...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication L... ...leridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Joh... ...ge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Col... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e boy’s sharp, stormy gusts of passion, and his mother’s steady refusal to listen to his ‘I will be good’ until she saw that he was really sorry for t... ... year that the Rev. George Augustus Selwyn was appointed to the diocese of New Zealand. Mrs. Selwyn’s parents had always been inti- mate with the Patt... ...r that the Rev. George Augustus Selwyn was appointed to the diocese of New Zealand. Mrs. Selwyn’s parents had always been inti- mate with the Patteson... ...s, so far as can be judged, exactly those most requisite for work in large towns. He could deal with individuals bet- ter than with masses, and his me...

...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...

...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Bo... ...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden... ...RLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... of berths in the ship’s cabin in which the wounded were to be conveyed to New York. Still thrilling with the suffering of being carried from the fiel... ...eighbor- ing farms lost not one lamb through their violence. Some at least listened to the song of their warlike minstrel: ‘Come, ye children, and hea... ...s were ill drawn up, and were at once broken. Some fled to V eii and other towns, many were drowned in crossing the Tiber, and it was but a few who sh... ...ow-arched, rough stone portal of the newly built cathedral of Roskilde, in Zealand, where, if a zigzag surrounds the arch, it is a great effort of gen... ...vor; now I beg as a boon to myself, for the sake of the Son of the Blessed Mary, and for your love to me, that you will be merciful to these men!’ For...

...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

...My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Publication My Young A... ...My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Publication My Young Alcides A Fade... ...My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...thern tongue, and gave great offence to his lord- ship, who was used to be listened to with a sort of feudal deference. He was of the fierce old Norse... ...of home—my father did not like it, you see—and Aunt Alice had moved off to New Zealand, so that we could not go and talk about it to her. Mr. Smith ha... ...ome—my father did not like it, you see—and Aunt Alice had moved off to New Zealand, so that we could not go and talk about it to her. Mr. Smith has go... ...s to be interested in my nephews. Mycening is one of the prettiest country towns I know, at least it was twenty years ago. There is a very wide street...

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...Modern Broods or Developments Unlooked For By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication M... ...Modern Broods or Developments Unlooked For By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modern Broo... ...Modern Broods or Developments Unlooked For By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modern Broods, o... ...roods, or Developments Unlooked For by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...be said of the room, where heavy old-fashioned furniture, handsome but not new, was concealed by various flimsy modernisms, knicknacks, fans, brackets... ...Mrs. Best. She was glad that at the moment the sound of the piano set them listening. She did not feel bound to mention to “sister” any more than she ... ...a letter which filled her with a fresh idea. It was from her father in New Zealand, telling her that there was an opening for her to come and give a c... ... a course of lectures on electricity at Canterbury, Auckland and the other towns, and proposing to her to come out with her lady assistant, when she m...

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...The T wo Sides of the Shield By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The... ...The T wo Sides of the Shield By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Sides of... .... Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...nwel- come; while I have tried to make the story stand indepen- dently for new readers, unacquainted with the tale in which Lady Merrifield and her br... ... I believe; but she has married a sailor captain and gone to settle in New Zealand, and I have not seen her since I was a very little girl. Then there... ...really keep house.’ ‘And then you’ll come back here?’ ‘Do you know, Maudie—listen—I’ve another uncle, be- longing to mother.’ ‘Oh, Dolly! I thought sh... ...Provi- dence of the household. Then father would look at her, and say, ‘My Mary again!’ and he would take her home, and talk to her with the free conf... ... with her father to strange countries, away from lessons, and masters, and towns. It would be almost as good as Leila on the island. As to the Beechcr...

...Preface: It is sometimes treated as an impertinence to revive the personages of one story in another, even though it is after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. This precedent is, however, a true impertinence in calling on the very grea...

...Nuttie’s Father by Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Nuttie’s Father ... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Nuttie’s Father Nuttie’s Father by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...on Nuttie’s Father Nuttie’s Father by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... Our people aren’t ready for that, but what they have let it be real. Miss Mary, don’t you see what I mean?’ ‘Rather better than Miss Egremont herself... ... Miss Mary. ‘So it was with the last regime’, said the vicar; ‘but now the new people are come I expect great things from them. I hear they are very f... ...otte M. Young man much nearer his end than he proved to be. I declare as I listened, it came near to hearing him say he had sold his soul to Satan! Fr... ...in correspondence with agencies and depots in London and all the principal towns in the kingdom. Gerard Godfrey was there,—casting looks askance at th... ...migrate!’ ‘Ah, if we could!’ said Annaple. ‘Ronald is doing so well in New Zealand, but I don’t think my mother could spare me. She could not come out...

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...THE CAGED LION by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion b... ...nge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ed at entrance, as if supposing the old man asleep; and at a slow pace the new-comer crossed the hall to the chimney, where he stood by the fire, warm... ...se.’ ‘The old purpose, Malcolm? Nay, that hath been answered before.’ ‘But listen, listen, dear Uncle. I have not spoken of it for a full year now. So... ... commodity of landing there may be on the coast?’ Malcolm had the sea-port towns at his fingers’ ends, and having in the hard process of translation, ... ...pindle side!’ ‘What are her lands?’ asked Malcolm. ‘Hainault, Holland, and Zealand,’ replied the lady. ‘Her father was Count of Hainault, her mother t... ...aris, where young James Kennedy—son to Sir James Kennedy of Dunure, and to Mary, an elder sister of the King—was studying with ex- ceeding zeal. Both ...

...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

...Young Folks’ History of England By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ H... ...Young Folks’ History of England By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of Eng... ...te M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ............................................................. 76 CHAPTER XXIX MARY I. A.D. 1553—1588 ....................................................... ... Romans made beautiful straight roads all over the country, and they built towns. Almost all the towns whose names end in chester were begun by the Ro... ...e, with a letter to King Ethelbert and Queen Bertha, and asked the King to listen to him. Ethelbert met Augustine in the open air, under a tree at Can... ...me one going off as a Sea-King, with all his friends, and trying to gain a new home in some fresh country. One great party of Northmen under a very ta... ...nd went to settle in Canada, and Australia, and Van Dieman’s Land, and New Zealand, making, in all these distant places, the new English homes called ...

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...Contents Young Folks? History of England ..................................... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418........

...The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The... ...The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Daisy Chain,... ...on The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsyl- vania State... ...y would be no protection. Harry would be getting into scrapes, and you and Mary run- ning wild.” “I wish Richard was at home! “ said Flora. “I know!” ... ...“It is unlucky,” began the governess, but stopped at the incursion of some new-comers, nearly tumbling over each other, Ethel at the head of them. “Oh... ... fire, looking heavy and ill, while others of different ages lounged about listlessly. She was not untidy, but very pale, and she spoke in a meek, sub... ...r. Dr. May was an only son, and his wife’s sister, Mrs. Arnott, was in New Zealand; her brother had long been dead, and his widow, who lived in Edinbu... ...ad been made by the good old gener- ous-hearted man who loved his town and townspeople, and would have heard with shame and anger of a stranger, a new...

...Preface: No one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the ?tale? for the young, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both....