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...uring the time of the conversation between Maximilian and Valentine, which we have just detailed. M. de Villefort entered his father?s room, followed by Madame de Villefort. Both of the visitors, after saluting the old man and speaking to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic....

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...The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume Two by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume Two by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...one, but who, nevertheless, possessed a fund of knowledge and penetration, united with a will as powerful as ever although clogged by a body rendered ... ...but I shall remain firm in my determination, and the world shall see which party his reason on his side. Consequently I shall marry my daughter to the... ...ses un- der one’s hand, such as mines, lands, and funded property, in such states as France, Austria, and England, provided these treasures and proper... ...rned nothing really satisfactory, and, for the first time since the dinner-party at Auteuil, he slept soundly. 97 Alexandre Dumas Chapter 70 The Ball... ...w I ex- isted when it was arranged by your two families that you should be united. I have no enmity against M. Franz, and promise you the pun- ishment... ...s than sanguine temperament; grief could hardly produce apoplexy in such a constitution as that of Madame de Saint-Meran.” “At any rate,” said Albert,... ...s, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility an...

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...INDEX ABBAYE, massacres, Jourgniac, Sicard, and Maton?s account of. ACCEPTATION, grande, by Louis XVI. AGOUST, Captain d?, seizes two Parlementeers. AIGUILLON, d?, at Quiberon, account of, in favour, at death of Louis XV. AINTRIGUES, Count d?. ALTAR of Fatherland in Champ-de-Mars, scene at, christening at....

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...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE INDEX A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE INDEX A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution (INDEX)... ... an equal opportunity university. 3 Index THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE INDEX ABBAYE, massacres, Jourgniac, Sicard, and Maton’s a... ... on death of Mirabeau, on escape of King, after capture of King, completes Constitution, dissolves itself, what it has done. ASSEMBLY, Legislative, Fi... ...l with Cazales, escorts the King from Varennes, conciliates Queen, becomes Constitutional, retires to Grenoble, treason, in prison, guillotined. BARRA... ...’ account of, Finance Minister, ar- rested, suicide of. CLERGY, French, in States-General, conciliators of orders, joins Third Estate, lands, national... ...lties of, commences governing, and Notables, holds Royal Session, receives States-General Deputies, in States- General procession, speech to States-Ge... ...rested, liber- ated, in States-General Procession, joins Third Estate, his party, in Constituent Assembly, Fifth October and, shunned in En- gland, Mi... ...ce, on Corn-law, dismissed, death of. TYRANTS, French people rise against. UNITED STATES, declaration of Liberty, embassy to Louis XVI., aided by Fran...

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Excerpt: War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells.

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...War and the Future Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION War and... ...S SERIES PUBLICATION War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...n upon the Carso I contrived to lose during the temporary confusion of our party by the arrival and explosion of another prospective souvenir in our c... ...are affable. I had but recently had an encounter with an imported Colonial statesman, who was being adver- tised like a soap as the coming saviour of ... ...able of understand- ing. But one could as soon have talked with one of the states- men at Madame T ussaud’s. An antiquated figure. The effect of these... ... Alexander Severus, and later Aquileia brought Attila near to despair. Our party alighted; we inspected a 24 War and the Future very old mosaic floor... ...nch and British that I will discuss elsewhere, but one great theme was the constitution of “the ideal battery.” For years French military thought has ... ...war on that level might be as tedious as the South African war. But if the United States preferred to go into Mexican affairs with what I may perhaps ... ...rought upon the western front. These are Britain, France, Germany, and the United States of America. Less certainly equal to the effort are Italy, Jap...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- v... ...told, without precedent; but it lacked all appear- ance of success. To the constitution of Samoa, which was already all wheels and no horses, the cons... ...ssible that anything so foolish should have been suddenly devised, and the constitution bears on its front the marks of dotage. But the king, once ele... .... But the special delight of the Samoan is the malanga. When people form a party and go from village to village, junketing and gossiping, they are sai... ...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ...hed story. And the end of it spattered the credit alike of England and the States, when this man (the premier of a friendly sovereign) was kidnapped a... ...and in drafting these proposals; I am only surprised he should have been a party to enforcing them, perhaps the chief error in these islands of a man ... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will...

