Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Wings of the Dove by Henry James.

Full Text Search Details
...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry J... ...ATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ... as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Preface “The Wings of the Dove,”... ...ight of criticism. To Ralph Touchett in “The Portrait of a Lady,” 5 Henry James for instance, his deplorable state of health was not only no drawback... ...assed; her wig, her paint, her jewels, every mark of her expression impec- cable, and her entrance accordingly greeted with the proper round of applau...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

Full Text Search Details
...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...on The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...ay. The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Des... ...oper THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper INTRODUCTION AS THIS WORK PROFESSES, in its title-pag... ... his ancestors. This difference in opinion had long been a subject of ami- cable dispute between them: but, Latterly , the contest was get- ting to be... ...himself in fastening the inner end of the bark rope, that served him for a cable, to a paddle, and, rising suddenly on his legs, he cast this buoy awa...

Full Text Search Details
...e intersection of Huron and North State streets. Directly opposite was St. James’ Church, and at one time the house had served as the rec- tory. For t... ...’s no smoke without some fire. And I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if we get cables before noon that the British War Office had sent an ulti- matum.” An... ...o give him my measure, and when I saw him in the evening he told me he had cabled to Brussels to some famous glovemaker and had ordered I don’t know h... ...on three years had gone by, and the third winter since the ceremony in St. James’ Church drew to its close. Since that day when—acting upon the forekn... ...y unhappy. Then, all at once, she seemed to awake. Not the ceremony at St. James, Church, but that awakening had been her marriage. Now it was irrevoc... ...ul. The stable itself was half again as large as her old home opposite St. James’s, and the conservatory, in which she took the keen- est delight, was... ...want one in Liverpool, one in Paris, and one in Odessa, and I want them to cable us about the situation every day.” Gretry thought a while. “Well,” he... ...l read them to you,” he told her as he slit the first envelopes. “They are cablegrams from agents of mine in Europe. Gretry arranged to have them sent... ...e said. “Wait a minute.” Word for word he wrote out the translation of the cable- gram, and then studied it intently. “That’s it,” he said, at last. T...

Full Text Search Details
..., that he should employ the dormant ener- gies of the crew in hauling both cables up on deck and turning them end for end. For a moment Mr. Paramor wa... ...ed us to be stuck on the riverside outskirts of Rouen, but I know that the cables got hauled up and turned end for end according to my satanic sugges-... ...ocent adventure may be made bitter to the palate. The part of the inexpli- cable should be allowed for in appraising the con- duct of men in a world w... ...gination, the coming into existence of the first book is quite an inexpli- cable event. In my own case I cannot trace it back to any mental or psychol... ...Dutch coast presumably. Distance, eight miles. The evidence of such impla- cable animosity deprived me of speech for quite half a minute. “Well,” he s... ...e I ever laid my hand! The name—I read it letter by letter on the bow—was “James Westoll.” Not very romantic you will say. The name of a very consider... ..., well-known and universally respected North-country shipowner, I believe. James Westoll! What better name could an honourable hard-working ship have?... ...lashy jig in the wash of the wake and turning in my seat I fol- lowed the “James Westoll” with my eyes. Before she had gone in a quarter of a mile she...

Full Text Search Details
...ef, that he should employ the dormant energies of the crew in hauling both cables up on deck and turning them end for end. 18 A Personal Record For a... ... us to be stuck on the river- side outskirts of Rouen, but I know that the cables got hauled up and turned end for end according to my satanic suggest... ...ated exist- ence, following faithfully, too, the traced way of an inexpli- cable impulse. It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of c... ...tem of testing resourcefulness came into play again. “But there’s only one cable. Y ou’ve lost the other.” It was exasperating. “Then I would back the... ...de I ever laid my hand! The name—I read it letter by letter on the bow—was James Westoll. Not very romantic, you will say. The name of a very consider... ...ell-known, and universally respected North country ship- owner, I believe. James W estoll! What better name could an honourable hard-working ship have... ...lashy jig in the wash of the wake; and, turning in my seat, I followed the James Westoll with my eyes. Before she had gone in a quarter of a mile she ...

