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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens

...ena, whom he had mistrusted as so proud and fierce, submitted herself to the fairy-bride (as he called her), and learnt from her what she knew. He tho... ...k what a poor, mean, miserable thing it is! That must be real. It’s over.’ He has accompanied this incoherence with some wild unmeaning gestures; but ...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Thomas Hutchinson

... _100 Freedom calls “Famine”,—her eternal foe, To brief alliance, hollow truce.—Rise now! [Whilst the veiled figure has been chanti... ... the Turkish tyrant, and to brand upon their name the indelible blot of an alliance with the enemies of domestic happiness, of Christianity and civili... ...d their mutual jealousies in the presence of a mightier fear. Of this holy alliance all the despots of the earth are virtual members. But a new race h... ...s of the external world. 554 V olume One The concluding verses indicate a progressive state of more or loss exalted existence, according to the degre... ...berty in Italy. We have seen the rise and progress of reform. But the Holy Alliance was alive and active in those days, and few could dream of the pea...

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Of Human Bondage

By: Somerset Maugham

...of a man educated at a great public school. While he pointed out the great alliances which his ances- tors had formed, Philip amused himself by won- d... ...so that there might be room for dancing, and smaller ones were set out for progressive whist. “The ‘eads ‘ave to get there early ,” said Mrs. Hodges. ... ...ind you, she’s not a bad sort, she’s not like what some are.” After supper progressive whist was played. This was very noisy , and there was a great d...

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The Poems

By: George Meredith

...: Then, as a pathway through a field of grain, Man’s laws appear the blind progressive worm, That moves by touch, and thrust of linking rings The whic... ...cts hooded their live wits T o issues. Never human fortune throve On such alliance. Viewed by fits, From Vulcan’s forge a hovering Jove Evolved. Th...

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Guy Mannering

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ngowan, and who indeed derived their principal claim of gentility from the alliance, were now disposed to pay to their trees of gene- alogy a tribute,... ... they now cultivate arts unknown to the former generation, not only in the progressive improvement of their possessions, but in all the comforts of li...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...p On the Road to Iraq – Central and East Europe I. EU and NATO – The Competing Alliances II. The Euro-Atlantic Divide III. Russia Straddles th... ...pe, but less so than before. It is utterly detested by the Muslim street, even in "progressive" Arab countries, such as Egypt and Jordan. Everyone ... ...in his anti-Russian days. Normally the outcomes of expedience, the Ugly American's alliances and allegiances shift kaleidoscopically. Pakistan and ... ...d the same. The global spread of American influence through its culture, political alliances, science and multinationals is merely an extrapolation... ...ife, which of its essence requires and presupposes qualification, one can note the progressive triumph of the pseudo-intellectual, unqualified, unq... ...alestine, Syria, Egypt and North Africa. As Rome's sphere of interests and orbit of alliances widened to include ever growing segments of the world,... ...pled successor, Byzantium. The modus operandi of the United States involves ad-hoc alliances with indigenous warlords, drug czars, terrorists, guer... ...are off the radar screen of the Bush administration, accuses Edward Gresser of the Progressive Policy Institute in a recently published report titl...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...tes resources more equitably, it tackles market failures more or less efficiently (progressive tax systems are altruistic), it reduces social press... ...o individualism. This is a new development. Past technologies assisted in forging alliances and collectives. Agricultural technology encouraged co... ...e human because we are not animal, nor machine. But such thinking has been rendered progressively less tenable by the advent of evolutionary and neo... ... absorbs economic resources, social status and members of other families. It forms alliances and fights other clans over scarce goods, tangible and... ...ar, original family. Exogamy, as often noted, allows for the creation of extended alliances. The "identity creep" of the family is in total opposi... ...distribution. Some say that excess wealth should be confiscated and redistributed. Progressive taxation and the welfare state aim to secure this o... ...ents, currency unions. They are subsumed in other economic, political, or military alliances and gladly surrender part of that elusive golden braid... ...ife, which of its essence requires and presupposes qualification, one can note the progressive triumph of the pseudo-intellectual, unqualified, unq... ...(1965), he decried religion as a source of obfuscation. "The religious roots of the progressive doctrine" - he wrote - were the source of "its main ...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...tes resources more equitably, it tackles market failures more or less efficiently (progressive tax systems are altruistic), it reduces social press... ...o individualism. This is a new development. Past technologies assisted in forging alliances and collectives. Agricultural technology encouraged co... ...e human because we are not animal, nor machine. But such thinking has been rendered progressively less tenable by the advent of evolutionary and neo... ... absorbs economic resources, social status and members of other families. It forms alliances and fights other clans over scarce goods, tangible and... ...ar, original family. Exogamy, as often noted, allows for the creation of extended alliances. The "identity creep" of the family is in total opposi... ...distribution. Some say that excess wealth should be confiscated and redistributed. Progressive taxation and the welfare state aim to secure this o... ...ents, currency unions. They are subsumed in other economic, political, or military alliances and gladly surrender part of that elusive golden braid... ...ife, which of its essence requires and presupposes qualification, one can note the progressive triumph of the pseudo-intellectual, unqualified, unq... ...(1965), he decried religion as a source of obfuscation. "The religious roots of the progressive doctrine" - he wrote - were the source of "its main ...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...orm; in the present state of the agitation for the improvement of spelling, progressive conservatism has been thought to be more appropriate for an ... ... Battle of Gettysburg; Peace of Utrecht, Louisiana Purchase. 14. Political alliances, and such terms from secular or ecclesiastical history as have... ...ns for parties, classes, movements, etc. (see 7) : Protestant League, Holy Alliance, Dreibund; the Roses, the Roundheads, Independents, Independenc... ... 57; spacing of, 254. . . AKpmot, quotation marks to be cleared" in, 80. Alliances, political, capitalization of names of, 14. Alphabetizing of ... ...tiond, 9,ro; of philosophical, literary, and &tic schools, 7; of political alliances I+; of political divisions, 4, 5; of:pobt~cal parties, 7; of ... ...run into ;he text, 75. Point system, explanation of, aga, a33. Political: alliances, capitalization of names of, 14; divisions, 4, 5; organization...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...eneral election, March 1984 Political parties and leaders: Anguilla National Alliance (ANA), Emile Gumbs; Anguillan People's Party (APP), Bonald Webst... ...t election constitutionally due in five years Political parties and leaders: Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Sir Lynden O. Pind- ling; Free National ... ...4, DLP 3 Communists: negligible Other political or pressure groups: People's Progressive Movement, Bobby Clarke; People's Pressure Movement, Eric Seal... ... Political parties and leaders: United Bermuda Party (UBP), John W. D. Swan; Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Frederick Wade; National Liberal Party, Gi... ...NR) and the Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), continue to have a tactical alliance; MNR, Victor Paz Estenssoro; ADN, Hugo Banzer; Movement of the R... ...1984; 75% voter turnout Political parties and leaders: Liberal, John Turner; Progressive Conservative, Brian Mulroney; New Democratic, Edward Broadben... ...ral, 28%; New Democratic Party, 19%; parliamentary seats as of December 1986 Progressive Conservative 209, Liberal 40, New Demo- cratic Party 30, vaca... ...publi- can Right, and one faction of the Socialist Party form the Democratic Alliance (AD); Movement of Unitary Popular Action (MAPU); Movement of Uni... ...ivera; Popular Unity Party (PUP), Christian Tattenbach Iglesias; the Popular Alliance (PA) is a coalition comprising two parties Marxist Popular Vangu...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...istribution. Some say that excess wealth should be confiscated and redistributed. Progressive taxation and the welfare state aim to secure this ou... ...the USA. This echoed of the oil embargo of yore. Ernest Preeg of the Manufacturers Alliance was quoted by the Toronto Star as saying: "China, for e... ...jacket of geography. The violent disintegration of the old system of geopolitical alliances led to the formation of massive, multiplayer trading b...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

