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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ... Kubla Khan suppresses an insurrection -- Defeats a body of 500,000 cavalry -- Orders the execution of the leader by tossing him in a carpet -- The ha... ...als to the religious fervor of his soldiers -- An overture for peace -- Cortez orders the hands of the ambassadors cut off -- His triumphal entrance i... ... of Britain; but continuing his voyage northward, he found along the shores of Norway vast deposits of amber, which he reported the people of that cou... ...e re-discovered. The expedition continued northward, and rounding the coast of Norway, set their course directly eastward. Thus they continued to Behr... ... royal favor for him as a valuable subject by conferring upon him the honor of knighthood, and embracing the occasion to say that his actions did him ...

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... Chronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mason is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. 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... ..., yonder friends exchanging parting words, on this side commanders calling orders, on that, sailors man ning the vessels, and then the fleet speeding... ...would bring to your knowledge that the sea folk are gathered together from Norway, and from the country of the Danes. Since our knights are few in num... .... Eldad got him to his feet. A right learned clerk was he, a bishop of his orders, and brother by blood to that Earl 44 Arthurian Chronicles:Roman De... ...oss the sea and conquer the land of France. But first he deemed to sail to Norway, since he would make Lot, his sister’s lord, its king. Sichelm, the ... ...ch champions you would not find, search the whole world through. Never had knighthood seen their peers for cour tesy and kindliness, as for Wisdom an...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On a bright Autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set i...

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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... ... the upland plains of Southern Germany, but also along the rocky fjords of Norway, among the Angles and Saxons in their new home across the channel, e... ...s older and simpler in form than the German, but still it is probable that Norway was not the home of the saga, but that it took its rise in Germany a... ...obtain the treasure, as Gunnar alone knows where it is hid. In a rage Atli orders Gunnar to be thrown to the snakes. Though his hands are bound, Gunna... ...hereafter joyfully to Siegmund’s land. At all times the host bade practice knighthood, and many a youthful knight did this right gladly. Meanwhile he ... ...man name, “Wasgenwald,” for the Vosges. ADVENTURE XXXVI How The Queen Gave Orders To Burn the Hall. “NOW UNBIND YOUR HELMETS,” spake the good Knight H...

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...THE BEWITCHED WHISTLE ...................................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER VII THE BLAST OF THE WHISTLE................................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER VIII THE KEY OF THE CIPHER ..............................................................................

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...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Elec... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication... ...h a nobleman’s son as his pupil, and on his return, instead of taking Holy Orders, as was expected, had obtained employment in a merchant’s count- ing... ... EVIL VIL VIL VIL VIL TIDINGS TIDINGS TIDINGS TIDINGS TIDINGS AFTER GIVING ORDERS for the repairs of the Mastiff, and the disposal of her crew, Master... ...d it, and I will crave license by to-day’s courier from her Majesty to lay knighthood on your shoulder.” “That was not what I thought of, my Lord, tho... ...r, since, if her father lived (and he had certainly been living in 1577 in Norway), both the Queen and the Scottish people would be agreed in repudiat... ...nch friends, the champions of Holy Church, and the representatives of true knighthood in these degenerate days. Ah, child! couldst thou but see a true...

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.............................................................................................................................................. 4 THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE.................................................................................................................................. 19 THE MIRACLE OF PURUN BHAGAT .....................................................

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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...Excerpt: The text is taken from the printed ?Sterling Edition? of Carlyle?s Complete Works, in 20 volumes, with the following modifications: The footnote (there is only one) has been embedded directly into text, in brackets, [thusly]. Greek text has been transliterated into Latin charact...

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................................................. 68 LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. 99 LECTURE V.THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. ........ 131 LECTURE VI.THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM............................................................................................................

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...Contents THE COMING OF BLRIOT ......................................................................................................... 5 MY FIRST FLIGHT..............................................................................................

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...Contents CANTO I. Proem.?Invocation.?Beatrice and Dante ascend to the Sphere of Fire.?Beatrice explains the cause of their ascent.......................................................................................................................................................... 6 CANTO II. Proem....

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...Excerpt: CANTO I. In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e?en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Re...

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...Excerpt: Inferno: Canto I. Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear....

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...low A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri trans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a publication of th... ...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... ...or merchandising in the Sultan’s land, Nor the high office, nor the sacred orders, In him regarded, nor in me that cord Which used to make those g... ... great baron whose renown and name The festival of Thomas keepeth fresh, Knighthood and privilege from him received; Though with the populace unit... ... So famous have dishonoured, and two crowns. And he of Portugal and he of Norway Shall there be known, and he of Rascia too, Who saw in evil hour... ...e my figure, Those whence the eye doth sparkle in my head Of all their orders the supremest are. He who is shining in the midst as pupil Was onc...