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... the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, b...

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... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...The next point to be considered is, that all the ‘‘small stuffs’’ which are used on board a - 7 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana ship—... ...hem together, and roll them up in balls. These ‘‘rope yarns’’ are constantly used for various purposes, but the greater part is manufactured into spu... ...the ladies; furniture; and in fact, everything that can be imagined, from Chinese fire works to English cart wheels—of which we had a dozen pairs w... ... and never forgot a benefit. I once took care of him when he was in, getting medicines from the ship’s chests, when no captain or officer would do any... ...me slowly down, visiting the intermediate ports, and examining the trees, plants, earths, birds, etc., and joined us at San Diego shortly before we... ...old horse,’’ come to their share. There is a singular piece of rhyme, traditional among sailors, which they say over such pieces of beef. I do ... ...isco, I visited three of the Episcopal churches, and the Congregational, a Chinese Mission Chapel, and on the Sabbath (Saturday) a Jewish synagogu...

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... inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singular, highly significant phenomenon, and now also means more or less complete for ascertaining its significance. A man of wonderful, nay, unexampled reputation and intellectual influence among forty mill...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Johann ... ...from this point of view, as to its origin, will it be the best enjoyed and used, and most impartially estimated. For any thing further it may be needf... ...they had there endeavored to supply the want of a garden by means of a few plants placed before the window. As I grew older, it was there that I made ... ... a place of so much honor; and because commonly, on the self- same day, we used to visit him, quite modestly, in order that we might, when my grandmot... ...sy growth of the fruit. The sorting of the bulbs of tulips, hyacinths, and plants of a similar nature, as well as the care of their preservation, he i... ...ts impressed with figures, to the finer and the finest, on which sometimes Chinese and grotesque, sometimes natural flowers, sometimes figures, someti... ...er gymnasia, and hoping for preferment, did not ven- ture to throw off the traditional customs. The neighborhood of Dresden, the attention thence paid... ...found fault with some scrolled looking- glass frames, and rejected certain Chinese hangings. A scene ensued, which, indeed, was again hushed up and sm...

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...Excerpt: The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and t...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvan... ...f those who believed in and wrote about flying before there was any flying used to make a great fuss about the dangers and difficulties of landing and... ...ment are low. It needs but a quickening spirit upon the throne, always the traditional centre of its respect, to rise from even the appearance of deca... ...dministrative ties that hold it together lies the far more vital bond of a traditional free spon- taneous activity. It has a common medium of expressi... ...secondly: The Great State. Throughout this essay these expressions will be used in accordance with the definitions presently to be given, and the fact... ...esale scale, of skilled men directing great ploughing, sowing, and reaping plants, 92 An Englishman Looks at the World steering cattle and sheep abou... ...s, and then of added crowds of genial people coming out to spray trees and plants, pick and sort and pack fruits. But who are these people? Why are th... ...om the responsibility of political and social work, than he will to make a Chinese toy of her and bind her feet. He and she will love that they may en...

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... at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a nation...

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...Middlemarch George Eliot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents Book I — Miss Brook... ...entleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand in hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the cou... ...ow; and Madame Poincon, who was stricter in some things even than you are, used to wear ornaments. And Christians generally—surely there are women in ... ...eem to penetrate one, like scent I suppose that is the reason why gems are used as spiritual emblems in the Revelation of St. John. They look like fra... ...o she asked to be taken into the conservatory close by, to look at the new plants; and on coming to a contemplative stand, she said— “I have a great s... ...eresting herself in finding a favorable explanation. “Be cause the law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? ... ...sub jects on which he felt himself amply informed by literature, and that traditional wisdom which is handed down in the genial conversation of men. ... ...row in Robert Brown’s new thing—‘Microscopic Observations on the Pollen of Plants’—if you don’t happen to have it already.” 140 Book II — Old and You... ... light over valley and river and white mountain top differs from joy among Chinese lanterns and glass panels? Will, too, was made of very im pressibl...

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... at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a nation...

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...instructional purposes. Beginning with volume seven, we started accepting student essays from all twelve Commonwealth College campuses, from students in English 004, 015, and 030. The essays in the current edition are all from students in English 004 and 015 classes....

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... Writing Volume 9 Student Voices A Commonwealth College Publication Editor in Chief J J J J Jim M im M im M im M im Manis anis anis anis anis Editors ... ...l the student essays contained herein were produced by students registered in English 004, 015 and 030, within the Commonwealth College of The Pennsyl... ...d with people of dif- Best of Freshman Writing 5 ferent nationalities—the Chinese, Japanese, Romans, and Indians with their feather headdresses and a... ...eness we once all shared on that day. Ths Sunday family day is not what it used to be. In a sense it is a lost tradition. Best of Freshman Writing 8 ... ...ical men and women of Shakespeare’s day. In public, Lady Macbeth plays the traditional housewife and hostess while Macbeth is acknowl- edged by his co... ... , did you sleep well last night?” Vera asks. As Rich- ard reaches for the medicine cabinet, he replies, , , , , “No, all night long my allergies felt... ...g busi- nesses in America is Boeing, an aircraft produc- tion company with plants all over the United States. The aircraft produced by Boeing are used... ...ith plants all over the United States. The aircraft produced by Boeing are used for mili- tary and commuter services. The Boeing 747 com- muter jet ha...

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...han the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action....

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. It is an attem...

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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson, th... ... purpose of a romance: it is clear enough to us in thought; but we are not used to consider anything clear until we are able to formulate it in words,... ... of these books, one after another, there has been some departure from the traditional canons of romance; but taking each separately, one would have f... ...ting around the carpet as though that were sacred ground. But he soon grew used to carpets and their owners; and he was still the supe- rior of all wh... ...could have told the time of year, within a day or so, by the aspect of the plants. In his dealings with animals, he was the original of Hawthorne’s Do... ...leverly proposed to write it, the sound of ZH. Yoshida was very learned in Chinese letters, or, as we might say, in the classics, and in his father’s ... ...e the better prepared, Y oshida set himself to teach, and he to learn, the Chinese literature. It is an episode most honourable to Yoshida, and yet mo... ...nd in the view they had of the world. Morally, they saw nothing outside of traditional axioms; and little of the physical aspect of things entered viv...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...k’s uncle.’ A little further on, I found the older and smaller wall, which used to enclose the pent-up inner prison where nobody was put, except for c... ... of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. Hindoos, Russians, Chinese, Spaniards, Por- tuguese, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Genoese, Neapolita... ...ed his brown coat loosely round his neck by the sleeves (he had previously used it as a coverlet), and sat down upon the pave- ment yawning, with his ... ...ief to an overworked people. No pic- tures, no unfamiliar animals, no rare plants or flowers, no natu- ral or artificial wonders of the ancient world—... ...p papers, the dispatch-boxes with little labels sticking out of them, like medicine bottles or dead game, the pervading smell of leather and mahogany,... ...th nothing but commas, and very few of them, ‘that you are married to some Chinese lady, being in China so long and being in busi- ness and naturally ... ...ere. The Collegians were not envious. Besides that they had a personal and traditional regard for a Collegian of so many years’ standing, the event wa...