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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent n... ...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...der Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five re... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...hite, light in weight, my seat a strip of rawhide on SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 63 four pegs. Around me the girls sit and chatter. Heptha and Myra weav... ...rowd, forced me to retreat. As I closed the door of the house I ob- served Roman soldiers. I asked to be left alone. I ate supper alone. Early in the ... .... “Work fast,” someone was constantly urging. Peter got defiant: “Let the Romans come,” he shouted. “We have a right to bury our dead.” Luke had to ... ....wish me God’s speed. I am contributing £3,000, and it seemeth to me this Empire is reserved for Her Majesty and the Nation. I can find the gold Ki... ...tal bliss and melancholia are known to be mates. Executive Mansion 8/9/63 For years I was haunted by a great number of things. First, it was esse...

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... THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH 1520 Translated by A. T. W. Steinhäuser and revised by Fred... ...äuser and revised by Frederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Lut... ...rimary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important ... ...us interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. I... ...or its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther demolished... ...t on this theme of the sacraments. He expects that after this “Prelude” the Romans will gird themselves for battle and attack him in force, but he i... ...ried away from Jerusalem into captivity under the tyranny of the Babylonian Empire, so in Europe the Christians have been carried away from the Scri... ... in the incarnate Word. For he says: “My words are spirit and life” [John 6:63], which shows that he was speaking of a spiritual eating, by which he... ...he Aristotelian church—I grew bolder, and alter floating in a sea of doubt, 63 I at last found rest for my conscience in the above view, namely, th...

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...AGEDIE OF HAMLET, Prince of Denmarke. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language ... ...peare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Tragedie of Hamlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Actus Primus. Scoena ... ... Enter the Ghost. 52 Looke where it comes againe. 53 Barn. In the same figure, like the King that’s dead. 54 Mar. Thou art a... ...ime of night, 60 Together with that Faire and Warlike forme 61 In which the Maiesty of buried Denmarke 62 Did sometimes march: By He... ...ed Denmarke 62 Did sometimes march: By Heauen I charge thee speake. 63 Mar. It is offended. 64 Barn. See, it stalkes away. ... ...477 Of your precedent Lord. A vice of Kings, 2478 A Cutpurse of the Empire and the Rule. 2479 That from a shelfe, the precious Diadem stole... ...this point I stand, 2881 That both the worlds I giue to negligence, - 63 - The Tragedie of Hamlet Shakespeare: First Folio 2882 Let come what... ...atisfied. 3825 Hor. Neuer beleeue it. 3826 I am more an Antike Roman then a Dane: 3827 Heere’s yet some Liquor left. 3828 Ham....

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...ction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social st...

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...THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION by DONALD BROADRIBB With contributions by Marilyn H... ...contributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was... ...horus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with text reset, various emendations, and new... ...publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New Roman and Futura, using the program Mellel, with an Apple iMac... ...ights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New Roman and Futura, using the program Mellel, with an Apple iMac. ACKNOWLEDG... ...many readers will remember that within the general Christian tradition the Roman Catholic Church, until very recently, retained some vestiges of food ... ... in the Babylonian, Egyptian, and later Persian, and eventually Macedonian empires. The first influence was a religious system which traces itself bac... ...stian’s faith in Saint Christopher was effective, despite the CHRISTIANITY 63 fact, paradoxically, that there had never been a real Saint Christopher... ...a voice from the sky, “You are my very dear son, my favor rests upon you.” 63 Folk-belief once held that a baby has no soul until baptism and the rece...

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... SEXTUS EMPIRICUS AND GREEK SCEPTICISM A Thesis accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Bern Switzerlan... ... GREEK SCEPTICISM A Thesis accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Bern Switzerland, November 1897 BY MARY MILLS ... ...of Bern Switzerland, November 1897 BY MARY MILLS PATRICK PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY This Thesis is accompani... ...Empiricus and Greek Scepticism has been prepared to supply a need much felt in the English language by students of Greek philosophy. For while other ... ...etiology. CHAPTER IV. AENESIDEMUS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HERACLITUS 63 Statement of the problem.—The theory of Pappenheim.—The theory... ...n in some centre of philosophical schools and of learning. He never opposes Roman relations to those of the place where he is speaking, as he does i... ... speaking, as he does in regard to Athens and Alexandria. He uses the name "Romans" only three times, [1] once comparing them to the Rhodians, once... ...man law. This argument might, it would seem, apply to any part of the Roman Empire, but Haas claims that the whole relation of law to custom as trea... ... Adv. Math. X. 15, 95. [2] Zeller Op. cit. III. 10. [3] Zeller Op. cit. p. 63. [4] Zeller Op. cit. p. 67. [5] Brochard Op. cit. 329. The whole to...

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...Excerpt: First Gentleman: I cannot delve him to the root: his father Was call?d Sicilius, who did join his honor Against the Romans with Cassibelan, But had his titles by Tenantius whom He served with glory and admired success, So gain?d the sur-addition Leonatus; And had,...

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Excerpt: The War in the Air by H. G. Wells.

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...he Air by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...sh and his last was to see his invention the privilege and monopoly of the Empire. Only— It was there the difficulty began. Mr. Butteridge, it became ... ...e acquisition of the priceless secret of aerial sta- bility by the British Empire. The exact particulars of the simi- larity never came to light, but ... ...r or so. For many years the business had struggled along with a flavour of romantic insecurity in a small, dissolute-looking shop in the High Street, ... ... a bicycle started out from their hands in a state of pedantic efficiency. Romantic possi- bilities of accident lurked in the worn thread of the screw... ...s drilling in sensible drab. Here and there a full uniform glittered. The 63 H G Wells airships chi6fly engaged his attention, and he knew at once it...

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...Prologue: Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hin...

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...Contents THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS ................................................................................. 8 THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST............................................................ 19 THE ...

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...I: The Second T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...ication Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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. Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac, the Pennsylvania... ...d himself to be deceived by certain chroniclers, since the archives of the Roman Empire make no mention of an acquisition of this kind. I am angry wit... ...elf to be deceived by certain chroniclers, since the archives of the Roman Empire make no mention of an acquisition of this kind. I am angry with him ... ...range with you a merry feast after the ancient method, when the Greeks and Romans said their Pater noster to Master Pria- pus, and the learned god cal... ..., who was a great friend of the lord of Montcontour; in short, the feast- 63 Droll Stories – Vol. 2 ing, the dancing, and the festivities of all sort... ...n his domain as happy as a prince who is happy, reconnoitering his immense empire of mustard, coun- tries of sugar, provinces of ham, duchies of raisi...