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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...cum- stances altogether mediocre. He had loved his wife, but now after all she seemed to be a very ordinary human being. He had begun life with high h... ...de- ploy in front of the passes. Geographically Austria has the advantage. She had the gentler slope of the mountain chains while Italy has the steep ... ...aties has given her deep bites into what is naturally Italian terri- tory; she is far nearer the Italian plain than Italy is near any practicable figh... ...n the beautiful things of their abundant land. It is quite open to them to revenge them- selves by professing a tenderness for Liverpool or Leeds. It ... ... something of the extreme hauteur of property of England towards a man who wants to do anything with land, and with money I gather 38 War and the Fut... ...y lira note.”… But on the other hand Italy is very close to Ger- many; she wants easy money for development, cheap coal, a market for various products... ...troen. Before the war I under- stand he made automobiles; after the war he wants to turn to and make automobiles again. For the duration of the war he...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Three

By: Thomas Carlyle

...it is long that ye have pricked and fillipped and affrighted her, there as she sat helpless in her dead cerements of a Consti- tution, you gathering i... ...and truculent bullyings;—and lo now, ye have pricked her to the quick, and she is up, and her blood is up. The dead cerements are rent into cobwebs, a... ... is up, and her blood is up. The dead cerements are rent into cobwebs, and she fronts you in that terrible strength of Nature, which no man has measur... ...omptly making front, without fear or flurry, at what moment soever, to the wants of the moment. Were the world on fire, one improvised tricolor Munici... ...e Priests being once over, a strange Court of Justice, or call it Court of Revenge and Wild- Justice, swiftly fashion itself, and take seat round a ta... ...e all ready, correct in black-on-white to the uttermost farthing: these he wants but to have audited, that he might retire to remote obscurity to the ... ..., the People know their Friend, and love his life as their own; “whosoever wants Marat’s head must get the Sapper’s first.” (Seance (in Moniteur, No. ...

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The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...for his cousin Clara and himself. He heard Clara’s gladsome voice, too, as she weeded and watered the flower bed which had been given her for her own.... ...ather’s old chair, they would have thought it worth all the rest together. She wondered if it were not even older than Grandfather himself, and longed... ...now all about its history. “Do, Grandfather, talk to us about this chair,” she repeated. “Well, child,” said Grandfather, patting Clara’s cheek, “I ca... ...ll about the battles in King Philip’s War.” “Oh no!” exclaimed Clara. “Who wants to hear about toma hawks and scalping knives?” “No, Charley,” replie... ...boys and girls! “Begin quick, Grandfather,” cried little Alice; “for pussy wants to hear you.” And truly our yellow friend, the cat, lay upon the hear... ...tle Alice had retired, “did not the people rush upon the soldiers and take revenge?” “The town drums beat to arms,” replied Grandfather, “the alarm be...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Two

By: Thomas Carlyle

...rdinary circumstances, had their lodging. Here sat the Queen; reading,—for she had her library brought hither, though the King refused his; taking veh... ...er altered times; yet with sure hope of better: in her young rosy Boy, has she not the living emblem of hope! It is a murky, working sky; yet with gol... ...hee. But now let no mortal say henceforth that an august National Assembly wants riot: all it ever wanted was riot enough to balance Court-plotting; a... ...: all it ever wanted was riot enough to balance Court-plotting; all it now wants, of Heaven or of Earth, is to get its theory of defective verbs perfe... ...ndeed in bottle, but in wood. Nor is our England without her missionaries. She has her live-saving Needham; to whom was solemnly presented a ‘civic sw... ...cries, under the very windows of the thanking Na- tional Assembly, demands revenge for murdered Brothers, judgment on Bouille, and instant dismissal o... ...rry- ing death to Patriotism; men wear them there, in perpetual memento of revenge. Mutineer Deserters roam the woods; 91 Thomas Carlyle have to dema... ... men: but the jubilee-huzzahing has become Bedlam-shrieking, of terror and revenge; not blessing of Talleyrand, or any blessing, but cursing, imprecat... ...Lavoisier himself, or any of the Forty can escape this rough tongue; which wants not fanatic sincerity, nor, strangest of all, a certain rough caustic...

