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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "T... ... RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS ... ... 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 ... ...ailors turned soldiers -- Free rovers on desperate undertakings -- England and France give license to prey on Spanish commerce -- A defeat of the Engl... ... Scuttling his own ship -- Peter robs his own men and squanders his fortune in France 275- 282 CHAPTER XXV. Bartholomew the Exterminator. -- His despe... ...n down the flimsy boats of the natives, while the discharges of the cannon and firearms, the wounds made by the arrows from the cross- bows, the sharp... ...d. They were men of generally irregular lives and violent temper, whose bloody deaths were in most cases a fitting conclusion to careers of unbridled ... ... hide. Finding themselves unhurt even after repeated discharges of the Spanish firearms, the Indians, grown bolder, fell on the Spaniards with lance, ...

...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...

... -- 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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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...a, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...ficient high-tech culture, where all society's problems should be resolved by scientific-technological development. Finland has wanted to imitate glob... ...used to have such thick skin that a knife didn't cut it nor the bullets of firearms. It was a kind of inner strength. Tattoos used to be very popular ... ...a hurry overtake recklessly. In Thailand, road traffic accidents cause the deaths of tens of thousands of people annually, but driving is unavoidable.... ...ere and the number of victims has begun to decline, although statistics on deaths will continue to rise. Maybe deaths from Aids will gradually become ... ...el in Thai Studies. C. Clapham (ed.), Private Patronage and Public Power. Frances Printer, London. Keyes, Charles F. 1966. Peasant and Nation: A Tha...

...worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themse...

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The History of Tom Jones

By: Henry Fielding

...Vol. 2 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII is a publ... ...ge 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 ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume... ...electronic transmission, in any way. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII , the Penn... ...d!” answered the other. “I read a good deal in Daniel’s English History of France; a great deal in Plutarch’s Lives, the Atalantis, Pope’s Homer, Dryd... ...okes on his cowardice, he offered to excuse himself on the inequal ity of firearms, saying, “A thousand naked men are nothing to one pistol; for thou... ...no such design on Sophia, “That he would rather suffer the most violent of deaths than sacrifice her interest to his desires.” He said, “he knew how u... ...any offence towards you; nay, he hath sworn he would rather die a thousand deaths than he would have his conscience upbraid him with one disrespectful...

Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII.

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The French Revolution a History Volume One

By: Thomas Carlyle

... VO L L L L L UTI UTI UTI UTI UTI O O O O O N N N N N A HISTORY Volume One by TH TH TH TH THO O O O OMA MA MA MA MAS CA S CA S CA S CA S CAR R R R RL ... ... TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. ... ...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. The French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle... ...ich this great Prince has earned. ’ (Abrege Chronologique de l’Histoire de France (Paris, 1775), p. 701.) So stands it written; in lasting memorial of... ...u and the Parlement Maupeou: these, as they sit in their high places, with France harnessed under their feet, know well on what basis they continue th... ...haos! Bursts forth insurrection, at sight of its own blood (for there were deaths by that sputter of fire), into endless rolling explosion of musketry... ...niversal Insurrection, with immeasurable shout, and a discharge of all the firearms, clear and rusty, great and small, that it has, returns him accept...

............................................................................................................................ 28 Chapter 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. ...................................................................................................................... 34 Chapter 1.2.III. Questionable. ...........................................................

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The ... ...E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsyl... ...ich this great Prince has earned. ’ (Abrege Chronologique de l’Histoire de France (Paris, 1775), p. 701.) So stands it written; in lasting memorial of... ... Maupeou: 13 Thomas Carlyle these, as they sit in their high places, with France harnessed under their feet, know well on what basis they continue th... ...haos! Bursts forth insurrection, at sight of its own blood (for there were deaths by that sputter of fire), into endless rolling explosion of musketry... ...- versal Insurrection, with immeasurable shout, and a discharge of all the firearms, clear and rusty, great and small, that it has, returns him accept... ...ing, stand sentry at a Queen’s door; and feel that he could die a thousand deaths for her: then again, at the outer gate, and even a third time, she s...

............................................................................................................................ 27 Chapter 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. ...................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 1.2.III. Questionable. ...........................................................

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Three

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Three A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Public... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Three is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State ... ... marvellous that, unsupported as my assertions must necessarily be (except by the evidence of a single individual, and he a half-breed Indian), I coul... ...editor of the “Southern Literary Messenger,” a monthly magazine, published by Mr. Thomas W . White, in the city of Richmond. He strongly advised me, a... ...e way, unresistingly, to the most gloomy imaginings, in which the dreadful deaths of thirst, famine, suffocation, and premature interment crowded upon... ...d me to reflect on the few chances I had of escaping the most appalling of deaths—a death for the most appalling of purposes—every 90 Poe in Five V o... ... the unarmed condition of Too-wit and his men, the certain efficacy of our firearms (whose effect was yet a secret to the natives), and, more than all... ...as only fourteen when led to the altar. These early marriages are usual in France. Here, how- ever, are Moissart, V oissart, Croissart, and Froissart,... ...call fool—he vas von ver great big donce like yourself—for he lef la belle France for come to dis stupide Amerique—and ven he get here he went and ave...

Excerpt: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Three.

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Cashel Byron's Profession

By: George Bernard Shaw

...Cashel Byron’s Profession By George Bernard Shaw A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...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. Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylva... ...e lessons in singing and in a language which she believed to be current in France, but which was not intelligible to natives of that country travel- l... ...a week after our marriage— will, I think, be formed a long time before our deaths. In that case I fear that our difference of opinion would become a v... ...out intending to: I never feel comfortable when I see a fool meddling with firearms. I came to tell you that I’m go- ing to be married to your cousin....

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