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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4033-8037-6 (e-book) ISBN: ... ...ent prepared by her merchants and, with the flourish of her famous signature and the stamp of the Royal Seal, granted a Charter to the Honourable Ea... ...ing Helen, I knew this day would come and I welcome the release from my suffering and hope to be united soon with your beloved mother. My only THE... ...arrying out their pernicious trade and no doubt the Arab captains thought our merchant ship was a Royal Navy vessel.’ A more felicitous event was t... ...wo ladies from Devonshire. Higher up on the hillocks nestled pink and white bungalows, the summer residences of rich Indians and the English. But it... ...ght, bring in even more revenue for the State. Its produce could be transported direct to the dry kingdoms of the wealthy Rajput Princes, cutting ou...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the m...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...gister of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence ... ...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...ompensation” may, in appropriate circumstances, be found to be zero, or a royalty-free license, if the comparable transactions in the marketplace sup... ...nd libraries indicated that in many orphan works situations a low or zero royalty is likely to be the reasonable compensation. In addition, to make ... ...ilarly, she received no response to a request to use photographs of royal residences from a book published in the 1970s, so she instead relied on pu... ... in the 1970s, so she instead relied on public domain engravings of those residences from 1819. 145 The marketplace can also offer substitutes for ...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of t...

...Many commenters were in favor of determining whether a search was reasonable on an “ad hoc” or case-by-case basis, whereby each search is evaluated according to its circumstances. This approach was offered as having the advantage of flexibility t...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...gister of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence ... ...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...ompensation” may, in appropriate circumstances, be found to be zero, or a royalty-free license, if the comparable transactions in the marketplace sup... ...nd libraries indicated that in many orphan works situations a low or zero royalty is likely to be the reasonable compensation. In addition, to make ... ...ilarly, she received no response to a request to use photographs of royal residences from a book published in the 1970s, so she instead relied on pu... ... in the 1970s, so she instead relied on public domain engravings of those residences from 1819. 145 The marketplace can also offer substitutes for ...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of t...

...We also recommend one other threshold requirement for a user to qualify for the orphan works limitations on remedies: throughout the use of the work, the user must provide attribution to the author and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under ...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

... --Steven Sills "So he spoke, and the bright-eyed goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he prayed... ... goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his he... ...that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, ... ...1 They, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their alone... ...tained fantasies that he would desire. Despite Thai's reverence for royalty, the three of them went down Ramkhamhaeng Road without even thinkin... ... they picked up humans with their trunks, and oarsmen in the facsimiles of royal barges competing against each other. The boats had the same body and... ... dollhouse of the spirits that was often placed in front of businesses and residences. At such sanphraphuns Thais put down plates of food and lit ince... ...he sat on the edge of the tub next to him and heard about the crash of the United Airlines jet. Without words she took one of his hands. Without tryin... ...thier and more powerful country, or the hatred toward Israeli aid from the United States? I don't understand it. We talk and talk and yet people are...

This book is about an individual in dire poverty who makes his way in Bangkok from a sidewalk restaurant worker to a famous prostitute painter

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...wealth of Ormus -- Crossing the great Gobi desert -- The Polos attached to the Royal Court -- Marco is educated for the Khan's service -- Appointed go... ...-- A herd of 10,000 white horses and as many mares -- Mare's milk used only by royalty -- Marvellous power of the astrologers -- Not withstanding thei... ...ave driven animal life towards the tropics? And may we not also infer from the united evidences of lofty mountains, deep valleys, high tablelands, isl... ...nd at the end of three years, while the company were preparing ampler huts for residences, they were attacked by these Skraellings, an arrow from the ... ... convents, a great number of warehouses and stores, and more than 6000 private residences. Even the hard hearted historian of the Buccaneers, himself ...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings amo...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- T...