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King Richard Ii

By: William Shakespeare

... in His sight, Hath caused his death: the which if wrongfully, Let heaven revenge; for I may never lift An angry arm against His minister. DUCHESS: ... ...ght! Farewell, my blood; which if to day thou shed, Lament we may, but not revenge thee dead. HENRY BOLINGBROKE : O let no noble eye profane a tear F... ...ll subscribe them for large sums of gold And send them after to supply our wants; For we will make for Ireland presently. [Enter BUSHY .] Bushy, what ... ...te might be no worse, I would my skill were subject to thy curse. Here did she fall a tear; here in this place I’ll set a bank of rue, sour herb of gr... ...OF AUMERLE : An if I do not, may my hands rot off And never brandish more revengeful steel Over the glittering helmet of my foe! Richard II, Act IV, ... ...ckness pines the clime; My wife to France: from whence, set forth in pomp, She came adorned hither like sweet May, Sent back like Hallowmas or short’s... ...‘The Beggar and the King.’ My dangerous cousin, let your mother in: I know she is come to pray for your foul sin. DUKE OF YORK : If thou do pardon, w...

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Dieselpunk Epulp Showcase : Volume 1

By: John W. Picha; Grant Gardiner

... The pomade was wet from the constant drizzle of rain that had only recently stopped. “I ain’t in charge. It’s just the way it’s gonna be. An’ Bessie wants me on the cutting edge of it.” Mack shook his head once more as he pulled his watch out of his pocket and flipped open the face. “Hot tips about not wearin’ hats...” 9.22pm. He snapped the watch-face shut and swu...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...u when we were in Singaling.‖ —―Glad to meet you all. Please just call me Chuck. I know you have spent some time with Dr. Wang in Kino. She is... ...lightful lady. Wanda and I go way back. We got our doctorates at the same time at your alma mater Commander. Of course I was in psychology and she wa... ...er Commander. Of course I was in psychology and she was in philosophy but we knew each other socially. Then I got a ‗post doc‘ at Stanford and she go... ...ing his behavior believes what he is saying,, it‘s just that it‘s not really true. A Muslim terrorist may say that his actions are what Allah wants.... ...cially-conscious personal goals. The other use of power is negative. In this type of power a person tries to force others to do what he or she wants ... ... of power. I see people become crazy and violent for the silliest things, like which team is better and which of a thousand options that god wants ... ...ere destroyed. This, of course was senseless. But since we are psychological rather than logical it could be expected. A more sensible act of reveng... ... pick out. Hindu women may be married against their wills or be beaten for their dowry money. In Pakistan and other countries rape is used as reveng... .... It takes a group of strong self confident men to be able to rape a woman of a family where her male relative has wronged one of your people. Reveng...

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White Fang

By: Jack London

...rail of the Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II: The She Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 II... ...rail — less scant than the epitaph of many another dog, of many a man. II The She Wolf B REAKFAST eaten and the slim camp outfit lashed to the sled, t... ...mouth an’ hair an’ looked like any dog.” “Must be a tame wolf, I reckon.” The She Wolf 9 “It’s damned tame, whatever it is, comin’ in here at feedin’... ... he played his first really big crafty game and got therefrom his first taste of revenge. As Kiche, when with the wolves, had lured out to destruction d... ... Cringing and snivelling himself before the blows or angry speech of a man, he revenged himself, in turn, upon creatures weaker than he. All life like... ...wolf wont work. Wont eat. Aint got no spunk left. All the dogs is licking him. Wants to know what has become of you, and I dont know how to tell him. ... ...on Judge Scott he emptied the vials of his wrath and hurled the threats of his revenge yet to come. Then Jim Hall went to his living death . . . and e...

...Table of Contents: Part I: TheWild 1 -- I: The Trail of the Meat, 1 -- II: The She-Wolf, 8 -- III: The Hunger Cry, 16 -- Part II: Born of the Wild 24 -- I: The Battle of the Fangs, 24 -- II: The Lair, 32 -- III: The Gray Cub, 38 -- IV: The Wall of the World, 42 -- V: The Law of Meat, 50 -- Part III: The...

