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...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottlan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Charlotte M. Yonge Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE ... ...d’s Life of Mary Queen of Scots, or p. 100, vol. v. of Burton’s History of Scotland, will be found the report on which this tale is founded. If circum... ...xt day to leave her room and come out on the summer’s evening to enjoy the novel spec- tacle of T rowle Madame, in which she burned to participate, so... ...y were gratifying, because she did not know what response to make, and the novelty and wonder of the situa- tion were absolutely distressing. They wou... ... Queen as a foretaste of what was to come. Lady Talbot greatly admired its novelty and beauty, and thought the Queen would be enchanted with it, givin...

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...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; a...

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...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE......................

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...OMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. A PENN STA... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Theological Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Qu... ...is an equal opportunity university. Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4... ...ND AND AND 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 A GREAT REVOLUTION has taken place in Scotland. A greater has been threatened. Nor is that danger even yet certai... ...clesiastical administrations of the two kingdoms. And the church courts of Scotland do not exist in England. We write, therefore, with an express view... ... the merest effervescence from that state of excitement which is nursed by novelty, by expectation, by the vague anticipation of a ‘scene,’ possibly o... ... And behind this eclectic school were grouped others who had voted for all novelties up to a cer- tain day, but after that had refused to go further w... ...infinite combinations of jewellery and pearls, an unceasing stimulation of novelty applied to the taste of the gorgeous Asiatic. IX. The VEIL, of vari...

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...Introduction: Fielding?s third great novel has been the subject of much more discordant judgments than either of its forerunners. If we take the period since its appearance as covering four generations, we find the greatest authority in the earliest, Johnson, sp...

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...Excerpt: A Fragment of Autobiography. IN 1897, after spending five years at St Thomas?s Hospital I passed the examinations which enabled me to practise medicine. While still a medical student I had published a novel called Liza of Lambeth which caused a mild sens...

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...Excerpt: Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed in Love.? Letter the First From Isabel to Laura How often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give my Daughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of your Life, have y...

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...Contents LOVE AND FREINDSHIP................................................. 4 AN UNFINISHED NOVEL IN LETTERS ................................................................................................................ 34 LESLEY CASTLE .................................................................................

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...lly published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the writer to continue longer in the possession of his incognito were communicated in 1827, in the Introduction to the first series of Chronicles of the Canongate, consisting (besides a biographical sketch of the imaginary chronicler) of three tales, enti...

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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, a...

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...Excerpt: The Second Cabin. I first encountered my fellow-passengers on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. A few Scandinavians, who had already grown acquainted on the North Sea, were friendly and voluble over...

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