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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...gister of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence ... ...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...ompensation” may, in appropriate circumstances, be found to be zero, or a royalty-free license, if the comparable transactions in the marketplace sup... ...nd libraries indicated that in many orphan works situations a low or zero royalty is likely to be the reasonable compensation. In addition, to make ... ...ilarly, she received no response to a request to use photographs of royal residences from a book published in the 1970s, so she instead relied on pu... ... in the 1970s, so she instead relied on public domain engravings of those residences from 1819. 145 The marketplace can also offer substitutes for ...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

... APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI‘I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee 3 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS RESTO... ... · HAWAII BUSINESS HAWAI‘I: A PARADISE FOR INNOVATION BEST PLACE TO STUDY THE UNIVERSE ALGAE FOR FUEL WIND ENERGY UNDERWATER RESEARCH 2 APEC 2011 ·... ... and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i by Hagadone Printing Company on post-consumer recycled paper us... ...offset by carbon credits. is part of This special edition of was produced in cooperation with the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee. PUBLISHER David ... ... tea The Beach Bar Surf Lanai Mai Tai Bar Azure Restaurant ‘Aha ‘Aina - A Royal Hawaiian Lu - ‘au AWAK-23131_8-125x10-875_v2.indd 1 9/23/11 9:04... ...TER, HALL I November 8-13 Registered APEC and media delegates only THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL, COCONUT GROVE Registered CEO Summit and media dele... ...c. Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc. Tori Richard, Ltd. Ultimate Innovations United Laundry Services, Inc. Watumull Stores Yobi Group, LLC Bank of Hawai... ...andard for ultra-luxury living in Waikiki. A limited number of suites and residences are still available from our Platinum Collection, representing ... ...ve ownership privileges and fnancial benefts. Suites from under $500,000 - Residences from under $2,000,000 Visit us 10am-5pm daily 223 Saratoga Road,...

Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

... -- 17 Host Committee Chairman Peter Ho -- 20 Ideal Laboratory for Clean Power -- 24 Electric Vehicles -- 28 Firm But Renewable Energy -- 30 Building the Smart Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ww.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! ... ... LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligen... ...angible, retarded wealth formation. In some respects, the West - and especially the United States - are poorer now than they were in 1988. This monu... ...t least since the middle Renaissance. Assets tend to accumulate in "asset stocks". Residences built in the 19th century still serve their purpose t... ...f the Japanese boast, at the height of their realty bubble, that the grounds of the royal palace in Tokyo are worth more than the entire real estate... ...nners of the 1997 Nobel Prize in the Economic Sciences The Pricing of Options The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 1997 ...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

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The Malignan Self Love : Narcissism Revisited

By: Sam Vaknin

...t Self Love Narcissism Revisited 1 st EDITION 8 th Revised Impression EXCERPTS – NOT the full Book! Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. The Author is N... ...ERPTS – NOT the full Book! Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. The Author is NOT a Mental Health Professional. The Author is certified in Counselling Techniques. ... ...k! Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. The Author is NOT a Mental Health Professional. The Author is certified in Counselling Techniques. Editing and Desi... ... Rangelovska All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidi... ...e narcissist is. The narcissist goes into a schizoid mode: he isolates himself, a hermit in the kingdom of his hurt. He minimizes his social intera... ...as far as Narcissistic Supply is concerned. He falls in and out of love with people, workplaces, residences, vocations, hobbies, and interests becau... ...nd Roger Davis state, as a matter of fact, that pathological narcissism was the preserve of "the royal and the wealthy" and that it "seems to have g... ...iety that stresses individualism and self-gratification at the expense of community, namely the United States". They assert that the disorder is mor... ...ic of Macedonia and to the Ministry of Finance. 2001 to 2003 Senior Business Correspondent for United Press International (UPI). Web and Journalis...

...When the personality is rigid to the point of being unable to change in reaction to changing circumstances - we say that it is disordered. Such a person takes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive cues exclusively from others. His ...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...ou are loyal Williams men, striving for the ad- vancement of the Grand Old Royal Purple. " CHB average man would be astoaished to tee the many intrica... ...llowed by social ostracism, ami even Lady ]Mary proves untrue. Finally his royal identity is disclosed hy the French ambassador,and as LouisPlnlippe, ... ... to d«te Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH... ...college taxation question. The measure for taxing dormitories. commons and residences was mod- ified to its last form to include on- ly professor's re... ...setts state Senate on April 9, providing for the taxttion of pro- fessors' residences in college towns, was overwhelmingly defeated in the House last ...

...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...

