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... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfactoid Sam Vaknin, Ph... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...ms her functions. http://www.lingolex.com/ants.htm http://ant.edb.miyakyo- u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_02.html Appendix The appen... ...umRel/BlackHoles.html http://cfpa.berkeley.edu/BHfaq.html http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bh_home.html Bolivar, Simon Simon Boli... ...Pius V failed to restore the essential correspondence between the calendar and the seasons. Pope Gregory XIII decided - in his tenth year in off... ... pair of bodies for a Verthingall of crymsen Grosgrain." Queen Elizabeth had these listed in her garderobe: "A payre of bodies of black cloth of s... ...ss of such risks. On April 18, 2002 a small airplane ran into the 26th floor of Milan's tallest building, the Pirelli Tower. Three people were k... ...tiny hamlet and the son of an innkeeper and farmer, he was snootily rejected by the Milan Conservatory due to his "advanced age" and "poor playing ...

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The coming of the Messiah.

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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essentia...

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...ART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE.....137 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.....143 THE COMING OF MESSIAH...151 CHAPTER I.....151 CHAPTER II....160 CHAPTER III....163 CHAPTER IV....167 CHAPTER V.....168 ARTICLE I.......

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...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ... words which our Lord spake upon the earth, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye ... ... it seemed to me like taking an advantage of the honest, well-meaning man, to enter the lists against him, unaccoutred as he was. Besides, I was so ... ...n and restoration at the coming of Messiah; by one of whom was given also the times and seasons thereof, exactly numbered and set off; so it is anal... ...that it is but labour in vain to study it otherwise, and that it is time wasted even to listen to the wild and visionary hypothesis which every one w... ... obstinate and most dangerous Arians. The second in the year 372, in which Auxentius of Milan, the predecessor of St. Ambrose was deposed, and the co... ...ontinet alienum ab evangelica doctrina, qmæ docet nullum post resurrectionem fore maris ac femirnæ coitum, nullnm cibi potusque usum, nullum denique... ...andem futura; nobis certé necessum arbitror advensus istum, quem dico Nepotern, perinde ac si præsto adesset acuta ratione disceptare. 23 Adversu...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

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...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ...ees, then sat next to him. The door had shut itself and we were alone. We listened to each other’s breathing and his hand sought mine and climbed my... ...aeus and some friends to supper. We sat around the courtyard fountain and listened to the harpists playing under the burning lamps. Libus, Nanno, Su... ... rarely seen a girl of such grace, not the childish grace of some, but the ac- SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 29 complished grace of true femininity. As the ... .... The bay, mirror-smooth, seemed utterly innocent of piracy and death. It ac- cused us of our own folly. Alone in my room, I reviewed the raid, our ... ...aten by termites... how well I remember that dream. I remember a fat Milanese who used to haunt me while I was decorating the walls and ceiling... ...lock of ducks along the Loire; I asked the same questions in Florence, in Milan, in Rome. If we ask questions we can eventually achieve some kind of... .... I ate only fruit and nuts, but fruit is often scarce in Rome at certain seasons. Rafael was friendly; Paciola was faithful; Bramante was friendly....

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...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 connect...

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...... ...liographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serv... ...it to protect every liv­ ing thing, even the huge black beetle that scared him. Listening to his grandfather, he wondered how anyone could protect a... ...g brave." 'Richard's grandfather was only one-quarter Suquamish Indian, but to listen to him he was a full blooded Chief. Richard's father, who had... ...n upbeat tone, "One week from today we'll have the press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills ... Oh, and, Mr. Hill, make it an ele... ...he most of it. He also knew that he would never go back. Aaron made his way to Milan by working odd-jobs. He got his first real break when he was h... ...irst real break when he was hired to work in the gold fields in the hills above Milan. Aaron possessed an unusual talent - he could convince people ... ...interested in being Third World or emerging countries. They want a piece of the ac­ tion. They want what we've got, and they'll blackmail the hell o... ... or not choose to participate. No one will challenge your decision. You will be ac­ cepted as a brother who could not accept the plea of the Great S...

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... Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith 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... ...rapped about in long loose woollen stuff, but the youth was dressed like a Milanese cavalier of the first quality, and was evidently one who would hav... ...Old legs must be the pupils of young ones mark that piece of humility, and listen with respectfulness to an old head by-and-by.” It was the autumn ant... ...Our king, signore!” The mountaineer waved his finger as from Novara toward Milan. Agostino seemed to awaken swiftly from his disguise of an absolute g... ...ng of the buttoned coat across his chest, the air as of one who waited and listened, which distinguished his figure, detracted from the promise of oth... ...chooling to his service. “Did that Austrian officer, who is an Englishman, ac- quainted with the Signor Antonio-Pericles, meet the lady, his sister, o... ...s already rageing between the Veronese ladies and the officers of Austria. Ac- cording to the Gallic Terpsichorean code, a lady who per- mits herself ... ..., the con- spiracy for Italian freedom would not have crowed for many long seasons; the torch would have been ready, but not the 158 Vittoria magazin...

