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...quent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: ?an unusual combination,? in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her. It is otherwise in his case and a general fling at the sex we may deem pardonable, for doing as little harm to womankind as the stone of an urchin cast upo...

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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...unusual combina- tion,’ in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her. It is... ...he ‘unusual combination.’ A witty woman is a treasure; a witty Beauty is a power. Has she actual beauty, actual wit? —not simply a tidal material beau... ...he judged. But Dorset Wilmers was a political opponent of the eminent Peer who yields the second name to the scandal, and politics in his day flushed ... ...d add no yapping to the spectacle. Thousands have reflected on a Diarist’s power to cancel our Burial Service. Not alone the cleric’s good work is ups... ...t aching for mankind sought a nest for itself. At this point Lady Dunstane took the lead. Diana had to be tugged to follow. She could not accept a ‘pe... ... She remembered long afterward the sweet simpleness of her feelings as she took in the scent of wild flowers along the lanes and entered the woods jaw... ...our hope. The middleaged are hard and fast for existing facts. We pick our leaders on the slopes, the incline and decline of the moun- tain—not on the... ...tion of bread.’ ‘It involves many other questions.’ ‘And how clearly those leaders put their case! They are ad- mirable debaters. If I were asked to w...

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...The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...h, pooh!” replied the colonel, interrupting his sister, “I’ll name you ten who cannot and ought not to come. First,” he said, beginning to count on hi... ...me; for if there is a man in the department of the Aube whose voice is all-powerful it is assuredly you. In 1815—” “In 1815,” said the little old man,... ...owerful it is assuredly you. In 1815—” “In 1815,” said the little old man, who was wonderfully well preserved, “I did not have to speak; I simply wrot... ... he best loved roses. His hands were brown as those of a real gardener; he took care himself of his beds. Constantly in conference with his work- ing ... ...ast two years, with the life of others; of whom, indeed, he saw little. He took but one meal with the family, namely, his dinner; for he rose too earl... ...resented suddenly certain difficulties to overcome. Since the accession to power of the bourgeois class, Arcis had felt a vague desire to show itself ... ...ned the house topsy-turvy to receive the friends on whose independence the leaders of the movement counted. Simon Giguet, the native-born candidate of... ...e, called the Avenue of Sighs. Is that to the honor or to the blame of the leaders of the town? This singular ambibology is no doubt a stroke of nativ...

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... Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago By By By By By F F F F FRANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NO RANK NORRIS RRIS RR... ... he herewith acknowl- edges his unmeasured obligation and gratitude to Her Who Helped the Most of All. F. N. NEW YORK June 4, 1901. 5 Frank Norris I ... ...d, while waiting, found a vague amusement in counting the number of people who filtered in single file through the wicket where the tickets were prese... ...ut nevertheless Laura did not move, and another five minutes went by. Page took advantage of the interval to tell Laura about Jadwin. He was very rich... ...ot a member of the Board of T rade, he nevertheless at very long intervals took part in a “deal” in wheat, or corn, or provisions. He believed that al... ...d drill leaped to the assault of veins of anthracite, moved by her central power. Her force turned the wheels of harvester and seeder a thousand miles... ...at the Heart of the Nation, whence inevita- bly must come its immeasurable power, its infinite, infi- nite, inexhaustible vitality. Here, of all her c... ...rld over had helped the decline. No one was willing to buy wheat. The Bear leaders were strong, unassailable. Lower and lower sagged the price; now it... ...ushels in fact, and a visible supply of less than forty millions. The Bear leaders promptly set to work to discount this news. They showed how certain...

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...s A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...n better ordered, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities grown more powerful and peoples made rich and mul- titudinous by their efforts, they t... ...most mastered by this white passion of statecraft, and in nearly every one who reads and thinks you could find, I suspect, some sort of answering resp... ...se correspondence with Dionysius of Syracuse has perished; or to Confucius who travelled China in search of a Prince he might instruct, with lapses an... ...cades before him, saw only one method by which a thinking man, himself not powerful, might do the work of state building, and that was by seizing the ... ...er intensive cul- ture a singularly desolate and disorderly appearance. He took steps towards the diversion of our house drain under the influence of ... ...th suitably high-minded and sor- rowful varieties of conifer. A stonemason took one of the earlier villas with a front garden at the end of the High S... ...cature of him as an artful rabbit-witted person intent only on keeping his leadership, in spite of the vigor- ous attempts of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain t... ... be- longed was very ignorant of the traditions and qualities of our older leaders, and quite out of touch with the mass of the party. For a time Parl...

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...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. Thi... ...CY CY 1 1 1 1 1 THE STORY OF William Porphyry Benham is the story of a man who was led into adventure by an idea. It was an idea that took possession ... ... story of a man who was led into adventure by an idea. It was an idea that took possession of his imagination quite early in life, it grew with him an... ...ast moment of his adventurous life. He belonged to that fortunate minority who are indepen- dent of daily necessities, so that he was free to go about... ...appetites and sloths and habits and blindnesses, but so far as it is in my power to release myself I will escape to this… .” 8 The Research Magnifice... ...iscovered these theological controver- sies in some mysterious way, and he took upon himself to talk at Benham and Prothero. He treated them to the co... ... “Fear,” he wrote, “is the foremost and most persistent of the shepherding powers that keep us in the safe fold, that drive us back to the beaten trac... ...r ministerial majority to the splitting point, and most of the old Liberal leaders had died off during the years of exile. The party was no longer dom... ...s, though it lasted only two or three weeks, gave her a sense of power and leadership for which she had been struggling instinctively ever since they ...

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...Excerpt: In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigour of the reformation brought about by that illustrious woman. Extraordinary as this may seem, it is none the less true....

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