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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...ten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": htt... ...thor Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Download free an... ...XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The ... ...ori.html http://samvak.tripod.com/objectrelations.html Berliner When President John F. Kennedy sought to impress the Germans in 1961 - then bes... ...lf to be deceived by the 'crawling, despicable flattery of those about him.' Later, John Quincy Adams would define Bolívar's military career as 'des... ...pular, they had to change their name to the Union Party. Lincoln's vice-president, Johnson, actually was a Democrat and hailed from Tennessee, a se... ...han 250 sightings of these behemoths, mostly stranded or dead. In 1874, Rev. Moses Harvey of Newfoundland displayed a dead giant squid caught by fi...

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Enciklopedio de Esperanto (1933)

By: L. Kokeny Kaj V. Bleier

...v Christian, Aarhus (Dan.) Indra Talivaldo, Riga Isbrücker Julia, Den Haag Johnson Wilfred B., Birmingham Kamaryt Stanislav, d-ro, Bratislava Karczag ... ...r Paul, Quedlinburg (Germ.) Jagoda Mauricio, La Ceiba (Honduraso) Johanson John, Stockholm Klimas A., Kaunas Krestahov Ivan H., So a Kürsteiner Hans,... ...m Eŭgeno, v. Lanti. Adam Z., ps. de A. Zakrzewski (v.) Adams (admz) Alfred John, anglo. Nask. 30 marto 1846, mortis 3 marto 1930 en Hastings. Ĉeestis ... ...7 landoj. W . M. Page prezidis, kaj la sekr.-oj estis J. M. Warden kaj W . Harvey. Aparta, tre interesa trajto de la Somera Universitato estis fako de... ... la unuan Radio-kurson ĉe Radio-Wien. Trad. de F. Raimund, Ganghofer k. a. Harvey (harvi) George Brinton McClellan, usonano, red. kaj 341 diplomato, ... ...Propagandis E-n en North American Review, 1906-08. Prez. de EANA, 1908-09. Harvey (harvi) William, anglo, eksŝtato cisto (en administrejo de skotaj m...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental p... ...Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation" - the authors demonstrate how the typical stock option granted to man... ...hat should replace the state? There is little agreement among anarchists: biblical authority (Tolstoy), self-regulating co-opertaives of craftsmen... ...surely entitled to enjoy the rights and freedoms accorded to each and every person. John Stuart Mill weighed against the state's involvement in the ... ...in largely valid. Animal Rights According to MSNBC, in a May 2005 Senate hearing, John Lewis, the FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterro... ...t day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." (New Testament, John 6:53-55) Cannibalism (more precisely, anthropophagy) is an ... ...ut the system - is the most powerful - perhaps the only - argument against it. As Harvey Silverglate argued in his rebuttal of Dershowitz's aforem...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental p... ...Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation" - the authors demonstrate how the typical stock option granted to man... ...hat should replace the state? There is little agreement among anarchists: biblical authority (Tolstoy), self-regulating co-opertaives of craftsmen... ...surely entitled to enjoy the rights and freedoms accorded to each and every person. John Stuart Mill weighed against the state's involvement in the ... ...in largely valid. Animal Rights According to MSNBC, in a May 2005 Senate hearing, John Lewis, the FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterro... ...t day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." (New Testament, John 6:53-55) Cannibalism (more precisely, anthropophagy) is an ... ...ut the system - is the most powerful - perhaps the only - argument against it. As Harvey Silverglate argued in his rebuttal of Dershowitz's aforem...

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know : About Where to Invest Your Money

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...hanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the author. ISBN 0-7596-7159-1 This book is printed on acid free... ..................................................................ix What makes the Author qualified to write this manual, what can she tell you that w... ...l make your journey through the materials go more smoothly. A message from the Author.......................................................xi Wit... ... Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lo... ..., Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla... ..., Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long... ...ranklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kea... ...ive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate and Outnegotiate Your Competition Author:Harvey MacKay The The Secrets of Superselling: How to Program You...

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Aesthetics

By: Florentin Smaradanche

...as well as its dominant features, linked with the renown of the concerned author. There is no doubt that this way of denomination, when practiced a ... ...e in creation, the history of art can be superposed to the history of the authors or, at, least gets tangled very strongly with them. It is precise... ...e by fable personages, a paperback book published in fact in Morocco, The author: the same Florentin Smarandache. But the surprise had to grow on, a... ...proper conventions. Observing the works of some persons like Umberto Eco, John Barth, Peter Acroyd, Scot Sullivan remarks: “This kind of literature b... ...st Humanistic Mathematician, in “Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal”, Harvey Mudd College, no.12. Seagull, Larry, Poem in Arithmetic Space, in ... ...ry, Poem in Arithmetic Space, in Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal”, Harvey Mudd College, no.12; and in “Abracadabra”, Salinas, August 1995, 3rd...

...ge of a centered communication when we suggest with a sole notion the work as well as its dominant features, linked with the renown of the concerned author....

