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Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A

By: Mark Twain

...ss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds himself transported to the court of the legendary King Arthur (as the title of the book implies). Hank, or simply, The Boss, as he comes to be most frequently known, quickly uses his modern day knowledge and education to pass himself off as a great magician, to get himself o...

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Modeste Mignon

By: Honoré de Balzac

...int-Germain are said to take the path to Paradise and protect its god. The king, Charles X., thinks so highly of this great poet as to be- lieve him c... ...at he usually spent five or six thou- sand francs more every year; but the king’s privy purse and the secret funds of the foreign office had hitherto ... ... foreign office had hitherto supplied the deficit. He wrote a hymn for the king’s coronation which earned him a whole silver service,—having refused a... ... for the heiress of a noble family, for a daughter of the house of Este. A king must not stoop to pick up a piece of gold, but a laborer ought to retr... ...was a cardinal, in the days when cardinals walked the earth by the side of kings. I am the last of our family, which ends in me; but I have the necess... ...in Havre, and ask if a gentle- man has arrived from England named Monsieur Arthur—” “Listen to me, mademoiselle,” said Butscha, interrupting Modeste r...

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Beechcroft at Rockstone

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... is so—Oh! I don’t know how to say it, but he is just like Epaminondas, or King Arthur, or Robert Bruce, or—’ ‘Well, that’s enough’ said Fly; ‘I am su... ...o—Oh! I don’t know how to say it, but he is just like Epaminondas, or King Arthur, or Robert Bruce, or—’ ‘Well, that’s enough’ said Fly; ‘I am sure my... ...only he said so when he was dying in battle, and he meant his faith to his king.’ ‘And little Mysie has kept her faith to her mother,’ said their cous... ...t the kind eyes, and felt the firm hand of her father’s colonel, a sort of king in the eyes of all Royal Wardours. ‘My poor child,’ he said gently, ‘I... ..., and Aunt Jane says I need not have been so angry.’ ‘ A cat may look at a king,’ said Jasper loftily. ‘It is a horrid bad thing for a girl to be left... ...said Mysie. ‘Well done, Mysie! So, Aunt Jane is your Pope!’ ‘No; she’s the King that can do no wrong,’ said Gillian, laughing. ‘Wrong—I didn’t say wro...

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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth

By: William Shakespeare

...d Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death : and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1... ...cond Part of Henry the Fourth Containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fiftf6v Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. INDVCT... ...ze 25 Among my houshold? Why is Rumour heere? 26 I run before King Harries victory, 27 Who in a bloodie field by Shrewsburie 28 ... ... 33 Vnder the Wrath of Noble Hotspurres Sword: 34 And that the King, before the Dowglas Rage 35 Stoop’d his Annointed head, as low ... ...d heauen will. 65 L.Bar. As good as heart can wish: 66 The King is almost wounded to the death: 67 And in the Fortune of my Lord... ... here comes Sir Iohn. 1061 Enter Falstaffe. 1062 Falst. When Arthur first in Court — (emptie the Iordan) 1063 and was a worthy King:... ...Greene, when I lay 1811 at Clements Inne, I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthurs 1812 Show: there was a little quiuer fellow, and hee would 181...

...Excerpt: The Second Part of Henry the Fourth Containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- INDUCTION. Enter Rumour. Open your Eares: For which of you will stop The vent of Hearing, when loud Rumor speakes? I, from the Orient, to the drooping West (Making the win...

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The Heir of Redclyffe

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...en the lion was fairly roused by something that sounded like a sneer about King Charles I. His whole face changed, his hazel eye gleamed with light li... ...y just now,’ said he. ‘I did not know you had such personal feelings about King Charles.’ ‘If you would do me a kindness,’ proceeded Guy, ‘you would j... ...nother time. Only if you would oblige me, you would never jest again about King Charles.’ His brow darkened into a stern, grave expression, so en- tir... ...les did not choose to betray that he did not see the necessity. ‘I thought King Charles’s wrongs were rankling. I only spoke as taking liberties with ... ...ghtfully, ‘it may be foolish, but I do not feel as if one could do so with King Charles. He is too near home; he suffered to much from scoffs and rail... ...’ ‘What language is that?’ said Charles. ‘What! Don’t you know the Morte d’Arthur! I thought ev- ery one did! Don’t you, Philip!’ ‘I once looked into ... ...that used to make him inaccurate, a scrap of a very boyish epic about King Arthur, beginning with a storm at Tintagel, sundry half ballads, the verses...