Full Text Search Details
...court back again; but you shall have more steamers, a railway, a telegraph-cable—a future in the great world which is worth infinitely more than any a... ...he time he lived in London as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James. He did not like tea; and, usually, rocking his American chair, his n... ...rances had not changed then as they have changed since, as I am told, with cable cars running along the streets of the Constitution, and carriage road... ...cantly, “of which I, having been in my time accredited to the Court of St. James, am able to speak with some knowledge.” Only then Sir John thought fi... ... army of Cayta! The moral effect should be kept up in the country. We must cable encouraging extracts to Eu- rope and the United States to maintain a ... ...t once. Look how complete it is now! The news of Barrios’ movement will be cabled to the United States, and only in that way will it reach Sta. Marta ... ...to the United States, and only in that way will it reach Sta. Marta by the cable from the other seaboard. We have the greatest riches, the greatest fe...

Full Text Search Details
... W. GRIMES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D.C., Oc- tober 29, 1863. HON. JAMES W. GRIMES. MY DEAR SIR :—The above act of Congress was passed, as I s... ... H. HACKETT [Private.] EXECUTIVE MAN- SION, W ASHINGTON, November 2, 1863. JAMES H. HACKETT. MY DEAR SIR:—Y ours of October 22d is received, as also w... .... 18 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven TELEGRAM to E. H. AND E. JAMESON. WAR DE- PARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 13, 1863. E. H. and ... ...ESON. WAR DE- PARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 13, 1863. E. H. and E. JAMESON, Jefferson City, Mo.: Y ours saying Brown and Henderson are elected... ...hanging the general features of the system, secure to the greatest practi- cable extent its benefits to those who have left their homes in the defense... ...December 11, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of the Potomac: Lieut. Col. James B. Knox, Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, offers his resignation...

Full Text Search Details
... ruined the hopes of the Stewarts in Ireland, Sir Ulick Burke had attended James II. in his flight from Waterford; and his wife had followed him, atte... ...ch. Sir Ulick was an intimate friend of one of the noblest men of the day, James Fitz-James, Marshal Duke of Berwick, who united military talent, almo... ...ore they con- vinced themselves that the large vessel had disappeared. The cable must have parted in the night, and they were running with bare poles ... ...e the best names he has for them,’ rejoined Lanty. ‘See! They have cut the cable! Are we not to wait for the other man who swam ashore?’ So it was. A ... ...ry, and ready to serve King George.’ Arthur’s face lighted up. ‘Will it be James Hope of Ryelands, or Dickie Hope of the Lynn, or—?’ Captain Beresford...

Full Text Search Details
...dual remained undiminished. 10 The proprietor of the ground, the late Sir James Naesmith, baronet, chanced to pass this singular dwelling, which, hav... ... than a hundred years, by the peaceful union of the crowns in the reign of James the First of Great Britain. Still the country retained 21 traces of ... ...ered that the party of ruffians had been heard to say they were acting for James VIII., and were charged to disarm all rebels. Others had heard Westbu... ...The independence of Scotland, and the health of our lawful sovereign, King James the Eighth, now landed in Lothian, and, as I trust and believe, in fu... ...u are one of the company of, ad- venturers doing business for the house of James and Com- pany, late merchants in London, now in Dunkirk, I think it r... ... from the rest of mankind, I cannot describe to you; it was as if the last cable at which the vessel rode had suddenly parted, and left her abandoned ...

Full Text Search Details
...r him. Mr. William was there, giving a farewell dinner to his friend Mr. James (now Sir James). These two asked Mr. Titmarsh to join company with t... ... company with them, and the conversation naturally fell upon the tour Mr. James was about to take. The Peninsular and Oriental Company had arranged a... ... the charms of such a journey were elo- quently impressed upon him by Mr. James. “Come,” said that kind and hospitable gentleman, “and make one of my... ...he en- thusiasm somehow rose, and the difficulties vanished. But when Mr. James, to crown all, said he had no doubt that his friends, the Directors o... ...ise or vile smell of powder), and he be saluted on the deck as Admiral Sir James, or Sir Joseph—ay, or Lord Vis- count Bundy, knight of all the orders... ...ls of peace and good-humour were restored to us. On the 3rd of October our cable rushed with a huge rattle into the blue sea before Jaffa, at a distan...

