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Excerpt: The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith.

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........................... 23 THE WILD ROSE AND THE SNOWDROP ............................................................................. 24 THE DEATH OF WINTER .......................................................................................................... 25 SONG .......................................................................................................

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...ge Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...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... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ........................................................................ 396 ENGLAND BEFORE THE STORM ..................................................... ... must have his fee: And thou, John Lackland, despicable prince - Basest of England’s banes before or since! Thrice traitor, coward, thief! O thou sha... ... melodious With the invisible joy that wakes dawn o’er the green fields of England. Summer glows warm on the meadows; then come, let us roam thro’ the... ...black to white, Like parson into lawny bishop. IX The elms and yellow reed-flags in the sun, Look on quite grave:—the sunlight flecks his side; And li... ...e pleasures pure, Sureties as the stars are sure: Not the wanton beckoning flags Which, of flattery and delight, Wax to the grim Habit-Hags Riding sou... ... unscented breathes, An orb of lustre quits the height; And like blue iris-flags, in wreaths The sky takes darkness, long ere quite. His Island voice ...

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...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary...

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... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...am afraid the knighthood was really con- ferred on Henry’s first return to England, after the battle of Agincourt; but human—or at least story-telling... ...aimed Sir James, ‘methought I had heard of such a book. I have a friend in England who would give many a fair rose noble for a sight of it.’ ‘A friend... ...and who would give many a fair rose noble for a sight of it.’ ‘A friend in England!’—the words had a sinister sound to the audience, and while Malcolm... ...at length opened into the old town of Thirsk, and here bells were ringing, flags 44 The Caged Lion flying from the steeple, music sounded, a mayor an...

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Excerpt: The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells.

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...922 A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- troni... ...o much effort. On too high a level. And too austere. One strains and fags. Flags! ‘Flags’ I meant to say. One strains and flags and then the lower stu... ...henge. The doctor moreover had been reading Hippisley Cox’s Green Roads of England. Neither gentleman had ever seen Avebury, but Dr. Martineau had onc... ...d trackways of that forgotten world. These trackways, these green roads of England, these roads already disused when the Romans made their highway pas... ...ust chokes me,” said Sir Richmond. He took up a copy of The Green Roads of England that lay beside him on the table. But he did not open it. He held i... ...ur rotten empire and its empty monarchy. I am bored by its parades and its flags and its sham enthusiasms. I am bored by London and its life, by its s...

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...Excerpt: Subject Of Contention. One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the househ...

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...redith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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 for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...mitate them. While we remained in the cathedral he talked of glory and Old England, and dropped his voice in the middle of a mur- mured chant to intro... ...dy: and this, he said, came of the emigration of the family from Venice to England. My father only seemed angry, for he went off with Shylock’s very g... ...bounding our home, there was a park containing trees old as the History of England, John Thresher said, and the thought of their venerable age enclose... ... A stone’s throw beyond it was the lofty tent; over it drooped a flag, and flags were on poles round a wide ring of rope guarded by foresters and gend... ...our cheeks. Goodness me! what’s the meaning of it? Why, you answer me like flags, banners, uhlans’ pennons, fullfrocked cardinals !’ My father stepped... .... It appeared, that driven hard by the squire, who would have no waving of flags and lighting of fireworks in a matter of business, and whose ‘commone...

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Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

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............................................................................................................................... 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ..................................................................................................................................... 19 TO WORDSWORTH. ................................................................

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...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ....................................................... 83 SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND. ..................................................................... ............................................... 85 FRAGMENT: TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. ..................................................................... ................................................................. 87 SONNET: ENGLAND IN 1819. ............................................................. ...ed-inwoven cot, _95 Thatched with broad flags. An outlawed murderer Had lived seven days there: the pursuit was hot... ...a leprous scum, Made the running rivulet thick and dumb, And at its outlet flags huge as stakes Dammed it up with roots knotted like water-snakes. And... ...s are full, the boat makes head Against the Serchio’s torrent fierce, Then flags with intermitting course, And hangs upon the wave, and stems ...

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...Excerpt: This beginning-part is not made out of anybody?s head, you know. It?s real. You must believe this beginning-part more than what comes after, else you won?t understand how what comes after came to be written. You must believe it all; but you must believe this mo...

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...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 three men a...

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...TITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES ............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2.1.I. In the Tuileries. ..........................................................

