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...te period in the history of Brabant, communication between the Island of Cadzand and the Flemish coast was kept up by a boat which carried passengers from one shore to the other. Middelburg, the chief town in the island, destined to become so famous in the annals of Protestantism, at that time only numbered some two or three hundred hearths; and the prosperous town of Oste...

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...dzand and the Flemish coast was kept up by a boat which carried passengers from one shore to the other. Middelburg, the chief town in the island, dest... ...hemselves. To each his own pasturage, and the task of separating the tares from the wheat. The boat that served to carry passengers from the Island of... ...ipper loosed the chain that secured the shallop to the little jetty, where people embarked, he blew a horn several times, to warn late lingerers, this... ...et us put off!” they cried. Just at that moment a man appeared a few paces from the jetty, to the surprise of the skipper, who had heard no sound of f... ... in the stern, and went to the bows in quest of a seat. They were all poor people there. At first sight of the bareheaded man in the brown camlet coat... ...her come in “for the love of God,” in the beautiful phrase that the common people use. “Thank you kindly, Thomas,” the old woman had said. “I will say... ...long narrow bars like streaks of blood; while lines of bright light in the eastern sky, sharp and clean as if drawn by the tip of a brush, were separa... ...asunder by the vehemence of the wind. The gray mass was rent and scattered east and west with ominous speed, a dim uncertain light from the rift in th... ...cause; thou hast flung away lives like sand blown by the wind from West to East. Thou hast come down from the heights of thought to sit among the king...

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...ed christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the span...

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...he Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZI... ...ASTONISHING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION... ...e -- Destruction of the Roman empire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthag... ... priest -- Collection of Peter's pence in the New World -- Crusader volunteers from America -- Interruption of communication -- Disappearance of the N... ... CHAPTER IV. Early Navigators and Examples of their monster Vessel. -- A view from the plateau of the nineteenth century -- Passage of the Atlantic b... ... take the place of husbands -- Efforts of the Khan to suppress the evil -- The people wedded to their folly -- Indestructible cloth of Salamander skin... ...tagem -- Execution of two Barons -- Marco Polo's return voyage -- Visit to the East Indies -- The Unicorn of Borneo -- Killing and eating the sick -- ... ...age -- His sudden death -- The ceremonials of courts -- Grief displayed -- The people hail his successor -- The skeletons of three large ships excite ... ...isoner - - His arrest results to his advantage -- Surprising sights in the far east -- An exciting race after native swimmers -- Torture of prisoners ...

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...ocrates maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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...reprinted in 1910 and 1924." Additional material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presen... ..., and how a received law should not easily be changed XXIII. Divers events from one selfsame counsell XXIV. Of Pedantisme XXV. Of the Institution and ... ... collecting; and this was to Montaigne like Bacchus, closed in, or loosed from his great Iupiters thigh) I the indulgent father invited two right Hon... ...d by no meanes be appeased, nor by the wailefull out-cries ofall sorts of people (as of men, women, and children) be moved to any pittty, they prost... ...ts atchieved by him, and with a fierce and arrogant manner upbraiding the people with them, had not the heart so much as to take their lots into his... ...utly defending themselves, covenanted to receive them as friends unto the people of Rome, and to enter their Citie as a place confederate, removing ... ... seene by the formes of sommonings and challenges, that the Princes of the East, and their successors yet remaining, have in use, so fierce, so haugh... ...that it is not an Iland, but rather firme land, and a continent, with the East Indias on one side, and the countries lying under the two Poles on th... ...They drinke not at meat, as Suidas reporteth, of some other people of the East, which dranke after meales but drinke many times a day, and are much ...

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... fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization....

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...r 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-704 A: The Beginnings of Civilization Pgs 705-1474 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1475-1868 Chapter 7:...

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... Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements ... ...nce Pg 265 Memory and Wisdom Chapter Five: Modern Humans: The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements. Pg 267 Modern Humans before C... ...e of Indulgences Pg 1015 The Protestant Psychological Reformation of Slavery from Unwilling to Willing Work Slaves Pg 1017 Sharing Pg 1020 Shari... ...0 The Reason for the Human Sense of Pure Wonder Pg 1814 David Icke’s Lizard People explained Pg 1815 Secret Hidden Dynamics of The Realm of the U... ... was subtle: a slight miscalculation, but devastating in its ramifications. People didn’t realize that the slight curve of sunlight detected was o... ...t books. Fad theories and models are being constantly introduced to distract people from the fact that the basis of Scientific knowledge has been s... ...ism may mark the similarity between what I have written here, and the ancient Eastern teachings of Dualism, or Daoism. However: the ancient teachin... ...ominids 152 firestorm. Did our ancestors burn down the forests on the east side of the Rift Valley? Was that the reason they were chased ou... ...ed. Climates of the world became drier: trees began slowly disappearing. In Eastern Africa, this change of weather patterns was magnified by the R...

