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... aware that it was a part she had to play in the composition of a singular people. She did a little mischief by dropping on the stock-markets; in othe... ...that we had ships ready for launching, and certain regiments com- ing home from India; hedges we had, and a spirited body of yeomanry; and we had pluc... ...they positively guaranteed the safety of our virgins and coffers. Then the people, rather ashamed, abused the Press for un- reasonably disturbing them... ...was put to bed again. The Opposition retired into its kennel growling. The People coughed like a man of two minds, doubting whether he has been divine... ...eaves word for you, sir, on your peril to denounce him on another occasion from the magis- terial Bench, for that albeit he is a gentleman of the road... ...succeeds legitimately to that bold Good Robin Hood who fed the poor.—Fresh from this polite encounter, the squire vows money for his per- sonal protec... ...act upon the spontaneous sentiments of a loving relative, and join them in Venice to watch over his nephew’s recovery. Already M. Nevil was stron- ger... ...ids, and cooks in hysterics. Now if the master of his fortunes had come to Venice!— Nevil started the supposition in his mind often after hope had sun... ...nner toward the con- valescent necessitated by the laws overawing her sex. Venice was the French girl’s dream. She was realizing it hungrily, revellin...

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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... ...tly because there is nothing else for them to do, find it easier to locate Venice. My earlier rides in V enetia began always with the level roads of t... ...d; she has no visitors. I woke up on my way to Udine and found my train at Venice with an hour to spare; after much examining and stamping of my passp... ... while to wake up…. 36 War and the Future 2 2 2 2 2 Except in the case of Venice, the war does not seem as yet to have made nearly such a mark upon l...

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...blished in the Fall of that year. At that time the aeroplane was, for most people, merely a rumour and the “Sausage” held the air. The con- temporary ... ...t hardly my idea of a lady—flying about in the air, and throwing gravel at people. It ain’t what I been accus- tomed to consider ladylike, whether or ... ...y continued to regard the swelling bulks with expressions that had changed from indifference to disapproval. Mr. T om Smallways was a green-grocer by ... ...of the coming of the Crystal Palace. The Crystal Palace was six miles away from Bun Hill, a great facade that glittered in the morning, and was a clea... ...id Mr. Tom Smallways, growing up among these marvels. But it kept on. Even from the first the green-grocer’s shop which he had set up in one of the sm... ...gravel from the wharf of the Bun Hill gas-works and drop it upon deserving people’s lawns and gardens. There were half a dozen reassuring years for T ... ...ne with her consorts, and nipped in between the Susquehanna and the Kansas City. They discovered her proximity, dropped back until she was nearly broa... ...NE O NE O NE O NE O NEW W W W W Y Y Y Y YORK ORK ORK ORK ORK 1 1 1 1 1 THE CITY OF NEW YORK was in the year of the German at- tack the largest, riches... ...merations beside it. Its port reached to its heart like V enice, and, like Venice, it was obvi- ous, dramatic, and proud. Seen from above it was alive...

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... was the last man on the little black railway- line climbing the hill home from work. He was late because he had attended a meeting of the men on the ... ...h.” “Put something on, you two!” came the woman’s high im- perative voice, from the kitchen. “We aren’t cold,” protested the girls from the yard. “Com... ...’s frock. She put this aside, rose, and began to take her husband’s dinner from the oven. “You stopped confabbing long enough tonight,” she said. “Yes... ... himself, measured and insistent. In the frosty evening the sound carried. People passing down the street hesitated, listening. The neighbours knew it... ...son was greeted with Good- night—Good-night, Aaron—Good-night, Mr. Sisson. People carrying parcels, children, women, thronged home on the dark paths. ... ...ut quiet contest, a subdued fight, going on all the afternoon and evening: people struggling to buy things, to get things. Money was spent like water,... ...’t be known better, from the film. So Aaron tied his tie in front of a big Venice mirror, and nothing was a surprise to him. He found a footman hoveri... ... said Aaron. “I think to Geneva for the moment. But he certainly talked of Venice. You yourself have no definite goal?” “No.” “Ah! You have not come t... ... usual. “We shall see you in the morning, I hope. You say you are going to Venice. Why? Have you some engagement in Venice?” “No,” said Aaron. “I only...