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A Start in Life

By: Honoré de Balzac

...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a public... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ve us ten thousand a year in rentals. Nogent is one of the most delightful residences in the valley; and we should still have an income of ten thou- s... ...g-places along the road, we will ourselves explain what were the ties that united Madame Clapart with Pierrotin, and authorized the two confidential r... ...ping hand, my lad!” he said to Pierrotin. The farmer was hoisted in by the united efforts of Pierrotin and the porter, to cries of “Houp la! hi! ha! h... ...ream.” “Don’t you eat anything between meals? How bourgeois, Marais, Place Royale, that is!” cried Georges. “When he ‘blagued’ just now about his cros... ...o the office about his own affairs, would take Oscar to dine in the Palais-Royal, 112 A Start in Life and to some theatre in the evening. Oscar had b...

Excerpt: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

... ... ...uma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. A... ...te University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose... ...m Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the... ...n waited till one of them was close to his saddle-bow: then stooping towards him, in a clear, distinct voice, which was perfectly audible at the windo... ...nt- Remy, the maitre d’hotel shall be informed.” “M. de Saint-Remy?” repeated the cavalier, slightly blushing. “Do you know him?” “Why, yes; but reque... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ... im- plore you, to the years you have already undergone. You have, to induce you to act now rather than at another time, neither occasion nor opportun... ...f the Fronde, the reconciliation of M. de Conde with the king, and the probable marriage of the infanta of Spain; but he avoided, as Athos himself avo...

...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of ...

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Maitre Cornelius

By: Honoré de Balzac

...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott... .... “If the king is willing, the pope can annul my marriage. We will then be united,” she said, giving him a look that was full of delightful hopes. “Mo... ...ctions which his crafty policy induced him to undertake outside of his own kingdom. Observing the outline of the houses occupied respectively by Maitr... ... pleasure and profit in lending himself to the capricious pleasures of his royal client. Cornelius had now lived nine years in the city of Tours. Duri... ...s premises to be guarded by a de- tachment of his own Scottish guard. Such royal solicitude made the courtiers believe that the old miser had bequeath... ...fects to be convinced of its superiority over the sites of all other royal residences. Louis XI., now in the fifty-seventh year of his age, had scarce...

...Excerpt: Some envious being may think on seeing this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,--a fancy of the fashions of the day,-- but you and a few others, dear count, will know that I ...

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Make... ...mbling, shining, purple waves:and there we beheld, for the first time, the Royal red and yellow standard of Spain floating on its own ground, under th... ...Bundy 8 Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo and Her Majesty’s Royal mail embarked with much majesty; and in the twinkling of an eye, the ... ...greeable picture in my imagination; rather, perhaps, resembling the Junior United Service Club in Charles Street, by which every Londoner has passed e... ...re- ligions houses of the Spanish town are gone, or turned into mili- tary residences, and masked so that you would never know their former pious dest... ...untry-houses had be- gun to decorate the Cairo bank of the stream ere this:residences of the Pasha’s nobles, who have had orders to take their pleasur...

...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of pre...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...cs Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ... seduce young and enthusiastic minds to the cause in which they were found united, although wisdom and reason frowned upon the en- terprise. The adven... ... to plot the surprisal of St. James’s Palace, and the assassination of the royal family. While these ill-digested and desperate conspiracies were agit... ...ely elegant improvement upon the style of designing and erecting Edinburgh residences. Each house was, in the phrase used by appraisers, ‘finished wit... ...own choice.—Where is the tale, Alan, of a cov- ered dish in the midst of a royal banquet, upon which the eyes of every guest were immediately fixed, n... ... which the elder Mr. Fairford had expected and desired. The young men were united by the closest bonds of intimacy; and the more so, that neither of t...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

...ne by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of... ...he Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas, the Pe... ... word,” said Caderousse, from whose mind the friendly treatment of Dantes, united with the effect of the excellent wine he had partaken of, had efface... ...I shall endeavor to interest in Edmond’s favor. I am aware he is a furious royalist; but, in spite of that, and of his being king’s attorney, he is a ... ...e — a Bonapartist, and is called Noirtier; I, on the contrary, am a stanch royalist, and style myself de Villefort. Let what may remain of revolu- tio... ...ized the dream of Machiavelli and Caesar Borgia, which was to make Italy a united kingdom.” “Monsieur,” returned the inspector , “providence has chang... ... count’s princely for- tune enabled him to give even to his most temporary residences. He came to renew the thanks of Madame Danglars which had been a...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If...

