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The Magic Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac

...lzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a... ...ublication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...al, where the inevitable roulettes cause blood to flow in streams, and the public can have the plea- sure of watching without fear of their feet slipp... ...ute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky. F... ...tent and unconscious grace had, in a manner, brought me there, did me many services that I could not well refuse. All women fallen on evil days are si... ...cupation. In spite of myself, they took charge of me, and I accepted their services. “In order to understand the peculiar condition of my mind, my pre... ...it; then, after some further time spent in punctiliously rendering various services that showed how seriously Foedora respected her- self, her maid le... ...ssor and went on in a gentle voice— ”The harm is done, my old friend. Your services have been well repaid; and my misfortune has at any rate contribut...

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New Arabian Nights

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...N NIGHTS by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication ... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...e have families who would be shocked, or even blamed, if the matter became public; others have a weak- ness at heart and recoil from the circumstances... ...consider the importance of your life, not only to your friends, but to the public interest. ‘If not to-night,’ said this madman; but supposing that to... ... while ago, to do Colonel Geraldine, his Master of the Horse, one of those services, so common in my profession, which are never forgotten upon either... ...urder was a trade? Can I take your hand? Ought I so much as to accept your services? Dark and criminal old man, would you make an accomplice of my you... ...ncerns, believe me, from my heart I think the con- trary. Take or leave my services as I offer them; and trouble me with no more words of gratitude, f... ... its gloomy pre- occupations; for not even the favour of a Prince to a Re- publican can discharge a brooding spirit of its cares. The train arrived at... ...original; and I am far from regretting an action which has procured me the services of Major O’Rooke and Lieutenant Brackenbury Rich. But the ser- van...

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Pygmalion

By: George Bernard Shaw

...PYGMALION By George Bernard Shaw A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Penns... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...head always covered by a velvet skull cap, for which he would apologize to public meetings in a very courtly manner. He and Tito Pagliardini, another ... ...tized, may perhaps some day be taken up by a syndicate and pushed upon the public as The Times pushed the Encyclopaedia Britannica; but until then it ... ...ough here again I must disclaim all portraiture. But if the play makes the public aware that there are such people as phoneticians, and that they are ... ...irs; but their condition leaves something to be desired; and she needs the services of a dentist]. THE MOTHER. How do you know that my son’s name is F... ...ome used to having her there, and dependent on her for all sorts of little services, and that he should miss her if she went away (it would never have...

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The Long Vacation

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ONG VACATION BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of th... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ly. Poor man, he little knew what he undertook. Music, art, Roman Catholic services, and nov- elty conspired to intoxicate her, and her sister was tha... ...s since the death of Felix, when kind old Mr. Grinstead died suddenly at a public meet- ing, leaving his widow well endowed, and the possessor of her ... ...he head, and the tone is improved throughout. Till my boys are ready for a public school I had rather they were among our own people. No, Cherry, I ca... ...us year, when Lord Rotherwood and his son came 41 Yo n g e down to open a public park or garden on the top of the cliffs, where Lord Rotherwood’s acc... ...not agree with his health; and there did not seem sufficient scope for his services since the Reverend Underwood had become 56 The Long Vacation so m... ...ight had replied that she had freely prom- 138 The Long Vacation ised her services gratuitously for the benefit of the object in view. At this the ma... ...d grieve her. He was manifestly in earnest, listening and join- ing in the services as if they had a new force to him. Perhaps they had the more from ...

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Celt and Saxon

By: George Meredith

...Celt and Sax on By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by George Meredith is a publication of the Penn... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... Saxon or others, that when we have submitted our persons to the charge of public companies, immediately, as if the renouncing of our independence int... ...rishmen are better out of Europe, unless they enter one of the Continental services.’ ‘What is it Con O’Donnell proposes to you?’ Patrick asked him ea... ...g her to suffer cru- elly and feel humiliated. She knew the pangs of it in public, and in private as well. And she had not conquered it yet. She was a... ...n everybody that they shall be taken at their word if they volunteer their services.’ She was bidden to know by the captain that the word of an Irish ... ...ates, how mightily he was one had not entered into the calculations of the public until the will of the late Ezra Mattock, cited in our prints, receiv... ...nell’s brother, whom she was bound to serve in re- turn for Patrick’s many services to her; and of how unlike Patrick he was. Mrs. Lackstraw had been ...