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...pen. Startled, he watched with curious astonishment as a purple mist emanated from the Tabernacle on the altar where the Holy Eucharist was kept. A ... ...st – a presence with form and face. An indescribable harmonic rhythm pulsated from an 4 J.Cross/Artemis iridescent, glowing white and purple tr... ...uest, Holy Father?” “Ah, yes. Thank you, Alfredo.” The Pope pulled a notepad from his drawer, tore off a page and handed it to Alfredo. “Do you kno... ...re upbeat. “Your first Audience is with a group of young Jesuit Priests from Venice. After that...” As Alfredo read off the day’s business, the P... ...he election of a new Pope, the word spread like wild fire through the mass of people, who had been waiting patiently in the Square, that the newly e... ... excitement. “I have met the first name on the list. He’s a young Jesuit from Venice. He was part of the Audience this morning. I want you to find h... ... at seventeen. I had, let’s say, an aptitude for learning, so they sent me to Venice where I was ordained after ten years, and have been there ever ... ...r place. They have armies, Father. They have money and guns. They control the people through terror; they corrupt the politicians, even Presidents o... ... continue. Marian walked over to him and rubbed his back lovingly. Several people in the room wiped a tear away. The last year had been hell for ...

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...y a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log-hut, I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highe...

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... on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bang... ...ce, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log hut, I ... ...mountain may be approached more easily and directly on horseback and on foot from the northeast side, by the Aroostook road, and the Wassataquoik Rive... ...ade, which would grow at last into a firm copartnership in the future town or city, — indeed, it was already “Somebody & Co.,” I forget who. The woman ... ...rprising neighbors that he did n’t know enough to put a question to them. No people can long continue provincial in character who have the propensity ... ... among the parents, than which nothing can be more acceptable to a backwoods people. It was really an important item in our outfit, and, at times, the ... ...t first the red clouds hung over the western shore as gorgeously as if over a city, and the lake lay open to the light with even a civilized aspect, as... ... come down to drink, or else a wolf. The little rill tinkled the louder, and peopled all the wilderness for me; and the glassy smooth ness of the sle... ...t, forming a perpendicular forest edge of great height, like the spires of a Venice in the forest. In two places stood a small stack of hay on the ban...

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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... ...-- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice the mistress of the sea -- Beliefs respecting the earth's shape ... ... 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... ...cumstances under which the elder Polos went to Cathay -- They are sent back to Venice for Christian instructors -- The little boy Marco returns to Cat... ...or of Yunnan when only twenty -- Denial of request for permission to return to Venice -- Description of Marco's travels -- Tale of a devout shoemaker ... ... take the place of husbands -- Efforts of the Khan to suppress the evil -- The people wedded to their folly -- Indestructible cloth of Salamander skin... ...age -- His sudden death -- The ceremonials of courts -- Grief displayed -- The people hail his successor -- The skeletons of three large ships excite ...

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...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit... ...r, things have gotten even worse. Between March and May 2006, Pew surveyed 16,710 people in Britain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indones... ... the United States. Only 23% of Spaniards had a positive opinion of the USA, down from 41% the year before. A similar drop was evinced in India (f... ...41% the year before. A similar drop was evinced in India (from 71% to 56%), Russia (from 52% o 43%), Indonesia (from 38% to 30%), and Turkey (from ... ... that Iran's nuclear ambitions. The distinction formerly made between the American people and the Bush administration is also eroding. Majorities i... ... eroding. Majorities in only 7 of 14 countries had favorable views of Americans. "People around the world embrace things American and, at the same... ...lic was mourned only by the discarded ancien regime and by intellectuals. Rome the city-state was no more. It has matured into an Empire. And now, ... ...as reduced to penury by these events and by the Black Death of 1347. It fought with Venice against Genoa only to lose tax revenues hitherto paid by ... ...ld come true. On May 29, 1453 Turkish soldiers forced their way into the shattered city. Most of the commanders (among them Venetians and Genoese) ...

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...HAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................

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............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...en the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried o... ...e those against whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judg... ...general feelings of England to have been be- fore I found myself among the people by whom it was being waged. It is very difficult for the people of a... ... high ground, and to say that we, the older and therefore more experienced people as regards the United States, and the better gov- erned as regards F... ...s out of the question. “My dear Jones, you must excuse me. Any news in the city to-day? Sugars have fallen; how are teas?” Of course Jones thinks that... ...ell that Hungary should be severed from Austria, or Poland from Russia, or Venice from Austria. Taking Englishmen in a lump, they think that such sepa... ...et when military efforts are made by those who govern Hungary, Poland, and Venice to prevent such separation, we do not say that Russia and Austria ar...

