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Excerpt: The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells.

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...LI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...s A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...red, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities grown more powerful and peoples made rich and mul- titudinous by their efforts, they thought in ter... ... Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound parts of... ...nd voluminous, and succumbed very easily to a low shooter or an unexpected Yorker, hut usually he was caught early by long leg. The difficulty was to ... ...of Staten Island towards the towering vigour and clamorous vitality of New York City, that mood rose to its quintessence. And once it came to me, as I... ...e gratifying spectacle of three trucks 120 The New Machiavelli laden with executed orders. Then we went up a creaking outside staircase to his little...

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...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Dombey & Son Volume 1 by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity.... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Dombey & Son Volume 1 by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...hat of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. Son about eight-and-for... ... violate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. A. D. had no conc... ...mpromising: so very wide across the chest: so upright! A pecuniary Duke of York, my love, and nothing short of it!’ said Miss T ox. ‘That’s what I sho... ...ow yourself to be worried by what is so very inconsid- erately told you by people who ought to know better. Really I’m surprised at them.’ ‘I hope I k... ...ess. It was a rude shock to his sense of property in his child, that these people— the mere dust of the earth, as he thought them -should be necessary... ...Bank, where quartettes of the most tormenting and excruciating nature were executed every Wednesday evening by a private party . Mr Carker was a gentl... ... that gentleman into his confidence; merely informing him that a friend in Yorkshire had written to him (Mr T oots) for his opinion on such a question...

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Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

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...Frank Norris 1899 A Pen State Electronic Classics Series Publication Blix by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...e document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Blix by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...nd he didn’t see why he had to wear that little old pink tie; and, oh! his new shoes were too tight and hurt his sore toe; and he wouldn’t, he wouldn’... ... in Chicago; “but,” he always added, “I couldn’t help that, you know.” His people had come West in the early eighties, just in time to bury the father... ...denly, “where did you get that clock? Where did you get that clock? That’s new to me. Where did that come from?” “That cuckoo clock?” inquired Travis,... ...lored globe of the little brass chandelier. The parlor was a small affair, peopled by a family of chairs and sofas robed in white drugget. A gold-and-... ...y better than some smart people.” “Yes, by note,” rallied Condy, as Travis executed a banjo “piece” of no little intricacy. “That’s just like a machin... ...n’t know what you are talking about.” “Yes, I do. There’s a college in New York just for women. Aunt Kihm sent me the prospectus, and it’s one of the ... ...settle something on you right away; and you’ll marry some one of those New York chaps, and be great big people before you know it.” “The idea, Condy!”...

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...inclair Lewis A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...sting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquillity. Over a concret... ...ete bridge fled a limousine of long sleek hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a L... ...elow the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into ... ... the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into the ... ...r poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin an... ...ut this, say, this is corking! Beginning of the end for those fellows! New York Assembly has passed some bills that ought to completely outlaw the soc... ...o bring the car level with the curb. It was a virile adventure masterfully executed. With satisfaction he locked a thief-proof steel wedge on the fron...

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Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...iversity assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Tramp ... ...9) Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. 3 A Tramp Abroad A TRAMP ... ...ere the rule. The little children of both sexes were nearly always nice enough to take into a body’s lap. And as for the uniforms of the soldiers, the... ...onage who is called the Portier (who is not the Porter, but is a sort of first-mate of a hotel) [1. See Appendix A] appeared at the door in a spick-an... ...an even the black one had done. But he patiently fixed and refixed it until it was exactly right and lay precisely in the middle of the black carpet. ... ...he carpetway clear. Nobody moved or spoke any more but only waited. In a short time the shrill piping of a coming train was heard, and immediately gro... ...e lofty Neckar hills to their beguiling and im- pressive charm in any country; but German legends and fairy tales have given these an added charm. The... ...ving that we were not succeeding pretty well, they went and got their maps and things, and pointed out and ex- plained our course so clearly that even... ...t accident. The way now led, by a gentle ascent, carpeted with fresh green grass, to the church at Winkelmatten. Without stopping to examine this edif...

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Excerpt: Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.