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A Little Tour in France

By: Henry James

...y James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...rative as it is detestable. For the rest, at Tours, there is a certain Rue Royale which has preten- sions to the monumental; it was constructed a hund... ...of this checkered story that I mentioned the Palais de Justice and the Rue Royale. The most interesting fact, to my mind, about the high-street of Tou... ...u de Blois is one of the most beautiful and elaborate of all the old royal residences of this part of France, and I suppose it should have all the hon... ...oor. Cheverny, built in 1634, is of a much later date than the other royal residences of this part of France; it belongs to the end of the Renaissance... ...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ...

Excerpt: A Little Tour in France by Henry James.

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Rhoda Fleming

By: George Meredith

...s Series Publication Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...anoverian lady had used the place in her day as a nursery-hospital for the royal little ones. It was a square three-storied building of red brick, muc... ...om the wall, and driblets of ivy ran broad- ening to the outer ground. The royal Arms were said to have surmounted the great iron gateway; but they ha... ... his finger upon that burning line of Scrip- ture. It opened a whole black kingdom to her imagination, and first touched her visionary life with shade... ...oad that her heart might select Dahlia’s habitation from the other hueless residences. She fixed upon one, but she was wrong, and her heart sank. The ... ...ed. He refrained from speaking of their union, feeling sure that they were united. It required that he should see her to know fully the sinner he had ...

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Tess of the Durbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy

...Tess of the d’Urbervilles THOMAS HARDY 1891 Based on the Wessex Edition of 1912 Contents Phase the First — The Maiden . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Phase the Second — Maiden No More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 XII . . ... ...ase the First — The Maiden 1 Phase the First — The Maiden I O n an evening in the latter part of May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Sha... ...le aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blake more or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that ca... ...ous extent, and in Charles the Second’s reign you were made Knights of the Royal Oak for your loyalty. Aye, there have been generations of Sir Johns a... ...he Lord knows what all. In Saint Charles’s days we was made Knights o’ the Royal Oak, our real name being d’Urberville!...Don’t that make your bosom p... ...tanding. A loud laugh from behind Tess’s back, in the shade of the garden, united with the titter of the room. She looked round, and saw the red coal ... ...reat influence in this county, the d’Urbervilles. I never pass one of their residences without thinking of them. There is something very sad in the ext... ...rs the lofty roofs, chimneys, gazebos, and towers of the numerous fanciful residences of which the place was composed. It was a city of detached mansi...

...Excerpt: Phase the First; The Maiden -- I -- On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carri...

...Table of Contents: Phase the First ? The Maiden, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 5 -- III, 10 -- IV, 16 -- V, 24 -- VI, 32 -- VII, 36 -- VIII, 39 -- IX, 43 -- X, 48 -- XI, 55 -- Phase the Second? Maiden No More, 61 -- XII, 61 -- XIII, 68 -- XIV, 70 -- XV, 80 -- Pha...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania St... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ... the forecastle lit up with the red glare of the torch bas kets. Racing was royal fun. The public always had an idea that racing was dangerous; where... ...ty; visited the park and the sociable horde of squirrels there; saw the fine residences, rose clad and in other ways enticing to the eye; and got a go... ...ed books for that kind of people; and the moment they get their hands on the royalty—maybe it’s three thousand, maybe it’s two thousand—” “What busine... ... I has!’” Vicksburg is a town of substantial business streets and pleas ant residences; it commands the commerce of the Yazoo and Sunflower Rivers; i...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and...

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Scenes from a Courtesans Life

By: Honoré de Balzac

...rtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ...ks all to win all, by sacrificing to the god who has most votaries in this royal city, namely, Chance. At the 6 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life same t... ...urn. The Rue de Langlade and the adjacent streets are a blot on the Palais Royal and the Rue de Rivoli. This portion of one of the handsomest quarters... ...n 1779 and 1786, that he could play his part in London and at ambassadors’ residences without awaking suspicion. Peyrade, who had some resemblance to ... ...yed that isolation which now again is aimed at. This block, this island of residences and official buildings, in their midst the Sainte-Chapelle—that ... ...o us, on seeing two 324 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life handsome creatures united and happy, always did honor to Madame de Stael, in spite of her ‘rom...

