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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...lotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by ... ...tion Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ry Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... way. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ..., father of the subject of the present memoir, was son to a clergyman of a Norfolk family, and was born at Coney Weston, on February 11, 1790. He was ... ...te to you very often, and send you ferns and seeds, and tell you about the Norfolk Island pines, and you must write to me, and tell me all about yours... ...in it. On the Island of Pines, so called from the tower-like masses of the Norfolk pine on the shores, was at that time the French Bishop of New Caled...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and...

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Frate Cu Meridianele Si Paralelele, Vol. 2

By: Florentin Smarandache

...Ghisa de la 19 York University – Toronto, D. Pa şnicu de la University of Puerto Rico). Irinel Dr ăgan (de la Texas State University, Arlington)... ...Cor de fete în blugi. Dr ăcoase! Altele, cu fuste scurte, dau University of Las Cruces – Campusul 31 din fese. Strig ă in şii înnebuni ţi!... F... ...(taxiul) de la aeroport la hotel... Încerc o escapad ă la UTA (University of Texas Austin). Ce plou ă! Pânz ă de ap ă. Iarba face valuri. Sunt bloca... ...it ă chiar Hawaii (precum întreg arhipelagul), o zi, 139 $. Zbur ăm inter-islands cu Aloha – companie local ă, 35 de minute din Honolulu în Kona. Ai... ...it ă chiar Hawaii (precum întreg arhipelagul), o zi, 139 $. Zbur ăm inter-islands cu Aloha – companie local ă, 35 de minute din Honolulu în Kona. Ai... ...vioane – sar dintr-unul într-altul. Atlanta e punctul de schimb pân ă la Norfolk. Treptat, treptat, pornind de la paradoxism, pe care Jean l... ...nului care e şi particul ă şi und ă!). 148 La Aeroport, în Norfolk – Virginia, am luat un cab. Era mai simplu s ă ajung la hotelul Su... ... revenit imediat (eliberat de toxine am sim ţit c ă şi sl ăbesc). Norfolk, Hampton, Williamsburg formeaz ă o zon ă militar ă (cu baz ă naval...

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The Secret Sharer

By: Joseph Conrad

...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...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... ...ll of his writing desk—had exer- cised him infinitely. The ship within the islands was much more easily accounted for; and just as we were about to ri... ...ll of his writing desk—had exer- cised him infinitely. The ship within the islands was much more easily accounted for; and just as we were about to ri... ...ble gave me an inkling of his thoughts by saying: “My father’s a parson in Norfolk. Do you see me before a judge and jury on that charge? For myself... ...the sort. I heard the other’s soothing undertone. “My father’s a parson in Norfolk,” it said. Evidently he had forgotten he had told me this importan... ... No. Do you see me being hauled back, stark naked, off one of these little islands by the scruff of the neck and fight- ing like a wild beast? Somebo... ...ty work. Ever since daylight had 22 The Secret Sharer been exploring the islands round his ship. “What was that for—fun?” I asked, with an appearan...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...itings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ent of the maritime jurisdiction of Spain in the waters which surround the island of Cuba, has been debated without reaching an agree- ment, and it is... ...d soldiers under his com- mand. ADDRESS TO THE ENVOY FROM THE HA W AI- IAN ISLANDS, JUNE 11, 1864. SIR:—In every light in which the State of the Hawai... ...NDS, JUNE 11, 1864. SIR:—In every light in which the State of the Hawaiian Islands can be contemplated, it is an object of profound interest for the U... ...- phis, Nashville, Pensacola, Port Royal, Beaufort (North Caro- lina), and Norfolk, as places of purchase, and, with my ap- proval, appointed agents a... ...1861, it was declared that the ports of certain States, including those of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, Fernandina and Pensacola, in the State o... ... other purposes,” do hereby declare that the blockade of the said ports of Norfolk, Fernandina, and Pensacola shall so far cease and determine, from a...

...altimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, was put in arrest, and subsequently a court of inquiry examined chiefly with reference to disobedience of orders, and reported the evidence....

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Nostromo a Tale of the Seaboard

By: Joseph Conrad

...nrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...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... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- ... ...eph Conrad their smooth trunks. A ravine extending the whole length of the island is full of bushes; and presenting a deep tangled cleft on the high s... ...eather leggings (an article of apparel never before seen in Costaguana), a Norfolk coat of grey flannel, and those great flam- ing moustaches, he sugg... ...orth Pole. And then we shall have the leisure to take in hand the outlying islands and continents of the earth. We shall run the world’s business whet... ...orth Pole. And then we shall have the leisure to take in hand the outlying islands and continents of the earth. We shall run the world’s business whet... ...ct circle of the horizon, its clumps of heavy timber motionless like solid islands of leaves above the running waves of grass. There were hides there,... ...e lighter headed after the wind had completely died out. He peered for the islands. There was not a hint of them to be seen, as if they had sunk to th...