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...We allow you from this time on to go your way unmolested." Hatchet Oration John Donahue Murphy 1907 alias " John Donahue Marathon Murjjhy, " the s] ea... ...e duly credited with double cuts at all times. He further ex- plained that Johnson, who tried to <!oncoal KoUey's absence, had "escaped punishment at ... ..., Asst. Trust Officer IIAKI.KM BRANCH W. 1'. Lewis, Manager IIRONX IIRANCH John D.inibey, Manager Daniel B. Buckley FINE CUSTOM TAILORING 72 12 Main B... ...t, Robert Cluett, George A. Cluett, Robert Cluett Jr., Le Grand C. Cramer, Harvey Cowee, Edgar A. Enos, James A. Eddy, George H. Freeman, Henry R. Fre... ... $12.;jO within a period of twenty years. \8 to atldetics, I feel that the authorities have taken a liberal stand. I would advocate the form- ing of i... ...Main and State Sts., Over Cutting & Co. NORTH ADAMS. • - - MASS. ANOBSCURE AUTHOR ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF THEWORTHY EUROPEAN PLAN W. M. KIMBELL, Mgr. Spr... ...al estate belonging to any college or university or soientifio institution authorized to grant de- grees as is occupied as a residence by an officer o... ...3b, Osborne lb, Ladue cf, Davis p, King 2b, Hoifman rf, Pettit Bs, Vogt o, Harvey (captain) If. "The Williams line-up has not yet been determined upon... ...ond hit by Young, an error and a long drive by Warren to left field, which Harvey caught too late to cut oft' Wadsworth at home, netted an additional ...

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The Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...ributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was pub... ..., with text reset, various emendations, and new index, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995... ...Futura, using the program Mellel, with an Apple iMac. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful for permission to use material from the following: Jo... ...and an Anthology, ed. F.C. Happold, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes, Lame Deer Seeker of Visions, Wash... ...rticular it contradicts the first part of the “Gospel Ac- cording to Saint John” (the fourth of the “biographies” of Jesus in the New Testament) and s... ...ed: Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John. As soon as he came up out of the water he saw the sky split open and ... ...Australian Religious Cult, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1952. Booth, Annie L. and Harvey L. Jacob: “Ties That Bind: Native American Beliefs As a Foundation F...

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Introduction to Linear Bialgebra

By: Florentin Smarandache

...UGGESTED PROBLEMS 201 BIBLIOGRAPHY 223 INDEX 229 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 238 5 Preface The algebraic structure, linear ... ...defined and studied as Smarandache Markov chains; as in the opinion of the author such study in certain real world problems happens to be better tha... ...be allowed to take x ≤ 0 or d ≤ 0 and or C ≤ 0 . For in the opinion of the author we may not in reality have the monetary total output to be always ... ...inite dimensional vector spaces, D Van Nostrand Co, Princeton, 1958. 12. HARVEY E. ROSE, Linear Algebra, Bir Khauser Verlag, 2002. 13. HERSTEIN... ...Algebra, Bir Khauser Verlag, 2002. 13. HERSTEIN I.N., Abstract Algebra, John Wiley,1990. 14. HERSTEIN, I.N., Topics in Algebra, John Wiley, 1975... ...s, Colloquium Publications, 37, American Mathematical Society, 1956. 21. JOHNSON, T., New spectral theorem for vector spaces over finite fields Z ... ...York, 1992. 30. RORRES, C., and ANTON H., Applications of Linear Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 1977. 31. SEMMES, Stephen, Some topics pertaining to ...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...ormation Technology Revolutions Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author About Michael Hart Bibliography Index Foreword by Michael S... ...or of eBooks What millions call ―the greatest story ever told‖ opens in John 1 with the simple phrase: ―In the beginning was the word—‖ This bo... ... 15 Born ―Johann Gensfleisch‖ (John Gooseflesh), he preferred to be known as ―Johann Gutenberg‖ (John Bea... ...on cited democracy’s debt to the preservative powers of print. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence, he stressed that instead of docu... ...as the most remarkable of this nation’s founding fathers. He succeeded as author, satirist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesma... ...sen. “Poor priests” followed Wycliffe Foremost among early reformers was John Wycliffe (1330–84). None of his peers matched his insistence on the a... ...ake Novotny, Debbie Finn, Gloria Gibson, Suzan Hebson, Luis Vasquez, Barb Harvey, Shannon Bain, Judi Elman, Elizabeth Robertson, and Julie Ann Carro... ...ry of Printing, from Wood Blocks to Electronics. Irvington-on- Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1965. Smith, Richard Norton. The Colonel: The Life and Leg...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...ormation Technology Revolutions Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author About Michael Hart Bibliography Index Foreword By Michael... ...or Of Ebooks What millions call ―the greatest story ever told‖ opens in John 1 with the simple phrase: ―In the beginning was the word—‖ This bo... ... 15 Born ―Johann Gensfleisch‖ (John Gooseflesh), he preferred to be known as ―Johann Gutenberg‖ (John Bea... ...on cited democracy’s debt to the preservative powers of print. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence, he stressed that instead of docu... ...as the most remarkable of this nation’s founding fathers. He succeeded as author, satirist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesma... ...n. “Poor priests” followed Wycliffe Foremost among early reformers was John Wycliffe (1330–84). None of his peers matched his insistence on the a... ...ake Novotny, Debbie Finn, Gloria Gibson, Suzan Hebson, Luis Vasquez, Barb Harvey, Shannon Bain, Judi Elman, Elizabeth Robertson, and Julie Ann Carro... ...ry of Printing, from Wood Blocks to Electronics. Irvington-on- Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1965. Smith, Richard Norton. The Colonel: The Life and Leg...

...dge without regard to an individual’s ability to pay.? -- Time Line of Information Technology Revolutions -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- About Michael Hart -- Bibliography -- Index --...

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Encyclopedia of Home Remedies for Better Life

By: Dr Izharul Hasan

... Encyclopedia of Home Remedies for Better Life Author: Dr Izharul Hasan M.D (PSM), NIUM Bangalore Attention: For the... ...e. They knew how to make-do Encyclopedia of Home remedies for better life Author: Dr Izharul Hasan Page 2 with what they had. They combined fo... ...mail: drizharnium@gmail.com Encyclopedia of Home remedies for better life Author: Dr Izharul Hasan Page 3 Make your own natural hair care prod... ... sedative that provides relief from nervousness and anxiety attacks. 5. St. John's Wort- is a herb for anxiety that acts as a natural antidepressan... ...Pain reliever and antispasmodic, decreases restlessness, nervousness. 14. St. John's Wort--Hypericum perfoliatum • Effective long-term action for an... ... Nervine action relieves frequent headaches, relaxes muscular spasms. 11. St. John's Wort-Hypericum perforatum • An herb of choice for attention def... ...e, vitamin C, and selenium, such as broccoli, carrots, and citrus fruits. Dr. Harvey Arbesman, Professor of Dermatology at the New York State Univer...

