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...Excerpt: How much is conveyed in those two short words--?The Parish!? And with how many tales of distress and misery, of broken fortune and ruined hopes, too often of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated! A poor man, with small earnings, and a large family, just manages to live on from h...

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...ublication Sketches by Box Volume One by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...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... ...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... ...nmoved the impressive solemnity with which he pours forth his soul in ‘My ‘art’s in the ‘ighlands, ’ or ‘The brave old Hoak. ’ The stout man is also a... ... construction of the let- ters which emblazon its exterior, and the poet’s art has been called into requisition, to intimate that if you drink a certa... ...de any very valuable luxu- ries of either kind. A few old china cups; some modern vases, adorned with paltry paintings of three Spanish cavaliers play... ...oches, fas- tened and labelled separately, like the insects in the British Museum; cheap silver penholders and snuff-boxes, with a masonic star, compl... ...our notice, by sitting op- posite to us in the reading-room at the British Museum; and what made the man more remarkable was, that he always had befor... ...lassical. If the actions of these heroes, however, can find no parallel in modern times, their friendship can. We have Damon and Pythias on the one ha...

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...rant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...essions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times. The 4th infantry went into camp at Salubrity in the month of ... ... offices are all located, the President resides, and much room is left for museums, re- ceptions, etc. This is the building generally designated as th... ...Kitching. Second Brigade, Maj. J. A. Tompkins. First Brig. Horse Art., Capt. J. M. Robertson. Second Brigade, Horse Art., Capt. D. R. R...

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...Excerpt: When The Duchess Was Dead No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in England. Then they had gone abroad, takin...

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...ries Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... and all the winter. Indeed father means to read every book in the British Museum before he goes back. ’ ‘He’ll have something to do. ’ ‘He reads by s... ... England because it suited Mr Boncassen to spend many hours in the British Museum. But still the daughter hardly seemed to be under control from her f... ...you will come on the twentieth. Mr Boncassen is to bring the whole British Museum if he wishes. ’ Then there was a little postscript which showed tha... ...ese devotees strayed away to the perils at large to which hunting in these modern days is subjected;— not the perils of broken necks and crushed ribs,... ... from outsiders, the perils of newfangled prejudices, the perils from more modern sports, the perils from over-cultivation, the perils from extended p... ...now stands niddle- noddling with its appendages of flags and spears on the modern wedding breakfast-table. It will come to pass with some of us soon t...

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...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos 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... ...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... ...utre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.” —Stendhal P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART ONE: MAKING T ONE: MAKING T ONE: MAKING T ONE: MAKING T ONE: MAKING THE... ...f it only wasn’t so goddam black.” 40 Three Soldiers P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART T T T T T T T T TW W W W WO: O: O: O: O: THE MET THE MET THE MET THE ME... ...s had opened. They covered the head with a blan- ket. P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART T T T T THREE: MA THREE: MA THREE: MA THREE: MA THREE: MACHINES CHINES ... ...tempt to put this enlisted man at his ease. “Yes, I am very fond of music, modern music,” he said, leaning against the mantelpiece. “Are you a musicia... ...ow in the partition flew open and Henslowe shouted in to him: “T alk about modern conveniences. Y ou can converse while you bathe!” Andrews scrubbed h... ... Malmaison.” “Oh, you should go to St. Germain. M. Reinach’s prehis- toric museum is there. It is very beautiful. Y ou should not go home to your coun...