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The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices : No Thoroughfare ; The Perils of Certain English Prisoners

By: Charles Dickens

... The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...01 1291 is a Portable Docu ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, t... ...rlisle. It looked congenially and delightfully idle. Something in the way of public amusement had happened last month, and something else was going to... ...at Thomas had left London? London, where there are nice short walks in level public gardens, with benches of re pose set up at convenient distances f... ... inflamed. There are reasons which will presently explain themselves for not publicly indicating the exact direction in which that journey lay, or the... ...im. He gave way when he found I was determined, and said he would accept the services of the waiter at the Inn. ‘Thank you, both, ’ he said, as we ros...

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Young Folks, History of England

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...lks’ History of England By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a pub... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, t... ...lt houses, where they might live apart, and churches, where there might be services seven times a day. These houses were named abbeys. Those for men w... ...he kingdom. Then the Pope pun- ished the kingdom, by forbidding all church services in all parish churches. The was termed putting the kingdom un- der... ... told of her, and one circumstance that produced a great impression on the public mind was that when brought into the presence of Charles, whom she ha... ...ible was to be made for them, and there was a great desire that the Church Services—many of which had also been in Latin—should likewise be put into E... ...of England than Henry VIII. had ever allowed. They had all the Prayer-book Services translated into English, leaving out such parts as they did not ap... ...ed, they tried to persuade the English to be like themselves—with very few services, no ornaments in the churches, and no bishops; and things seemed t... ...dfather’s minister, who had long been too sick and feeble to undertake any public business, thought it so bad for the country to give anything up, tha...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ORTRAITS by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto ... ... Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... a bell hourly booming over the traffic of the city to recall him from the public-house where he has been lunching, or the streets where he has been w... ...rint, and to measure experimentally how far I stood from the favour of the public. II THE SPECULATIVE SOCIETY is a body of some antiquity, and has cou... ...memories are a fairy gift which cannot be worn out in using. After a dozen services in various tales, the little sunbright pictures of the past still ... ...rkening to the wailing of the gulls. And it was strange to see our Sabbath services, held, as they were, in one of the bothies, with Mr. Brebner readi...

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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...ocracy and Education by John Dewey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy and Education by John Dewey is a publication of the ... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ... of any group while it is isolated. The assimilative force of the American public school is eloquent testimony to the effi- cacy of the common and bal... ... the process by which he is brought to subordinate his natural impulses to public or common ends. Since, by conception, his own nature is quite alien ... ...y which replies to this suggestion: Would you verily throw up the reins of public and private discipline; would you leave the young child to the mad c... ...their ac- tivities will be externally consistent. There is no doubt of the services rendered by this philosophy. It was a power- ful factor in the neg... ...rd in keep, or its commuted money equivalent, or the rendering of personal services to spe- cific persons. For a long time, for example, the professio... ...with manual labor, commercial occupa- tions, and the rendering of tangible services to society. In theory, men and women are now expected to do some- ... ... an interest in some- thing else which he gets by continuing his customary services—such as money or good repute or virtue; that it is only a means to...

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Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...the whole of life to be of a piece too—but that’s not how it is. You despise public official work because you want the reality to be invariably corresp... ...f his companions, lived like a monk, strictly observing all religious rites, services, and fasts, and avoiding every sort of pleasure, especially wome... ...kolay had been in the devout stage, the period of fasts and monks and church services, when he was seeking in religion a support and a curb for his pa... ...titutions. Konstantin Levin heard him, and the disbelief in the sense of all public institu tions, which he shared with him, and often expressed, was... ...versation was for the most part general, dealing with Petersburg official and public news. After dinner he spent half an hour with his guests, and agai... ...ng in just the same way between three inevitable topics: the latest piece of public news, the theater, and scandal. It, too, came finally to rest on th... ... fully the following points: first, exposition of the value to be attached to public opinion and to decorum; secondly, exposition of religious significa... ...d known from childhood, and which found expression in litanies and all night services at the Widow’s Home, where one might meet one’s friends, and in ... ...ound Levin with happy faces, quarreling among themselves, and offering their services. Trying not to offend the other sledge drivers, and promising to...