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Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...SARTOR RESARTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh By Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SE... ...TRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ty. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...w; and had not rather its Ancestor alive when Hengst and Horsa overran thy Island? Friend, thou seest here a living link in that Tissue of His- tory, ... ...tual horizon there is not a looming as of Land; a promise of new Fortunate Islands, perhaps whole undiscovered Ameri- cas, for such as have canvas to ... ...tual horizon there is not a looming as of Land; a promise of new Fortunate Islands, perhaps whole undiscovered Ameri- cas, for such as have canvas to ... ...h a stick and red clout, to the market:’ or if some drivers, as they do in Norfolk, take a dried bladder and put peas in it, the rattle thereof terrif... ...xistence was a bright, soft element of Joy; out of which, as in Prospero’s Island, wonder after wonder bodied itself forth, to teach by charming. “Nev...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...ritings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...States and Great Britain concerning the boundary line between V ancouver’s Island and the American continent? In case the referee shall find himself u... ...t. Y our obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. [Inclosure.] Steamers Pocahontas at Norfolk, Paunee at Washington, Harriet Lane at New Y ork, to be under saili... ...eiving-ships at New Y ork. Two hundred men to be ready to leave Governor’s Island in New Y ork. Supplies for twelve months for one hun- dred men to be... ...event any expedition from the mainland reaching Fort Pickens or Santa Rosa Island. Y ou will exhibit this order to any naval officer at Pensacola, if ... ...United States armory at Harper’s Ferry, and the navy-yard at Gosport, near Norfolk. They received perhaps invited—into their State large bodies of tro... ...on and development of the fisheries adjacent to the northeastern coast and islands of this continent, it seems proper that we should concert with the ...

...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a public... ... Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- n... ...ar occupation of fifty miles on the banks of the Mohawk, together with the islands of Nassau and Staten, and a few insulated settlements on chosen lan... ...ar occupation of fifty miles on the banks of the Mohawk, together with the islands of Nassau and Staten, and a few insulated settlements on chosen lan... ...g figure reported himself to be a native of the county of Cornwall, in the island of Great Britain. His boyhood had passed in the neighborhood of the ... ...protection in distant lands. Among the crowds who fled from France and her islands, to the United States of America, was the gentleman whom we have al... ...dia planter, great numbers of whom had fled from St. Domingo and the other islands, and were now living in the Union, in a state of comparative pov- e... ...among the stumps in the same manner as he had before done on the plains of Norfolk, until dear-bought experience taught him the useful lesson that a s...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...i with a new understanding. Willersley had dressed himself in a world-worn Norfolk suit of greenish grey tweeds that ended unfamiliarly at his rather ... ...uman effort, and once as I was steaming past the brown low hills of Staten Island towards the towering vigour and clamorous vitality of New York City,... ...net. There were little gold fishermen on the cabinet fish- ing from little islands that each had a pagoda and a tree, and there were also men in boats... ...net. There were little gold fishermen on the cabinet fish- ing from little islands that each had a pagoda and a tree, and there were also men in boats... ... in which undistinguished little men and little files of papers link us to islands in the tropics, to frozen wildernesses gashed for gold, to vast tem... ... in which undistinguished little men and little files of papers link us to islands in the tropics, to frozen wildernesses gashed for gold, to vast tem...

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The Devil‘S Legacy- to Earth Mortals. Being the Key Note to Black Arts!! Witchcraft, Devination , Omens, Forewarnings, Apparitions, Sorcery, Daemonology, Dreams, Predictions, Visions, And Compacts with the Devil!! with the Most Authentic History of Salem Witchcraft!

By: M. Young

...TIONS, VISIONS, AND Compacts with the Devil!! WITH THE MOST AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT! Compiled by the publisher. NEW YO... ... double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Second Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and to... ...fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder‘s fork and blind-worm‘s sting, Lizz... ... New World in America; and facts of a parallel nature are attested to us in the islands of the South Seas. And, as phenomena of this sort were unive... ... New World in America; and facts of a parallel nature are attested to us in the islands of the South Seas. And, as phenomena of this sort were unive... ...our du Bordage, in Guernsey, the square devoted by the city authorities of that island to this kind of punishment. The last case of death for Witchc... ...sumed as a legal profession. He proceeded in a regular circuit through Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdon, accompanied by John Sterne ... .... I dreamed three nights this week that if I went to a place called Swaffham in Norfolk, and dug under an apple tree in a certain garden on the north...

...Perhaps the title of this Book – The Devil‘s Legacy to Earth Mortals may at first seem somewhat strange; they will pause as they do at a Witches Prayer, and wonder whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Dev...

