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Excerpt: Plutarch?s Lives -- Volume One. translated by Arthur Hugh Clough.

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...ion tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electro... ............. 914 914 914 914 914 5 Plutarch’s Lives Plutarch’s Lives Volume One T T T T Translated b ranslated b ranslated b ranslated b ranslated by A... ...seem to have proceeded from fortune; so that, so far, a man would give his vote on Theseus’s part. But Romulus has, first of all, one great plea, that... ...azein the people betwixt Babyca and Cnacion, there propound and put to the vote. The commons have the final voice and decision. “ By phyles and obes a... ... in the basin, the suitor was rejected, so desirous were they that all the members of the company should be agreeable to each other. The basin was cal... ...by their zeal and public spirit carried all but out of themselves, and de- voted wholly to their country. What their sentiments were will better appea... ...rosecute the wrongdoer; intend- ing by this to accustom the citizens, like members of the same body, to resent and be sensible of one another’s inju- ... ... Areopagus of those who had been yearly archons, of which he himself was a member there- fore, observing that the people, now free from their debts, w...

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...n in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...as not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there ... ...ary word. It is rather an ingenious contrivance to make the description of one town the frame for events which happened in another; and several times ... ...y, Madame Marion herself, now ordered the two maids to place the chairs at one end of the salon, four rows deep, leaving between the rows a space of a... ...ight, for twenty-four years, the whole society of Arcis-sur-Aube, a single one of my regular visitors fails us on this occasion—” began the old lady, ... ...refully the radical candidate would be able to secure some thirty or forty votes. A few of the townspeople, humiliated at seeing their town always 11... ...did not know the intentions of the Comte de Gondreville, he should himself vote for Charles Keller and employ his influence for that election. As soon... ...d not been the son of an ardent Bonapartist, he belonged to a family whose members had justly incurred the animosity of the Cinq-Cygne family, owing t... ...ng a demo- crat? T o me, progress is fraternity re-established between the members of the great French family. We cannot conceal from ourselves that m... ...at seigneurs, ministers, and ambassadors. He dined habitually with all the members of the diplomatic body . He fought duels, and had killed two or thr...

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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...antes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote: Part ... ...or the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed., the Pennsylva- ni... ...antes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part One TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE I: ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION It was with considerable... ...hether it has might or not, that which it may or may not have shall be de- voted to your service even to death; and now, leaving this to its proper se... ...mplain of thyself for having been the cause of her ruin and thine own. Re- member there is no jewel in the world so precious as a chaste and 292 Don ... ...said, may have given no cause for them; for as the pain of the foot or any member of the body is felt by the whole body, because all is one flesh, as ... ...mo’s house could have entered it on Leonela’s account, nor did he even re- member there was such a person as Leonela; all he thought was that as Camil... ...f this matter; and that we may have surer ground to go on, I will take the votes of the gentlemen in secret, and declare the result clearly and fully.... .... All laughed to see Don Fernando going from one to another collecting the votes, and whis- pering to them to give him their private opinion whether t...

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...Excerpt: Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympa...

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...arine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To Constance-Victoire. Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pl... ...ious questions,—questions which ought to be kept out of it for the sake of one so pious as yourself; and also because of what a great writer has latel... ...ages, like that described in “Fame and Sorrow” (Scenes from Private Life), one or two specimens of which exist to the present day; some- times a house... ...she should never marry; consequently, neither he nor his wife, persons de- voted to the main chance, would ever allow themselves to find fault with Br... ...vited to dinner. Madame Colleville was, as a woman, the most distinguished member of this society, just as Minard junior and Professor Phellion were s... ...le in the vivacious ar- gument which now ensued. The matter related to the vote by which the Chamber of Deputies had just overthrown the ministry of t... ...partment on the third floor, with the furniture rigorously required by all members of his noble profession,—for the guild of barristers admits no brot... ...use you’ll draw me after you. Well, here’s my plan. We are soon to elect a member of the council-general from this arrondissement; and that member mus... ...ment when the Chamber is re-elected, which must surely be before long. The votes that elect you to the municipal council will stand by you in the elec...