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...re is no end, there never will be an end, of the lamentations which ascend from earth and the rebellious heart of her children, upon this huge opprobr... ...n-place of humanity, is the subject in every age of variation without end, from the poet, the rhetorician, the fabulist, the moralist, the divine, and... ... sunny smiles and many tears—a little love and infinite strife—whisperings from paradise and fierce mockeries from the anarchy of chaos—dust and ashes... ...em. It has been judged right and delicate to conceal the name of the great city, and therefore of the nation in which these events occurred, chiefly o... ...er with their fireside habits, whilst the whole rural environs of our vast city, the woodlands, and the interminable meadows began daily to re-echo th... ...great masters of literature, especially those of modern times; so that few people knew the high classics more familiarly: and as to the passage in que... ... necessities of public business coming back in a torrent upon the official people after this momentary interruption, forbade them to indulge any furth... ...int seemed to justify almost more than hopes. This might be said, and most people would have been more or less con- soled by it. I was not. I felt as ... ...st in the moving characters, with fine dramatic con- trasts, as belongs to Venice Preserved, or to the Fiesco of Schiller. 2dly, That of a great milit...

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...olume Two by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON The site of the present City of Washington was chosen with three special views: firstly, that being... ...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ...by the selected position. As regards the first, the Potomac affords to the city but few of the advantages of a sea-port. Ships can come up, but not sh... ... into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any ... ...ng to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as w... ...en in thousands round her properties. Liverpool, New York, Lyons, Glasgow, Venice, Marseilles, Hamburg, Calcutta, Chicago, and Leghorn have all become... ...er mouth! Life in Alexan- dria at this time must have been sad enough. The people were all secessionists, but the town was held by the North- 25 Trol... ...iefly to the excel- lence of his cause, and the blood and character of the people who put him forward as their right arm in their contest; but that he... ...ilections and sympathies of his life. Here has been the hardship. For such people there has been no neutrality possible. Ladies even have not been abl...

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... Berenger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth... ...of personal combat before the walls of Calais, Edward III. of England took from his helmet and presented to Sir Eustache de Ribaumont, a knight of Pic... ...aumont, a knight of Picardy, bidding him say everywhere that it was a gift from the King of England to the bravest of knights. The precious heirlooms ... ...if you do not mend your ways.’ ‘But I thought,’ said Annora gravely, ‘that people were mar- ried once for all, and it could not be undone.’ ‘So said A... ... some mysterious manner, had become felt rather than known among the young people, yet with- out altering the habitual terms that existed between them... ... to the Chevalier to become his guest. They were by this time entering the city, where the extreme narrowness and dirt of the streets contrasted with ... ...eaded their way through bits of forest still left for the royal chase. The people thronged out of their houses, and shouted not only ‘Vive le Roy,’ bu... ...weet as fragrant posies,’ fans, scent-boxes, pocket mir- rors, Genoa wire, Venice chains, and other toys, afforded him the mean of making up the gifts... ... in Italy,’ and as the boy made the action of rowing, ‘in the territory of Venice.’ ‘It is well,’ said Madame de Selinville, who knew that noth- ing w...

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...e Thackeray. He received the main part of his education at the Charterhouse, as we know to our profit. Thence he passed to Cambridge, remaining there from February 1829 to sometime in 1830. To judge by quotations and allusions, his favourite of the classics was Horace, the chosen of the eighteenth century, and generally the voice of its philosophy in a prosperous country. ...

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...........................................................1 3 CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SEAT OF WAR IN ITALY ................................................ ..., as we know to our profit. Thence he passed to Cambridge, remaining there from February 1829 to sometime in 1830. T o judge by quotations and allusio... ... generally the voice of its philosophy in a prosperous country. His voyage from India gave him sight of Napoleon on the rocky island. In his young man... ...ian policy was from step to step a mis- reading of the will of the English people. He went forth on this campaign, with the finger of Egypt not ineffe... ... and we shall be made sensible that we have an enemy in our midst, until a people, slow to think, have taken counsel of their native generosity to put... ...of those cries, we shall see how they illumine the councils of a governing people. They are wiser than the barking dogs. Cromwell and Bis- marck are g... ... posts have proceeded as far as Mira on the Brenta, twenty kilometres from Venice itself, and that the first army corps is to concentrate opposite Chi... ...ger full of interest. They may, perhaps, have some as regards an attack on Venice, because 49 George Meredith Austrian soldiers are still garrisoning... ...ad been announced for the Italian arms. 50 Miscellaneous Prose DOLO, NEAR VENICE, July 20, 1866. I returned from Noale to Padua last evening, and lat...