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...Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostr... ...E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...hat was interesting was that he would boast of it openly. He used to say: “People think I make a lot of money in this schooner of mine. But that is no... ... the mere story. A rascal steals a large parcel of a valuable commodity—so people say. It’s either true or untrue; and in any case it has no value in ... ...ilence to anarchist speeches at the meeting, the enigmatical patron of the new revolu- tionary agitation, the trusted, the wealthy comrade Fidanza wit... ...nrad Aristocrat and Nostromo the Man of the People are the artisans of the New Era, the true creators of the New State; he by his legendary and daring... ...ed, imprisoned, killed in the battles of senseless civil wars, barbarously executed in ferocious proscriptions, as though the government of the countr... ... who considered themselves most unfor- tunate at not having been summarily executed. It was a diminishing company of nearly naked skeletons, loaded wi... ... Chicago, Niagara, have a look at Canada, perhaps make a short stay in New York, a longer one in Newport, use his letters of introduction. The pressur...

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Excerpt: The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...gnmouth. The fine bay horses stood patiently enduring the attacks of hosts of winged foes, too well-behaved to express their annoyance otherwise than by twitchings of their sleek shining skins, but duly grateful to the coachman, who roused himself now and then to whisk off some more pertinacious tormentor with the end of his whip....

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...HENRIETTA’S WISH; OR, DOMINEERING by Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication H... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Henrietta ’s Wish; or, Domineering by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versi... ...y can take root without some local inter- est, and as to acquaintance, the people are always changing.” “And there is nothing to do,” added Fred; “not... ...amma. Busy Bee says so, and she knows, living in London and seeing so many people as she does.” “I never saw anyone so like a queen,” said Fred. “No, ... ...rs. Langford, “and very much he seems to have enjoyed his chance of seeing York Cathedral.” “He wrote to me in court,” said Fred, “to tell me what boo... ... nominal sovereignty,” said Mrs. Langford. “Besides,” said Henrietta, “the new Clergyman approves of all that sort of thing; he likes her to teach, an... ...is holidays to be so wasted. She had no merely personal apprehensions, and new as railroads were to her, declared herself perfectly willing and able t... ...actice that his opinion should be con- firmed by an authority of note. The electric telegraph and the railroad brought the sur- geon even before she h... ...ng themselves the next morning to Westminster. They arrived at Allonfield, executed various commissions with which Mrs. Langford had been delighted to...

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Excerpt: The Trial, or More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...THE TRIAL or MORE LINKS OF THE DAISY CHAIN By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...c Classics Series Publication The Trial, or More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...rs’ respite. It ensued upon an attachment that had grown up with the young people, so that they had been entirely one with each other; and there had b... ...hard went; and the sisters took up their employments— Ethel writing to the New Zealand sister-in-law her history of the wedding, Mary copying parts of... ... Zealand sister-in-law her history of the wedding, Mary copying parts of a New Zealand letter for her brother, the lieutenant in command of a gun-boat... ...Trial it a wholesome one, because it is so visible and unjustifiable, that people strive against it. And the rest? Was Henry able to see his father or... ...s quadrille, which it might be hoped was grati- fying to him; but which he executed with as much solemn deference as if he had been treading a minuet ... ... wanted to do a civil thing by that poor girl. Where is she now?’ ‘A t New York.’ ‘They’d better take care how they send me to watch the Yankees, then... ...t, and he had stolen a little time, in the dead season, to hurry up to New York, partly on business, and partly to see his daughter, who had communica...

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Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

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...n have been taken from the Athenaeum Press Selections from De Quincey; many of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornell University. I wish also to thank for many favors the Committee and officers of the Glasgow University Library....

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...The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY Edited with Introduction and Notes by Milton Haight Tu... ...TRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ... of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornel... ...es, which ac- cordingly appeared in the London Magazine in that year. This new sensation eclipsed Lamb’s Essays of Elia, which were ap- pearing in the... ...arged edition by David Masson. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1889-1890. [New York: The Macmillan Co. 14 vols., with footnotes, a preface to each volume,... ...SM 4. D. MASSON. Thomas De Quincey. English Men of Let- ters. London. [New York: Harper. An excellent brief biogra- phy. This book, with a good volum... ... our little planet, the Earth, however cheap they may be held by eccentric people in comets: he had invented mail-coaches, and he had mar- ried the da... ...ne single college; in Oxford there were five-and-twenty, all of which were peopled by young men, the élite of their own generation; not boys, but men:... ... do not exactly know; but I believe with some burden of commissions, to be executed in Bath, which had gathered to her own residence as a central rend...

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Excerpt: When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells.

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Excerpt: The Uncommercial Traveler by Charles Dickens.