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Automorphism Groups of Maps, Surfaces and Smarandache Geometries

By: Linfan Mao

...(T,n) is hyperbolic. ♮ §4. The order of an automorphism of a Klein surface Harvey[26]in1966,Singerman[60]in1971andBujalance[9]in1983considered the ord... ...8(1989),197- 217. [22] J.L.Gross and T.W.Tucker, Topological graph theory, John Wiley & Sons,1987. [23] J.L.Gross and M.L.Furst, Hierarchy for imbeddi... ... 9 uniformization theorem 104 voltage map 33 walk 5 y-linear 24 About the Author LinfanMaoisapost-doctorintheAcademyofMathematicsandSystemsofChinese ...

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The Renaissance of Science : The Story of the Cell and Biology

By: Dr. Albert Martini

...nsects and infectious diseases. The virus, viral diseases, and vaccines. The principle of vegetation and the basic requirements of plants. William Harvey, the heart and the circulatory system. Carl Linneaus and the development of modern taxonomy in biology. Charles Darwin and the development of evolution in biology. Gregor Mendel and the development of genetics and t...

...hematician and Philosopher. 19 ISAAC NEWTON (1642 - 1727) English Scientist and Mathematician 20 ANTOINE LAVOISIER (1743 - 1794) French Chemist 23 JOHN DALTON (1766 - 1844) English Chemist 24 JONS J. BERZELIUS (1779 - 1848) Swedish Chemist 25 HUMPHRY DAVY (1778 - 1829) English Chemist 25 AMEDEO AVOGADRO (1776 - 1856) Italian Physicist 26 DMITRI MENDELEEV (1834 - 190...

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The Renaissance of Science : The Story of the Atom and Chemistry

By: Ph.D. Albert Martini

...on ELECTROMAGNETISM. The AGE of MORSE, BELL, EDISON, HERTZ and MARCONI on COMMUNICATION. The AGE of MALPIGHI, VAN LEEUWENHOEK, VESALIUS, MONDINO, HARVEY and HOOKE on MICROSCOPY and ANATOMY. The AGE of LINNAEUS, CANDOLLE, CUVIER, OWEN and AGASSIZ on TAXONOMY and classification at large. The AGE of DARWIN, WALLACE, LAMARCK, SPENSER and MALTHUS on EVOLUTION. The AGE...

... of the Renaissance. ANDREAS VESALIUS (1514-1564) Flemish-Italian Anatomist 55 Wrote his masterpiece on The Structure of the Human Body. WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657) English Physician 55 Published his book On the Motions of the Heart and Blood. Proposed the circulatory system of the blood and heart. ROBERT HOOKE (1635-1703) English Physicist 55 One of the great ...

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The Renaissance of Science: The Story of the Atom, Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics

By: Dr. Albert Martini

...pts contributed to the logical development of the various sciences. It presents the development of the atomic theory from the Classic Greek Era to John Dalton’s atomic model and into the 20th century with the new quantized atomic model developed by Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr and Max Planck. In the area of mathematics, it discusses the development of the theory of ...

...ITALIAN MATHEMATICIAN 91 FRANCISCUS VIETA (1540 - 1603) - FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN. 92 SIMON STEVINUS (1548 - 1620) BELGIAN-DUTCH MATHEMATICIAN 92 JOHN NAPIER (1550 - 1617) - SCOTTISH MATHEMATICIAN 93 HENRY BRIGGS (1561 - 1630) - ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN 94 WILLIAM OUGHTRED (1574 - 1660) ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN 96 BLAISE PASCAL (1623 - 1662) - FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN 97...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Volume I.

By: George Gilfillan

....................................................... 25 V ARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR’S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ................................................. .................................................................. 109 TO THE AUTHOR OF A POEM ENTITLED SUCCESSIO55......................................... ......................................................... 119 ON A FAN OF THE AUTHOR’S DESIGN, IN WHICH WAS PAINTED THE STORY OF CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS, WI... ................................................................... 152 TO MR JOHN MOORE, .................................................................. ........................... 163 AN ESSAY ON MAN: IN FOUR EPISTLES TO HENRY ST JOHN, LORD BOLINGBROKE.................... 164 EPISTLE TO DR ARBUTHNOT; OR,... ....................................................... 254 THE SATIRES OF DR JOHN DONNE, DEAN OF ST PAUL’S, VERSIFIED. .................................... ...re of the Second Book of Horace,”—verses in which she was assisted by Lord Harvey, another of Pope’s victims. He wrote, but was prudent enough to supp...

................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING ................................

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

..., in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal. Among authors, however, bullion is a much rarer commodity than paper, whereof I b... ...tar, quite solemnly, in the evening afterwards:“they respect it, sir. ”The authority of Her Majesty’s lieutenant on board the steamer is stated to be ... ...- gard of the moraliser. There were Faith, Hope, and Charity restoring Don John to the arms of his happy Portugal:there were Virtue, V alour, and Vict... ...y soul on board felt glad to return to the friendly little vessel. But the authorities of Lisbon, however, are very suspicious of the departing strang... ... the Necessidades, the churches, and the lean, dry, empty streets, and Don John, tremendous on horseback, in the midst of Black Horse Square. Whereve... ...l of. It seems unromantic; but these were not the romantic Knights of St. John. The heroic days of the Order ended as the last Turkish galley lifted... ...ke to see her there with her pluck, enterprise, manliness, bitter ale, and Harvey Sauce. Wherever they come they stay and prosper. From the summit of ... ...ds I will sacrifice in your name, and pour out libations of bitter ale and Harvey Sauce in your honour. One of the noblest views in the world is to be...

