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...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

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...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ...yers occasions urging him still upon any accident to be ready to enter the lists: and the unexpected replies and answers of his adverse parlie, do of... ...o be suspected, he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, t... ...ry wils, that he might conferre them all upon this subject. Common friend-ships may bee divided; a man may love beauty in one, facility of behaviour... ...me, upon condition (the time expired) they should avoid, and he find them ships to transport them into Affrike. The http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Erbear/... ... Sit licet infesto pollice turba minax. The Fencer hopes, though down in lists he lye, And people with turn'd hand threat's he must dye. All thin... ...ly lead them unto it, faine they not head long to cast themselves into the lists? Whereof doth Socrates treat more at large than of himselfe? To what...

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... 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 all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality....

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...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...ote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... the rest of the household had gone to dinner. Lothario saw himself in the lists according to his friend’s wish, and facing an enemy that could by her... ...it was no easy matter to find so many just then, because there were twenty ships out on a cruise and they had taken all the rowers with them; and thes... ...22 ed. “Would it not be better,” said Zoraida, “to wait for the arrival of ships from Spain and go with them and not with the French who are not your ... ... never share heaven,” said the poor barber, “if your wor- 354 Don Quixote ships are not all mistaken; and may my soul appear before God as that appea... ...laza; a knight shows to advantage arrayed in glittering armour, pacing the lists before the ladies in some joyous tournament, and all those knights sh... ...was greatly pleased at the news, and promised himself to do wonders in the lists, and reckoned it rare good fortune that an opportunity should have of...

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...Publication The Nibelungenlied, trans. Daniel B. Shumway is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... 90 The Nibelungenlied left undone) afore Kriemhild, the fair, down to the ships. Then the fair-fashioned ladies were lifted from the palfreys. The ki... ...it were solid earth. The wayworn ladies had their ease and rest. Many good ships were lashed to- gether, that neither waves nor flood might do them ha... ...y’ll give no meed to King Gunther’s men.” The doughty Folker rode into the lists again, which soon gave many a dame great dole. His spear he thrust th...

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...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...trations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), ... ...es facilitates the technology’s deployment in unanticipated ways. T able 4.1 lists examples of generative tools. For comparison, the table also includ... ... N25 (describing the music industry’s at- tempt to “take aim at the pirates’ ships” by flooding file-sharing sites with thousands of decoy files with nam... .... L. R. 1699 (2006). 96. For example, dodgeball.com combines online friend lists and cell-phone text messag- ing to allow users to advertise their w... ...34 GMT). 15. Gene Spafford, Re: [IP] $10 Laptops from HRD Ministry, India, IP Listserv (May 6, 2007), http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/2007/05...

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...e by Somerset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...h the nail had a little black edge to it, was point- ing out how the Greek ships were placed and how the Persian. 78 Of Human Bondage XVII PHILIP P A... ... to go to Oxford, and now that there was no chance of his getting scholar- ships even Mr . Carey came to the conclusion that he could not afford it. H... ...st be treated with respect and which were in low water . Now and then long lists of figures were given him to add up. He at- tended lectures for his f... ...Medical School. Just inside the door a num- ber of notices were pinned up, lists of lectures, football fixtures, and the like; and these he looked at ... ...course she refused. He should have allowed for her pride. He had burnt his ships behind him. It would not be so hard to bear if he thought that she wa... ...ly the question recurred, but flung now like a challenging gauntlet in the lists: Why not order today? “I’m the press representative of Lynn and Sedle...

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...Excerpt: About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet?s lady, with all the comfor...

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