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The Magician a Novel

By: Somerset Maugham

...t of all my novels. I called it Of Human Bondage . The Magician I I I I I ARTHUR B URDON and Dr Porhoët walked in silence. They had lunched at a rest... ...conversation. ‘ And how is Miss Dauncey?’ he asked, turning to his friend. Arthur Burdon smiled. ‘Oh, I expect she’s all right. I’ve not seen her toda... ...he talked and you listened with the delighted attention of a happy lover.’ Arthur Burdon had just arrived in Paris. He was a surgeon on the staff of S... ... Though the hint of charlatanry in the Frenchman’s methods had not escaped Arthur Burdon’s shrewd eyes, the audacious sureness of his hand had excited... ...re extraordi nary operations that he had witnessed in Egypt. He had known Arthur Burdon ever since he was born, and indeed had missed being present a... ...en the jackal, gnawing at a dead antelope, scamper away in terror when the King of Beasts stalked down to make his meal.’ Clayson slammed the door beh... ...who will not be an object of contempt to the world, because I shall be the King, and the Monarchy will be mine.’ Dr Porhoët closed the book. ‘Did you ... ...nowledge. She seemed to stand upon a pinnacle of the temple, and spiritual kingdoms of dark ness, principalities of the unknown, were spread before h...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...hearts of men! While Love hath no end, Can the Bard ever cease singing? In Kingly and Heroic ages, ’twas of Kings and Heroes that the Poet spake. But ... ...s, the Artisan hath his voice as well as the Monarch. The people To-Day is King, and we 5 Burlesques chronicle his woes, as They of old did the sacri... ...of his palette? the chords of his lyre? Listen! I tell thee a tale— not of Kings—but of Men—not of Thrones, but of Love, and Grief, and Crime. Listen,... ...on himself, in drinking,, and pious Joe is the greatest toper in the three kingdoms,” Dick Steele said, good-naturedly. “His paper in the Spectator be... ... him a delicate scholar,” Mr. Pope exclaimed. “He knows more of the French king than any man I have met with; and we must have an eye upon him,” said ... ... blow, and advanced with his host upon the breach of the castle of Chalus. Arthur de Pendennis bore his banner; Wilfrid of Ivanhoe fought on the King’... ...nt along, he learned that Richard was dead, that John reigned, that Prince Arthur had been poisoned, and was of course made acquainted with various ot... ...ts in a variety of ways,— that before he murdered his royal nephew, Prince Arthur, there was a great question whether he was the rightful king of En- ... ...which it now becomes our duty to relate. When his Majesty destroyed Prince Arthur, the Lady Rowena, who was one of the ladies of honor to the Queen, g...

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Lay Morals

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ll enters into a plan, a human nature appears, the politician or the stage-king is understood from point to point, from end to end. This is a degree o... ...else? this something which is apart from desire and fear, to which all the kingdoms of the world and the immediate death of the body are alike indiffe... ...st in- terests and desires, and, in Christ’s words, entering maim into the Kingdom of Heaven. This is to supersede the lesser and less harmonious affe... ...ciety without decent possessions. Received in society! as if that were the kingdom of heaven! There is dear Mr. So-and-so;– look at him!– so much resp... ...it was right for us to do it. Any other profit than that, if it involved a kingdom or the woman I love, ought, if I were God’s upright soldier, to lea... ... was ac- 86 Robert Louis Stevenson tive, volatile, and went to the top of Arthur’s Seat on the Sunday forenoon. He was as quiet in a debating society... ...y medical run eagerly in the clear winter morn- ing up the rugged sides of Arthur’s Seat, and hear the church bells begin and thicken and die away bel...

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Familiar Studies of Men and Books

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...ndid occupants? The hor- rible laughter, stamped for ever “by order of the king” upon the face of this strange spokesman of democracy, adds yet anothe... ... us. We know how history continues through century after century; how this king or that patriot disappears from its pages with his whole generation, a... ...conjunction with talents that we respect or virtues that we admire. David, king of Israel, would pass a sounder judgment on a man than either Nathanie... ...mendment to Pitt’s, gave as a toast “the last verse of the last chapter of Kings,” and cel- ebrated Dumouriez in a doggrel impromptu full of ridicule ... ...ter country, and a different school of poetry tracing its descent, through King James I., from Chaucer. The dialect alone ac- counts for much; for it ... ... he had done amiss was courteously for- gotten. As English folk looked for Arthur; as Danes awaited 157 Familiar Studies of Men & Books the coming of... ...evenson quite natural men should look to him for its redress. Was not King Arthur come again? The Duke of Burgundy received him with politic honours. ... ...convoyed by torchlight into faithful cities. And so you see, here was King Arthur home again, and matters nowise mended in consequence. The best we ca... ...g many vessels of brass; he began to be shrewdly aware that he was no King Arthur. In 1442, at Limoges, he made himself the spokesman of the malconten...