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Vittoria

By: George Meredith

...assics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vittoria by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...and purple. You behold a burnished realm of mountain and plain beneath the royal sun of Italy. In the foreground it shines hard as the lines of an irr... ... exercise these old joints of mine touched me with a grateful sense of his royal bounty. I had from him a chair, a bed, and a table: shelter from sun ... ...ved intellects which admitted the possibility of a coming Kingdom of Italy united: the lunatics who preached of it he considered a sort of self-electe... ...er twice during the summer months, and wrote to her from his fitful Winter residences in various capital cities, to report progress in the settled sch... ...pite of themselves by that combination of genius and beauty which is found united nowhere but in Irma, the spir- its of heaven determined to rob earth...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

... Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Penn... ...rmidable. Full of spite, she was capable of bringing discord into the most united family. In early days, when she indulged in certain secret hopes whi... ...on, gave her his arm for a walk, and they went along the quays by the Pont Royal to the Place du Car- rousel. 73 Balzac “Let us look into the shop wi... ...nt it too much myself, papa, to give it up to anybody in the world, even a royal prince!” “I can make a far prettier thing than that for you, made- mo... ... house in the Rue du Mont-Parnasse, where there are three or four princely residences. Though he rented the whole house, he inhabited only the ground ... ...t; she was out almost every day from eleven till five. The sisters-in-law, united in their cares for the chil- dren whom they kept together, sat at ho...

...Excerpt: It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commenta...

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...y Nathaniel Hawthorne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania S... ...ly—or, rather, I do not doubt at all—whether any public functionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a pa... ...ut, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States— was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be termed ... ... social life, Governor Bellingham had planned his new habitation after the residences of gentlemen of fair es tate in his native land. Here, then, wa... ...rts himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom. But what distinguished the physician’s ecstasy from Satan’s was th... ...etition of what they had beheld in proud old Lon don—we will not say at a royal coronation, but at a Lord Mayor’s show—might be traced in the customs...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Clas... ... Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsy... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...om the Castle to be driven in an open carriage to Salt Hill and bestow her Royal contribution. In the throng little Patteson was pressed up so close t... ...contribution. In the throng little Patteson was pressed up so close to the Royal carriage that he became entangled in the wheel, and was on the point ... ... and may we learn to live with such holiness here that we may hereafter be united for ever in Heaven.’ This letter is marked twice over ‘Only for Papa... ...e may sleep in Him as our hope is this our sister doth, and may be finally united with her in Heaven. Yesterday was a day of great trial to us all: I ... ... lies out here clearly; and it is true that any intermission of voyages or residences in the islands is to be avoided.’ Mrs. Selwyn had gone home for ...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

...AVELLI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...turally unsound stucco houses near Bromstead Station. They were big clumsy residences in the earliest Victorian style, interminably high and with deep... ...and in railway and mine disasters and in the minutest domesticities of the Royal Family . Most of the books at home were my father’s, and I do not thi... ...roops (who had seized the Navy, the Bank and other advan- tages) against a royalist army—reinforced by Germans—ad- vancing for reasons best known to t... ...o Republican and Democrat, for example, and you have the conditions in the United States. The Crown or a dethroned dynasty, the Estab- lished Church o... ... of their possible babies in the fur- naces that run the machinery. In the United States the na- tive Anglo-American strain has scarcely increased at ...

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

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Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

By: Charles Dickens

...and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, th... ...lous or wrong at home, so I then hoped that the good-humored people of the United States would not be generally disposed to quarrel with me for carryi... ...ces is a literal para- phrase of some reports of public proceedings in the United States (especially of the proceedings of a certain Brandywine Associ... ...be in great request in that country; for men are constantly changing their residences there, and moving further off; and it’s clear they must have hou... ...nd,’ said Mr Pecksniff, ‘you may well in- quire. The heart is not always a royal mint, with patent machinery to work its metal into current coin. Some... ...n good health, I believe,’ said Martin. ‘Queen Victoria won’t shake in her royal shoes at all, when she hears to-morrow named,’ observed the stranger,...

...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether there may occasionally be a difference of this kind between some writers and some readers; whether it is a...