...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 notes of a voyage which your skill and kindness rendered doubly pleasan...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

.................................................................. 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. ................................. ...THOMAS DE QUINCEY FR FR FR FR FROM OM OM OM OM THE A THE A THE A THE A THE AUTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, T T T T TO O O O O THE AMERI- THE AMERI... ...arise similar to such as HAVE arisen, where a merciful bloodshed* has been authorized by the ex- *“Merciful bloodshed”—In reading either the later rel... ...r have been regarded doubtfully merely through insufficient knowledge. Dr. Johnson, indeed, made it the distinguishing merit of the French, that they ... ...g merit of the French, that they “have a book upon every subject.” But Dr. Johnson was not only capricious as regards temper and vari- able humors, bu... ...gards the inequality of his knowledge. Incoherent and unsystematic was Dr. Johnson’s information in most cases. Hence his extravagant misappraisement ... ... but this name was of very little importance, being soon merged in that of Harvey, be- stowed on her at the altar by a country gentleman. The squire—n... ...y-eight to thirty-two, when she became the widow of the Gerenian horseman, Harvey. How bewitching she must have looked in her widow’s caps! So had onc... ...arriage. This hand, this martial hand, for reason inexplicable to me, Mrs. Harvey declined; and the colonel bounced off in a rage to Bengal. There wer...

...MORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANATORY NOTICES.......................................................................................................

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself : Book Two

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as he... ...ou are not touched. Mohun is well of his wound. He is always with Corporal John now. As soon as ever I see his ugly face I’ll spit in it. I took lesso... ...himself by abusing the Com- mander-in-Chief, as he lay groaning,—”Corporal John’s as 11 Thackeray fond of me,” he used to say, “as King David was of ... ...d affection more generously. He professed to Monsieur de Torcy, so Mr. St. John told the writer, quite an eagerness to be cut in pieces for the exiled... ...every one of these wretches says he is a count. Guiscard, that stabbed Mr. Harvey, said he was a count; and I believe he was a barber. All Frenchmen a... ...; backing his opinion with a score of pat sentences from Greek and Ro- man authorities (of which kind of learning he made rather an ostentatious displ... ...y to one person), must have been too fond and press- ing with the maternal authority; for her son and her daughter both revolted early; nor after thei...

...cribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am....

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Captains Courageous a Story of the Grand Banks

By: Rudyard Kipling

... around us. Say, wouldn’t it be great if we ran down one?” “Shut the door, Harvey ,” said the New Yorker. “Shut the door and stay outside. You’re not ... ...ay , this is the first time I’ve been on the ocean.” “Oh, don’t apologize, Harvey .” “Who’ s apologizing? This is the first time I’ve crossed the ocea... ...engineer entered for a moment, red, smil- ing, and wet. “Say , Mac,” cried Harvey cheerfully , “how are we hitting it?” “Vara much in the ordinary way... ...avian meetin’camp-meetin’ most like-an’ they stayed over jest one night in Johns- town. Y ou’ve heered talk o’ Johnstown?” Harvey considered. “Yes, I... ...y , Harve. Well, that one single night Penn and his folks was to the hotel Johnstown was wiped out. ‘Dam bust an’ flooded her, an’ the houses struck a... ...His mind give out from that on. He mistrusted somethin’ hed happened up to Johnstown, but for the poor life of him he couldn’t re- member what, an’ he... ...n reporter slid away for a full copy of the epic and an interview with the author; so that 141 Rudyard Kipling earth had nothing more to offer Captai...

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Autobiographic Sketches Selections, Grave and Gay

By: Thomas de Quincey

...ct to do this, some there are who will read a blamable carelessness in the author; but, in that carelessness, others will read a secret conscious- nes... ...se thus: Within the last four or five years, a practice has arisen amongst authors of gathering together into volumes their own scattered contribution... ...rmi- nate adjudication on their claims as works of art. At present, I feel authorized to make haughtier pretensions in right of their conception than ... ... beginning of the last cen- tury, we had a saying, 15 in reference to the Harveys of Lord Bristol’s family, equally distinguished for wit, beauty, an... ... creation there had been three kinds of people made, viz., men, women, and Harveys; and by all accounts, something of the same kind might plausibly ha... ...nection with the little skirmish 76 Thomas de Quincey between him and Dr. Johnson, noticed in Boswell’s account of the doctor’s Scottish tour. “Ah, d... ...eenth century; our fathers were better men than we!” “O, no, my lord,” was Johnson’s reply; “we are quite as strong as our forefathers, and a great de... ...elder Dr. Aikin.) Mrs. Barbauld was exceedingly clever. Her mimicry of Dr. Johnson’s style was the best of all that exist. Her blank verse “Washing Da... ...interest wanting to the inartificial movements of Father Roche and Bagenal Harvey. In the year 1798, there were two great popular insurrec- tions in I...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...le accompanied by appropriate scenery and brilliantly illuminated with the Author’s own candles. What more has the Manager of the Performance to say?—... ...lf, that majestic lady; the Semiramis of Hammersmith, the friend of Doctor Johnson, the correspon- dent of Mrs. Chapone herself. “The girls were up at... ... good—ninety-three pounds, four shillings. Be kind enough to address it to John Sedley, Esquire, and to seal this billet which I have written to his l... ...n proceeded to write her own name, and Miss Sedley’s, in the fly-leaf of a Johnson’s Dictionary—the interesting work which she invariably pre- sented ... ...ever have seen the individual who has dared in my own house to question my authority. I have nourished a viper in my bosom.” “A viper—a fiddlestick,” ... ...ng her in French, which quite routed the old woman. In order to main- tain authority in her school, it became necessary to remove this rebel, this mon... ...olonies abroad know that we carry with us us our pride, pills, prejudices, Harvey-sauces, cayenne-peppers, and other Lares, making a little Britain wh...