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...Excerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated youth who had looked forward to the delights of an elopement, must have found the continual presence of Gentil, the ma...

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...ge NOTE A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, T wo Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend... ... Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may... ...ake these sacrifices for a young man whom you have as yet compared with no one else; he, on his 6 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris side, has been ... ...own value, nor a profound esteem for his neigh- bor; and finally, as every member of the circle felt that he could afford to receive or to give, no on... ... of manuscripts, and a special office for reading them, and a committee to vote on their merits, with numbered counters for those who attend, and a pe... ...ant analysis, seemed so far greater in his eyes than the grave and earnest members of the brotherhood. And besides all this, he was reveling in his fi... ...e; all the social pettiness hitherto trodden under foot by the worker, the member of the brotherhood, sprang up again afresh in his soul. Now he under...

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...meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna?s saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer. It was his habit to leave the pitcher there on his way to dinner....

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...t pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna’s saloon and bought a pitcher of ... ...as an overworked drudge, fiery and energetic for all that, filled with the one idea of having her son rise in life and enter a profession. The chance ... ...ooks, but he was too hopelessly stupid to get much benefit from them. Then one day at San Francisco had come the news of his mother’s death; she had l... ... 35 Frank Norris side of her diseased imagination? Was Maria actually re- membering some reality of a childhood of barbaric luxury? Were her parents ... ...litary aspect, full of importance, taking himself very seriously. He was a member of a rifle team. Over his shoulder was slung a Springfield rifle, wh... ... be got. 94 McTeague “There’s Uncle Oelbermann,” Trina had suggested, re- membering the rich relative who had the wholesale toy store in the Mission.... ...onvictions—it was not fair to deprive tax-paying women of the privilege to vote; a university education should not be a prerequisite for admission to ...

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...g Paris to his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese....

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...fying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name... ...charming things with which no doubt you have surrounded yourself, but like one of those fine figures due to Raffaelle, Titian, Correggio, Allori, whic... ...voted servant, De Balzac. 4 A Daughter of Eve CHAPTER I THE TWO MARIES IN ONE OF THE FINEST HOUSES of the rue Neuve-des-Mathurins, at half-past eleve... ...e engrossed in a round of other inter- 12 A Daughter of Eve ests. All the members of such a family live disunited, forget- ting one another, bound to... ...er Rastignac nor de Marsay had allowed to transpire. The indiscretion of a member of the government had revealed to the actress the coming dissolution... ...gravely. “Raoul will certainly be elected deputy. As soon as the budget is voted the dissolution is sure to take place.” But Nathan, sued, could no lo... ...ve up his place on the newspaper; and the celebrated man received but five votes in the electoral col- 105 Balzac lege where the banker was elected. ... ...antry A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Another Study of Woman The Member for Arcis Bruel, Jean Francois du A Bachelor’s Establishment The...

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...nd regard attaching something of interest to matters ever so slightly connected with my fortunes or my speculations, even my place of residence might one day have a kind of charm for them. Bearing this possible contingency in mind, I wish them to understand, in the outset, that they must never expect to know it....

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...cted with my fortunes or my specula tions, even my place of residence might one day have a kind of charm for them. Bearing this possible contin genc... ... can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family. But for many years I have led a lonely, so... ... never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family. But for many years I have led a lonely, solita... ...dear to me. The moth and spider are my constant tenants; for in my house the one basks in his long sleep, and the other plies his busy loom secure and... ...erson the dignities of wholesale fruiterer, alderman, common councilman, and member of the worshipful Company of Patten makers; who had superadded to ... ...s, as it was proper that a wholesale fruiterer, alderman, common councilman, member of the worship ful Company of Patten makers, past sheriff, and, a... ...quite in the House of Lords (for she had married a feeble peer, and made him vote as she liked),—he, this man, this learned recorder, had said, ‘my lo... ...eper of yours; it’s a low subject, damned low. ‘I tell you what, sir. If you vote me into one of those empty chairs, you’ll have among you a man with ... ... to my three friends, who Master Humphrey’s Clock — Dickens 76 unanimously voted his admission into our body. We all looked forward with some impati...

