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...urred in 1829, Poe, through the aid of Mr. Allan, secured admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Any glamour which may have at... ...n 1829, Poe, through the aid of Mr. Allan, secured admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Any glamour which may have attached ... ...nd to disregard his duties, his aim being to secure his dismissal from the United States service. In this he succeeded. On March 7, 1831, Poe found hi... ...isregard his duties, his aim being to secure his dismissal from the United States service. In this he succeeded. On March 7, 1831, Poe found himself f... ...ent of the man-a quiet, patient, industrious, and most gentlemanly person, commanding the utmost respect and good feeling by his unvarying deportment ... ...d with great frequency in English—in such words, for example, as ‘meet,’ ‘.fleet,’ ‘speed,’ ‘seen,’ been,’ ‘agree,’ &c. In the present instance we see... ...he town and neighboring country. “What broad and rapid river is that which forces its way, with innumerable falls, through the mountainous wilderness,... ...o knew it, nor did you. To tear a piece off from such fabric, two distinct forces, in different directions, will be, in almost every case, required. I... ...uoys materially impeded our progress, and we had the balloon abundantly at command, either for ascent or descent, we first threw out fifty pounds of b...

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...fensive to the eye of an artist than the interior of what is termed in the United States— that is to say, in Appallachia—a well-furnished apartment. I... ... to the eye of an artist than the interior of what is termed in the United States— that is to say, in Appallachia—a well-furnished apartment. Its most... ...e of exceedingly warm day, I was sitting, book in hand, at an open window, commanding, through a long vista of the river banks, a view of a distant hi... ... effort was too much. It happened to be the poor dwarf’s birthday, and the command to drink to his ‘absent friends’ forced the tears to his eyes. Many... ...f a hundred and fifty feet in altitude. I spoke of our gigantic mechanical forces. He agreed that we knew something in that way, but inquired how I sh... ...odi- gious. The thing ended, however, in the consolidation of the thirteen states, with some fifteen or twenty others, in the most odious and insuppor... ...n and truthfulness-to anything of its species: “It is a wondrous thing how fleet ’Twas on those little silver feet, With what a pretty skipping grace ... ...ught in the few lines we have quotedthe wonder of the little maiden at the fleetness of her favorite—the “little silver feet”—the fawn challenging his...

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.... And of the two atmospheres it is hard to say which was the more fatal to statesmanship. Revolution on the Shelf Heartbreak House was quite familiar ... ... climax of legal lawlessness was reached in France. The greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman who resente... ... wrath on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America where nobody slept the worse for the war, that the... ...newspaper articles. I have had the privilege of hearing some of our ablest commanders talk- ing about their work; and I have shared the common lot of ... ...wers of destruction that Jove never pre- tended to, have beggared even his command of words? And yet, what is there to say except that war puts a stra... ...matized histories of George Barnwell, Maria Martin, or the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, would probably have been quite popular with them. But the nov... ...iscussed by men. HECTOR. Be reasonable, Ariadne. Your fatal gift of beauty forces men to discuss you. LADY UTTERWORD. Oh indeed! what about your fatal...

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...rty, have done, and will do, much, there still remains greater need than a fleeting population like this can be expected to supply, and Clement thinks... ... the buried forest that there was no doubt had been choked by the combined forces of river and sea. So Anna found that notice had been sent to Clipsto... ... off headlong to school with it, if his aunt and Anna had not entreated or commanded for it, when he threw it over with an uncomplimentary epithet. “J... ...he account, which she illustrated by the discoveries she had made from the united witnesses. “And is it not delightful to see for once what Gerald rea... ...w’s Isle. Lancelot made a hurried visit to study the place, and review the forces, and de- cided that it was practicable. There could be a gallery at ... ... “We must congratulate him, Gillian,” she said. “I see you are gazetted as commander.” Primrose, who had something of the licence of the young- est, o... ... somewhat noisy luncheon, for Edward Harewood, a midshipman in the Channel Fleet, which was hovering in the offing, had come over on a day’s leave wit... ...and all at Vale Leston. There is an old age of novelty about these eastern states, quite disgusting in comparison with the reverend dignity of such a ...

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...generally with his regiment, and when visiting them was a good deal at the United Service Club. He had lately married an heiress in a small way, retir... ... see your eyes reproaching me with that.” “Oh no, as you said, Sir Matthew Fleet mistrusts anything entirely new, and the professor is never sanguine.... ...he would have taken all the children, but that Mrs. Acton insisted, almost commanded, that they should be left under her charge, and reminded her that... ...m Bonum feminine, I suppose, to the Papal Bull. Here’s a third! The French fleet defeated by Queen Elizabeth. Most have passed it over entirely.” “Wel... ...nlow and her three boys. They had taken a week by the sea to recruit their forces, and then began their journey in earnest, since it was too late for ... ...Eton follies, she had given her eldest son a private hint to elude joining forces with the fam- ily, and he was the most docile and obedient of sons. ... ...ile,” said Janet, again ab- sorbing herself in her paper, while the public united in guess- ing the acrostic; and the only objection was raised by the... ...ke her to London to see Janet in her lodgings before the departure for the States. He was at her service, and as they did not mean to sleep in town, t... ...gnum Bonum wedding-dress that would figure in the papers, and, even in the States, be fabulously splendid. It must come from Paris, and it must be wai...