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

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...tra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocin... ...Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, L... ...ational Park Nebraska: Tax Lien Certificate State 93 Counties Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Bur... ... Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New ... ...rant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, ... ...amlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPher...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...n Empire (-Dmtschw Reich), French Republic (=Rt?pdliquce Frawaise), United Kingdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas Cit... ...f," preceding the specific name : the empire, the state; empire of Russia, kingdom of Bel- gium, [kingdom of God, or of heaven], duchy of Anhalt, ... ...om such nouns : biblical, scriptural. 26. Versions of the English Bible: King James's Version, Authorized Version (A. V.), Revised Version (R. V.... ... and divisions of the Bible: Old Testament, Pentateuch, Exodus, I1 (Second) Kings, Book of Job, Psalms (Psalter), Song of Songs, the [Mosaic] Law a... ...Sociology; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Carlyle, Essay on Bwns; Idylls of the King; Paradise Lost; the Z&p&t, the Modern Language Review, the Chi- ca... ...ush. These rules are, however, subject to the exigencies of special cases: ARTHUR P. MAGUIRE, Secretary Yours very truly, CARTER H. HARRISON Mayo...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...dynamics of power subsist on more than the religious affiliation of office-holders, kingmakers, and string-pullers. Granted, Jews are well introduc... ...e of this category of cannibalism is the punitive ritual of being eaten alive. The kings of the tribes of the Cook Islands were thought to embody t... ...piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades on the remains (and personal ... ...g Reminders Cannibalism is a chilling reminder of our humble origins in the animal kingdom. To the cannibal, we are no better and no more than catt... ... economy - exactly as the medieval polity was plagued by conflicts between church, king and merchants-bankers. Paradoxically, communism was a faith... ... to prevailing misconceptions, love is mostly about negative emotions. As Professor Arthur Aron from State University of New York at Stonybrook has ... ...tors. Enough to mention Enron and its accountants, the formerly much vaunted firm, Arthur Andersen. Established economic theory - pioneered by Mert... ...as our knowledge is imperfect (asymptotic to the truth), everything is possible. As Arthur Clark, the British scientist and renowned author of scien...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...dynamics of power subsist on more than the religious affiliation of office-holders, kingmakers, and string-pullers. Granted, Jews are well introduc... ...e of this category of cannibalism is the punitive ritual of being eaten alive. The kings of the tribes of the Cook Islands were thought to embody t... ...piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades on the remains (and personal ... ...g Reminders Cannibalism is a chilling reminder of our humble origins in the animal kingdom. To the cannibal, we are no better and no more than catt... ... economy - exactly as the medieval polity was plagued by conflicts between church, king and merchants-bankers. Paradoxically, communism was a faith... ... to prevailing misconceptions, love is mostly about negative emotions. As Professor Arthur Aron from State University of New York at Stonybrook has ... ...tors. Enough to mention Enron and its accountants, the formerly much vaunted firm, Arthur Andersen. Established economic theory - pioneered by Mert... ...as our knowledge is imperfect (asymptotic to the truth), everything is possible. As Arthur Clark, the British scientist and renowned author of scien...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

...icle SWFs Sovereign Wealth Funds TNCs Transnational Corporations UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Dev... ...vate equity buyout deals. Supporters crowned private equity funds the “new kings of capitalism,” 2 while critics labeled them “locusts.” 3 Private eq... ...ir growing size and ability to shape global financial markets. 2. “The New Kings of Capitalism,” The Economist, November 25, 2004. 3. In April 2005, d... .... Some economists have also proposed a Pigovian tax (named after economist Arthur Pigou) to address negative externalities generated by global finance...

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Proceedings of the First International Conference on Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Logic, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic Probability and Statistics

By: Florentin Smarandache

...contradiction oriented learning philosophy inspired from the Later Trigrams of King Wen in I-ching is meanwhile presented. It is shown that although ... ...ntradiction compatible learning philosophy inspired from the Later Trigrams of King Wen of I- ching shows that: When something (controversial) is pe... ...ramita Sutra: The Blind Men Trying to Size Up the Elephant: Once there was a king who ordered his minister to bring in an elephant and let some bl... ...d men touch the animal one by one. After every one of them had their turn, the king asked them what they thought the elephant was like. The one who ... ... of Order - Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution. OUP. [16] Koestler, Arthur. (1967). The Ghost in the Machine, Hutchinson & Co. [17] K... ...in Neutrosophic Logic, and “?!” in Aristotelean logic. Or, the proposition “The king of France wears a wig” would be, in terms of multidimensional log...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...he gave to Traders.com's "Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities", quoted by Arthur Hill in Stockcharts.com: "The more creativity you brin... ...out groundbreaking financial instruments regularly. Governments - from the United Kingdom to New Zealand - set up "innovation teams or units" to f... ...he less righteous excessively suffer – only then will we have entered the efficient kingdom of the free market. This still does not deal with the ... ...ystem alone. The figure may be 5 to 10 times higher in the tax havens of the United Kingdom. In a survey it conducted last month of 82 companies in ... ... a year. The bulk of this capital is provided by the private sector. In the United Kingdom, for instance, government funds are dwarfed by private f... ... the beginning." Well, thats all for now. In my next letter, I'll talk about the king: the technician and his politics. It is essential for the u...