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... Firstly, it having been shown in the foregoing discourse:* Firstly. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, nor dominion over the world, as is pretended. Secondly, that if he had, his heirs yet had no right to it. Thirdly, that if his heirs had, there being no law of Nature nor positi...

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...am had not, either by natural right of fatherhood or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, nor dominion over the world... ...arth should make any benefit, or derive any the least shadow of authority from that which is held to be the fountain of all power, “Adam’s private d... ...power. That the power of a magistrate over a subject may be distinguished from that of a father over his children, a master over his servant, a husba... ... that is common in England or any other country, where there are plenty of people under government who have money and commerce, no one can enclose or ... ...part of the world which was first inhabited, and therefore like to be best peopled, even as low down as Abraham’s time, they wandered with their flock... ... comforts of life; whom Nature, having furnished as liberally as any other people with the materials of plenty i.e., a fruitful soil, apt to produce ... ...t with his hy pothesis, who will not allow that the beginning of Rome and Venice were by the uniting together of several men, free and independent on... ... does not (for there may be subordinate communities in a government), and “city” much less. And therefore, to avoid ambiguity, I crave leave to use th... ... Nero that he re solved to cut off the senate and people of Rome, lay the city waste with fire and sword, and then remove to some other place; and of...

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...opes and remotest aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very earliest youth: he once told me that even as a child he had... ...s one which ought to be studied. “I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the con... ...development of the individual; not by any means owing to the goodness of the people, but because of the struggles of their evil instincts. “With the h... ...rable measures great individuals might be reared who would be both different from and higher than those who heretofore have owed their exist- ence to ... ... beautiful, strong, proud, and powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote... ...holy, good, intangible, or divine; to whom the loftiest conception which the people have reasonably made their measure of value, would already practic... ...en pre- cisely in the hallowed hour when Richard Wagner gave up the ghost in Venice.” With the exception of the ten days occupied in compos- ing the f... ...n Rome, where I only just managed to live,—and this was no easy matter. This city, which is absolutely unsuited to the poet- author of ‘Zarathustra’, ... ...me in every respect, and actually founded in a spirit of enmity towards that city (just as I also shall found a city some day), as a memento of an ath...

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...erly minds. This, to be frank about it, is a process of tidying up, which, from the nature of things, cannot be regarded as premature. The fact is tha... ...d, which was but a de- cent thing to do, but in no way polished, extending from the year ’98 to the year ’20, a thin array (for such a stretch of time... ...yes! Bribery? What can you expect? I never pretended to be better than the people in the next street, or even in the same street. This volume (includi... ...ttle dusty (after the process of tidying up), a little bowed, and receding from the world not because of weariness or misanthropy but for other reason... ... of the language. But I need not labour the point. There will be plenty of people sagacious enough to perceive the absence of all wisdom from these pa... ...was practical and I had to consider warily the preconceived notions of the people to whom it was implicitly addressed, and also their unjustifi- able ... ...brandishes a monstrous arm: and with the censor- ship, like a Bravo of old Venice with a more carnal weapon, stabs its victim from behind in the twili... ...glare, as of a monstrous conflagration up into the black sky—with its best Venice-like aspect of rainy evenings, the wet asphalted streets lying 128 ... .... It is hon- est to give value for your wages; and the “bravos” of ancient Venice who kept their stilettos in good order and never failed to deliver t...

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...es in Bohemia. — Civil War. — Ferdinand extirpates the Protestant Religion from Styria. — The Elector Palatine, Frederick V., is chosen King by the Bo... ...ical sym- pathy announced itself; a desolating war of thirty years, which, from the interior of Bohemia to the mouth of the Scheldt, and from the bank... ... was the result of the war. As the sparks of de- struction found their way from the interior of Bohemia, Moravia, and Austria, to kindle Ger- many, Fr... ...werless would have been the ar- guments of theologians; and the cry of the people would never have met with princes so willing to espouse their cause,... ...r blood for the personal objects of their princes. And well was it for the people that, on this occasion, their interests coincided with those of thei... ...nnect the in- terests of the cabinet with some one that sits nearer to the people’s heart, if such exists, or if not, to create it. In such a position... ...in conjunction with the Germans, it was to march into Italy, (where Savoy, Venice, and the Pope were even now ready with a pow- erful reinforcement,) ... ...t to their new king bordered on adoration. Denmark and Sweden, Holland and Venice, and several of the Dutch states, acknowledged him as lawful sov- er... ...lland had enough to do to defend itself against the arms of the Spaniards; Venice and Saxony remained inactive; King James of England was overreached ...

