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... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...roduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vakn... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! ... ...Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, who knew of the Prince's attentions a... ... So reveal documents released in January 2003 by the Public Record Office in the United Kingdom. Trundle is described as a "very charming adventu... ...ver the heads of his constitutional advisers. "The last time when this happened in English history was when Charles I raised His Standard at the be... ...85) and in Russia. Radical nationalist parties were established by Russian-Armenian emigrants in 1887 (Hunchak or Henchak, "The Bell") and in 1890 i... ...hat laymen and the media know about them. Yet, the truth is different. The English physicist Stephen William Hawking proved that in the vic...

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...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, ...

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...olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a public... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...ought into frequent and bloody collision with our outlying settlements and emigrants. Sound policy and our imperative duty to these wards of the Gove... ...ngs in cases of the United States against Dr. John B. En- glish, and S. S. English, qt al., sureties for John L. Hill. Also same against same suretie...

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. ...

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...olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publica... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five did invent. Was it the right of emigrants to Kansas and Ne- braska to govern themselves, and a lot of “nigg... ...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ...

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...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Pandora by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...e aware, however, of the claims to economic and other consideration of the United States, and that this quarter of the globe offered a vast field for ... ...o report himself to his superior in Washington, and the loss of time in an English port could only incommode him, inasmuch as the study of English ins... ...e shimmer. Moreover he was by no means sure that he should be happy in the United States, where doubtless he should find himself soon enough disembark... ... appreciate the nature of evidence. The ship was heavily laden with German emigrants, whose mission in the United States differed considerably from Co...

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Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

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...by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...yron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He wa... ...that Monsieur Phileas Fogg was the most exact and settled gentleman in the United Kingdom, I have come to monsieur in the hope of living with him a tr... ...er- ate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing... ..., where, in the midst of that fertile region, directly on the route of the emigrants who crossed Utah on their way to California, the new colony, than...

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...ERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...a regular monthly line of sailings from Rouen, for the transport of French emigrants to Canada. But, frankly, this sort of thing did not interest me v... ...s obstacle was clearly the want of money. Four hundred and sixty bunks for emigrants were put together in the ‘tween decks by industrious carpenters w... ...e which was my destination. “Dear boy” (these words were always written in English), so ran the last letter from that house re- ceived in London,—”Get...

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...SERIES PUBLICATION A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...a regular monthly line of sailings from Rouen, for the transport of French emigrants to Canada. But, frankly, this sort of thing did not interest me v... ...s obstacle was clearly the want of money. Four hundred and sixty bunks for emigrants were put together in the ‘tween decks by industrious carpen- 17 ... ...e which was my destination. “Dear boy” (these words were always written in English), so ran the last letter from that house received in London— ”Get y...

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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State El... ...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by Jame... ...Document File produced as part of an ongoing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...g stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... become one of the most populous districts of New York. It sends forth its emigrants like any other old region, and it is pregnant with industry and e... ... until, uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although ins... ...tain wandering eastern mechanic, who, by exhibiting a few soiled plates of English architecture, and talking learnedly of friezes, entablatures, and p... ... the common market at Albany , that served as so many snares to induce the emigrants to enter into those wild mountains in search of competence and ha...

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...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few years would have...

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...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Clas... ... Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsy... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ... and may we learn to live with such holiness here that we may hereafter be united for ever in Heaven.’ This letter is marked twice over ‘Only for Papa... ...e may sleep in Him as our hope is this our sister doth, and may be finally united with her in Heaven. Yesterday was a day of great trial to us all: I ... ...han leading University men, for the impress they leave is on the flower of English youth, at the very time of life when thought has come, but action i... ...ch; the rock runs right into the sea. Such bustle and excitement on board! emigrants get- ting their things ready, carpenters making the old “Duke” lo...

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Excerpt: Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.

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...d A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...aided by the Italian and Basque workmen who rallied faithfully round their English chiefs. The Company’s lightermen, too, natives of the Republic, beh... ... always ready to help his countrymen, and greatly respected by the Italian emigrants wher- ever he lived (in his exile he called it), he could not con... ...ed backwards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould ex... ..., with my dear mother, for a whole year, while poor father was away in the United States on business. You shall be the new mis- tress of the Casa Goul...

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Excerpt: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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...y Nathaniel Hawthorne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...ly—or, rather, I do not doubt at all—whether any public functionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a pa... ...as materially, there was a coarser fibre in those wives and maidens of old English birth and breeding than in their fair descendants, separated from t... ...el dom, it would appear, partook of the religious zeal that brought other emigrants across the Atlantic. In their re 95 Hawthorne searches into the... ...s ourselves. Their immediate posterity, the genera tion next to the early emigrants, wore the blackest shade of Puritanism, and so darkened the natio...

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...Excerpt: How he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called Written by himself and now...

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...KIDNAPPED Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 by Robert Louis Stevenson ... ...eries Publication Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ... almost with a scream, “Scots!” The pound Scots being the same thing as an English shil- ling, the difference made by this second thought was con- sid... ...n the seas. “Have you no friends?” said I. He said he had a father in some English seaport, I forget which. 34 Kidnapped “He was a fine man, too,” he... ...ce that, and with the rebel- lion of the colonies and the formation of the United States, it has, of course, come to an end; but in those days of my y... ..., and with the rebel- lion of the colonies and the formation of the United States, it has, of course, come to an end; but in those days of my youth, w... ...oat struck into a melancholy air, which was presently taken up both by the emigrants and their friends upon the beach, so that it sounded from all sid...