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The Marriage Contract

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ixt fear and contempt. No man is a good head of a family merely because he wants to be. Look round on all our friends and name to me one whom you woul... ...I resign myself.” “Yes, but your wife,” said the pitiless de Marsay, “will she resign herself?” “My wife, my dear fellow, will do as I wish.” “Ah! my ... ...ent. Do you think your wife won’t crave the life you say you despise? Will she be disgusted with it, as you are? If you won’t accept the noble conjuga... ...and beaux of the olden time, whose language and demeanor were social laws: she called him “the pink of fashion.” The liberal clique caught up the word... ... to enjoy, in all countries, the luxuries of life, and to satisfy all your wants and caprices? Believe me, a young couple often feel the need of a thi... ...ess, as authors cannot forgive each other for their success. A few persons revenged them- selves for the twenty-years luxury and grandeur of the famil... ...ing of the tale and the motives of their friend. The Spanish lady took her revenge very much as Celimene took hers on Arsinoe. “My dear, are you ignor... ... children to themselves with no other guide than their illogical love. Her revenge was thus preparing, unknown to her daughter, who would, sooner or l... ...be sold for two hun- dred thousand—” “Solonet will give more than that; he wants it. He is retir- 97 Balzac ing with a handsome property made by gamb...

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The Rise of Peace : (Tuloo e Amn), Dedicated to all victims of terrorist attacks - Muslims, Non Muslims: A Fiction Novel on World Power Politics by Dr Hafiz Shahid Amin..Pakistan

By: Dr. Hafiz Shahid Amin

...e guard their lives in spite of fact that these are living there since many centuries. And this is all because of Zulimistan policies through which she wants to become a supreme power of world to rule the world or even to rule the universe. The only obstacles in its way are those few Islamic countries which are self determined, always care for their self integrity, wh...

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The Two Sides of the Shield

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...s about, being absorbed in a pile of papers, pamphlets, and letters, while she on her side kept a book pinned open by a gravy spoon. The elderly maid-... ...hite trimmings were, like ev- erything else about the place, rather dingy. She was far less absorbed than her father, and raised a quick, wistful brow... ...er he made the least sound, or shuffled his papers. Indeed, it seemed that she was reading in order to distract her anxiety rather than for the sake o... ... and think of nothing but officers and balls. I know she was a beauty, and wants to be one still.’ ‘Maude, whose father was a professor, looked quite ... ...ound, and a great white cockatoo upon a stand, who observed—’Mysie, Cockie wants his breakfast,’ as they went by towards the door, whence proceeded a ... ... go. ‘I think she likes it more than she shows,’ said the mother, ‘and she wants air, and will settle to her lessons the better for it. What’s that, V... ...rnoons to the concoction of such poetry with Constance Hacket, and thus to revenge himself for his disgust and jealousy at having his favourite compan...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

... Cousin Betty to the ground of the new house with a look that proclaimed, “She is mine!” The concierges of Paris have sharp eyes; they do not stop vis... ...e it, a tall, fair woman, evidently young- looking for her age, rose as if she had received an electric shock. “Hortense, my darling, go into the gard... ... shock. “Hortense, my darling, go into the garden with your Cousin Betty,” she said hastily to her daughter, who was working at some embroidery at her... ...ls—for the golden calf. “So this famous singer, hungering for plunder, now wants to be rich, very rich. She tried her ‘prentice hand on Baron Hulot, a... ...low who has a thousand. I am smitten with you, and you are the means of my revenge; it is like being in love twice over. I am speaking to you quite fr... ...ot still a model of virtue?” in the tone of a man who might have taken his revenge on one who should have triumphed where he had failed. So it needs n... ...t my cousin, my good fellow. She is not game for your bag; that young lady wants a man with sixty thousand francs a year—and has found him! “Why, your... ...like the grace of wild flowers; it was a joy to her to provide for all his wants; she would have given her life for him, and Wenceslas knew it. Like e... ... Paris, most beneficence is a speculation, as most acts of ingratitude are revenge! To a poor relation you behave as you do to rats to whom you offer ...

