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...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

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... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...

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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ..., which they brought into their service and placed as sentinels to guard their churches and grave-yards, and cattle, and other possessions. He asserts... ...ich he took a priest with him and returned to Greenland where he built several churches, the ruins of which may still be seen. The Norsemen, as we hav... ...e-by-side with those of Camoens, beneath a marble shrine in one of the noblest churches of Lisbon, but in India the memory of the Portuguese conquero... ...hile he smoked a cigar. On nearly all the islands of the Pacific the flute and fife players use their nostrils instead of their mouths which appear to...

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...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. Edingburgh Picturesque Notes by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pen... ...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... ...e conclusion of two yearly ecclesiastical parliaments – the parliaments of Churches which are brothers in many admirable virtues, but not specially li... ...people on the decks of ships, or ploughing in quiet country places over in Fife, can see the banner on the Castle battlements, and the smoke of the Ol... ... the first of these papers, of the Parliaments of the Established and Free Churches, and how they can hear each other singing psalms across the street... ...n, and run through the midst of many private homes. Edinburgh is a city of churches, as though it were a place of pilgrimage. Y ou will see four withi... ...; the Firth extends on either hand from the Ferry to the May; the towns of Fifeshire sit, each in its bank of blowing smoke, along the opposite coast;... ...e and wreck- ers cut the rings from ladies’ fingers; and a few miles round Fife Ness is the fatal Inchcape, now a star of guidance; and the lee shore ...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. A desert place. [Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.] First Witch: When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch: When the hurlyburly?s done, When the battle?s lost and won. Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch: Where the place? Second Witch: Upon the heath. Third Witc...

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...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. MacBeth by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...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... ...ence camest thou, worthy thane? ROSS: From Fife, great king; Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky And fan our peop... ... Will you to Scone? MACDUFF: No, cousin, I’ll to Fife. Macbeth Act II, scene iv 28 ROSS: Well, I w... ...w it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though... ...parition : Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough. [Descends.] MACBETH: Whate’er thou art, for thy ...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

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...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. Don Quixote: Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsb... ...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... ... Moors when they rush to battle; trumpets and clarions brayed, drums beat, fifes played, so unceasingly and so fast that he could not have had any sen... ...ves for a while with Sancho’s rich conversation, the melancholy sound of a fife and harsh discor- dant drum made itself heard. All seemed somewhat put... ... great drums which were likewise draped in black, and beside them came the fife player, black and sombre like the others. Following these came a perso... ...and the stars by night; nor do I know what streets are like, or plazas, or churches, or even men, except my father and a brother I have, and Pedro Per...

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...Excerpt: The Tragedie of Macbeth; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches. 1. When shall we three meet againe? In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? 2. When the Hurley-burley?s done, When the Battaile?s lost, and wonne. 3. That will be ere the set of Sunne. 1. Where the place? 2. upon the Heath. 3. There to meet with Macbeth. 1. I come,...

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...r three Witches. 3 1. When shall we three meet againe? 4 In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? 5 2. When the Hurley- burley... ...oubly redoubled stroakes vpon the Foe: 60 Except they meant to bathe in reeking Wounds, 61 Or memorize another Golgotha, 62 I canno... ... began a dismall Conflict, 79 Till that Bellona’s Bridegroome, lapt in proofe, 80 Confronted him with selfe- comparisons, 81 Point ... ... 971 Rosse. Will you to Scone? 972 Macd. No Cosin, Ile to Fife. 973 Rosse. Well, I will thither. 974 Macd. Well may... ...82 Though you vntye the Windes, and let them fight 1583 Against the Churches: Though the yesty Waues 1584 Confound and swallow Nauigation v... ... Macbeth, Macbeth: 1609 Beware Macduffe, 1610 Beware the Thane of Fife: dismisse me. Enough. 1611 He Descends. 1612 Macb. What er... ...one: 1703 The Castle of Macduff, I will surprize. 1704 Seize vpon Fife; giue to th’ edge o’th’ Sword 1705 His Wife, his Babes, and all vn...

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...us belief of the writer. That belief is not orthodox Christianity; it is not, indeed, Christianity at all; its core nevertheless is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God. There is nothing in its statements that need shock or offend anyone who is prepared for the expression of a faith different from and perhaps in several particulars opposed to his own. The write...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son 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. God the Invisible King by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State U... ...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... ...centuries and formulated the creed upon which all the exist- ing Christian churches are based, was one of the most disas- trous and one of the least v... ...- kind. After this warning such readers from among the vari- ous Christian churches and sects as are accessible to storms of theological fear or passi... ... the T riune deity upon which, theoretically, the entire fabric of all the churches rests. They will show themselves as frankly Arians as though that ... ...s of men and women to no purpose. The true God goes through the world like fifes and drums and flags, calling for recruits along the street. We must g...

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...is labours. When the foundation stone is laid, the architect appears with his plans, and struts for an hour before the public eye. So with the writer in hisPreface: he may have never a word to say, but he must show himself for a moment in the portico, hat in hand, and with an urbane demeanour....

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...nsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ...associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an elec... ..., Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical ... ...ure. They did not move any more than if they had been fishing in an old Dutch print. The leaves fluttered, the wa- ter lapped, but they continued in o... ...ons of the spot with fortitude. In all garrison towns, guard-calls, and reveilles, and such like, make a fine romantic interlude in civic business. Bu... ...able; and the Sacristan pointed out to us, far across the plain, in a bit of gleaming sky between two clouds, the towers of Cha- teau Coucy. I find I ...