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...adour meet again, AND fate hands her the chance to make her every wish come true. Daniel entices her into a marriage of convenience. Can she save him from the treacherous political legacy of his late wife? Set in 1871, the story sweeps from the tragedy of the Chicago Fire to the streets of New York and finally to the wild, dangerous coast of Ireland. Is Daniel merely using...

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...ing of Faraday’s other arm and stumbled. Only his relentless grip kept her from falling. “It wasn’t his fault, Mr. Faraday.” Her voice came out ... ...n’t happen again, I promise.” Faraday cleared his throat and edged away from her. “He’ll never have the opportunity. Not when I have him arres... ...er with your father. Now, run along with you. We’re delaying Mr. Connolly from his preparations.” “Yes, sir.” Juggling the mass of slithery scar... ...name of Anthony Comstock is not one that is easily sullied. My war against people of your ilk is well-known. You are merely a minor skirmish.” Co... ... “We could go to court, if we had the time. We could pay off all the right people, if we had the money. But there is a faster, cheaper way, Danny,... ...shman, despite my lace-curtain pretensions, “ Daniel said. “But you of all people should expect that, shouldn’t you, Paddy? Not long since you cro... ... ***** On a broad slope sweeping down to the Connecticut River north of East Haddam, Daniel Connolly had built a gothic fairytale of a house for... ...old buggy could be as lullin’ as a cradle. You’ve slept the whole way from East Had— “ Even before Ivor rolled to a halt, Morgan was slowly rising... ...y would Helene order them?” “To appease Daniel most likely. He considers East Haddam home. I think he hoped she would eventually do the same.” ...

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... US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaison channels from the Central ... ...telligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Washington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel:... ... or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 New State Washington, D.C. ... ...(see West Bank and Gaza Strip entry on page 276) German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 88 Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany) 90 Ghana 91_... ...rn Sahara 264 Western Samoa 265 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) 266 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) 267 Yugoslavia 269 Zaire 27... ...II. Central America and the Caribbean IV. South America V. Europe VI. Middle East VII. Africa VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia IX. Southeast As... ...G Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) GDR German Democratic Republic (East Germany) PDRY People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) UA... ...of Germany (West Germany) GDR German Democratic Republic (East Germany) PDRY People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) UAE United Arab Emira... ...- prove permanent constitution Government leaders: NAJIB, General Secretary, People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (since May 1986); Haji Mohammad ...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...y James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publi... ...document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Penns... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Not... ...; for, to young wives who come merely to say, “I have seen it,” to country people, to inexperienced youths, and to foreigners, the opera house must on... ...easure; the fashion of rats so completely went out, that in these days few people knew anything of this detail of fashionable life before the Restora-... ...esterday, this letter of release is dated to-day. You see how powerful the people are who take an interest in Lucien.” At the sight of this document E... ...actory lamb, just as, after eighteen centuries of exile, the spirit of the East shone in Esther’s eyes and features. Her look had no terrible fascinat... ...hite scharf, a vhite feil—a face just out of de Biple. Eyes like Feuer, an Eastern color—” “You were dreaming,” said Lucien, with a smile. “Dat is tru... ... by his broders for dat he was so comely. Dat is so in de Biple. An’ in de Eastern lants men buy deir wifes.” On arriving at the Rue Taitbout, Esther ...

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...tensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history. The chair is made to pass from one to another of those personages of whom he thought it most desirable for the young reader to have vivid and familiar ideas, and whose lives and actions would best enable him to give picturesque sketches of the times. ...

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...THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Ele... ...ries Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publicati... ...sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylva... ...ut still, even when his eyes were closed, his thoughts were with the young people, playing among the flowers and shrubbery of the garden. He heard the... ...em too. They would teach him something about the history and distinguished people of his country which he has never read in any of his schoolbooks.” C... ...hem to make laws for the set tlers. In the year 1628 they sent over a few people, with John Endicott at their bead, to commence a plantation at Salem... ... returned, he was told of another Spanish ship, or galleon, which had been east away near Porto de la Plata. She had now lain as much as fifty years b... ...es of North America. This name was given to the high grounds in the north, east part of Newton, and to the bounds of that town and Watertown. At a sho... ...d was known in Greece. The physicians of T urkey, too, those long bearded Eastern sages, had been acquainted with it for many years. The negroes of A...

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...nth are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being farther imposed on by vulgar almanack- makers....