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The Ball at Sceaux

By: Honoré de Balzac

...plenty which had been the joy of her first years. Just as in her childhood she 9 Balzac had never been thwarted in the satisfaction of her playful de... ... thwarted in the satisfaction of her playful desires, so now, at fourteen, she was still obeyed when she rushed into the whirl of fashion. Thus, accus... ...nd the festivities and vanities of court life. Like most spoiled children, she tyrannized over those who loved her, and kept her blandishments for tho... ...dy to bestow on a young girl, but for which, sooner or later, it takes its revenge, had added to Emilie’s pride, and increased her self-confidence. Un... ...fusal, seemed to be waiting for the slightest turn of ill-luck to take his revenge. The indifferent, the lookers-on were beginning to weary of it; adm... ...eutenant-General. “I know what I want,” replied the young lady. “My sister wants a fine name, a fine young man, fine pros- pects, and a hundred thousa... ... of a meadow.” “He is rich,” she reflected. “As to titles, perhaps he only wants to try me. He has been told that I am mad about titles, and bent on m... ...fifty thousand francs a year that he might marry a minister’s daughter; he wants to be made a peer like the rest of ‘em. —I never heard him mention th... ...poken compassion than by any satirical com- ments for which she might have revenged herself. She ex- hausted her wit in trying to engage them in a con...

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

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...at person, to avert his own glances from her face. “And this, Mr. Esmond,” she said, “is where I see you; and ’tis to this you have brought me!” “Y ou... ...new how to address her, his emotions at beholding her so overpowered him). She advanced a little, but stood silent and trembling, looking out at him f... ...ef is sufficient as it is.” “Take back your hand—do not touch me with it!” she cried. “Look! there’s blood on it!” “I wish they had taken it all,” sai... ...years before her son was old enough to compass it, declared she would have revenge of her husband’s murderer. So much and suddenly had grief, anger, a... ...r) who has it in his own breast. Who hath not found himself surprised into revenge, or action, or passion, for good or evil, whereof the seeds lay wit... ... So much good, at least, had come of the poor widow’s visit to London, not revenge upon her husband’s en- emies, but reconcilement to old friends, who... ... natural than the fine gentlemen of the Court. But this is not enough. She wants a commander-in-chief, and not a colo- nel. Were a duke to ask her, sh... ...it in her hat. If I had anything better, I would endow her with it. If she wants my life, I would give it her. If she marries another, I will say God ...

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

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...n Beatrix’s eyes. ’Twas next to nobility and wealth, the only kind of rank she valued. It was the stake quickest won or lost too; for law is a very lo... ...t tenderest of women must have felt them most keenly for both her sons, as she called them), she never allowed them outwardly to appear, but hid her a... ..., she never allowed them outwardly to appear, but hid her apprehension, as she did her charities and devotion. ’Twas only by chance that Esmond, wande... ...at the Holy Roman and Apostolic master of these ruf- fians should have his revenge over the Christian king? And it was to this end we were fighting; f... ... he comes to be king over us, I wager that the bishops and Mr. Swift, that wants to be one, will coax and wheedle them. Oh, those priests and their gr... ...r whole sweet face—”and—and it is your hand, my dear, and not your foot he wants you to give him;” and she said it with a hysteric laugh, that had mor... ...and even that he had been hardly used in the Wynendael affair. He took his revenge in talk, that must be confessed; and if Mr. Addison had had a mind ... ...sent at my lord’s appearance at the Birthday with his bride, over whom the revenge that Beatrix took was to look so imperial and lovely that the modes... ...tice- ship for Rachel?” “For mamma?” says Beatrix. “It is mamma your honor wants, and that I should have the happiness of calling you papa?” Esmond bl...

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An Episode of the American Civil War

By: Stephen Crane

...in color, lurid with breathless deeds. But his mother had discouraged him. She had affected to look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ard... ... look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ardor and patriotism. She could calmly seat herself and with no ap- parent difficulty give him ma... ...age was of vastly more importance on the farm than on the field of battle. She had had certain ways of expression that told him that her statements on... ...an off’cer, I guess. Look at his hand a-draggin’. He ‘s got all th’ war he wants, I bet. He won’t be talkin’ so big about his reputation an’ all when ... ...better.” At the fireside the loud young soldier watched over his comrade’s wants with tender-ness and care. He was very busy marshaling the little bla... ...ently at his blood, and he thought that he would have given his life for a revenge of seeing their faces in pitiful plights. The winds of battle had s... ...cowl of mortification and rage was upon his face. He had thought of a fine revenge upon the officer who had referred to him and his fellows as mule dr... ...ret right to taunt truly in answer. He had pictured red letters of curious revenge. “We ARE mule drivers, are we?” And now he was compelled to throw t...