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Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

By: Lewis Carroll

...fired up like a rocket). “He did it just for punning’s sake: ‘The man,’ says Johnson, ‘that would make A pun, would pick a pocket!’” “A man,” said he,... ...st pin, Centered in the golden breast pin. He had learnt it all from Ruskin (Author of ‘The Stones of Venice,’ ‘Seven Lamps of Architecture,’ ‘Modern ... ...ern Painters,’ and some others); And perhaps he had not fully Understood his author’s meaning; But, whatever was the reason, All was fruitless, as the... .... And his overbearing sisters Called him names he disapproved of: Called him Johnny, ‘Daddy’s Darling,’ Called him Jacky, ‘Scrubby School boy.’ And, s... ...the one for me, It is so full of blubber!” The night’s performance was “King John.” “It’s dull,” she wept, “and so so!” Awhile I let her tears flow on... ...ithets That suit with any word — Phantasmagoria & Other Poems 44 As well as Harvey’s Reading Sauce With fish, or flesh, or bird — Of these, ‘wild,’ ‘...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... yours to understand how, as the Dred Scott decision holds, Con- gress can authorize a Territorial Legislature to do everything else, and cannot autho... ...NGFIELD, June 28, 1858. A. CAMPBELL, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. I ... ...ect it; and write me at your first leisure. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO JOHN MATHERS, JACKSONVILLE, ILL. SPRINGFIELD, JULY 20, 1858. JNO. MA THERS,... ...The idea of popular sovereignty was floating about several ages before the author of the Nebraska Bill was born— indeed, before Columbus set foot on t... ...ess, and that is the case of Judge Douglas’s old friend Colonel Richard M. Johnson. I will also add to the remarks I have made (for I am not going to ... ...ionally elect a President, it will be our duty to see that you submit. Old John Brown has been executed for treason against a State. We cannot object,... ... by every means in their power the expedition under the command of Colonel Harvey Brown, supplying him with men and material, and co-operating with hi...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...y if I were to ask you to tell us that you do not know anything about King John?” He spent three delightful minutes in assur- ing himself of the fact ... ...us to old men who were hunting for newspapers—the light of the library, an authority on books, invited to dinners with poets and explorers, read- ing ... ...II It was a frail and blue and lonely Carol who trotted to the flat of the Johnson Marburys for Sunday evening supper. Mrs. Marbury was a neighbor and... ...ob, it may be partly because I don’t know better (and God knows I’m not no authority on trick forks and what pants you wear with a Prince Albert), but... ...rt), but mostly it’s be- cause I mean something. I’m about the only man in Johnson County that remembers the joker in the Declaration of Inde- pendenc... ...offee or something.” “The Dillons?” “Yes. Really quite a decent young pair—Harvey Dillon and his wife. He’s a dentist, just come to town. They live in... ...erry Gould, and four new candidates: flirtatious Rita Simons, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Dillon and Myrtle Cass, an uncomely but intense girl of nineteen. Of... ...y Pollock His wife……………………………… Miss Vida Sherwin His son ………………………………… Dr. Harvey Dillon His business rival……………… Raymond T. Wutherspoon Friend of Mrs... ... not bear any special and guaranteed form of curse; that there are ethical authorities outside of the Hebrew Bible; that men have drunk wine yet not d...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...The lamps are lighted up all of a sudden. The music plays the old air from John of Paris, Ah quel plaisir d’etre en voyage. It is the same scene. Betw... ...me of the most fashionable parties in the Morning Post, perhaps the school authorities were disposed not to look unkindly on the child. He had plenty ... ...ad great need. And during the man’s ab- sence, and with great labour and a Johnson’s Dictionary, which stood them in much stead, Rawdon and his second... ...a- ratus, and what he called a select library of all the works of the best authors of ancient and modern times and languages. He took the boys to the ... ...n the constant habit of hearing coarse abuse and vulgar satire levelled at John Sedley by his pitiless old enemy, Mr. Osborne. Osborne used to call th... .... In describing this Siren, singing and smiling, coaxing and cajoling, the author, with modest pride, asks his readers all round, has he once forgotte... ...olonies abroad know that we carry with us us our pride, pills, prejudices, Harvey-sauces, cayenne-peppers, and other Lares, making a little Britain wh...

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This Publication of Mark Twains the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain

...shed; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR, Per G.G., Chief of Ordnance. EXPLANATORY In this book a number of... ...that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding. THE AUTHOR. HUCKLEBERRY FINN SCENE: T HE M ISSISSIPPI V ALLEY TIME: F ORTY T... ...nd money.” “Must we always kill the people?” “Oh, certainly. It’s best. Some authorities think different, but mostly it’s considered best to kill the... ...eadline, you won’t have to come a near the raft — please do.” “Set her back, John, set her back!” says one. They backed water. “Keep away, boy — keep ... ..., when he judged I was asleep, and saying, “Po’ little ‘Lizabeth! po’ little Johnny! it’s mighty hard; I spec’ I ain’t ever gwyne to see you no mo’, n... ...here; George was the married brother; him and his wife both died last year. Harvey and William’s the only ones that’s left now; and, as I was saying,... ...ed, and didn’t seem to care much to live. He most desperately wanted to see Harvey — and William, too, for that matter — because he was one of them k... ...ne of them kind that can’t bear to make a will. He left a letter behind for Harvey, and said he’d told in it where his money was hid, and how he want...

