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...phy of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper Originally published in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S... ...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... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ... who now govern no less than four different states of Europe, and who have sat on thrones these thousand years. While our family has followed the gene... ...traction of which I find all who enjoy it fond of boasting. It is the only subject of self-felicitation with which I am acquainted that men can indulg... ... was filled with devotion to the dread Being that could hold a universe in subjection to His will—dwelling with delight on all the discoveries among t... ...ok the thimble and examined it, weighed it, and submitted its metal to the test of the touchstone. It was a 30 Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief... ...erly as to her wishes, executed several little necessary offices, and then sat down to work for her own daily bread; every moment being precious to on... ... in a way to show the im- portance that was attached to price—that being a test of more than common importance with the present customer. I sighed whe...

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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 th...

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...Excerpt: Volume I. Preface: Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of ?The Ambassadors,? which first appeared in twelve numbers of The North American Review (1903) and was published as a whole the same year. The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter...

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