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Sandra Belloni Originally Emilia in England

By: George Meredith

...SANDRA BELLONI Originally Emilia in England By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publi... ... Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ing it the footman came up to Arabella. Misfortunes, we know, are the most united family on earth. The news brought to her was that a lady of the name... ...ing! better marriage! than to submit in such a case,” cried Adela. For, so united were the ladies of Brookfield, and so bent on their grand hazy objec... ...elia. “Undoubtedly.” “We retire and retire,” Adela remarked. “We waste the royal forces. But, dear me, that makes us insurgents!” She laughed, being s... ... Gambier, keeping guard with all the com- posure of a gentleman-usher at a royal presentation. Along the tables, men and women were ranged facing her;... ... I agree with him that Stornley can’t hold a candle to it. There are three residences in England that might be preferred to it, and, of those, two are...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...t Main Street with its two-story brick shops, its story- and-a-half wooden residences, its muddy expanse from concrete walk to walk, its huddle of For... ...ch Carol derived from them were: Lincoln was a celebrated president of the United States, but in his youth extremely poor. James J. Hill was the best-... ...oys— Barroom? Why, Perce Bresnahan was saying there isn’t a finer bunch of royal good fellows anywhere than just the crowd that were here tonight!” Th... ...g in a white and mahogany room with a small bed. “Oh, do you have your own royal apartments, and the doctor his?” Carol hinted. “Indeed I do! The doct... ...d to the street fair which added mundane gaiety to the annual rites of the United and Fraternal Order of Beavers. Beavers, human Beavers, were everywh...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...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 t... ... things, taking away his passport.With help from a dissident member of the royal family, he managed to get out of the country under the pretext of att... ...ing up the teams in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Members of the cells rented residences, and purchased bomb-mak- ing materials and transport vehicles.At... ...eventu- ally back to Kandahar. In Kandahar, he rotated between five to six residences, spending one night at each residence. In addition, he sent his ... ...their friends can help them change. 20 There are signs that Saudi Arabia’s royal family is trying to build a consensus for political reform, though un...

...Excerpt: 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, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...ication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ION It has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book about the United States, and I had made up my mind to visit the country with this obj... ...than I am, the bathing at New- port is very good. The private houses—villa residences as they would be termed by an auctioneer in England—are excellen... ...hould have had no objection to become the possessor of one of these “villa residences;” but I do not think that 32 North America V ol. 1 I should hav... ... possible danger; whereupon those who accompanied the prince requested his Royal Highness to forbear. I fear that, in these careful days, crowned head... ...ortation of slaves, her breaches of treaty, and the bribery of her all but royal governor, are known to all men. But Canada is not dishonest; Canada i...

...TH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................................

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The Amazing Marriage

By: George Meredith

...GE By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State... ...he same. But he had turned right about, and appeared transfixed and like a royal beast angry, with his wound. If ever there was love at first sight, a... ...ey had been collectors of beetles and butterflies, and the flying by of a ‘royal-mantle,’ the purple butterfly grandly fringed, could still remind Car... ...xes of those our most important fighting-ulti- mately, we will hope, to be united-syllables, and the when for men, the when for women, to select the o... ...sacks of potatoes by newly-es- tablished donkey-cart at the doors of their residences, at so much per sack, bills quarterly; with the postscript, Vive... ...s balefulness. The bigger houses, larger shops, austere streets of private residences, were observed by the recent inhabitant of Whitechapel. ‘My lord...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Enter Dame Gossip As Chorus. Everybody has heard of the beautiful Countess of Cressett, who was one of the lights of this country at the time when crowned heads were running over Europe, crying out for charity?s sake to be amused after their tiresome work of slaughter: and you...

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Twice Told Tales

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...s Publication Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Pennsylvania State... ...be conceived. Com- pelled to relinquish her first engagement, she had been united to a man of twice her own years, to whom she became an exemplary wif... ... wreathed of the brightest roses that had grown there, so, in the tie that united them, were intertwined all the purest and best of their early joys. ... ...oteness of their situation, and perhaps in the supposed instability of the royal government, shortly renewed their severities in all other respects. C... ...in, he spoke in measured ac- cents, and a deeply deferential tone, as if a royal ear were listening to his wellturned periods. Colonel Killigrew all t... ...gentry of the colony received invitations, which were distributed to their residences, far and near, by messengers on horseback, bear- ing missives se...

...Excerpt: There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies, and sent a harsh and ...

...Contents THE GRAY CHAMPION....................................................................................................... 4 THE WEDDING KNELL .......................................................................................