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Man and Superman a Comedy and a Philosophy

By: George Bernard Shaw

...hilosophy by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard ... ...n Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...n. No doubt that literary knack of mine which happens to amuse the British public distracts attention from my character; but the character is there no... ...ndescend to pa- rade is the force of your wit: the only demand you make in public is the demand of your artistic temperament for sym- metry, elegance,... ...need of older people for companionship or money. The plain-spoken marriage services of the vernacu- lar Churches will no longer be abbreviated and hal...

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The Last Chronicle of Barset

By: Anthony Trollope

...cle of Barset by Anthony T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope is a publicat... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...hdeacon’s rectory. T o those who have not as yet learned the fact from the public charac- ter and well-appreciated reputation of the man, let it be kn... ... next four or five days, of which the worst, perhaps, had reference to the services of the Sunday which intervened between the day of her visit to Sil... ...his words, denoted a special frame of mind. After that, after those church services were over, he sank again and never roused himself till the dreaded... ...endship. Grace had a cousin in London—a clerk high up and well-to- do in a public office, a nephew of her mother’s—and this 46 The Last Chronicle of ... ...had been men in the yard, and others standing about on the stairs, and the public room was full of men who were curious to see the clergyman who had s... ... at home. She knew it well. She had been paid three pounds a month for her services at the school, and the money for the last two months had been sent... ...be allowed to desecrate the church of Hogglestock by performing the Sunday services.’ ‘If he has been committed, my dear, and is in prison—’ ‘I said n...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...ELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of... ...Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document ... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... country folks with the splendor of her diamonds, which she always wore in public. They said she wore them in private, too, and slept with them round ... ...basin after dinner—sitting on her carriage- step on state occasions, or on public days introducing her com- pany to her. This was chiefly of the Catho... ...that King William’s government had 56 Henry Esmond basely treated him for services done in that cause. And here he may relate, though he was then too... ...isit her ladyship in prison, offering to his uncle’s daughter any friendly services which lay in his power. And he brought his lady and little daughte... ... on your way to London, and have your acquaintances in Covent Gar- den. My services to you, sir, to principal and ambassador, to master and—and lackey... ...mon, and be ready to hand her to her chair if she deigned to accept of his services, and select him from a score of young men who were always hanging ...

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Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

...he read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise. In return for such services she loved him better than any body in the world except William... ...n believing they had no faults. Mansfield Park 27 Lady Bertram did not go into public with her daughters. She was too indolent even to accept a mother... ...y — and there is no more real modesty in their behaviour before they appear in public than afterwards.” “I do not know,” replied Miss Crawford hesitat... ...do not censure her opinions; but there certainly is impropriety in making them public.” “Do not you think,” said Fanny, after a little consideration, ... ...own to the largest part only as preachers. And with regard to their influencing public manners, Miss Crawford must not mis understand me, or suppose I... ...! — What is your opinion? — I always come to you to know what I am to think of public matters.” Mansfield Park 89 “My dear Tom,” cried his aunt soon a... ...f the scenes by heart already, he did now with the greatest alacrity offer his services for the part. To do him justice, however, he did not resolve t... ...ference was eagerly carrying on, and the conversation incessant, “we want your services.” Fanny was up in a moment, expecting some errand, for the hab... ...“Oh! we do not want to disturb you from your seat. We do not want your present services. We shall only want you in our play. You must be Cottager’s wi...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Four

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...AN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Four A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a... ...ublication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Four is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...f it. And this is indeed the more necessary, as with the hope of enlisting public sympathy in behalf of the inhabitants, I design here to give a histo... ...t, as the regulations of these private mad-houses were more rigid than the public hospital laws. For himself, he added, he had, some years since, made... ...t, the Baron whispered me that I should follow him and make an offer of my services. To this I agreed; not knowing precisely what to make of so ridicu... ...to commence ex- tensive business operations in this city, will require the services of three or four intelligent and competent clerks, to whom a liber...