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...ite and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to ... ...y, social and political, between negroes and white men. I recollect of but one distinguished instance that I ever heard of so frequently as to be enti... ... State which forbids the marrying of white people with negroes. I will add one further word, which is this: that I do not understand that there is any... ... proved to be very offen- sive to him. The Judge was at that time out upon one of his speaking tours through the country, and when the news of it reac... ... the reporters that portion of Judge Trumbull’s Alton speech which was de- voted to this matter, and also that portion of Judge Douglas’s speech made ... ...or Kansas, and put in force, with- out giving the people an opportunity to vote upon it, and that Mr. Douglas was in the plot.” I will state, without ... ...s. He says: “I will ask the senator to show me an intimation, from any one member of the Senate, in the whole debate on the Toombs bill, and in the Un... ...nt his face and tell you that he personal1y knows it to be a lie! He was a member of Congress at the only time I was in Congress, and [Ficklin] knows ... ...o, that Washington ever said so, that any President ever said so, that any member of Congress ever said so, or that any living man upon the whole eart...

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...do everything else, and cannot authorize them to prohibit slavery. That is one of the things the court can decide, but can never give an intel- 5 The... ...erently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of 1856, in your district: Counties. Counties. Buchanan. Fremont. ... ... By this you will see, if you go through the calculation, that if they get one quarter of the Fillmore votes, and you three quar- ters, they will beat... ...u go through the calculation, that if they get one quarter of the Fillmore votes, and you three quar- ters, they will beat you 125 votes. If they get ... ...votes, and you three quar- ters, they will beat you 125 votes. If they get one fifth, and you four fifths, you beat them 179. In Madison, alone, if ou... ... beat them 179. In Madison, alone, if our friends get 1000 of the Fillmore votes, and their opponents the re- mainder, 658, we win by just two votes. ... ...er of per- sons who are afterwards to inhabit that Territory, or the other members of the families of communities, of which they are but an incipient ... ...lions of free men. That gen- eration of men, though not to the full extent members of the convention that framed the Constitution, were to some extent... ...embers of the convention that framed the Constitution, were to some extent members of that convention, holding seats at the same time in 73 The Writi...

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...l opportunity University. 3 A Tramp Abroad A TRAMP ABROAD By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) First published in 1880 CHAPTER I: The Knighted Knave of ... ...ty permits this house to belong to private parties, instead of gracing and dignifying herself with the honor of possessing and pro- tecting it. Frankf... ...were nearly always nice enough to take into a body’s lap. And as for the uniforms of the soldiers, they were new- ness and brightness carried to perfe... ...the globe—for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too. The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twent... ... a dozen of them sat to- gether and a lady or a gentleman passed whom one of them knew and saluted, they all rose to their feet and took off their cap... ...each other, but nothing further. For example, when the regular dueling-day of one of the corps approaches, its president calls for volunteers from amo... ...ptains with a frequency accord- ingly. We framed in our minds the usual resolution of thanks and admiration and gratitude, and took the first opportun... ...a hot punch for ourselves, to keep off consump- tion. After supper and punch we had an hour’s soothing smoke while we fought the naval battle over aga... ...med to have any more sense than a dead one. I refer to the ordinary ant, of course; I have had no experience of those wonderful Swiss and African ones...

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...uri, three communications, all similar in import and identical in object. One of them, ad- dressed to nobody, and without place or date, but having t... ...ar operations in East Ten- nessee. These papers contain altogether thirty—one manu- script pages, and one newspaper in extenso, and yet I do not find... ...oyal man has been harmed by reason of being disarmed, or that any disloyal one has harmed anybody by reason of being armed by the Federal or State Gov... ... has made out the certificates, and they are al- ready in the hands of the members. I suggest that they come on with them; but that, for greater caut... ...y answer for one. If you could procure the same to be done for the Oregon member it might be well. A. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE. EXECUTIVE M... ... can serve both the country and himself more profitably than he could as a member of Congress upon the floor. The foregoing is what I would say if Fra... ...evented by his provost-guards. He says that at some of those places Union voters will not attend at all, or run a ticket, unless they have some assur... ...remaining point of your letter is a protest against any person offering to vote being put to any test not found in the laws of Maryland. This brings ... ... same reason in both States, Missouri has, by law, provided a test for the voter with refer- ence to the present rebellion, while Maryland has not. F...

