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...Excerpt: Prince of Navarre, Charles, my honourable brother, Prince Condy, and my good Lord Admirall, wishe this union and religious league, Knit in these hands, thus joyn?d in nuptiall rites, May not desolve, till death desolve our lives, An...

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...E M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ginald and his brother imme- diately stepped forward to receive them. “Sir Philip Ashton,” said the former, “how is it with you? This is friendly in y... ...an inexhaustible subject of study. The Squire was presented by name to Sir Philip, received a polite compliment, and replying with a bow, turned to th... ...he old gentleman knew nothing whatever on the subject. This concluded, Sir Philip went to pay his respects to the Lady of Lynwood, and then, as the ho... ...s features were of the fair and noble type of the old royal Gothic race of Spain; he had a 21 Yo n g e profusion of flaxen hair, and large blue eyes,... ...r years, English valour was once more to turn to flight a usurping King of Spain. CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV THE MOON was ... ...h valour was once more to turn to flight a usurping King of Spain. CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV THE MOON was at her height, ...

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...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series P... ... One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...y. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ies that traced their origin to the same mountain district in the North of Spain. The family of Cervantes is commonly said to have been of Galician or... ... Servantes, and San Cervantes: with regard to which last the “Handbook for Spain” warns its readers against the supposition that it has anything to do... ...erses by different hands on the death of Isabel de Valois, second queen of Philip II, published by the professor in 1569, to which Cervantes contribut... ...Giulio, afterwards Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political,... ... to Spain he found his old regiment about to march for Portugal to support Philip’s claim to the crown, and utterly penniless now, had no choice but t... ... calling upon him to pay the reckoning let him go with a Godspeed. CHAPTER IV Of what happened to our knight when he left the inn Day was dawning when...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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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 man-se...

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...sions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ne kiss from one of these, Lucien was ready to be cut in pieces like Count Philip of Konigsmark. Louise’s face rose up somewhere in the shadowy backgr... ...e romance. Some require four or five; the periods of Louis XIV ., of Henry IV ., of Francis I., for instance. You would give us in this way a pictures... ...e’s great arm- chair, arranging the sleeves of his Alcalde’s gown. Only in Spain do Alcaldes cling to their enormous sleeves and wear plaited lawn ruf... ...home; and old Giroudeau told him, with all the coolness in the world, that Philippe Bridau wrote the article. Philippe asked the Baron to mention the ... ..., des Lupeaulx, Finot, Blondet, Vignon, the Baron de Nucingen, Beaudenord, Philippe Bridau, Conti, the great musician, all the artists and speculators...

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Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

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...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William ... ... First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... THEMSELVES BEYOND US ......................................... 66 CHAPTER IV THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE AR... ...ne de Medici for King Charles IX., and his noble correspondence with Henry IV ., leave no doubt, however, as to the part which he played in the transa... ...about this period, to negotiate between Henry of Navarre (afterwards Henry IV.) and the Duke of Guise. His political life is almost a blank; but De Th... ... The Em- peror Maximilian, great-grandfather to the now King 71 Montaigne Philip,—[Philip II. of Spain.]—was a prince endowed throughout with great a... ... taken it in another sense. Henry VII., King of England, articled with Don Philip, son to Maximilian the emperor, or (to place him more honourably) fa... ...lace him more honourably) father to the Emperor Charles V ., that the said Philip should deliver up the Duke of Suffolk of the White Rose, his enemy, ...

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...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...ote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ies that traced their origin to the same mountain district in the North of Spain. The family of Cervantes is commonly said to have been of Galician or... ...erses by different hands on the death of Isabel de Valois, second queen of Philip II, published by the professor in 1569, to which Cervantes contribut... ...Giulio, afterwards Cardinal, Acquaviva had been sent at the end of 1568 to Philip II by the Pope on a mission, partly of condolence, partly political,... ... to Spain he found his old regiment about to march for Portugal to support Philip’s claim to the crown, and utterly penniless now, had no choice but t... ...m to pay the reckoning let him go with a Godspeed. 58 Don Quixote CHAPTER IV Of what happened to our knight when he left the inn Day was dawning when... ...ernoon sleep, Sancho returned, and their conversation was resumed. CHAPTER IV In which Sancho Panza gives a satisfactory reply to the doubts and quest...

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...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation Part Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ... Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...y. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...d, by public proclamation, all the knights- errant that are scattered over Spain to assemble on a fixed day in the capital, for even if no more than h... ...ernoon sleep, Sancho returned, and their conversation was resumed. CHAPTER IV In which Sancho Panza gives a satisfactory reply to the doubts and quest... ...ack and a time to retreat, and it is not to be always ‘Santiago, and close Spain!’ Moreover, I have heard it said (and I think by my master himself, i... .... The bachelor replied that although he was not one of the famous poets of Spain, who were, they said, 31 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. only three an... ...of the fear in which our vast numbers kept it. Heroic resolve of the great Philip the Third, and unparalleled wisdom to have entrusted it to the said ...

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...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many...

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...SSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...s, and, at the same time, made intelligible to our understandings. CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV THE FIVE C ÆSARS who succeed... ...ne of Chris- tian princes, have erred as flagrantly as Ælius Verus. George IV ., we have understood, was generally escorted from Balkeith to Holyrood ... ...ate character. The second group, as we have classed them, terminating with Philip the Arab, commences with Commodus. This un- worthy prince, although ... ...; and to him suc- ceeded, as prætorian prefect, an Arabian officer, called Philip. The innocent boy, left without friends, was soon removed by murder;... ...o much as known in what way the Persian war was con- ducted or terminated. Philip, having made himself emperor, celebrated, upon his arrival in Rome, ... ...emselves heard of. Breaking into Gaul they passed through that country and Spain; cap- tured Tarragona in their route; crossed over to Africa, and con...