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Autobiography Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life

By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

... John Oxenford, with an introduction by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Johann ... ..., but full of solemnity and loveliness? How has the belief of a Saint been united in this high and true mind with the clearness of a Sceptic; the devo... ...ps dash together; houses fall in, and over them churches and tow- ers; the royal palace is in part swallowed by the waters; the burst- ing land seems ... ...erably wide court, sur- rounded by irregular buildings, which were now all united into one dwelling. We usually hastened at once into the gar- 57 Goe... ...s children. The many affairs which were settled before the tribunal of the royal lieutenant had quite a peculiar charm, from his mak- ing it a point t... ... grand marshal, made his appearance, in order to arrange and designate the residences of the ambassadors and their suites, according to the old cus- t...

...Excerpt: It would appear that for inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singular, highly significant phenomenon, and now also means more or less complete for ascertaining its significance. A man of wonderful...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Five

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Five A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ...E VOLUMES Volume Five A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Five is a publication ... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Five is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Five is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...E In the internal decoration, if not in the external architecture of their residences, the English are supreme. The Italians have but little sentiment... ...fensive to the eye of an artist than the interior of what is termed in the United States— that is to say, in Appallachia—a well-furnished apartment. I... ...s, at a moment’s notice, in consideration of the crumbs that fell from the royal table. Our king, as a matter of course, retained his ‘fool.’ The fact... ...sun! 137 V olume Five ANNABEL LEE It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden lived whom you may know By the name of ... ...n to love and be loved by me. I was a child and She was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love — I ...

Excerpt: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Five.

...USALEM ........................................................................................................................................... 12 THE SPHINX............................................................................................................................................................... 16 HOP-FROG ..............................................

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of t... ...ME ONE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication V olume One of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Volume One of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, con... ...e amiable old gentleman, it seemed, had intended to leave the whole to the Royal Humane Society, and had indeed executed a will to that effect; but th... ...Nickleby. A mania prevailed, a bubble burst, four stock-brokers took villa residences at Florence, four hundred nobodies were ruined, and among them M... ...tty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was ever started. “United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muf- fin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual D... ...nto consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Del... ... always either the one or the other,’ replied Miss La Creevy. ‘Look at the Royal Academy! All those beautiful shiny portraits of gentlemen in black ve...

...Excerpt: Volume One of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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Joseph Andrews

By: Henry Fielding

...s Series Publication Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ... Journal in 1745 and the following years; some indistinct traditions about residences at T wickenham and else- where, and some, more precise but not m... ..., we hope, be induced, by considering the uncommon variety of charms which united in this young man’s person, to bridle their rampant passion for chas... ...rts, assemblies, operas, balls, &c., the people of no fashion, besides one royal place, called his Majesty’s Bear-garden, have been in constant pos- s... ...ce, and an insensibility of human misery, with a degree of hypocrisy, have united in a female composition, Mrs T ow-wouse was that woman; and where a ... ... and such like. After which, he was seated between the king and queen, and royally entertained. This I think was the chief part. Perhaps I may have fo...

...Excerpt: General Introduction: There are few amusements more dangerous for an author than the indulgence in ironic descriptions of his own work. If the irony is depreciatory, posterity is but too likely to say, ?Many a true word is spoken in jest;? if it is encomiastic, the same ruthless and ungrateful critic is b...

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The Longest Journey

By: E. M. Forster

...rney by E. M. Forster A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ckie. But he wondered whether one of the bonds that kept the Ansell family united might not be their complete absence of taste—a surer bond by far tha... ... Journey photographs, amount to very little by themselves. But let them be united and continuous, and you have a hell that no grown-up devil can devis... ...selves not in a tiny town, nor yet in a large one, but amongst innumerable residences, detached and semi-de- tached, which had gathered round the scho... ...ew from the windows, though extensive, would not have been accepted by the Royal Academy. A valley, containing a stream, a road, a railway; over the v... ...ust break the news to Rickie gently; that he must have at least one battle royal with Agnes. But it was contrary to his own spirit to coach people: he...

...Excerpt: ?THE COW IS THERE,? said Ansell, lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet. No one spoke. He waited till the end of the match fell off. Then he said again, ?She is there, the cow. There, now.? ?You have not proved it...