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The Levins Had Been Three Months in Moscow

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ed by Constance Garnett PART SEVEN A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Anna Karenina – Part Seven by Leo Tolstoy, trans. Constance Ga... ... Anna Karenina – Part Seven by Leo Tolstoy, trans. Constance Garnett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...k, and he had liked them. On the previous day Katavasov had met Levin at a public lecture and told him that the celebrated Metrov, whose article Levin... ...one on official business, while the wife had to go to the concert and some public meeting of a commit- tee on the Eastern Question, there was a great ... ...uld not leave her alone. One moment porters ran up to her proffering their services, then young men, clacking their heels on the planks of the platfor...

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Hard Times

By: Charles Dickens

...Hard Times by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicaation Hard Times by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penn... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...troduced himself, whether to his private circle of acquaintance, or to the public in general. In such terms, no doubt, substituting the words ‘boys an... ...eneral throat like a bolus, always to be heard of at the bar of his little Public office, ready to fight all England. T o continue in fistic phraseolo... ...me. And he had it in charge from high author ity to bring about the great public office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. ‘Very... ...tful whether he knew the way by night, the whelp immediately proffered his services as guide, and turned out with him to escort him thither. CHAPTER I...

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I--Enhancing Domestic Securityagainst Terrorism

By: Jeff Trandahl

...osureofinformationfromNCESsurveys. TITLEVI--PROVIDINGFORVICTIMSOFTERRORISM,PUBLICSAFETYOFFICERS,AND THEIRFAMILIES SubtitleA--AidtoFamiliesofPublicSafe... ...ectionwithrespecttoexpeditedpaymentsforheroicpublicsafetyofficers. Sec.613.Publicsafetyofficersbenefitprogrampaymentincrease. 7 Sec.614.OfficeofJusti... ...stablishedinsection811 oftheAntiterrorismandEffectiveDeathPenaltyActof1996(PublicLaw104-132)tohelpmeetthe demandsforactivitiestocombatterrorismandsupp... ...ignatedbysection434(2)oftheAntiterrorismand EffectiveDeathPenaltyActof1996(PublicLaw104-132;110Stat.1274),asparagraph(r);and (2)byinsertingafterparagr... ...aUnitedStatesMagistrateJudgeunderchapter43oftitle28,UnitedStatesCode,whois publiclydesignatedbytheChiefJusticeoftheUnitedStatestohavethepowertohearapp... ...haritablecontribution,donation,orgiftofmoneyorany otherthingofvalue,’after‘services’. (c)REDCROSSMEMBERSORAGENTS-Section917oftitle18,UnitedStatesCode,...

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Cashel Byron's Profession

By: George Bernard Shaw

... Profession By George Bernard Shaw A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw is a publicat... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...their oldest friends to ob- tain an invitation to dinner, or oven a bow in public, from Miss Lydia Carew, its orphan mistress. This Miss Carew was a r... ...ated them very injudi- ciously; but when they died, and their wills became public, it was found that they had vied with one another in enrich- ing her... ...lied that she was capable of spending her evenings on the first floor of a public-house. To her surprise, Lydia re- marked, “I play—a little. I do not... ...g secrets. Mr. Lucian Webber is my cousin and friend, and has done me many services. May I rest as- sured that he has nothing to fear from you?” “He h...

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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850)

By: Olive Gilbert

...ation provided by Sojourner Truth. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner... ...er Truth (1850), Dictated by Sojourner Truth, edited by Olive Gilbert is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...nd she repeated her story to ev- ery new comer, till the fraud was made as public as the censure of Isabella had been. Her mistress looked blank, and ... ...very; but, rather than have Isabella taken back by force, he would buy her services for the balance of the year—for which her master charged twenty do... ...ion of him who should go after her son and his master, and not for his own services. The lawyer now renewed his promise, that she should have her son ... ...eelings injured by the recital; secondly, because they are not all for the public ear, from their very nature; thirdly, and not least, because, she sa... ... Sojourner Truth hooting and yelling, and in various ways interrupting the services, and causing much disturbance. Those who had the charge of the mee...

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