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...nt, eldest son of William Earl of Airth and Menteith, and the singular circumstances attending the birth and history of James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, by whose hand the unfortunate nobleman fell....

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...ctory he had obtained, and Kilpont and his comrade Ardvoirlich were of the party. After returning to their quarters, Ardvoirlich, who seemed still to ... ...duct and prin- ciples contradict. That he was obliged to join the opposite party, was merely a matter of safety, while Kilpont had so many powerful fr... ...d, that the designs of the English sectaries struck against the monarchial constitution of Britain, it having been their intention to re- duce the pow... ...e other powers, I even took on for a time with their High Mightinesses the States of Holland.” “ And how did their service jump with your humour?” aga... ...befit any other tongue than mine own.” CHAPTER III. For pleas of right let statesmen vex their head, Battle’s my business, and my guerdon bread; And, ... ...ination, which, probably from the cir- cumstances preceding his birth, was constitutionally de- ranged, with all the wild and terrible superstitions s... ...our own honour—temperate, firm, and 83 Sir Walter Scott manly, to keep us united. Such is the man that must com- mand us. Are you prepared, Thane of ... ...en looking at his horse; and, after praising his points and carriage, both united in strongly dissuading the Captain from taking an animal of such val...

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...THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE’S NEST by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pulication T... ...le. It was in the time of Maximilian that the Empire became as compact and united a body as could be hoped of anything so unwieldy, that law was at le... ... He was learned in many languages—in all those of his empire or hereditary states, and in many besides; and he had an ardent love of books, both class... ...ings in her heart.” All around were blocks of wood and carvings in varying states of progress—some scarcely shaped out, and others in perfect completi... ...r nearly a century had been rising by the 12 The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest united exertions of the burghers, without any assistance from without. The ... ...ntains, or around the castles, it was usually very different. The elective constitution of the empire, the fre- quent change of dynasty, the many disp... ...gent and skilful of the retainers as to be absolutely indispensable to the party—he was their only scribe; and moreover his new suit of buff rendered ... ... or no danger—the Eagle’s Steps were defence enough in themselves, and the party were not likely to be absent more than a week or ten days—a grievous ... ...E EA THE EAGLET GLET GLET GLET GLETS S S S S CHRISTINA’S MENTAL and bodily constitution had much simi- larity—apparently most delicate, tender, and ti...

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...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY Volume Three by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The ... ...ll men distracted. Very frightful it is when a Nation, rending asunder its Constitutions and Regulations which were grown dead cerements for it, becom... ...rt by the death they call Roman. Sieyes old-Constituent comes; to make new Constitutions as many as wanted: for the rest, peering out of his clear cau... ...e, have pre- cisely this problem to solve. Under the name and nickname of ‘statesmen, hommes d’etat,’ of ‘moderate-men, moderantins, ’ of Brissotins, ... ...fties on the President’s List. Nay these Gironde Presidents give their own party preference: we suspect they play foul with the List; men of the Moun-... ... At home this Killing of a King has divided all friends; and abroad it has united all enemies. Fraternity of Peoples, Revo- lutionary Propagandism; At... ... usual number at one time: let these two fight it out, all minor shades of party rallying under the shade likest them; when the one has fought down t... ...x eclats,’ at the gentilities and superfine airs of these Girondin “men of statesmanship,” with their pedantries, plausibilities, pusillanimities: “th... ...own side: and now there is no Election, or only the third of one. Black is united with white against this clause of the Two-thirds; all the Unruly of ...

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...OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...nent ministers. The Puritans formed a great political as well as religious party in England, and did not at first separate themselves from the church ... ...habitants must all have felt like brethren. They were fitted to become one united People at a future period. Perhaps their feelings of brother hood w... ... good old gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whole surface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his ... ...ld gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whole surface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his chair u... ...ies of New England.” “Were they under a government like that of the United States?” inquired Laurence. “No,” replied Grandfather; “the different colon... ...ad likewise brought a new charter from the king, which served instead of a constitution, and set forth the method in which the province was to be gove... ...ay. Few men in this position would have ingenuity enough to satisfy either party. Colonel Shute, though a good natured, well meaning man, succeeded so... ...States,” proceeded Grandfather, “Massachusetts had leisure to settle a new constitution of government instead of the 148 TheWholeHistoryofGrandfather...