Full Text Search Details
...ons had made their chief centres of insurrection. The little town of Saint-James, between Pontorson and Fougeres was occupied by them, apparently for ... ...r Mademoiselle de Verneuil was the dupe or the accomplice of this inexpli- cable state of things. But an unforeseen event precipitated a 130 The Chou... ...gh- tily; “you will scandalize all Brittany if you give that ball at Saint James. It is preaching, not dancing, which will rouse our villagers. Take g... ... language,” she said, “and talk seriously. You are to give a ball at Saint-James. I hear that your headquarters, arsenals, and base of supplies are th... ...do not know how it came about that they committed it. “I am going to Saint-James, to a ball the Chouans give to- morrow night, and—” “But,” said Coren... ...e-Chopine, who had risen hastily, put out his head. “I wish to go to Saint-James,” said Marie, showing the Gars’ glove. “Monsieur le Comte de Bauvan t...

Full Text Search Details
...r friend as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO J. W. SOMERS. SPRINGFIELD, June 25, 1858. JAMES W. SOMERS, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—Y ours of the 22nd, inclosing a draft of... ...y and Ohio, I repeat as between Indiana and Kentucky: it is equally appli- cable. One additional argument is applicable also to Indiana. In her Territ... ...ent to control as to slavery in Fed- eral territory. The other of the four—James McHenry voted against the prohibition, showing that, for some cause, ... ...ge Claimer, Ri- chard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, James Madison. This shows that, in their understanding, no line dividing lo... ...letter to a Kansas delegate.] TO J. W. SOMERS. SPRINGFIELD, March 17, 1860 JAMES W. SOMERS, Esq. DEAR SIR:—Reaching home three days ago, I found your ... ...essary for that purpose by yourself, by Messrs. Oliver F. Ferny, John How, James O. Broadhead, Samuel T. Glover, J. Wilzie, Francis P . Blair, Jr., pr...

Full Text Search Details
...home from school for the holidays. They were called, respectively, Charles James, Henry, and Samuel. The two younger (there were five in all) were gir... ...racter, and each his separate admirers among the doctor’s friends. Charles James was an exact and careful boy; he never committed himself; he well kne... ... though young, was sharp; he could not assume the stiff decorum of Charles James, nor could he fight like Henry; but he was a perfect master of his ow... ...declared that he was a false, cunning creature; and Charles 68 The Warden James, though he always spoke of him as his dear brother Samuel, was not sl... ...te she disappeared: and I never could make companions of the boys. Charles James, though he always looked as though there was something in him, never ... ...one short week would God resume his soul, and set it apart for its irrevo- cable doom; seven more tedious days and nights of sense- less inactivity, a...

Full Text Search Details
...s a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end. The curve of the hill made them seem a little ou... ... angel up to the great drawing-room. In the drawing-room he found only Sir James Mounce, the man who knew the novels of Sir Walter Scott by heart and ... ...nt away there would be no hold left upon the ordinary things of life. “Sir James,” he said, “I was wondering the other day when was the exact date of ... ...e of the earliest public ascription of W averley to Scott.” “Eh!” said Sir James, “but I’d like to talk that over with ye. Indeed I would. It would be... ... still further changed. He no longer felt that God was in Pall Mall or St. James’s Park, whither he resorted to walk and muse. He felt now that God wa... ...7 H G Wells The world had become opaque and real again as he walked up St. James’s Street and past the Ritz. He had a feeling that he was taking an af...