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...e. Long, however, as it had been considered, it was unheeded on account of one more interesting to the general public assembled round the table. “I sa... ...r ashamed; and when Mary brought back the dish replenished with slices, no one said a word as to whether the butter were thick or thin. The silence se... ...y Mr. Henry Merrifield,” said Susan, at last able to speak. “Don’t believe one word, David dear; Hal is laughing at you.” “But how does a pig do it?” ... ..., Susie; we’ll do it all without you, never fear!” “And now,” said Sam, “I vote we have some fun in the garden.” Some readers may be disposed to doubt... ...nd good breeding that mark the gentleman had not been wanting to the elder members of the family. The father of these children was a captain in the na...

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...ess, wasting my energies in the futile beginning of ill-con- ceived books. One does not settle down very readily at two and forty to a new way of livi... ...s to party and faction have faded to insignificance, leav- ing only on the one hand his broad method and concep- tions, and upon the other his intimat... ... that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’s time have come near to one another; it is no simple story of white passions struggling against the... ...st me in them; there was Miss Strickland’s Queens of England, a book I re- member with particular animosity, and Queechy and the Wide Wide World. She ... ...itten. “We ought to keep off fine writing,” said Shoesmith. “It’s cheek. I vote we don’t have any.” “We sha’n’t get any,” said Cossington, and then as... ... the writing,” said Shoesmith. “We don’t want to give ourselves away.” “I vote we ask old T opham to see us through,” said Naylor. Britten groaned al... ...by the nature of things least oppressed by them,—except when it comes to a vote in Convocation. We were still in those days under the shadow of the gr... ...e higher division of the Civil Service, and who had become an enthusiastic member of the London School Board, upon which the cumulative vote and the s... ...voice made her laugh. She told me I had bold eyes, and so far as I can re- member I said she made them bold. “Blue they are,” she 109 H G Wells remar...

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... the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsib... ...rm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All, all are sleeping on the hill. One passed in a fever, One was burned in a mine, One was killed in a brawl,... ...ne passed in a fever, One was burned in a mine, One was killed in a brawl, One died in a jail, One fell from a bridge toiling for children and wife- A... ...wn Marshal THE: Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal When the saloons were voted out, Because when I was a drinking man, Before I joined the church, I... ...en in the street, Amid dust and howls of pain. The tongue may be an unruly member— But silence poisons the soul. Berate me who will—I am content. Nich... ... valiant and honorable blood both. To them I owe all that I became, Judge, member of Congress, leader in the State. From my mother I inherited Vivacit... ...the legislature and was elected. I said to hell with principle and sold my vote On Charles T. Y erkes’ street-car franchise. Of course I was one of th... ...s a sty. I helped to give this heritage To generations yet unborn, with my vote In the House of Representatives, And the lure of the thing was to be a...

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...ntification. This device in some mea- sure defeated itself—since more than one man could be found to answer the same general description. Hence many s... ...al description. Hence many slaves could escape by personating the owner of one set of papers; and this was often done as follows: A slave, nearly or s... ...r otherwise, would return them to the owner. The operation was a hazardous one for the lender as well as for the borrower. A failure on the part of th... ...onduct of those around to inspire me with such interest: they were all de- voted exclusively to what their hands found to do. I am glad to be able to ... ... to bring men into the na- tional councils who deliberate with daggers and vote with revolvers, and who do not even conceal their deadly hate of the c... ...rom which to form an intelligent judg- ment are now before it. Whether its members look at the origin, the progress, the termination of the war, or at... ...be done with a full knowledge that the people expect and re- quire it. The members go to Washington fresh from the in- spiring presence of the people.... ...tion, with the advice and approval of his astute Secretary, soon after the members of the Congress had returned to their constituents, the President q... ...e rights and immunities of citizens of the several States,—so that a legal voter in any State shall be a legal voter in all the States. To return to t...