...ish a “new international financial architecture.” In response, a number of progressive economists, civil society and political groups had also outline... ...resource mobilization is essential for building sustainable development. A progressive broad-based direct taxation system has the ability to enhance d... ...ded by the nation states rather than by global financial markets and IFIs. Progressive tax reforms and restrictions on capital flows should be high on... ...though the arena of popular mobilization may remain national, cross border alliances and linkages with international groups need to be developed and s...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...'s passage -- Description of the habitations of the Philippine Islanders -- An alliance established by exchanging and drinking blood -- Zebu selected ... ...d with passion -- A meeting in camp -- A self-constituted council set up -- An alliance with the Totonacs -- Scenes in the chief city of the Totonacs ... ...ambassadors cut off -- His triumphal entrance into the Tlascalan capital -- An alliance with the Tlascalans 203- 208 CHAPTER XVIII. Preparations for t... ...317 CHAPTER XXIX. Decline of Buccaneering. -- Effects of the wars of the Grand Alliance -- The ex-bandit becomes Judge Morgan -- He punishes his forme... ...tations of friendship, and at the solicitation of Legaspi they entered into an alliance, which was attested by the chiefs and the commander drawing bl... ... most perfectly cultivated, and machinery of various kinds that manifested the progressive spirit of the people. Before these sights the boldness of t...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

...e could demonstrate the fact, that Shakspeare’s reputation was always in a progressive state; allowing only for the interruption of about seventeen ye... ...e-sided language. More probable it is, that the fiery eye recorded not any alliance with Jewish blood, but that disastrous alliance with insanity whic...