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...next year particularly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being far- ther imposed on by vulgar almanack- mak... ...arly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being far- ther imposed on by vulgar almanack- makers. By Isaac Bick... ...nse, lyes, folly, and impertinence, which they offer to the world as genuine from the planets, tho they descend from no greater a height than their o... ...t, his prediction still stands good. And at last, God preserve King William from all his open and secret enemies, Amen. When if the King should happ... ...ear from those as the other. As for the most signal events abroad in France, Flanders, Italy and Spain, I shall make no scruple to predict them in pla... ...re will be an insurrection in Dauphine, occasion d by the oppressions of the people, which will not be quieted in some months. On the 15th will be a v... ... be quieted in some months. On the 15th will be a violent storm on the south-east coast of France, which will destroy many of their ships, and some in... ...ade me compliments upon it as well as he could, in the condition he was. The people about him said, he had been for some time delirious; but when I sa...

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...Excerpt: Young people. Dunbar Castle, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the sh...

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...imes, the only recreation-ground of the ladies and play-place of the young people. Dunbar Castle, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not... ...eep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of ... ...nded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the shad- ows of the clouds, with here and there a sail fleeting befor... ...f glory along the tossing, white-crested waters. The wind was a keen north-east breeze, and might have been thought too severe by any but the ‘hardy, ... ... now playing at ball with Jamie when in comes a lay-brother, with a letter from Sir Patrick to say that he is coming the night to crave permission fro... ... face of north- ern nature, and it was hardly to be wondered at that young people, inheritors of the cultivated instincts of James I. and of the Plant... ...and Bologna in preparation for that foundation, which, save for that cruel Eastern’s E’en, would have been commenced by the uncle whose name he bore. ... ...nd their dignity, and drive them into some strange behaviour that the good people of Berwick would never forget. They rode in, however, very upright a... ...itement that had followed. She also knew that on poor Eleanor that fearful Eastern’s Eve had left an indelible impression, recurring in any state of w...

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...land; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought home by their Turkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come i...

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... Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought hom... ...which were brought home by their T urkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but a... ... have lived to see practised since. But such things as these were gathered from the letters of merchants and others who corresponded abroad, and from ... ...l was kept very private. Hence it was that this rumour died off again, and people began to forget it as a thing we were very little concerned in, and ... ...rtality in the usual manner, thus – Plague, 2. Parishes infected, 1. The people showed a great concern at this, and began to be alarmed all over the... ...ther house, but in the same parish and in the same manner. This turned the people’s eyes pretty much towards that end of the town, and the weekly bill... ...St Giles, St Andrew’s, Holborn, and towards Westminster, began to now come eastward towards the part where I lived. It was to be observed, indeed, tha... ...ared violent, yet seeing it did not presently spread into the city, or the east and south parts, the people began to take courage, and to be, as I may... ... place we calf the Liberties, and in the suburbs, in Southwark, and in the east part, such as W apping, Ratcliff, Stepney , Rotherhithe, and the like,...

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...antinople and Bombay and between Baku and Bombay in the next half-century. From such grades of certainty as this, one may come down the scale until th... ...ter a num- ber of more or less obvious prophecies through his other books. From first to last he has been writing for twenty years, so that it is poss... ...tes are too short; he foretold, for ex- ample, a special motor track apart from the high road be- tween London and Brighton before 1910, which is stil... ..., and how will it affect our ways of living?” It is a question of “How are people going to take these obvi- ous things—waste of the world’s resources,... ...rstanding and overcoming of the difficulties involved. There are many more people, and there is much more intel- ligence concentrated upon the manufac... ...Peace Move- ment is quite amateurish. It is so amateurish that the bulk of people do not even realise the very first implication of the peace of the w... ...ue to the failure of the Russian munitions. Then for a time the war in the East was mobile and precarious while the Rus- sians retreated to their pres... ...thened line of supplies, and Bloch is back upon his pedestal so far as the Eastern theatre goes. Bloch has been equally justified in the Anglo-French ... ...ugh or getting round; and so too the losses of the German colonies and the East African War are scarcely to be reckoned with in the main war. They hav...

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...t meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happen otherwise, the danger is not great; and I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings I have been able to provoke: for anger and fury, though they add strength to the sinews of the body, yet are found to relax those of the mind, and to ...