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...ganization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation? . . . in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82 3.4 . . . and in t...

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...newal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 7... ... We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, ... ...esident of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five... ...ommissioners—five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s capital at a time of great partisan division—have come to... ...mitted to share as much of our investi- gation as we can with the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony ... ... have examined the staggering impact of the events of 9/11 on the American people and their amazing resilience and courage as they fought back.We have... ...un- tered Omar al Bayoumi and Caysan Bin Don at a halal food restaurant on Venice Boulevard in Culver City, a few blocks away from the King Fahd mosqu... ... in V enice, Florida. Jarrah arrived in Newark on June 27 and then flew to Venice. He immediately began the private pilot pro- gram at FFTC, intending... ... in the mid- 1990s),Atta started flight instruction at Huffman Aviation in Venice, Florida, and both Atta and Shehhi subsequently enrolled in the Acce...

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...y the fire, in a mysterious and magnificent retreat,--now a thing of the past but surviving in our memory,--whence our eyes commanded a view of Paris from the heights of Belleville to those of Belleville, from Montmartre to the triumphal Arc de l?Etoile, that one morning, refreshed by tea, amid the myriad suggestions that shoot up and die like rockets from your sparkling f...

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...ast but surviving in our memory,—whence our eyes commanded a view of Paris from the heights of Belleville to those of Belleville, from Montmartre to t... ...hed by tea, amid the myriad suggestions that shoot up and die like rockets from your sparkling flow of talk, lavish of ideas, you tossed to my pen a f... ...the theatrical. Though his features were handsome and impos- ing, his hat, from beneath which thick black curls stood out, was perhaps tilted a little... ...oat, over which hung many festoons of the thick gold chain that is made at Venice; then, having arranged the folds of his cloak by a single jerk of hi... ...arn an honest living. His poor wife is reduced to working for all sorts of people—the women on the streets! What is to be said? She loves her husband ... ...o longer proscribed; it is going its rounds again. At least, so these good people think,” said he, leaning over to speak in the Count’s ear, “and why ... ... little books to enlighten the intelligence of the children and the common people, and he smuggles them very cleverly into Italy. He takes immense tro... ... on foot across Italy. Finally, at the age of two-and-twenty, I settled in Venice, where for the first time I enjoyed rest and found myself in a decen... ..., who encouraged me in my investigations, and who got me employment at the Venice theatre. “Living was cheap, lodging inexpensive. I had a room in tha...

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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... ... 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... ...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... ...e great windows. The high table was loaded with gold and silver plate, and Venice glasses even more precious; there were carpets under the feet of the... ... the midst of all the interest of these greetings, soon after entering the city at Bishopsgate, the clerk caused the two Scottish sisters to draw up a... ...r’s language so well as did the other two. Delicate little cakes, and tall Venice glasses, spi- rally ornamented, and containing light wines, were ser...

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................................................................ 121 VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. ................................................................ ................................................................. 143 EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. ............................................................. ...atue beside those of the acknowledged masters of English poetry. But apart from this, we do think that Lord Carlisle has exaggerated the “De- cline an... ...ilfer cloth or bread: As meanly plunder as they bravely fought, Now save a people, and now save a groat. VER. 129, in the former editions— Ask why fro... ...s no court-badge, great scrivener! fired thy brain, Nor lordly luxury, nor city gain: No, ’twas thy righteous end, ashamed to see Senates degenerate, ... ...ENT GUMENT GUMENT . . . . . OF THE USE OF RICHES. The vanity of expense in people of wealth and quality. The abuse of the word ‘taste,’ ver. 13. That ... ...f his toil? 10 Or how from joining stones the city sprung, While to his harp divine Amphion sung? Or shall I Juno’s hate ... ...rth, and o’er the watery main; Resign to Jove his empire of the skies, And people heaven with Roman deities. The time will come when a diviner flame S... ...:’ T ube roses.—P . 413 ‘Lion of the deeps:’ the winged Lion, the arms of Venice.—P . W . 414 ‘Greatly-daring dined:’ it being, indeed, no small ris...