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...d been entirely owing to the ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public, it appeared, had been until lately bent in the most determined manner on by no means enlarging the number of Chancery judges appointed--I believe by Richard the Second, but any other king will do as well....

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... Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bleak House by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...y clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently. The sub ject was a German who ke... ...ly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently. The sub ject was a German who kept a li... ...ible judgment to be given in her favour. Some say she really is, or was, a party to a suit, but no one knows for certain because no one cares. She car... ...ection to an interminable Chancery suit. It is a slow, expensive, British, constitutional kind of thing. T o be sure, he has not a vital interest in t... ...oing to the school (I re member it very well) invited me home to a little party, to my great joy. But my godmother wrote a stiff letter declining for... ... it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see what they could be to one another; to see how they felt for ... ...r a govemment, or that inesti mable jewel to him (if he only knew it) the Constitution, should be strange! His whole material and immaterial life is ... ..., Mr. Guppy presents his friend under the impromptu name of Mr. Weevle and states the object of their visit. Krook, with his bottle under his arm (he ...

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...e entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police- spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as Communistic by its opponents in power? Where the Opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of Communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well a...

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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...proved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the aut... ...21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority ... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...yet existing in the United States and aims at the overthrow of the Federal Constitution and the Union, was clandestinely prepared during the Winter of... ... ruin or whether, availing myself of the broader pow- ers conferred by the Constitution in cases of insurrection, I would make an effort to save it, w... ... nec- essary to ascertain the amount of indemnification due to the injured party. The United States consul-general at Havana was consequently instruct... ...as directed, in view of the occupation of the capital by the revolutionary party and of the uncertainty of the civil war, not to present his credentia...

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... close of the Republican State Convention held at that time and place, and by which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for Unite... ... and by which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for United States Sena- tor. Mr. DOUGLAS was not present.] Mr. PRESIDENT AND GE... ... which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for United States Sena- tor. Mr. DOUGLAS was not present.] Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN... ...ocates will push it forward till it shall become alike law- ful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to ... ...ear of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congressional pro... ...gulate their domestic institutions in their own way, sub- ject only to the Constitution of the United States.” Then opened the roar of loose declamati... ...c institutions in their own way, sub- ject only to the Constitution of the United States.” Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “squa... ...g 13 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Three to divide the Democratic party for the purpose of electing a Republican Senator in my place are just... ...what may be a right definition of the term alliance. If for the Republican party to see the other great party to which they are opposed divided among ...

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... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...iends and his community have at heart if he would be liked — especially as a statesman; and both as business man and statesman I wanted to study the t... ...and stature of the individual who wears it; and, besides, I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and th... ...r as if she had been a leaf out of the gospel. It kind of sizes up the whole party. And think of the simple ways of this court: this wandering wench h... ... invented by monarchy; let mon archy keep it. I was from Connecticut, whose Constitution declares “that all political power is inherent in the people... ...nate — they come together with great ran dom, and a spear is brast, and one party brake his shield and the other one goes down, horse and man, over h... ...and. This little relaxation of sternness had a good effect upon the queen. A statesman gains little by the arbitrary exercise of iron clad authority u... ...ree sects, so that they will police each other, as had been the case in the United States in my time. Concentration of power in a po litical machin... ...d pictured a distinct and perfectly rational and feasible im provement upon constitutional monarchy, but he was too feather headed to know it, or car...

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...The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION T... ...g to maturity that were not likely to be met by commensu- rate sales. Yet, constitutionally, he was a sanguine hoper. At this time he was a stout, fre... ...m now in the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreea... ...n the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as ... ... make the locking of his door coincident with the dismissal of his evening party. Upon these and other grounds of alarm (particularly this, that Mrs. ... ...f sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may ev... ...oard (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may even die ... ...illiams returned from his dreadful labors, he found the English and Scotch party asleep, but the Ger- mans awake: one of them was sitting up with a li... ... and Calvin as he did ridicule them, Swift could not be thought other than constitutionally incapable of religion. Even a Pagan philosopher, if made t...