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...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... Douglas, impatient to get at the Saracens, entered into war with those of Spain, and was killed there. Lockhart proceeded to the Holy Land with such ... ..., if he should ever venture to pollute the Christian camp by his presence. Philip at- tempted to intercede in favour of the Marquis, and throw- ing do... ...il and travel, were soon fast asleep, each on his separate pallet. CHAPTER IV. KENNETH THE SCOT was uncertain how long his senses had been lost in pro... ...ilitary talents. Such discords, and particularly those betwixt Richard and Philip of France, created disputes and obstacles which impeded every active... ...ever-fit with me; but what is it with all the other Christian princes—with Philip of France, with that dull Austrian, with him of Montserrat, with the... ...uick-conceiving discontent, I’ll read you matter deep and dangerous. Henry IV, Part I. THE MARQUIS OF MONTSERRAT and the Grand Master of the Knights T...

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...ERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... virtuous. It certainly was better than Plessis-les-Tours. 19 Henry James IV. YOUR BUSINESS at Tours is to make excursions; and if you make them all,... ...ght up the dusky past with an unnatural glare. Begun in the reign of Louis Philippe, this terrible process—the more terrible always the more you admit... ...nument than the memory of Gaston deserves. The second of the sons of Henry IV.,— who was no more fortunate as a father than as a hus- band,—younger br... ... of Francis I. continued to visit, Chambord; but it was neglected by Henry IV., and was never afterwards a favorite residence of any French king. Loui... ...tion of the gift, was despoiled of his property by the Government of Louis Philippe. He appealed for redress to the tribunals of his country; and the ... ...he effect of which, on so large a scale, is strange and striking. Begun by Philip Augustus, and terminated by St. Louis, the Chateau d’Angers has of c...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world seem more i...

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...omas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ... the neck of this Irish War been broken at once. Doubt- *Commons Journals, iv. 15 (l0th January, 1644-5); and again v. 307 &c., 498 (18th September, 1... ... of the house might have fallen among robbers in his way homeward. CHAPTER IV UNIVERSITIES: GLASGOW; CAMBRIDGE At a later stage, John had some instruc... ...into exile to avoid worse! Swarm after swarm, of ever-new complexion, from Spain as from other countries, is thrown off, in those ever- recurring paro... ...and arm and man it;—and sail a- privateering “to the Eastern Archipelago,” Philippine Isles, or I know not where; and so conquer the golden fleece. Bo... ...grave (?) H. N. Coleridge, Esq.(?) W. F. Pollok, Esq. J. W. Colville, Esq. Philip Pusey, Esq. Allan Cunningham, Esq.(?) A. Rio, Esq. Rev. H. Donn. C. ... ...parallel to the French ’Avec cette sauce on mangerait son pere.’ ” CHAPTER IV NAPLES: POEMS In the bleak weather of this spring, 1842, he was again ab...

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...Excerpt: Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adored Louis, their only child, and never contradicte...

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...t by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...tor, Hazleton, PA 18202- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... from the Huns to Charlemagne, from Charlemagne to Leo X., from Leo X., to Philip II., from Philip II. to Louis XIV.; from Venice to England, from Eng... ...from Rome to Constantinople, from Constantinople to Venice, from Venice to Spain, from Spain to England—while no trace is left of Memphis, of Tyre, of... ...them edged with light by the moon, our only confidante.” 80 Louis Lambert IV “Farewell to glory, farewell to the future, to the life I had dreamed of... ...wer peculiar to him, and exceeding in intensity that of any other species. IV By constant assimilation, the Will depends on the Sub- stance it meets w... ...tion is not a law, but an ef- fect of the general law of universal motion. IV Motion, acting in proportion to Resistance, produces a result which is L...

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... and which I hope will equal your almost maternal kindness to me, would last beyond the limits prescribed for human affection. This sublime privilege of prolonging life in our hearts for a time by the life of the work we leave behind us would be (if we could only be sure of gaining it at last) a reward indeed for all the labor undertaken by those who aspire to such an immo...

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...Excerpt: We are scattered now, the friends of the late Mr. Oliver Offord; but whenever we chance to meet I think we are conscious of a certain esoteric respect for each other. ?Yes, you too have been in Arcadia,? we seem not too grumpily to allow. When I pass the hous...

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...me Short Stories by Henry James “Brooksmith,” “The Real Thing,” “The Story of It,” “Flickerbridge,” and “Mrs. Medwin” A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSIC... ...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Short Stories by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e multitudinous vulgar, and dearly prized by the attentive (need I mention Philip Vincent?) had had the happy for- 29 Henry James tune of seeing, lat... ...od as Miss Churm, who could look, when requested, like an Italian. CHAPTER IV I thought Mrs. Monarch’s face slightly convulsed when, on her coming bac... ...anted of a thing! It was so “there” that, as had befallen him in Italy, in Spain, confronted at last, in dusky side-chapel or rich museum, with great ... ...hat point, but after the Rubicon was crossed they went far afield. CHAPTER IV “Oh yes, she said you were engaged to her. That was why—since I had brok... ...however at the moment she spoke and Scott Homer presented himself. CHAPTER IV Scott Homer wore exactly, to his sister’s eyes, the aspect he had worn t...