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What Is Coming a Forecast of Things after the War

By: H. G. Wells

...lude monarchies, as England includes dukedoms. But they will be overriding alliances, not overriding rulers. I leave it to the mathematician to work o... ...ent countries of the world are at the present moment quietly, steadily and progressively going bankrupt, and the mass of people are not even aware of ... ... her rancid cultivated nationalism to make not only the continuance of the Alliance after the war obviously advisable and highly probable, but also to... ...ic oligarchy have to accomplish an identi- cal task, to cement the pacific alliance of the Pledged Allies and to socialise their common industrial and... ...ears nothing of “the young”; one hears only of “smart juniors.” Reform and progressive criticism in the le- gal profession, unlike all other professio... ...stitutionalism, and of 75 H G Wells the balance of power against the holy alliance. In the figure of such a gentleman as Sir Edward Grey the old orde... ... the fundamental relationships of human Beings. First among such eternally progressive is- sues is religion, the relationship of man to God; next in i... ...outlook, to look west and east rather than southwardly, to be pacifist and progressive in a manner essentially American. From any close sympathy with ... ...n the United States capable of that propaganda of ideas and language, that progressive expression of a developing ideal of community, that in countrie...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... observation and by sincere reflection to acknowledge that the gradual and progressive development of social equality is at once the past and future o... ..., and to curse that cause of liberty as a foe which it might hallow by its alliance. By the side of these religious men I discern others whose looks a... ...perated by their results.: These, however, are not conditions on which the alliance of the human will is to be obtained; its carriage must be free and... ...and those who fear the rule of abso- lute power, ought alike to desire the progressive growth of provincial liberties. On the other hand, I am convinc... ...rest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are ... ...ents, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.” In a previous part of the same le... ...f the future by the past,” says Mr. Cass, “we cannot err in anticipating a progressive diminu- tion of their numbers, and their eventual extinction, u... ...very twenty-two years. I perceive no causes which are likely to check this progressive increase of the Anglo-American population for the next hundred ... ... that I have made apply: or the authority of the Federal Government may be progressively entrenched on by the simultaneous tendency of the united repu...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

..., in an evil hour for that ill- fated city, they wormed themselves into an alliance with Prevesa; and in the following year their own quarrel with Ali... ...rary some of the officers had detected sufficient evidences of the Swedish alliances clandestinely maintained by the Landgrave; numbers of rare books,... ...e; indeed, they were 293 Thomas de Quincey supposed to have made a secret alliance with him, for pur- poses known only to the contracting parties. An... ...es of their masques to visit the Landgrave, and improve the terms of their alliance, whilst they declined the risk which they might have brought on th... ... production; manufactures, from the changes in machinery, which are always progressive and never *“Constantly tending to grow dearer”—T o the novice i... ...ting by experience, has never yet been abso- lutely regressive, though not progressive by such striking leaps or sudden discoveries as manufacturing a... ...e price upon all the five soils. And thus it happens that, whilst al- ways progressive, rural industry is nevertheless always travel- ling towards an ...

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American Notes

By: Rudyard Kipling

...e day. This Yellowstone Park is laid out like Ollendorf, in exer- cises of progressive difficulty. Hell’s Half-Acre was a pre- lude to ten or twelve m... ...ry is supposed to be building a navy now. When the ships are completed her alliance will be worth having— if the alliance of any republic can be relie...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...lgiojoso, who will represent in this “Human Comedy” the close and constant alliance between Italy and France, to which Bandello did honor in the same ... ... in consequence, partly, of the loneliness of the neighborhood, and of the alliance, to which their neces- sities had led, between them and the doorke... ...tted, as a respectful son yields to the tyr- anny of a mother. The strange alliance seemed to be the out- come of a strong will acting constantly on a... ...- claim the many merits of the lady of the house. Scandal is the true Holy Alliance in Paris. T ake that as an axiom. Inter- ests invariably fall asun... ...-deal- ers grow rich, it is generally not so much by trade as through some alliance between the shop and rural thrift. A large 138 Cousin Betty propo... ...and Victorin Hulot. These two politicians were trying to form a nucleus of progressives in the loose array of the Conservative Party. Giraud himself o...

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Beauchamp's Career

By: George Meredith

...ing way to an irritated pugnacity, and sucked the comforting caramel of an alliance with their troublesome next-door neighbour, profuse in comfits as ... ...them—met one day; they were a comtesse and a baronne, and they settled the alliance. The bell was rung, and Renee came out of school. There is this to... ...esn’t know when he can! Has he thrown up the service? I am to preserve the alliance between England and France by getting this French girl for him in ... .... It’s a very pretty sacrifice of himself he in- tends for the sake of the alliance, tell him that, but a lieutenant’s not quite big enough to establi... ...y on the ebb of tides and flung back on the flow, ignorant whether they be progressive or retrograde. Timothy Turbot assisted in that vast effort. It ... ... not a condition unnatural to us. The danger would be in not letting it be progressive, and there’s a little danger too at times in our slowness. We c... ...date for the borough. He announced his name and his principles T omlinson, progressive Liberal. ‘A true distinction from some Liberals I know,’ said B... ...at; but faithful to her comrade! I can swear it for her—faithful to a true alliance! You are not married, you are simply chained: and you are terroriz...

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