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The Trial or More Links of the Daisy Chain

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ing that treated Ethel as the family butt, while she was really the family authority. ‘All gone, Ethel,’ he said, with a lazy smile, as Ethel me- chan... ...pirations of the young couple had had to be relin- quished at the voice of authority without a trial. They had received the charge of persons as much ... ...Mary took one of these semi- wakened moments, and in the tone of caressing authority that had been already found effectual, said she must sleep in bed... ...k; and, you know, we must keep up together, Leonard, and be entered at St. John’s at the same time.’ For Aubrey devoutly believed in Tom’s college at ... ...ly have originated: it was the shaft of an abler man than he—no other than Harvey Anderson, who had lately become known to the world by a book proving... ... Anderson, who had lately become known to the world by a book proving King John to have been the most enlightened and patriotic of English sovereigns,... ...erous, unlucky affair, and I’m afraid I shall miss the licking of rascally John 98 The Trial Chinaman. If all I heard at Plymouth is true, we may hav... ...’ ‘Oh no! She got an audience into Meta’s little sitting- room—Henry Ward, Harvey Anderson, and some of the 126 The Trial curates; they shut the door... ...tended as a step in Henry’s courtship, and possibly as an encouragement of Harvey Anderson’s liking for herself. Averil held her head so high, and was...

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens

... aught that anybody knows, he may be (as he never works); and a wonderful sot – which everybody knows he is. With the Cathedral crypt he is better acq... ...mps there, and the dead breath of the old ‘uns,’ returns that individual, ‘Durdles leaves you to judge. – Is this to be put in hand at once, Mr. Sapse... ...HAPTER V – MR. DURDLES CHAPTER V – MR. DURDLES CHAPTER V – MR. DURDLES CHAPTER V – MR. DURDLES CHAPTER V – MR. DURDLES AND FRIEND AND FRIEND AND FRIEN... ...more delivery at Durdles. This would seem to be a poetical note of preparation, agreed upon, as a caution to Durdles to stand clear if he can, or to b... ...rry your bundle?’ ‘Not on any account,’ replies Durdles, adjusting it. ‘Durdles was making his reflections here when you come up, sir, surrounded by h... ... silence of the hour and place by stoning every wall, post, pillar, and other inanimate object, by the deserted way. ‘Is there anything new down in th... ...t far surpassing Doctor Kitchener’s. To bid, with a shiver, the unfortunate flying waiter shut the door before he had opened it, was a condiment of a ...

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Ordeal of Richard Feverel

By: George Meredith

...thumping bill, unless he had previously received his father’s sanction and authority. “Hum!” said he, “why not ‘a told him before?” The farmer threw a... ...is only son and uncorrupted heir. Doctor Benjamin Bairam was the excellent authority. Doctor Bairam had safely delivered Mrs. Deborah Gossip of this i... ...y! when you return to town, you had better not men- tion anything—to quote Johnson—of Benson’s spiflication.” “Certainly not, sir.” The wise youth’s h... ...took the field! The object of the System was no sooner safe than its great author was in danger! “I can’t think what has come to Benson” he said to Ad... ...e is in any Dixonary, I’ve looked, my dear, and”—she spread out her arms— “Johnson haven’t got a name for me!” At this impressive woe Mrs. Berry’s voi... ...voice quavered into sobs. Lucy spoke gentle words to the poor outcast from Johnson. The sorrows of Autumn have no warning for April. The little bride,... ...my circulation gradu- ally and steadily decreases!” “Going back to the pre-Harvey period!” murmured Adrian as he wrote. Sir Austin and Lady Blandish k...

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Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...nstance to be adduced in support of the advice I have often given to young authors—not to print before they themselves are old enough to do justice to... ...y proud of the name of Sir William de Moune in the battle roll, and of Sir John among the first Knights of the Garter. Her favourite was Sir Maurice, ... ...ou mean to say,’ exclaimed Lily, ‘that you set this human theory above the authority of the Bible?’ ‘It is common sense,’ said Maurice; ‘I could make ... ...put her in mind that it is not right, not kind; that Monsieur le Roi is in authority over her for the time.’ ‘I will speak to mamma,’ said Alethea, ‘p... ... on the sofa and took up a little book from the table. The title was Susan Harvey, or Confirma- tion, and she read it with more interest as she rememb... ...to find the secret of perpetual motion. A few days before Christmas Rachel Harvey again took leave of Beechcroft, with a promise that she would make t... ... said Claude. ‘Where? Who?’ ‘Oh! the Naylors, and the Rays, and the Walls. John Ray died this morning, and they do not think that T om Naylor will liv... ... said Mr. Mohun. ‘No, I did not, I was so tired when I came back from poor John Ray’s funeral, that I thought I would take a holiday, and sleep at hom... ...en in her place; while to the great relief of Mr. Mohun and Lilias, Rachel Harvey took Esther to her brother’s farmhouse, where she promised to watch ...