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...her. The public buildings, too, are very imposing. We consider the town hall one of the finest specimens of shed architecture, extant: it is a combi ... ...of its design is of surpassing beauty. The idea of placing a large window on one side of the door, and a small one on the other, is particularly happy... ...night, for their country’s good. Among this knot of sage and learned men, no one was so eminently distinguished, during many years, for the quiet mode... ...ep till it was over, when he would wake up very much refreshed, and give his vote with the greatest complacency. The fact was, that Nicholas Tulrumble... ...tleman, who was a great stickler for forms, was dissuaded from pro posing a vote of censure on such unaccountable conduct. Strange as it was, however... ...can only state that she arrived there, at the very instant when his detached members were passing through the passage on a small tray. Her shrieks sti... ... hand seal skin cap and a tam bourine; and where a sufficient number of members not having been obtained at first he had patiently waited unt... ...ciation, and at last enjoy the proud consciousness of having its illustrious members amongst us, I trust and hope everything may go off peaceably. I s...

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...r now forgotten celebrity, that she was a phenomenon in the mesmeric line; one of the earliest that had indicated the birth of a new science, or the r... ...rown too numerous to attract much individual notice; nor, in fact, has any one of them come before the public under such skil fully contrived circums... ...dentity, and an absurd rumor (probably set afloat by the exhibitor, and at one time very prevalent) that a beautiful young lady, of fam ily and fortu... ...vely rather mortifying to find myself on the mend ing hand. All the other members of the Community showed me kind ness, according to the full measur... ...DIA MAY DAY—I forget whether by Zenobia’s sole decree, or by the unanimous vote of our community—had been declared a movable festival. It was deferred... ...nd those little wooden instruments for purse making—was as unserviceable a member of soci ety as any young lady in the land. There was no other sort ... ...ospect of many distant hills. The bond of our Community was such, that the members had the privilege of building cottages for their own residence with...

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...ble disposition to hedge, have something to do with this dating forward of one’s main events, but in the particular case of The World Set Free there ... ...has happened, a fairly adequate diagnosis of the essentials of the matter. One happy hit (in Chapter the Second, Section 2), on which the writer may c... ...ive sanity in mankind, to avert this steady glide to de- struction, is now one of the most urgent in the world. It is clear that the writer is tempera... ... kingship is the grip upon the sceptre. We aren’t going to worry people to vote for us. I’m certain the mass of men does not want to be bothered with ... ...ays I hope to place things in the hands of a more efficient caterer….’ The members of the new world government dined at three long tables on trestles,... ...nd super- intelligences into the control of affairs. It was teachable, its members trailed ideas with them to the gathering, but these were the conseq... ... its proceedings due to the forgetfulness, irritability, or fatigue of its members. It experimented considerably and blundered often. Excepting Holste... ... became so representative that the politicians were drowned in a deluge of votes. Every adult of either sex from pole to pole was given a vote, and th... ...was given a vote, and the world was divided into ten constituencies, which voted on the same day by means of a simple modification of the world post. ...

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...is instrument, and though he is an exile and at times a sharply embittered one, he gathers experience round his theme as only the artist can who has e... ...ature which longs to gain dramatic free- dom, but cannot achieve it. It is one of a series of portraits, 4 Virgin Soil wonderfully traced psychologic... ...ussian (with An Unfortunate Woman), by H. Gersoni, 1886; The Unfor- tunate One, from the Russian, by A. R. Thompson, 1888 (see above for Gersoni’s tra... ... him than his low origin and unenviable position in society. His father, a member of the lower middle class, had, through all sorts of dishonest means... ... offended and was about to say something when Nejdanov interrupted him. “I vote we leave politics for a time, ladies and gentlemen!” he exclaimed. A s... ...interrupted him, “I look upon the matter as settled, and consider you as a member of our household.” He rose from his chair, and became quite gay and ... ...t the beginning of the movement for which in all probability he was to de- vote his whole life …. Well? Was he glad? No …. Was he wavering? Was he afr... ...d bent a little to one side, gazing at Mariana. “In olden days, if you re- member, people always sat down before starting on a jour- ney. And you have...