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...Excerpt: MONCRIEF HOUSE, Panley Common. Scholastic establishment for the sons of gentlemen, etc. Panley Common, viewed from the back windows of Moncrief House, is a tract of grass, furze and rushes, stretching away to the western horizon....

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...ication Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...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... ...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... ...lage consisted of a High Street, with an old-fash- ioned inn at one end, a modern railway station and bridge at the other, and a pump and pound midway... ...y disposition, employed herself as a teacher of the scientific fashions in modern female educa- tion, rumors of which had already reached Wiltstoken. ... ...her the moment she came upon the platform as the Hermes of the day before, modernized by a straw hat, a canary-colored scarf, and a suit of a minute b... ... hat, and carrying a roll of writing materials. “I am going to the British Museum to read,” said she. “T o walk!—alone!” said Lucian, looking at her c... ... sort. On my word, if you do not confess quickly, I will hurry away to the museum.” “I cannot find a suitable form of expression,” said Lucian, 102 C... ... Street, and Lydia tacitly concluded the conference by turning towards the museum, and beginning to talk upon indifferent subjects. At the corner of R...