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...ench Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. 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... ...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... ... in these years, sells wine; not indeed in bottle, but in wood. Nor is our England without her missionaries. She has her live-saving Needham; to whom ... ... mission: for the English would not speak to him; and Saint Hannah More of England, so unlike Saint Sillery-Genlis of France, saw him shunned, in Vaux... ...rand, another than that of Jacob, is on all the Eighty- three departmental flags of France; which wave or flap, with such thankfulness as needs. Towar... ...tter still more questionably: Chateau-Vieux, far from marching, ‘waves red flags out of two carriages, ’ in a passionate manner, along the streets; an... ...eautiful Princess de Lamballe set off, about the same hour; and will reach England safe:— would she had continued there! The beautiful, the good, but ... ... and with the boast that it is Seventy thousand: most strange to see; with flags flying, bayonets fixed; with Proclamation, and d’Artois Commission of...

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...ublication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. 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... ...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... ... was pretty good, thanks to Matey. He went away, promising to remember Old England, saying he was French first, and a Briton next. He had lots of plun... ...on him. According to Mr. Shalders, the opinion of all thoughtful people in England was with John Company and the better part of the Press to condemn L... ...e if we have won India with guns and swords?” “But that splendid jewel for England’s tiara won,” said he (and he might as well have said crown), “we a... ...r swish of leaves, the river darkened the patch of wrinkles, the bordering flags amid the reed-blades dipped and streamed. Surcharged with unassimilat...

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...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understoo...

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...Contents: I. Landfalls and Departures IV. Emblems of Hope VII. The Fine Art X. Cobwebs and Gossamer XIII. The Weight of the Burden XVI. Overdue and Missing XX. The Grip of the Land XXII. The Character of the Foe XXV. Rules of East and West...

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...eph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... ... a sprin- kling of Americans and a German or two—who had all hoisted their flags at eight o’clock as if in honour of our arrival. It would have been a... ...f war-scarred three-deckers, and shredded out in mere sport the bunting of flags hallowed in the traditions of honour and glory. He is a good friend a... ...oeburyness hangs about the Nore—a historical spot in the keeping of one of England’s appointed guardians. XXXI THE N ORE SAND remains covered at low-w... ...n the decks of small coasters, and made sore by miles of tramping upon the flagstones of the dock side, had hurried up in time to avert a ridicu- lous... ...nversation with a person whom I could not see distinctly, a gentleman from England, he said, with a cultivated voice, I on deck and he on the quay sit... ...Hood, for instance, whom he himself regarded as the great- est sea officer England ever had. A long succession of great commanders opened the sea to t...

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............................................................................................................................................ 4 THE DEATH OF JEAN ............................................................................................................................................ 75 THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE ...............................................

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...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other ... ...Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) 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 ... ...omething up to the highest limit of the French influences and training. In England he rose to the highest limit attainable through the outside helps ... ...voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying and the drums beating. After that he will be as se curely bra... ...ar ar arable able able able able O.M. I will. There was once a pair of New England boys— twins. They were alike in good dispositions, feckless mor al... ...he service of the Clemens family for twenty nine years. Mark T wain 77 In England, thirteen years ago, my wife and I were stabbed to the heart with a... ... in the middle of the forenoon, and I went on foot from the station. Black flags hung down from all the houses; the aspects were Sunday like; the cro... ...measureless pomp and with blare of music through a fluttering world of gay flags and decorations, down streets walled on both hands with a press of sh...

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Excerpt: The Tale of Chloe, An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish by George Meredith.

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...Excerpt: THE PREFACE; If ever the story of any private Man?s Adventures in the World were worth making Publick, and were acceptable when Publish?d, the Editor of this Account thinks this will be so. The Wonders of this Man?s Life exceed all that (he thinks)is to be...

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Table of Contents: THE PREFACE, 1 -- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &c., 2 -- THE JOURNAL., 51

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............. 5 THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER ........................................................................................... 14 A CHILD?S DREAM OF A STAR................................................................................................. 21 OUR ENGLISH WATERING-PLACE ...........................................................................................

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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When...

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

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... spots, rather pretty to look at, only they were dry and prickly. Nurse was frightened when she looked at them. She turned all the little sisters out of the night nursery, covered Lucy up close, and ordered her not to stir, certainly not to go into her bath. Then there was a whispering and a running about, and Lucy was half alarmed, but more pleased at being so important, ...

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