...harge 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... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twa... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...on Prince Gortschakoff, for instance?” “I reckon not, Sandy.” “Well, this is Russia — only more so. There’s not the shadow of a republic about it anyw... ...e were only 6,000,000 or 7,000,000 — say seven; 12,000,000 or 14,000,000 in 1825; say 23,000,000 in 1850; 40,000,000 in 1875. Our death rate has alw... ..., and so you go about as hungry for talk as you do here. I like to look at a Russian or a German or an Italian — I even like to look at a Frenchman if...

...a comet! Why, Peters, I laid over the lot of them! Of course there weren?t any of them going my way, as a steady thing, you know, because they travel in a long circle like the loop of a lasso, whereas I was pointed as straight as a dart for the Hereafter; but I happened on one every now and then that was going my way for an hour or so, and then we had a bit of a brush toge...

...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. Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott W... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... sheathed in Northern woods carved and cut in open-work like the beautiful Russian chalets. The little antechamber formed by the landing and the well ... ... Legion of honor and major of a regiment of cavalry. Taken prisoner by the Russians he was sent, like so many others, to Siberia. He made the journey ... ...hese cherished darlings, was sent, at the 21 Balzac peace of 1814, across Russia and Prussia on foot, accompa- nied by the lieutenant. No difference ... ...A S THE RESULT to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe a... ...utting speeches. Dur- ing the first years of the Restoration, from 1817 to 1825, Mademoiselle d’Herouville, though in quest of millions, re- fused, am...

...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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne, the Penn... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...uncle was the curator of the museum of mineralogy formed by M. Struve, the Russian ambassador; a most valuable collection, the fame of which is Europe... ...ou remember a visit paid to me by the celebrated chemist, Humphry Davy, in 1825?” “Not at all, for I was not born until nineteen years after- wards.” ... ...thern route, and to pass under the north countries of Europe—under Sweden, Russia, Siberia: who knows where?—instead of bur- rowing under the deserts ...

...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 elec- tronic transmission, in any way. The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Kath... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ht of founding the work in which we are now co-operating, and which, since 1825, has quietly done much good. This work has found its soul in Madame de... ...defroid.” “Monsieur Godefroid, the work in question was projected by me in 1825, at the time when the ministry, being alarmed by the persistent destru... ...ied much and observed much, but he had travelled in every part of Germany, Russia, Persia, and Turkey, whence he had gath- ered many a traditionary se... ... sur- prise only lasted for an instant, for he had seen among Ger- man and Russian Jews many instances of the same contrast between apparent misery an...

...Excerpt: The malady of the age. On a fine evening in the month of September, 1836, a man about thirty years of age was leaning on the parapet of that quay from which a spectator can look up the Seine from the Jardin des Plantes to Notre-Dame, and down, along the vast perspec...

... Dumane. 4 Ferdinand. 5 Let Fame, that all hunt after in their liues, 6 Liue registred vpon our brazen Tombes, 7 An... ... 6 Liue registred vpon our brazen Tombes, 7 And then grace vs in the disgrace of death: 8 when spight of cormorant deuouring Time,... ... Armie of the worlds desires. 15 Our late edict shall strongly stand in force, 16 Nauar shall be the wonder of the world. 17 Our Cou... ...ors of this day, which the rude multitude call 1824 the after- noone. 1825 Ped. The posterior of the day, most generous sir, is lia-ble, ... .... They do, they do; and are apparel’d thus, 2013 Like Muscouites; or Russians, as I gesse. 2014 Their purpose is to parlee, to court, and da... ...2286 We haue had pastimes heere, and pleasant game, 2287 A messe of Russians left vs but of late. 2288 Kin. How Madam? Russians? 2289 ... ...ng praise. 2294 We foure indeed confronted were with foure 2295 In Russia habit: Heere they stayed an houre, 2296 And talk’d apace: and in...

...cerpt: Loves Labour?s Lost; Actus Primus -- Enter Ferdinand King of Navarre, Berowne, Longavill, and Dumane. Ferdinand. Let Fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live registred upon our brazen Tombes, And then grace us in the disgrace of death: when spight of cormorant devouring Time, Th? endevour of this present breath may buy: That honour which shall bate his sythes ...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...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... .... As shown by authentic documents, the expenditures on improvements during 1825, 1826, 1827, and 1828 amounted to one million eight hundred and sevent... ...Constitution, and to which it permits the public moneys to be applied.’ In 1825, he repeated in his published letters the opinion that no such power h... ... brief intermission, till the inauguration of John Quincy Adams, in March, 1825. 130 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two He was then appointed ... ...rating to some country where they make no pre- tense of loving liberty,—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the ba...

...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...

...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. Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pen... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ne covered with delicate carving, the like of which had never been seen. A Russian lady (Russian ladies are apt to forget that they are not in Russia)... ...to Paris in the first instance to work as an errand-boy. Between the years 1825 and 1831 he ran er- rands for dealers in curiosities in the Boulevard ... ...f my life, may be sold by public auction, and go, some to England, some to Russia, till they are all scattered abroad again as if they had never been ... ...rough you, madame?—So young! and yet have you such vices as this?” asked a Russian prince. Russians are by nature imitative; imitative indeed to such ...

...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, as if ...