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The Daisy Chain: Or, Aspirations : A Family Chronicle

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...F PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE NO ONE CAN BE more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neithe... ...se who may deem the story too long, and the char- acters too numerous, the Author can only beg their pardon for any tedium that they may have undergon... ...ession denoting a serene, unruffled, affectionate happiness, yet with much authority in her mild- ness—warm and open in her own family, but reserved b... ...ry one despises!” “Of course! That they do. I say, Norman, didn’t you mean Harvey Anderson?” Instead of answering, Norman exclaimed, “It is pretension... ...med too busy even to spare time for staring at them. They were directed to John T aylor’s house, a low mud cot- tage, very wretched looking, and appar... ...t help it.” “But Harry would not let him?” “Ay. Harry is quite a match for Harvey Anderson, though he is so much younger; and he said he would not hav... ...never do to have him going out with those boys continu- ally,” said Ethel—”Harvey Anderson close by all the holidays!” “I’ll try what I can do with hi... ...Mrs. Ledwich, and, with a profusion of thanks, they took leave. They found John Taylor, just come out of the hospital, looking weak and ill, as he smo... ...ful as to her power over the wild girls. There could not be any doubt that John T aylor was in earnest, and had been worked upon just at the right mom...

...Preface: No one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the ?tale? for the young, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both....

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as he... ...ld, always more easily won by these methods than by any severe exercise of authority. And his delight in their walks was to tell Harry of the glories ... ...go. By love, by a brightness of wit and good-humor that charmed all, by an authority which he knew how to assume, by a mystery and silence about him w... ... waiting for the hour when the gate would be open, and he and his comrade, John Lockwood, the porter’s son, might go to the pond and see what fortune ... ...n, might go to the pond and see what fortune had brought them. At daybreak John was to awaken him, but his own ea- gerness for the sport had served as... ... the Vis- countess stepped forth from her room, ready for departure, young John Lockwood comes running up from the village with news that a lawyer, th... ...every one of these wretches says he is a count. Guiscard, that stabbed Mr. Harvey, said he was a count; and I believe he was a barber. All Frenchmen a...

...cribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am, Your obliged friend and servant....

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Best of Freshman Writing

By: Suzanne Harper

...be reproduced in any fashion without the express written permission of the authors. Best of Freshman Writing: Student Voices, the Pennsylvania State U... ...What Are We Fighting For?” ............................................ 17 John P Netterwald, Jr “The Frogs” ............................................ ... hours. Eventually, we would arrive at our destination. We would end up at Harvey’s Lake or Lackawanna State Park for a walk in the woods. I must give... ...“This evil con- sists in Lady Macbeth’s usurping, as a wife, that conjugal authority which Shakespeare’s age re- garded as naturally and irrevocably a... ...e.us/2004SOTU/ 2004stateofunionaddress.html>. Best of Freshman Writing 19 John P Netterwald, Jr Worthington Scranton – English 15 The Frogs THE FROGS...

...Beth? ................................................ 14 Douglas Webster ?What Are We Fighting For?? ............................................ 17 John P Netterwald, Jr ?The Frogs? ................................................................ 19 Joy Marshall ?The Case of Billy Frank Vickers?............................................ 21 Kenneth Cara ?Joe Paterno: He...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

... writer so meagre and so few; and amongst them the larger part of doubtful authority. All the energy of curiosity directed upon this subject, through ... ...iginal as an obscure piece, recommended to his notice by a friend; and the author of the Tatler, having occasion to quote a few lines out of Macbeth, ... ...name will be found amongst its cata- logues of heroes. With respect to the author of the Tatler, a very different explanation is requisite. Steevens m... ...fame, of rank and 13 Thomas de Quincey of genius. The Prince of Wales and John Milton; the first being then about sixteen years old, the other about ... ...r since been traced. In many of the elder lives it has been asserted, that John Shakspeare, the father of the poet, was a butcher, and in others that ... ... in country places, who combines sev- eral in his own person. Accordingly, John Shakspeare is known to have united with his town calling the rural and... ... was so undoubtedly; and her illustrious son, in speak- ing of her to Lord Harvey, at a time when any exaggeration was open to an easy refutation, and... ... of personal accomplishment and rank as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Lord Harvey: ”hard as thy heart” was one of the lines in their joint pasquinade,... ...lse, and not as a disingenuous fiction put forward by Pope to confute Lord Harvey. It is probable to us, that the Popes, who had been origi- nally tra...

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Letters on England

By: Voltaire, 1694-1778

...cked at his impiety, “you have then forgot that Christ was baptised by St. John.” “Friend,” replies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ ind... ...lies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ indeed was baptised by John, but He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ,... ...t He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ, not of John.” I pitied very much the sincerity of my worthy Quaker, and was absolu... ...a great many Jews use the bap- tism of John to this day. Look into ancient authors, and thou 8 Letters on England wilt find that John only revived th... ... whimsical enough that Luther, Calvin, and Zuinglius, all of them wretched authors, should have founded sects which are now spread over a great part o... ...o death. The bishops succeeded, by insensible degrees, to their tempo- ral authority in the Goth and V andal government. The popes set themselves at t... ...whether it was to be ascribed to him or them. Thus some contested with Dr. Harvey the inven- tion of the circulation of the blood, as others disputed ...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...e period of time between Queen Anne and George II.—dines with Curll at St. John’s Gate, pinks Colonel Charteris in a duel behind Montague House, is in... ...at in the “Last of the Barons,” or in “Eugene Aram,” or other works of our author, in which Sen- timent and History, or the True and Beautiful, are un... ...e a meal of cow-heel at a neighboring cook’s shop. Their names were Samuel Johnson and Richard Savage. Meanwhile the conversation at Button’s was fast... ...k, thou slug- gard,” the Right Honorable Mr. Addison exclaimed. “He is the author of that famous No. 996, for which you have all been giving me the cr... ...ven so. An ancestress of ours made a mesalliance in the reign of your King John. Her name was Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of Y ork, and she mar- ried i... ...hundred thousand voyagers: the En- glish tourist, with his chariot and his Harvey’s Sauce, and his imperials; the bustling commis-voyageur on the roof... ...ures of Romane de Clos-V ougeot. 49 Burlesques LORDS AND LIVERIES. BY THE AUTHORESS OF “DUKES AND DEJEUNERS,” “HEARTS AND DIAMONDS,” “MARCHIONESSES A...