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...if it should happen otherwise, the danger is not great; and I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings ... ...among men to fall out when all have enough; inva sions usually travelling from north to south, that is to say, from poverty to plenty. The most ancie... ...f Parnassus quite spoiled the prospect of theirs, es pecially towards the east; and therefore, to avoid a war, offered them the choice of this altern... ... An cients made answer, how little they expected such a mes sage as this from a colony whom they had admitted, out of their own free grace, to so ne... ...EAR P ARTICULARL Y RELA TED AS WILL COME TO PASS. WRITTEN TO PREVENT THE PEOPLE OF EN GLAND FROM BEING FARTHER IMPOSED ON BY VULGAR ALMANACK MAKERS... ... will be an insurrection in Dauphiny, occasioned by the oppressions of the people, which will not be quieted in some months. The Battle of the Books ... ...Short Pieces – Swift 31 On the 15th will be a violent storm on the south east coast of France, which will destroy many of their ships, and some in t... ...de me compliments upon it as well as he could in the condition he was. The people about him said he had been or some time delirious; but when I saw hi... ...gave the poor advice; By which he lost, he may affirm, A hundred fees last Easter term. While others of the learned robe Would break the patience of a...

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...Introduction: This tale, of which I have not consciously changed a single feature, I received from tradition. It is highly popular through all the country of the eight Tevas, the clan to which Rahero belonged; and particularly in Taiarapu, the windward peninsula of Tahiti, where he lived. I have heard from end to end ...

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...; And let me sign it with the name you gave. Teriitera. INTRODUCTION. – This tale, of which I have not con- sciously changed a single feature, I recei... ...untry of the eight Tevas, the clan to which Rahero belonged; and particularly in Taiarapu, the windward peninsula of Tahiti, where he lived. I have he... ...mble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life. Al... ...ublic in another place. Of Ahupu, except in snatches of song, little memory appears to linger. She dwelt at least about Tepari, – “the sea-cliffs,” – ... ...he loyalty of na- tive fish. My anxiety to learn more of “Ahupu Vehine” became (dur- ing my stay in Taiarapu) a cause of some diversion to that mirth... ... the land, And he uttered the grudging word under the covering hand. Treason spread from his door; and he looked for a day to come, A day of the crowd... ...ossing the populous bay By all the towns of the Tevas; and still as they bowled along, Boat would answer to boat with jest and laughter and song, And ... ... with fire in his hand, And Hiopa took it. - “Within,” said he, “is the life of a land; And behold! I breathe on the coal, I breathe on the dales of ... ... Fled and was swallowed of woods, swift as the sight of an eye. Night over isle and sea rolled her curtain of stars, Then a trouble awoke in the air, ...

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...Introduction: As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will secure it, from the sedate and reflecting part of mankind, to whom only I would be understood to address myself, such attention as is due to the sedulous instructor of youth, and the careful performer of my Sabbath duties, I will forbea...

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........ 10 V ? THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL .....................................................................................................11 VI ? A VISIT FROM THE SEA .................................................................................................... 12 VII ? TO A GARDENER............................................................................................

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... like not a single line; But like my title, for it is not mine. That title from a better man I stole: Ah, how much better, had I stol’n the whole! A P... ..............................................................11 VI – A VISIT FROM THE SEA ................................................................. .............................................. 53 XII – THE SCOTSMAN’S RETURN FROM ABROAD ............................................................ 54... ... That’s fairly worth the travelling to. On every hand the roads begin, And people walk with zeal therein; But wheresoe’er the highways tend, Be sure t... ... they shared; They kissed and quarrelled, laughed and cried, A year ago at Eastertide. With bursting heart, with fiery face, She strove against him in... ... of kings Dispart us; and the river of events Has, for an age of years, to east and west More widely borne our cradles. Thou to me Art foreign, as wh... ..., Forever by the woods of song And lands that to the Muse belong; Or if in peopled streets, or in The abhorred pedantic sanhedrim, It should be yours ... ...at wed the maid, That with weak virtues, weaker hands, Sow gladness on the peopled lands, And still with laughter, song and shout, Spin the great whee... ...t damn an’ blast The hale transaction; 49 Stevenson But twa-three ithers, east an’ wast, Fand satisfaction, Whaur braid the briery muirs expand, A wa...

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...ersonal and intimate God. There is nothing in its statements that need shock or offend anyone who is prepared for the expression of a faith different from and perhaps in several particulars opposed to his own. The writer will be found to be sympathetic with all sincere religious feeling....