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The History of Tom Jones

By: Henry Fielding

...of no service to a workman, when they are not sharpened by art, or when he wants rules to direct him in his work, or hath no matter to work upon. All ... ...ecution of his blows till the woman herself begged him to forbear, saying, she be lieved he had sufficiently done his business. The poor wretch the... ...dent which had sent him thither for her relief, where it was so improbable she should find any; adding, that Heaven seemed to have designed him as the... ...ve designed him as the happy instrument of her protection. “Nay,” answered she, “I could almost conceive you to be some good angel; and, to say the tr... ...r, because they have nothing else to eat. Now, everybody knows your honour wants for nothing home; when that’s the case, why should any man travel abr... ...beauty of her husband by the flesh spades of Mrs. Honour, called aloud for revenge and justice. As to the poor man, who had principally suffered in th... ... whose devotion to the fair sex, like that of the papists to their saints, wants to be raised by the help of pictures. But I am so far from desir ing... ...ter a fulness of satisfaction that you have found your daughter; for as to revenge, it belongeth not unto us. I discern great contrition in the counte... ...hts of bringing it about by any means whatever. From this moment desire of revenge only filled her mind; and in this temper meeting Jones at the play,...

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The Brotherhood of Consolation

By: Honoré de Balzac

...inding an equable, tranquil happiness which might satisfy a soul like his. She had ended by judging Godefroid, finding him at twenty-eight with two-th... ...nst all that reached legitimate success increased by his own shortcomings. She tried to marry him to an excellent young girl, the only daughter of a r... ... where his expenses could be fixed, where he might have the solitude a man wants when he makes a return upon him- self, examines himself, and endeavor... ...rills for its sole decoration, was knitting by the light of a little lamp. She stuck her needles into her hair, held her work in her hand, and rose to... ...ricks. If Madame” (giving her the name by which her lodgers spoke of her) “wants me out of the way it is probably because they are plotting some- thin... ...of political reaction. I conceal my name because it is the mark for many a revenge. If the lessons of experience were not always wasted from one 122 ... ... monsieur,” said the gardener, with a tinge of respect. “Monsieur no doubt wants to see the mysterious lady.” “My good friend,” said Godefroid, stiffl...

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The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres

By: Edgar Alfred Bowring

......................................................................... 277 SHE CANNOT END. .............................................................. ...odlike woman hov’ring to and fro. In life I ne’er had seen a form so fair— She gazed at me, and still she hover’ d there. “Dost thou not know me?” wer... ... me, and still she hover’ d there. “Dost thou not know me?” were the words she said In tones where love and faith were sweetly bound; “Knowest thou no... ...s to mind with madden’d thought How over man her wiles prevail’d; T o take revenge on God she sought, And feels the vengeance it entail’ d. 336 Goeth... ... scarce more than a stripling:— (He was acquainted with life, and knew the wants of his hearers, Fully convinced of the worth of the Holy Scriptures, ... ...our troubles foreboding, gave me a bundle Ready prepared for relieving the wants of those who were naked.’ Then I loosen’d the knots of the cord, and ... ... man can have no heart, but a bosom of iron, Who no sympathy feels for the wants of unfortunate exiles; He has no sense in his head who, in times of s...

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King Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare

...potency Together; to consider further that What his high hatred would effect wants not Henry VIII, Act I, scene i 8 A minister in his power. You know... ...I, Act I, scene i 8 A minister in his power. You know his nature, That he’s revengeful, and I know his sword Hath a sharp edge: it’s long and, ‘t may... ...oom for the Queen!’ Enter QUEEN KATHARINE, ushered by NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK: she kneels. KING HENRY VIII riseth from his state, takes her up, kisses a... ...rd him utter to his son in law, Lord Abergavenny; to whom by oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. CARDINAL WOLSEY : Pl... ...Viscount Rochford,—one of her highness’ women. KING HENRY VIII : By heaven, she is a dainty one. Sweetheart, I were unmannerly, to take you out, And ... ...rst Gentleman : ’Tis the cardinal; And merely to revenge him on the emperor For not bestowing on him, at his asking, The a... .... Second Gentleman : I think you have hit the mark: but is’t not cruel That she should feel the smart of this? The cardinal Will have his will, and s... ... have a suit which you must not deny me; That is, a fair young maid that yet wants baptism, You must be godfather, and answer for her. CRANMER: The g...

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