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The Best of Four

By: Paul Surdi

...man. Notice that in addition to “painting a picture” the description gives authority to Gwozdziewycz’s language; that is, we believe he knows what he ... ...ry important aspects of college writing. Notice how Andy Lin’s essay gains authority because he cites source material . Greece is a popular destin... ...ks.” — Joyce Carey “Don’t think and then write it down. Think on paper.” — Harvey Kemelman The Work of Writing Writing is hard work. Don’t believe any... ...iplines have different styles of sentence writing that are expected of the author. By and large, business writing requires short, twelve word sentence... ...a colon with scriptural referencs. Example: He held up a sign, which read “John 3:16.” Use a colon with proportions. Example: The ratio of cleaning f...

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Evan Harrington

By: George Meredith

...his sarcasms had not stuck, and returned to rankle in the bo- som of their author. As a Jew, therefore, may eye an erewhile bondsman who has paid the ... ... do I think the opinion of any man worthless, who has had the postillion’s authority for speaking. But it is, I am told, a finer test to embellish muc... ..., perhaps, for the people present, but sufficient to blind its keen-witted author to the something that was being concealed from herself, of which som... ...think him a wealthy as well as a noble youth, and admiringly curtsied. Mr. John Raikes and Mr. Evan Harrington then strolled into the air, and through... ...in his mind by reflecting on him the age and de- crepitude of his hat, Mr. John Raikes was doubtful of his happiness for some time. But as his taste f... ...dinand Laxley, Lord Laxley’s son, heir to the title; the other’s Will- iam Harvey, son of the Chief Justice—both friends of mine.’ ‘But not of your ma... ...se smiled on many. She smiled on Drummond Forth, Ferdinand Laxley, William Harvey, and her brother Harry; and she had the same eyes for all ages. Once... ...With which promise the peace was signed between them. Drummond and William Harvey were cordial, and just laughed over the incident. Laxley, however, h... ...e as a blind; and the Countess hailed fresh arrivals warmly. There was Sir John Loring, Dorothy’s father, who had married the eldest of the daughters ...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...svenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charl... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charl... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Boswell’s Life of Johnson Life of Johnson by James Boswell Boswell’s Life of Johnson Abridged... ...e men meet one another in close intimacy—the subject of the biography, the author, and the reader. Of the three the most interesting is, of course, th... ...to live familiarly with an eminent man. Least regarded of the three is the author. It is his part to intro- duce the others, and to develop between th... ...are charm the book owes in large mea- sure to its creator. THE ALLIANCE OF author with subject in Boswell’s Johnson is one of the happiest and most sy... ...printed. The oc- casion of this correspondence between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Harvey, was thus related to me by Mr. Beauclerk. ‘Tom Harvey had a great li... ...ulting him, and have afterwards put the note in his pocket. But I said, if Harvey would write him a letter, and enclose a fifty pound note, I should t...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of greater importance in B...

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The Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

...extreme heights made him afraid; and, as an ex-serang, he knew how to hold authority. No piece of iron was so big or so badly placed that Peroo could ... ...grenadiers from 1804 to 1813, when he saw some mixed fighting; and in 1834 John Chinn of the same fam- ily—we will call him John Chinn the First—came ... ... the Mutiny. He spent his working life within a hundred and fifty miles of John Chinn’s grave, and rose to the command of a regiment of small, wild hi... ...giment of small, wild hill-men, most of whom had known his father. His son John was born in the small thatched-roofed, mud-walled cantonment, which is... ... Late Collector of............ ....ithout Bloodshed or...error of Authority Employ.only..cans of Conciliat...and Confiden. accompli... ...ayed in Noumea, but who preferred making them- selves vastly unpleasant to authority in quite another quarter of the world; and as the Shah-in-Shah sh... ...pire State Express, or the West- ern Cyclone?” “Suppose I did. I know Otis Harvey—or used to. I’d send him a wire, and he’d understand it was a ground...

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The Clever Woman of the Family

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...per- haps all the more because it was not so much the fear of her mother’s authority as of her horror and despair, that with- held her from the decisi... ...ly knew the aspect of tumultuous idleness or insubordination to unenforced authority; for her eye and voice in themselves brought cheerful discipline ... ...was new to her was already well known in that little parlour, and even the authorship no mystery. Ermine explained this by her corre- spondence with l... ...th is given, and that I don’t half believe in. If he would see our own Mr. Harvey here it would be quite another thing; but it is of no use telling hi... ... telling him that Alick would never have had an available knee but for Mr. Harvey’s management. He persists in leav- ing me to my personal trust in hi... ...t in him, but for himself he won’t see him at any price! Have you seen Mr. Harvey?” “I have seen no one.” “Oh, I forgot, you are not arrived yet; but—... ... beginning. We must do what we can. Or stay, it is the last chapter of St. John. I could hardly fail in that. Sit near me, and give me the word if I d...

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Hard Times

By: Charles Dickens

...nsical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all supposititious, non existent perso... ...ucky adversary deaf to the call of time. And he had it in charge from high author ity to bring about the great public office Millennium, when Commiss... ...rby. They made him out to be the Royal arms, the Union Jack, Magna Charta, John Bull, Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, An Englishman’s house is his ... ... Bitzer, with a demonstration of great respect for Mrs. Sparsit’s oracular authority. ‘You couldn’t put it clearer, I am sure, ma’am.’ As this was his... ...ances, that he forgot to go in for boredom in the manner prescribed by the authorities. After putting his horse at Coketown through the storm, as if i... ...ried on without one. No man, sir, acquainted with the facts established by Harvey relating to the circulation of the blood, can doubt that I have a he...

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