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King Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare

...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. King Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. KING HENRY VIII (written about 1612 1613) DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING HENRY th... ...Y VIII (written about 1612 1613) DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING HENRY the Eighth : (KING HENRY VIII:) CARDINAL WOLSEY: CARDINAL CAMPEIUS: CAPUCIUS: Ambassad... ...entleman:) Henry VIII 3 (Third Gentleman:) DOCTOR BUTTS : Physician to the King. Garter King at Arms. (Garter:) Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham. ... ...iner. (Boy:) A Crier. (Crier:) QUEEN KATHARINE : (QUEEN KATHARINE:) Wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced. (KATHARINE:) ANNE BULLEN : (ANNE:) her ... ...rine no more Shall be call’d queen, but princess dowager And widow to Prince Arthur. NORFOLK: This same Cranmer’s A worthy ...

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Sylvie and Bruno

By: Lewis Carroll

...song, Oh for Friday nicht! Friday s lang a-coming! Yours always, Arthur Forster. P.S. Do you believe in Fate? This Postscript puzzl... ...royal blood can travel along it: but you’ve been royal ever since I was made King of Elfland that’s nearly a month ago. They sent two ambassadors, to ... ...two ambassadors, to make sure that their invita tion to me, to be their new King, should reach me. One was a Prince; so he was able to come by the Ro... ...puzzled. “I’ll try anuvver kind of fruits!” he said, and jumped down off the King’s knee. “There’s some lovely striped ones, just like a rainbow!” And... ...vely striped ones, just like a rainbow!” And off he ran. Meanwhile the Fairy King and Sylvie were talking together, but in such low tones that I could... ...y body loves Sylvie!” “But we love her best, don’t we, Bruno?” said the old King, as he took possession of the Locket. “Now, Sylvie, look at this.” A... ...r giving directions to have my boxes sent after me, I made my way on foot to Arthur’s lodgings, and soon lost my lonely feeling in the hearty welcome ... ...my heart to her!” I went on mischievously. “We talked—” “Have some supper!” Arthur interrupted with an air of relief, as the maid entered with the tr... ... she’s your choice, then I’m sure she’s all that is good and—” “—and sweet,” Arthur went on, “and pure, and self deny ing, and true hearted, and—” he...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...he history of intellectual property in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Certainly the U.S. Supreme Court has offered sup- port for that ... ... offers songs at 99 cents a pop in the United States, 79 pence in the United Kingdom. If you try to download copy-protected mate- rial from any other ... ...de- velopment. Early in his career he had unashamedly modeled himself on Nat King Cole. I knew back then that Nat Cole was bigger than ever. Whites co... ...dating from 1940, which rehearses all the things the singer will have in the Kingdom of Heaven—a harp, a robe, slippers (!), and, finally, a savior. Th... ... originality bursts forth, where he stops imitating the smooth sounds of Nat King Cole and instead produces the earthy and sensual style that becomes ... ...ircuit. The judges there were less than sympathetic at oral argument. “Judge Arthur Gajarsa noted that his wife often squeezes together the sides of t... ...sale if sale takes place), as a positive or negative item, to other people.” Arthur C. Pigou, “Divergences between Marginal Social Net Product and Mar... ...3n29. Penrose, Edith, 43, 252n3, 263n55. Pickler, Randal, 37, 263n54. Pigou, Arthur C., 239, 242, 295n4. Polanyi, Karl, 44, 264, 265n4. Pollack, Malla...

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The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth: A Historical Play

By: William Shakespeare

...The Famous History of the Life of King HENRY the Eight. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of... ...Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 THE PROLOGVE. . .... ... . . . . . . . 75 Scena Quarta. - i - The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight t3 THE PROLOGVE. 2 I Come no more to mak... ...pe vpon his Wedding day. [ - 1 - The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight Shakespeare: First Folio Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. ... ...eable; and th’ ensuing night 72 Made it a Foole, and Begger. The two Kings 73 Equall in lustre, were now best, now worst 74 As prese... ...ll be call’d Queene, but Princesse Dowager, 1916 And Widdow to Prince Arthur. 1917 Nor. This same Cranmer’s 1918 A worthy Fellow, an...

...Excerpt: The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth; THE PROLOGUE -- I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now ...

...Table of Contents: The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, 1 -- THE PROLOGVE., 1 -- Actus Primus. Scoena Prima., 2 -- Scena Secunda., 8 -- Scaena Tertia., 13 -- Scena Quarta., 15 -- Actus Secundus. Scena Prima., 19 -- Scena Secunda., 24 -- Scena Tertia., 27 -- S...

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