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... The... ... University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The... ...rising and falling of the Tug-steamer, the Lighter, and the boat—the turning of the windlass—the coming in of the tide—that I myself seemed, to my own... ...f as being then beside me, that I had purposed to myself to see, when I left home for Wales. I had heard of that clergy- man, as having buried many sc... ... little garden in coming out to meet me, not half an hour ago. So cheerful of spirit and guiltless of affectation, as true practical Christianity ever... ...the way was steep, and a horse and cart (in which it was wrapped in a sheet) were necessary, and three or four men, and, all things considered, it was... ...The British Boaxe, was announced to be given at the close of the evening. In an evil hour, I determined to wait for this Boaxe, as became a Briton. It... ...; but whose intellectual quali- ties in association with dramatic fiction, I cannot rate high. Indeed, he is too honest for the profession he has ente... ... sat contemplating one another across bare counters, while the wasps, who seemed to have taken military possession of the town, and to have placed it ...

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Excerpt: My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas.

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... Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...hat of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. Son about eight-and-for... ... violate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. A. D. had no conc... ...mpromising: so very wide across the chest: so upright! A pecuniary Duke of York, my love, and nothing short of it!’ said Miss T ox. ‘That’s what I sho... ...ow yourself to be worried by what is so very inconsid- erately told you by people who ought to know better. Really I’m surprised at them.’ ‘I hope I k... ...ess. It was a rude shock to his sense of property in his child, that these people— the mere dust of the earth, as he thought them -should be necessary... ...Bank, where quartettes of the most tormenting and excruciating nature were executed every Wednesday evening by a private party . Mr Carker was a gentl... ...y without a word from her. Mrs Skewton made their plans for every day, and executed them. Some- times Edith sat in the carriage when they went to make...

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Excerpt: New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its e...

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...the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as fo... ... question whether any govern- ment not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cie... ...othing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.” This speech has not attracted much general attention, yet i... ...to Lincoln as the vicious and unpatriotic themselves. His life teaches our people that they must act with wisdom, because other- wise adherence to rig... ...pleton & Co., Macmillan & Co., Dodd, Mead & Co., and Harper Broth- ers, of New Y ork; to Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Dana, Estes & Co., and L. C. Page & ... ...with- out ambition for himself or his children, constantly look- ing for a new piece of land on which he might make a living without much work; his mo... ...avery men. Of the two, Seward had the larg- est following, mainly from New York, New England, and the Northwest. Cautious politicians doubted seriousl... ...he had taken that day, to see that the laws of the Union were faith- fully executed, and to use the troops to recover the forts, navy yards, and other... ...ating that he had seen it, and that he believed the signature to have been executed by the same hand that signed Anderson’s name to the answer in chan...

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...Excerpt: Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching...

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...HARTON A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ... some one, but he hardly knew why the idea arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of... ... of tea?” She smiled assentingly, and then made a slight grimace. “So many people come up to town on a Monday—one is sure to meet a lot of bores. I’m ... ...t, he had always made use of the “argument from design.” “The resources of New Y ork are rather meagre,” he said; 5 Edith Wharton “but I’ll find a ha... ...t she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her. H... ...go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets. It is true that the Bellomont puppets ... ... person, who was great at bridging over chasms she didn’t see … Ah, in New York, is she? Pity New York’s such a long way off!” Miss Bart, emerging lat... ...ts inhabitants. She was unacquainted with the world of the fashionable New York hotel—a world over-heated, over-upholstered, and over-fitted with mech...

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...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY Volume Three by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The ... ...ASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ...for it, becomes transcendental; and must now seek its wild way through the New, Chaotic,—where Force is not yet distinguished into Bidden and Forbidde... ... hand, on this waste aspect of a France all stirring and whirling, in ways new, untried, had been able to discern where the cardinal movement lay; whi... ...m in prison,—Roy- alist types replace the worn types often snatched from a People’s-Friend in old ill days. In our ‘peculiar tribune’ we write and red... ... another; citoyen (citizen) were suitabler; we even say thou, as ‘the free peoples of Antiq- uity did:’ so have Journals and the Improvised Commune su... ...f Justice de- manded, last night, and got; and this same night it is to be executed; it is being executed, at the moment when these dusty soldiers get... ... not to insult Paris, is again decreed more than once; nay it is partially executed, and the very men that are to be of it are seen visibly parading t... ...And En- gland has donned the red coat; and marches, with Royal Highness of York,—whom some once spake of inviting to be our King. Changed that humour ...