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Contents PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 THE CUSTOM HOU... ... . . . . . 1 THE CUSTOM HOUSE INTRODUCTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 THE PRISON DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2 ... ...E CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 20 THE MINISTER IN A MAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 21 THE NEW ENGLAN... ...e, introductory to THE SCARLET LETTER, has created an unprecedented excitement in the respectable community immediately around him. It could hardly ha... ... — or, rather, I do not doubt at all — whether any public func tionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such ... ...s, but, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States — was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be te... ...e of social life, Governor Bellingham had planned his new habitation after the residences of gentlemen of fair estate in his native land. Here, then, ... ...omports himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom. 94 The Scarlet Letter But what distinguished the physician’s ... ... repetition of what they had beheld in proud old London — we will not say at a royal coronation, but at a Lord Mayor’s show — might be traced in the c...

...Excerpt: PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; MUCH to the author?s surprise, and (if he may say so without additional offence) considerably to his amusement, he finds that his sketch of official life, introductory to THE SCARLET LETTER, has created an...

...Table of Contents: PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 1 -- THE CUSTOM HOUSE INTRODUCTORY, 2 -- 1 THE PRISON DOOR, 31 -- 2 THE MARKET-PLACE, 33 -- 3 THE RECOGNITION, 40 -- 4 THE INTERVIEW, 47 -- 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE, 52 -- 6 PEARL, 59 -- 7 THE GOVERNOR?S HAL...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of t... ...ly by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Fait... ...e amiable old gentleman, it seemed, had intended to leave the whole to the Royal Humane Society, and had indeed executed a will to that effect; but th... ...Nickleby. A mania prevailed, a bubble burst, four stock-brokers took villa residences at Florence, four hundred nobodies were ruined, and among them M... ...tty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was ever started. “United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muf- fin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual D... ...nto consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Del... ... always either the one or the other,’ replied Miss La Creevy. ‘Look at the Royal Academy! All those beautiful shiny portraits of gentlemen in black ve...

...Excerpt: The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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The Greshams of Greshamsbury

By: Anthony Trollope

...sics Series Publication Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...s own grounds, and, therefore, was considered as ranking above the village residences—of these two Dr Thorne had the smaller. They stood exactly at th... ..., after the King of the French. If one wishes to look out in the world for royal nomenclature, to find children who have been chris- tened after kings... ...f democrats. None have so servile a deference for the very nail-parings of royalty; none feel so wondering an awe at the exaltation of a crowned head;... ...ack, Frank had reigned almost autocratic over the lesser sub- jects of the kingdom of Greshamsbury. The servants, for instance, always obeyed him, and... ...mmon-sense spirit of the age, very few people do choose to have themselves united on that day. But some day in the first week of that month was fixed ...

...Excerpt: Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, ...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

...ies Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ob Joe, for I never thought of any of the house- keeping property as his – united to the necessity of always keeping one hand on my bread-and-butter a... ...nging with it any relief to my feelings, and the company came. Mr. Wopsle, united to a Roman nose and a large shining bald forehead, had a deep voice ... ... laying of the first stone of some building or other, and for handing some Royal Personage either the trowel or the mortar. Be that as it may, he had ... ...ut to have taken it with him to the tomb, and to have brought it back. The royal phantom also carried a ghostly manuscript round its truncheon, to whi... ...my possession. He considered the chambers and his own lodging as temporary residences, and advised me to look out at once for a “fashionable crib’ nea...

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The Last Chronicle of Barset

By: Anthony Trollope

... by Anthony T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pe... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylva... ...e got to be printed here and there, and which he sent by post all over the kingdom. More that once this chief commissioner had told his private secret... ...equence of some benefit supposed to have been done to some French scion of royalty—when such scions in France were royal and not imperial. Lady Demoli... ...with high persons in the world.’ ‘I didn’t care though they lived with the royal family, and had the Prince of Wales for their bosom friend. It only s... ...s,’ said the archdeacon, ‘and the houses in the Close which used to be the residences of the prebendaries have been leased out to tallow-chandlers and... ...;, of the firm Burton and Bangles, wine merchants, of Hook Court, had been united to Madalina, daughter of the late Sir Confucius Demolines, at the ch...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. How did he get it? ?I can never bring myself to believe it, John,? said Mary Walker the pretty daughter of Mr. George Walker, attorney of Silverbridge. Walker and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable people, who did all the solicitors? business that had to be done in that part of Bars...

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