...The power of these witches as we find in their earliest records originated in their intercourse with familiar spirits, invisible beings who must be supposed to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in thes...

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The Light That Failed

By: Rudyard Kipling

...IES PUBLICATION The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...n, and bobbed down again. The man of the tattered breeches, clad only in a Norfolk jacket and a gray flan- nel shirt, went on with his clumsy sewing, ... ...the Nile had never spared them. Rapid had fol- lowed rapid, rock rock, and island-group island-group, till the rank and file had long since lost all c... ... of that kind?’ ‘It came of itself. Who’s the man that says that we’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding?’ ‘He’s... ... of that kind?’ ‘It came of itself. Who’s the man that says that we’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding?’ ‘He’s... ... you are working for. I know such little heavens that I could take you to,—islands tucked away under the Line. You sight them after weeks of crashing ... ... for fear of catching a storm. So he did his best to knock all the Society Islands out of the water one by one, and I went into the lower deck, and di...

...nswered, without hesitation. ?Have you got the cartridges?? ?Yes; they?re in my pocket, but they are joggling horribly. Do pin-fire cartridges go off of their own accord?? ?Don?t know. Take the revolver, if you are afraid, and let me carry them.? ?I?m not afraid.? Maisie strode forward swiftly, a hand in her pocket and her chin in the air. Dick followed with a small pin-fi...

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The Voyage Out

By: Virginia Woolf

...sics Series Publication The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... equally singular view of England. Not only did it appear to them to be an island, and a very small island, but it was a shrinking island in which peo... ...s old. I’m the son of the Reverend Sidney Hirst, vicar of Great Wappyng in Norfolk. Oh, I got scholarships everywhere—Westminster—King’s. I’m now a fe... ...k about their passions, which we are not. My father, who is a clergyman in Norfolk, says that there is hardly a squire in the country who does not—” “... ...olute lie to say I’ve Jewish blood in me—as a matter of fact we’ve been in Norfolk, Hirst of Hirstbourne Hall, for three centuries at least. It must b... ...g on and on and on? By the way, Ralph’s been made governor of the Carroway Islands—the youngest governor in the service; very good, isn’t it?” But Rac... ... the nursery above, which were so secluded and self-contained, like little islands in the torrents of the world; but the real things were surely the t...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...women also, who had been trepanned, and concealed in solitudes and distant islands in order to serve some temporary pur- pose, such violences had been... ...women also, who had been trepanned, and concealed in solitudes and distant islands in order to serve some temporary pur- pose, such violences had been... ...cular frame shook with suppressed agitation. “See,” he said, “yonder bends Norfolk, renegade to his Catholic.faith; there stoops the Bishop of — , tra... ...ale, TIRTEAFUERA, a character in Don Quixote, the doctor in Sancho Panza’s island government. TITHER, the other. TOD, a bush, a fox. TOOM, empty. TOUR...

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know : About Where to Invest Your Money

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...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 ... ... Wilcox, Winston Alaska: Tax Deed State 27 Counties (called boroughs) Aleutian Islands East, Aleutian Islands West, Anchorage, Angoon, Barrow, Bet... ... Wilcox, Winston Alaska: Tax Deed State 27 Counties (called boroughs) Aleutian Islands East, Aleutian Islands West, Anchorage, Angoon, Barrow, Bet... ...gle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stark... ...hire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester Michigan: Tax Deed State 83... ... Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York Rhode Island: Tax Lien Certificate State 5 Counties Bristol, Kent, Newpo...

...It’s time to step out of the box and shift your paradigm. It’s time to put everything you know about a high rate of return being equal to high risk to the side. What I’m about to tell you could turn the way you think about investing upside down. A...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparencies, the sha... ...ts, Shoes, Neckwear and Hosiery Scotch Ulsters. Heavy Knick- erbockers and Norfolk Suits for Winter Sports Catalogue with illustrations mailed on requ... ..., Shoes, Neckwear and Hosiery Scotch I'lsters. Heavy Kiiick- erbookors and Norfolk Suits for Wilder Sports Gatnliigiui with illustrations mailed on re... ... will bo ilhistraterl with actual missionary experiences in tjie south sea islands. MONDAY, APRIL 8 p, m,—Triaf.s for iuterclass de biite, 'Techuian a... ..., Shoes, Xookwear and Flosiery Scotch Ulsters. Heavy Knick- erbockers anil Norfolk Suits for Winter Sports Catalogue with illustrations mailed on requ... ...affected by this influence, and this is not- ably true in tlie case of the Islands of the South Sea. Attempts were made by Scottish missionaries to es... ...laferl case, but is a fair example of the work which has been done in many islands of the South Sea, such as in the islajids of Zoma, New Zealandand H...

