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...The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ... J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by th... ...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 Pennsylva- nia State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Tran... ...ions, brought foreign armies into the heart of the country, and for half a century rendered it the scene of the most mournful disorders. It was the Re... ...d also a lasting political schism, which made that country for more than a century the theatre of confusion, but at the same time threw up a firm barr... ...liar char- acteristic of the Spaniard. The slightest approxi- mation, in a Spanish prince, to the obnoxious tenets of Luther and Calvin, would have al... ...subjects, and a defection from the Pope would have cost him the kingdom. A Spanish prince had no alter- native but orthodoxy or abdication. The same r... ... the world a justification of his own conduct. He had attacked, and on the 16th April, car- ried Landsberg, when he was apprised of the danger of Magd...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for 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...

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...AND -- HO!???POMPERO?CAPE HORN, 9 -- CHAPTER V ? CAPE HORN?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT???CALIFORNIA -- ., 25 -- CHAPTER IX ? CALIFORNIA?A SOUTH-EASTER, 28 -- CHAPTER X ? A SOUTH-EASTER?PASSAGE UP THE COAST, 32 -- CHAPTER XI ? PASSAGE UP T...

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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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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Joe Brownlow?s Fancy. The lady said, ?An orphan?s fate Is sad and hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she...

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