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...k or offend anyone who is prepared for the expression of a faith different from and perhaps in several particulars opposed to his own. The writer will... ...ted mental habits. It is well to warn him at the outset that the departure from accepted beliefs is here no vague scepticism, but a quite sharply defi... ...reventing the religious life of man- kind. After this warning such readers from among the vari- ous Christian churches and sects as are accessible to ... ...er, and falling mainly into one or other of two divergent groups; and that people slip carelessly from one to the other of these groups of ideas and s... ...atherhood and Sonship. But the trouble is that it seems impossible to most people to continue to regard the relations of the Father to the Son as bein... ...s thought and leave nothing but the essentials of the religious life. Many people, whom one would class as rather liberal Chris- tians of an Arian or ... ...reat multitude of persecuted sects, from the Albigenses and Cathars to the eastern Paulicians. The catho- lic church found it necessary to prohibit th... ...f God. That much 45 H. G. Wells is no more than turning one’s face to the east to see the com- ing of the sun. One may still doubt if that direction ... ... see the com- ing of the sun. One may still doubt if that direction is the east or whether the sun will rise. The real coming of God is not that. It i...

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...Introduction: This book is translated from the first volume of Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal; edited by M. Ch. Potvin for La Societe des Bibliophiles Belges in 1866,1 from the MS. numbered 11,145 in the library of the Dukes of Burgundy at Brussels. Thi...

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...l. I (Soc. Bibl. Belges., Mons., 1866). INTRODUCTION This book is translated from the first volume of Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal ; edit... ...edited by M. Ch. Potvin for La Societe des Bibliophiles Belges in 1866, 1 from the MS. num bered 11,145 in the library of the Dukes of Burgundy at... ...istory issued by the Benedictines of the Congregation of St Maur. Selections from the poems it contains are given in Sinner’s Extraits de Poesie du X... ... day that He was put on rood and crucified in order that He might redeem His people from the pains of hell. Josephus set it in remembrance by annuncia... ...nt to have, nor was he minded to hold court neither at Christmas tide nor at Easter nor at Pentecost. The knights of the Table Round when they saw his... ... appeared would ask not, whereof have many mischances sithence befallen much people.” III. W ith that, they left of talking, and the hermit led Messir... ... us, for he saith of remembrance that by envy was Adam betrayed, and all the people that were after him and the people that 88 The High History of th... ...by the reins and was alighted a foot and set herself on her knees toward the East. She stretched her hands up toward heaven and prayed right sweetly t... ...k again and saith thereof that two suns appear to be shining, the one in the East and the other in the West. He marvelleth much thereat, and prayeth O...

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...h of the two knights was vividly depicted in sleep; and, though without local habitation or name, the scene was most likely to have been a reflection from the wild scenes so lately read of....

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...al habitation or name, the scene was most likely to have been a reflection from the wild scenes so lately read of. In fact, waking thoughts decided th... ... their greatest splendour, the last free nobles in course of being reduced from their lawless liberty, and the House of Austria beginning to acquire i... ...ctice he found insuper- able. At home Maximilian raised the Imperial power from a mere cipher to considerable weight. We judge him as if he had been b... ...f assassination, of poison, in single combat, or in battle; tumults of the people beset him; he is imprisoned as at Ghent. But finally Neidelhard is b... ...oured tiles, and the tall stove in one corner decorated with the same. The eastern end of the apartment was adorned with an exquisite small group carv... ...eneral belief that Freiherren lived there to do what they chose with other people, and that the House of Adlerstein was the freest and noblest in exis... ... at the Blessed Friedmund’s hermitage chapel. The time was slow in coming. Easter had passed with Ermentrude far too ill for Christina to make the eff... ...rmur, but at that moment a sudden glow and glare of light broke out on the eastern rock, illuminating the fast darkening little church with a flickeri... ...ery hill around Ulm. Loud shouts were greeting the uprising flame, and the people gathering thicker and thicker on the slope. The friar undid the door...

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... to save the face of Germany by ini- tiating peace negotiations. But apart from their steady record and reminder of German brutalities and German aggr... ...d confuse and divide the enemy, but to get a real under- standing with the peoples and spirits of a number of differ- ent nations, an understanding th... ...rease and become a fruitful and permanent understanding between the allied peoples. Neither the English, the Russians, the Italians, nor the French, t... ...what he has seen among the submarines, and Mr. Hugh Walpole catches things from Mr. Stephen Gra- ham in the Dark Forest of Russia. All this is quite o... ...olved that Italy shall not feel neglected by the refusal of the invitation from the Comando Supremo by anyone who from the perspective of Italy may se... ...ld is not really awake. This vague appeal for explanations to all sorts of people, this desire to exhibit the business, to get something in the way of... ...pecimens of some species of Ammonites unknown to me, from the hills to the east of the Adige, partially wrapped in a back number of the Corriere della... ... able from this position to get a very good idea of the lie of the Italian eastern front. I was in the delta of the Isonzo. Directly in front of me we... ...an the red ridge of the Carso, of which the Italians had just captured the east- ern half. Behind this again rose the mountains to the east of the Iso...