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...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. Under the Storm, or Steadfast’s Charge by Charlotte M. Yonge, t... ...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... ...ment men, who now hold Bristol Castle, are coming to deal with the village churches even as they have dealt with the minster and with St. Mary’s, Redc... ...d Kenton, “but how can that be the good Cause 21 Yo n g e that strips the Churches and claps godly ministers into jail?” Jephthah thought he had an a... ...hey saw a cloud of dust in the distance, and heard the sounds of drums and fifes playing a joyous tune. Kenton drew the old mare be- hind the bank of ... ...dy, 27 Yo n g e “though ’tis pity on him too, for he always was a man for churches and parsons and prayers.” “Vain husks, said the pious captain,” pu...

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...King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care, Finde we a time for frighted Peace to pant, And breath shortwinded accents of new broils To be commenc?d in Stronds afarre remote: No more the thirsty entrance of this Soile, Shall daube her lippes with her owne childrens blood: No more shall trenching Warre channell her fields, Nor bruise her Flowrets with the Armed hoofes Of h...

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... And breath shortwinded accents of new broils 8 To be commenc’d in Stronds a- farre remote: 9 No more the thirsty entrance of this S... ...5 All of one Nature, of one Substance bred, 16 Did lately meete in the intestine shocke, 17 And furious cloze of ciuill Butchery, 18... ... shocke, 17 And furious cloze of ciuill Butchery, 18 Shall now in mutuall well- beseeming rankes 19 March all one way, and be no mor... ...olmedons Plaines. Of Prisoners, Hotspurre tooke 75 Mordake Earle of Fife, and eldest sonne 76 To beaten Dowglas, and the Earle of Athol... ...eepes, and sends me word 98 I shall haue none but Mordake Earle of Fife. 99 West. This is his Vnckles teaching. This is Worcester 1... ...and Falstaffe meets 2093 him, playing on his Trunchion 2094 like a Fife. 2095 Falst. How now Lad? is the Winde in that Doore? 2096 ... ...ndeed you haue articulated, 2710 Proclaim’d at Market Crosses, read in Churches, 2711 To face the Garment of Rebellion 2712 With some fine...

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...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. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania... ... 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.... ...e in the dining-room at Siron’s. CHAPTER V RANDOM MEMORIES I. – THE COAST OF FIFE MANY WRITERS HAVE vigorously described the pains of the first day or... ...s decided he should take me along with him around a portion of the shores of Fife; my first professional tour, my first journey in the complete charac... ...he complete character of man, without the help of petticoats. The Kingdom of Fife (that royal province) may be ob- served by the curious on the map, o... ...nuously along the seaside, and boasts of either two or three separate parish churches, and either two or three separate harbours. These ambiguities ar... ...ed breakwater, in its cage of open staging; the travel- lers (like frames of churches) over-plumbing all; and away at the extreme end, the divers toil...

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... has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal. Among authors, however, bullion is a much rarer commodity than paper, whereof I beg you to accept a little in the shape of this small volume. It contains a few ...

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...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. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Make... ...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... ...ere grey and solemn. Farms and gardens, convent towers, white villages and churches, and buildings that no doubt were hermitages once, upon the sharp ... ...he lions in one capital roar very much like the lions in another; that the churches are more or less large and splen- did, the palaces pretty spacious... ...t—dust over the gaunt houses and the dismal yellow strips of gardens. Many churches were there, and tall half-baked- looking public edifices, that had... ...es, the sallow black-eyed children, and the trim white-jacketed dandies. A fife is heard from some craft at roost on the quiet waters somewhere; or a ...

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...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. ...

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...Excerpt: He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher -the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that ?fire-breathing dragon?, hold t...

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...rom Devil?s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him. His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhing in the delivery of great, crimson oaths. ?Run, Jimmie, run! Dey?ll get yehs,? screamed a retreating Rum Alley child. ?Naw,? responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, ?dese micks can?t make me run.?...

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...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. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...west and south of Scotland, indisputably the richest part of the kingdom,— Fifeshire being in a peculiar manner their own, and possess- ing many and p... ... in the eyes of the multitude than the doctrines of that gospel which both churches had embraced. The Prelatists and Pres- byterians of the more viole... ...ely allow the possibility of salvation beyond the pale of their respective churches. It was in vain remarked to these zealots, that had the Author of ... ...ange to be executed “according to the word of God, and the best re- formed churches.” Deceived by their own eagerness, them- selves entertaining no do... ...power of the Chieftains; and he mentioned the celebrated settlement of the Fife Undertakers, as they were called, in the Lewis, as part of a deliberat... ... of Lowland gentlemen, called undertakers, chiefly natives of the shire of Fife, that they might colonize and settle there. The enterprise was at firs...

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...Excerpt: The Merchant of Venice; Actus Primus -- Enter Anthonio, Salarino, and Salanio. Anthonio. In sooth I know not why I am so sad, It wearies me: you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuffe ?tis made of, whereof it is borne, I am to learne: and such a Want- wit sadnesse makes of m...

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... Enter Anthonio, Salarino, and Salanio. 3 Anthonio. 4 In sooth I know not why I am so sad, 5 It wearies me: you say it wea... ...21 Plucking the grasse to know where sits the winde, 22 Peering in Maps for ports, and peers, and rodes: 23 And euery obiect that mig... ...hinke of shallows, and of flats, 31 And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand, 32 Vailing her high top lower then her ribs 33 To kiss... ...ere as easie as to know what were 208 good to doe, Chappels had beene Churches, and poore 209 mens cottages Princes Pallaces: it is a good D... ... when you heare the drum 866 And the vile squealing of the wry- neckt Fife, 867 Clamber not you vp to the casements then, 868 Nor thrus...

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