her guardians into the ha... ...s strange confusion. Matilda remained endeavouring to assist her mother, and Isabella stayed for the same purpose, and to avoid The Castle of Otranto ... ...e first sounds that dropped from Manfred’s lips were, “Take care of the Lady Isabella.” The domestics, without observing the singularity of this direc...

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...ssics Series Publication Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... learnt the fable of “The Hare and Many Friends” as quickly as any girl in England. Her mother wished her to learn music; and Catherine was sure she s... ...ng to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella, my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very muc... ...he a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too, but I believe Isabella is the handsomest.” The Miss Thorpes were introduced; and Miss Mor... ...Crescent, to breathe the fresh air of bet- ter company. Here Catherine and Isabella, arm in arm, again 22 Northanger Abbey tasted the sweets of frien... .... And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen li... ...inn-yard at Tetbury as the town clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in England to make my horse go less than ten miles an hour in harness; that ma...

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...: As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will secure it, from the sedate and reflecting part of mankind, to whom only I would be understood to address myself, such attention as is due to the sedulous instructor of youth, and the careful performer of my Sabbath duties, I will forbear to hold up a candle to the dayligh...

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...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship whi...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE ... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...itten by Himself: Book Two by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...hen Mohun fell, dragging down one of the bravest and greatest gentlemen in England in his fall. From Mr. Steele, then, who brought the public rumor, a... ...the place of honor, was Sir Peter Lely’s picture of the honorable Mistress Isabella Esmond as Diana, in yellow satin, with a bow in her hand and a cre... ... of the greatest, the wisest, the bravest, and most clement sovereign whom England ever knew. ’Twas the fashion of the hostile party to assail this gr... ...ry herself, she represented the triumph of the Whig opinion. The people of England, al- ways liking that their Princes should be attached to their own... ...85, at Brussels, in which year Thomas Esmond married his uncle’s daughter, Isabella, now called Viscountess Dowager of Castlewood; and leaving him, fo... ...olently (but the sum comes to the same fig- ures, worked either way,) that Isabella repented of her un- kindness towards Rachel, when Rachel was unhap...

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...The P The P The P The P The P er er er er er ils of Cer ils of Cer ils of Cer ils of Cer ils of Cer tt tt t ain ain ain ain ... ...es Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Perils of Certain English Prisoners by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pen... ...ity. 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... ...s off the Mosquito shore: a subject of his Gracious Majesty King George of England, and a private in the Royal Marines. In those climates, you don’t w... ... soldiers how their country- men and country-women fared, so far away from England; and consequently we saluted again, and went in. Then, as we stood ... ... she made in a most excellent manner—I found that her Chris- tian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased... ...er out of a swamp, or weeds out of the river, or an old porter’s-knot from England, I don’t think any new specta- tor could have said. Y et, this unfo...

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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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