Full Text Search Details
...erhumanly prompt and regular. On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shav- ing-water ... ...unded on the door of the cosy apartment where Phileas Fogg was seated, and James Forster, the dismissed servant, appeared. “The new servant,” said he.... ... going out. He heard it shut again; it was his 7 Jules Verne predecessor, James Forster, departing in his turn. Passepartout remained alone in the ho... ...ed about to give up all hope, when he espied, an- chored at the Battery, a cable’s length off at most, a trading vessel, with a screw, well-shaped, wh... ...sh pub- lic opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh.... ... their eyes! Where was he at this moment? The 17th of December, the day of James Strand’s arrest, was the seventy-sixth since Phileas Fogg’s de- partu...

Full Text Search Details
...their order, hanging up outside. These were succeeded by anchor and chain- cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long. Then... ... am your near relation, and can’t detach myself from that—’ ‘Say disgrace, James,’ interposed the other in a low voice, finding that he stammered for ... ...ce with trust and confidence, John Carker?’ ‘No,’ returned the other. ‘No, James. God knows I have no such thought.’ ‘What is your thought, then?’ sai... ...y way? Haven’ t you injured me enough already?’ ‘I have never injured you, James, wilfully.’ ‘You are my brother,’ said the Manager. ‘That’s injury en... ...other,’ said the Manager. ‘That’s injury enough.’ ‘I wish I could undo it, James.’ ‘I wish you could and would.’ During this conversation, Walter had ... ...e so) whether he claims to be, or is, an object of such strong interest.’ ‘James, do me justice,’ said his brother. ‘I have claimed noth- ing; and I c... ...y such violent expression as ‘breaking up,’ would have been quite inappli- cable to that polite establishment. The young gentlemen oozed away , semi-a...

Full Text Search Details
... work damnably.” “Exact—” The doctor checked himself . “All that is expli- cable. Indeed it is. Listen for a moment to me! Consider what you are. Cons... ...nder a modern upbringing ever goes through the stuffy horrors described in James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.” “I’ve not read it.” “... ...?” “Perhaps I only persuaded myself that I had. I had been reading William James on religious experiences and I was thinking very much of Conversion. ... ...reasted for instance. He comes sometimes to my father’s house. And there’s James Harvey Robinson and Pro- fessor Hutton Webster. They’ve been trying t...

Full Text Search Details
...alising con- troversies. Quite early in life I acquired an almost ineradi- cable sense of the unscientific perversity of Nature and the impassable gul... ... I was rough-minded, 182 The New Machiavelli to use the phrase of William James, primary and intuitive and illogical; she was tender-minded, logical,... ...it. So I was able to shake off that earlier fear of some final and irrevo- cable destruction truncating all my schemes. At the most, a European war wo... ...e ends I sought in my change of sides. It must have seemed to her inexpli- cable perversity. She had, I knew—for surely I knew it then— an immense cap... ..., doubtful people, subtle people, and the like— the kind of people William James writes of as “tough-minded,” go on beyond this methodical happiness, ... ... the Barham’s, and Lord Barham and I came down from the di- rection of St. James’s Park into a crowd and a confusion out- side the Caxton Hall. We fou...

Full Text Search Details
...going to Heidelberg on a raft. Will you venture with me?” Their faces paled a little, but they assented with as good a grace as they could. Harris wan... ...So I char- tered the raft and the crew and took all the responsibilities on myself. With a rattling song the starboard watch bent to their work and ho... ... and natural effects in those lurid explosions of mixed smoke and flame, and crimson sunset glories; it reconciles him—and me, now—to the float- ing o... ... chilly business. A few stars were shining, but the general heavens were overcast, and the great shaft 219 A Tramp Abroad of the Matterhorn was drape... ...and sure enough, far up, on the loftiest terraces of the Grand Plateau, the three pygmies appeared, climbing with remark- *Sir George Young and his br...

Full Text Search Details
...s and doublets, and angry, bleeding faces, all mixed up together in inextri cable disorder. The design of the people was to force Master Graham to ta... ...be com fortably and snugly buried. You may be sure that in the time of King James the First, Windsor was a very quaint queer old town, and you may ta...