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...s Series Publication Washington Square by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...ho enjoyed perhaps an exceptional share of the consideration which, in the United States, has always been bestowed upon distinguished members of the m... ...yed perhaps an exceptional share of the consideration which, in the United States, has always been bestowed upon distinguished members of the medical ... ... sources of credit. It belongs to the realm of the practical, which in the United States is a great rec- ommendation; and it is touched by the light o... ...er cold and windy, besides one’s being exposed to intrusion from the Irish emigrants who at this point alight, with large appetites, in the New World ...

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...Introduction: Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at...

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... Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University, nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any... ...on project, The Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series, to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...ty’s Electronic Classics Series, to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ...al works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1998 The Pennsylvania State University T... ... ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERN MENT IN GENERAL. WITH CONCISE RE MARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION SOME WRITERS HAVE so confounded society with gov ... ...ance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same. Four or five united would be able to raise a tolerable dwelling in the midst of a wild... ... Thus necessity, like a gravitating power, would soon form our newly arrived emigrants into society, the re ciprocal blessings of which, would supers... ...homas Paine 40 things, in the interim, will be unsettled and unpromis ing. Emigrants of property will not choose to come to a country whose form of ...

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...cation My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...rgan of the downtrodden, edited and published by one of themselves, in the United States. 13 Frederick Douglas The result of this visit was, that on ... ...de this select inclosure, were parks, where as about the residences of the English nobil- ity—rabbits, deer, and other wild game, might be seen, peer-... ...elbowed out of some employment to make room perhaps for some newly-arrived emigrants, whose hunger and color are thought to give them a title to espec... ...the colored people are thus elbowed out of employment; while the enmity of emigrants is being excited against us; while state after state enacts laws ...

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Excerpt: The Uncommercial Traveler by Charles Dickens.

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... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dick... ...ument file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his o... ...ersity, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing stud... ...is, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical ... ...ortable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy ... ...otel-advertisement is personally addressed to me, no hotel-room tapestried with great-coats and railway wrappers is set apart for me, no house of publ... ... negro sitting by the door, ‘gib the jebblem a darnse. Tak’ yah pardlers, jebblem, for ‘um quad-rill.’ This was the landlord, in a Greek cap, and a dr... ...f water, uncomfortably suggestive of a tin flavour in the drink. Charles Dickens 214 T o and fro, up and down, aboard and ashore, swarming here and t... ... swarming here and there and everywhere, my Emigrants. And still as the Dock-Gate swings upon its hinges, cabs appear, and carts appear, and vans appe...

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Excerpt: Septimius Felton; or, The Elixir of Life by Nathanial Hawthorne.

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Septimius Felton; or, The Elixir of Life by Nathanial Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...before he had ever been to England and before he knew of the exist * See English Note Books , April 7, and August 25, 1855. 4 Septimius Felton ence... ...mething that repelled; and when they parted they wondered at their strange states of mind, but would not acknowledge that they had done a thing that o... ...ate of mind, for it put everybody into an exaggerated and unnatural state, united enthusiasms of all sorts, heightened everybody either into its own h... ... among his ancestry on one side, while on the other it ran up to the early emigrants, who seemed to have been remarkable men, and to that strange wild...

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...ES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy acce... ...orks of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... In 1791 an odd proposal was made to the French Government by a company of English Quakers who had conceived the bold idea of establishing in the pala... ...y, but very curious,”—it is in these terms that I heard it described by an English lady, who was generally to be found engaged upon a tat- tered Tauch... ...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ... ...al good faith which is not the commonest feature of French art, and which, united as it is in this case with exceeding knowledge and a remarkable sens... ... I had a curiosity to see what had been the starting-point of the Huguenot emigrants who founded the town of New Rochelle in the State of New York, a ...

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...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of ...

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...Table of Contents: Etymology, 1 -- Extracts, 3 -- 1 Loomings, 15 -- 2 The Carpet-Bag, 20 -- 3 The Spouter-Inn, 24 -- 4 The Counterpane, 36 -- 5 Breakfast, 40 -- 6 The Street, 42 -- 7 The Chapel, 45 -- 8 The Pulpit, 48 -- 9 The Sermon, 51 -- 10 A Bosom Friend, 59 -- 11 Nightgown, 63 -- 12 Biogra...

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...LLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Contents Etymology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... 1 Loomings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 The Carpet Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 The... ...3 The Spouter Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 The Counterpane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5 Br... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 29 Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 30 The Pipe . .... ...axon. HV AL, Danish. WAL, Dutch. HWAL, Swedish. HV ALUR, Icelandic. WHALE, English. BALEINE, French. BALLENA, Spanish. PEKEE NUEE NUEE, Fegee. PEHEE N... ...pture of this one whale, amounted altogether to 10,440 yards or nearly six English miles.” * * * “Sometimes the whale shakes its tremendous tail in th... ...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL. “BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANIST... ...ty colony. Moreover, in the infancy of the first Australian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved from starvation by the benevolent biscui... ...emigrated to the New England rocks with the noble brawn of the old English emigrants in the time of the Commonwealth. Thus, some of the best and furth...

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...ne through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...s for her, and made themselves amiable in a thousand ways. And they talked English with adorable simplic- ity , and to the constant amusement of Becky... ...o the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Fami- lies. As a selfish man will impoverish his family and ofte... ...e—the cart arrived from Brompton, bringing the trunks and bandboxes of the emigrants from that village, and with them the old piano. Amelia would have... ...r the baths were the most produc- tive periods of the Doctor’s practice—he united business with pleasure, and his chief place of resort was Ostend, wh...