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...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott 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... .... CHAPTER II. TIMES OF DANGER have always, and in a peculiar degree, their seasons of good-will and security; and this was particularly so in the anci... ...poken,” he said, instantly composing himself to his usual serene gravity; “List to a Frank, and hear a fable.” “Thou art not courteous, misbeliever,” ... ...where it sunk into the ground and disappeared, its refreshing presence was ac- knowledged by a carpet of velvet verdure. In this delightful spot the t... ... religion, neither sex nor age, in their depredations. The Scottish knight listened with indifference to the ac- counts of ravages committed by wild b... ... their depredations. The Scottish knight listened with indifference to the ac- counts of ravages committed by wild beasts or wicked men, secure as he ... ...nneth’s lance had pierced through the shield, through a plated corselet of Milan steel, through a secret, or coat of linked mail, worn beneath the cor...

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...Excerpt: PART I. It rose for them--their honey-moon--over the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting of their own. ?It required a total lack of humour, or as great a gift for it as ours, to r...

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... Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...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... ...t Susy Branch had given him. Apart from the pleasure of looking at her and listening to her—of enjoying in her what others less discriminatingly but a... ...Y ork after his break with Susy, the weary grind on his last articles, his listless speculations as to the cheapest and least boring way of disposing ... ...s, I believe we can just manage it.” “Manage what?” “To catch the train at Milan—if we start in the motor at ten sharp.” He stared. “The motor? What m... ...Como till this evening. He simply jumped at the idea of running us over to Milan.” “Good Lord—” said Lansing, when she stopped. She sprang up from the... ...rresistible invita- tion. If only her daughter had known how nearly he had ac- cepted it! “It was a dreadful temptation,” he said, smiling. “To go wit... ... unconcealed and unconditional dependence on rich friends, the role of the ac- knowledged hangers-on? Was there no other possible solu- tion, no new w... ...s always going. And there are little things— there’s music in Paris at all seasons. And later it’s just possible 98 The Glimpses of the Moon we may g...

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Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

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.................................. 7 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839. ......................... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824...................................................................

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...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 1 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 1 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ...Editor’s Notes at the 9 Shelley end of the V olume 3 the reader will find lists of the punctual variations in the longer poems, by means of which the... ...brary Edition of the “Poetical Works” published in the same year. See the “List of Editions”, etc. at the end of Volume 3.); but, important as his edi... ...ndation, I cannot do better than quote the following succinct and luminous ac- count from a “Causerie” on the Shelley manuscripts in the Bodleian Libr... ...ometheus Unbound” and “Rosalind and Helen”, together with the pieces which ac- companied them, “Epipsychidion”, “Hellas”, and “Swellfoot the Tyrant”. ... ...s if spell-bound, had made A natural couch of leaves in that recess, Which seasons none disturbed, but, in the shade _2580 Of flowering para... ... Italy, avoiding even Paris, and did not make any pause till he arrived at Milan. The first aspect of Italy enchanted Shelley; it seemed a garden of d... ...: such fascinated the abstract imagination of Shelley. We spent a month at Milan, visiting the Lake of Como during that interval. Thence we passed in ...

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Excerpt: One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith.

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Excerpt: Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

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...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... ...s all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed. Perhaps it is proof of the stunted condition in which pure Science,... ...joyed, what not three men Weissnichtwo could boast of, a certain degree of ac- cess to the Professor’s private domicile. It was the attic floor of the... ...old calmness and fixedness was visible. These were the Professor’s talking seasons: most com- monly he spoke in mere monosyllables, or sat altogether ... ...her silent and smoked; while the visitor had liberty either to say what he listed, receiving for answer an occasional grunt; or to look round for a sp... ...pths. More specially may it now be declared that Professor Teufelsdrockh’s ac- quirements, patience of research, philosophic and even poetic vigor, ar... ...tion:— “With men of a speculative turn,” writes Teufelsdrockh, “there come seasons, meditative, sweet, yet awful hours, when in wonder and fear you as... ...have not I wit- nessed? Kings sweated down (ausgemergelt) into Berlin- and-Milan Customhouse-Officers; the World well won, and the World well lost; of...

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... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles D... ... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free... ...ng in my idle manner of Tippoo-Sahib and Charles Lamb, and had got past my little wooden midshipman, after affection- ately patting him on one leg of ... ...ble in its union of vastness with compactness. The stage itself, and all its appurtenances of machinery, cellarage, height and breadth, are on a scale... ... when, or why, or cares about us. We all know this hotel, where we have no individuality, but put ourselves into the general post, as it were, and are... ... have expected to get for the money. It was fitted up with a platform, and the usual lecturing tools, including a large black board of a menacing appe... ... trying to pick out the prettiest sister (for which I am far from blaming him), somebody cried, Hark! The man below must be playing Blindman’s Buff by... ...d, are doing penance for their grimness in white sheets. The light-weight of shrewd appearance, with one eye always shut up, as if he were eating a sh... ...own yourself in a pail!’ Charles Dickens 240 CHAPTER XXV THE BOILED BEEF OF NEW ENGLAND T HE SHABBINESS OF OUR English capital, as compared with Pari...

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Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

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............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE .....................................................

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...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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...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 absolutism and feudalism we...

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