...lliams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government and relies on revenue ...

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The Moon and Sixpence

By: Somerset Maugham

...es Publication The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...in Christie’s catalogue as follows: “A nude woman, a native of the Society Islands, is lying on the ground beside a brook. Behind is a tropical Landsc... ...ranging to go away . Mrs. Strickland was taking her family to the coast of Norfolk, so that the children might have the sea and her husband golf. We s... ...spected noth- ing?” “Nothing. He spent August with her and the children in Norfolk. He was just the same as he’d 34 The Moon and Sixpence always been... ...hat small room he seemed even bigger than I remembered him. He wore an old Norfolk jacket, and he had not shaved for several days. When last I saw him... ...etting out with I know not what fancies in his lonely soul for the unknown islands which fired his imagination. I liked the picture of him starting at... ...because he was a painter ,” he told me. “We don’t get many painters in the islands, and I was sorry for him because he was such a bad one. I gave him ...

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens

... The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles D... ... The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free... ...ennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, ... ...han to partake, on the twenty-fifth, of a boiled turkey and celery sauce with a – with a particularly Angular clerk I have the good fortune to possess... ...ickens favourites with national enemies, but gave him the genuine George the Third home-brewed; exhorting him (as ‘my brave boys’) to reduce to a smas... ...ickens favourites with national enemies, but gave him the genuine George the Third home-brewed; exhorting him (as ‘my brave boys’) to reduce to a smas... ... of his own committing. ‘How came you to be his master, sir?’ asked Rosa. ‘A question that naturally follows,’ said Mr. Grewgious. ‘Let’s talk. Mr. Ba... ...lmy air. Changes of glorious light from moving boughs, songs of birds, scents from gardens, woods, and fields – or, rather, from the one great garden ...

...Excerpt: An ancient English cathedral tower? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower be here! The well-known massive gray square tower of its old Cathedral? How can that be here! There is no spike of rusty iron in the air, between the eye and it, from any point of the real prospect. What is the spike that intervenes, and who has set it up? Maybe it is set up...

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In the Days of the Comet

By: H. G. Wells

... G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... ...ment were covered with scratched enamel of chocolate hue, on which a small island of frayed carpet dimly blossomed in the dust and shadows. There was ... ... themselves. It was a place somewhere on the east coast, I knew, either in Norfolk or Suffolk. “Why!” cried I—and stopped. What was the good of tellin... ...the prom- ises of those schemes been realized the entire population of the island might have been accommodated upon the sea fron- tiers. Nothing of th... ...he sky of a magnificent sunrise, and an archipelago of gold-beached purple islands floated in a sea of golden green. The poppies too, swan-necked buds... ...he sky of a magnificent sunrise, and an archipelago of gold-beached purple islands floated in a sea of golden green. The poppies too, swan-necked buds...

...Excerpt: I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing: He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze an...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Volume I.

By: George Gilfillan

...I. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Expl... ...ation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan 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... ...dation for our pride! when the utmost we can hope is but to be read in one island, and to be thrown aside at the end of one age. All that is left us i... ...dant alders crown’d; 340 Cole, whose dark streams his flowery islands lave; And chalky Wey, that rolls a milky wave; The blue, transparen... ...dant alders crown’d; 340 Cole, whose dark streams his flowery islands lave; And chalky Wey, that rolls a milky wave; The blue, transparen... ... humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold... ... nice no more, but, with a mouth profound, As rumbling D——s or a Norfolk hound; With George and Fred’ric roughen every verse, ...

Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

...Contents LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE.................................................................................................................................. 6 PREFACE2......................................................................

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Unknown to History : A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Elec... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication... ...f the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ned in the course of the past years. The intrigues with Northumberland and Norfolk, and the secret efforts of the unfortunate Queen to obtain friends,... ...owed me the trick of it when he was at T utbury in the time of the Duke of Norfolk’s business. Soh! your son hath done good service, Richard. That lad... ...as nought, and has made offer of herself for the misfortune of the Duke of Norfolk, ay, and of this Don John, and I know not whom besides.” “She would... ...bluer than we can conceive, with white waves of dazzling surf, breaking on islands fringed with white shells and coral, and with palms, their tops lik... ...bluer than we can conceive, with white waves of dazzling surf, breaking on islands fringed with white shells and coral, and with palms, their tops lik... ...ed it. T o their convictions, she was the only legitimate sovereign in the island, a confessor for their beloved Church, a captive princess and beauty...

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

...THE BEWITCHED WHISTLE ...................................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER VII THE BLAST OF THE WHISTLE................................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER VIII THE KEY OF THE CIPHER ..............................................................................

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