...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...f Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is... ...e by eight months; and if the expression be allowed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind... ...cs due to various tradesfolk. He had written out false receipts from these people, and put them in his accounts. He was a little man, gentle, affable,... ... himself, he felt on the contrary that he loved the traitor but could only hate his treason. I made presents of three copies of the picture to the mon... ... de Bouillon, or from having any communication with him. M. de Monaco, who hated the Cardinal, hastened willingly to obey these instructions. The Card... ...s, but on certain conditions. These were, absolution from the Pope for all crimes of his life, his murders and his apostasy in- cluded; security again... ... by way of reparation for a public offence, agreed to this course. De Bar, convicted of having fabricated this document, by his own admission before t... ...d him: more especially as that same Abbe was just about this time publicly convicted of simony, of deliberate fraud, of right-down lying (proved by hi...

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...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...ipal incident in the story is that from which the title is derived. Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their ... ...e condescended to recruit their diminished resources at the expense of the people of Palestine—he exacted no gifts from the wretched natives for spari... ...rather fall headlong by force than bend the knee by his will? Eblis may be hated, stranger, but he must be feared; and such as Eblis are his descendan... ...Verily, Sir Knight, you have spoken well—your genealogy may be dreaded and hated, but it cannot be contemned. Neither do I any longer won- der at your... ...n himself, an idolater, a devil-worshipper, a necro- mancer, who practises crimes the most dark and unnatural in the vaults and secret places of abomi... ...sing himself; “but we are also forbidden to avoid the punishment which our crimes have deserved. And since so poor are thy thoughts of fidel- ity, Hak... ... incident, although a strange one. Murderers and robbers have been ere now convicted, and suffered death under such evidence, and men have said that t...

... The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas is a... ... The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and withou... ...nnsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Dumas The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas Chapter ... ..., war- den of the dikes, ex-burgomaster of Dort, his native town, and member of the Assembly of the States of Holland, was forty-nine years of age, wh... ...n to write, and to that we limit ourselves, however al- luring the subject which is so closely allied to ours. Boxtel, once more worsted by the superi... ...so much the more effectually to destroy the germ of conspiracy, sentence of death was unanimously pronounced against Cornelius van Baerle, as being ar... ...o last until it came back again. Van Baerle passed the night in an agony of despair. On the following day Gryphus appeared to him even more hid- eous,... ...being that of a renowned tulip-grower, would any day be taken against that of an unknown girl without any knowledge of horticulture, or against that o... ...e.” 184 The Black Tulip Gryphus went up to the prisoner and said, — “But you don’t see that I have taken means to get you under, and to force you to ...

...Excerpt: A Grateful People. On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, wit...

...on enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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... ...kable lift about it that argued education, not only of himself, but of his people before him. The impression conveyed by his mouth and chin was that o... ... be of the West, that world’s frontier of Romance, where a new race, a new people—hardy, brave, and passionate—were building an empire; where the tumu... ...xacting the same degree of energy from all his subordinates. He was widely hated, and as widely trusted. Every one spoke of his crusty temper and bull... ...lp one another. As a last characteristic, Annixter pretended to be a woman-hater, for no other reason than that he was a very bull-calf of awkwardness... .... Before this country editor, this paid speaker of the Railroad, he stood, convicted. The man had him at his mercy. The detected briber could not rese... ...right- ened her. It was dark, gloomy, dirty, a place suggestive of obscure crimes and hidden terrors. For twenty minutes or half an hour, she hesitate... ...f information. “What news do you mean?” he asked. “About Dyke. He has been convicted. The judge sen- tenced him for life.” For life! Riding on by the ...

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...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Second T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William ... ...morem.” [“Death to that degree so frightens some men, that causing them to hate both life and light, they kill themselves, miser- ably forgetting that... ... disease particular to man, and not dis- cerned in any other creatures, to hate and despise itself. And it is a vanity of the same stamp to desire to ... ...how to die? Josephus, when engaged in so near and apparent danger, a whole people being violently bent against him, that there was no visible means of... ...city of Epirus being reduced by the Romans to the last extremity, gave the people counsel uni- versally to kill themselves; but, these preferring to g... ...me person. Scipio, being one day accused before the people of Rome of some crimes of a very high nature, instead of excusing himself or flattering his... ...times, men of good fami- lies of other provinces, in the hands of justice, convicted of abominable thefts. I fear this vice is, in some sort, to be at...

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...Contents CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS .............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER II...

... Don Juan by George Byron is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...crime; He did not loathe the Sire to laud the Son, But closed the tyrant hater he begun. Byron’s Don Juan “Dedication” 4 Think’st thou, coul... ...au, Petion, Clootz, Danton, Marat, La Fayette, Were French, and famous people, as we know: And there were others, scarce forgotten yet, Jo... ...ly inurn’d; Because the army ‘s grown more popular, At which the naval people are concern’d; Besides, the prince is all for the land service, ... ...oth, Possess’d an air and grace by no means common: Her stature tall — I hate a dumpy woman. Wedded she was some years, and to a man Of fift... ...prevailing reason; But whatsoe’er the cause is, one may say, And stand convicted of more truth than treason, That there are months which natur... ...ead that they ‘ll recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; At fifty love for love is rare, ‘t is true, But then, no do... ... a thing of that astringent quality Which in the North prevents precocious crimes, And makes our snow less pure than our morality; The sun, wh...

...Excerpt: Dedication. Bob Southey! You?re a poet -- Poet-laureate, And representative of all the race, Although ?t is true that you turn?d out a Tory at Last,-- yours has lately been a common case; And now, my Epic Renegade! what are ye at? With all the Lakers, in and out of place? A nest of tuneful persons, t...

... Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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 ... ... calumny, and to the prejudice of the characters of many worthy and honest people. I question not but the ingenious author of the Spectator was prin... ...testified his approbation. “Why now, that’s friendly,” said he; “d—n me, I hate to see two people bear ill will to one another after they have had a t... ...probation. “Why now, that’s friendly,” said he; “d—n me, I hate to see two people bear ill will to one another after they have had a tussel. The only ... ...ice in the theatre; where I have sometimes known a poet in danger of being convicted as a thief, upon much worse evidence than the resemblance of hand... ...e characters, we are not only taught to shun them for our own sake, but to hate them for the mischiefs they have already brought on those we love. A... ...ts. Upon which Jones assured him to the contrary; for that there were many crimes for which shame was inflicted by the English laws, and that it was i... ...ng man.” “How!” said Allworthy, “will you yet deny what you was formerly convicted of upon such unanswerable, such mani fest evidence? Nay, what a ...

Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII.

...te M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...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... ...esar. The sol diers he led to battle were very strong, and con- quered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gunpowder then; but they had ... ...le way off there was a country nobody knew anything about, except that the people were very fierce and savage, and that a sort of pearl was found in t... ...ruel of all where they found an Abbey with any monks or nuns, because they hated the Christian faith. By this time those seven English king- doms I to... ...nd being thus carried through all the country, where she had made everyone hate her. Stephen’s wife offered to set the Earl free, if the other side wo... ...e was tried by a court of clergymen and lawyers before the bishop, and, if convicted, was—according to the cruel custom of those times—burnt to death ... ...e are getting wiser now, and think it better not to keep up the memory old crimes and hatreds. Henry, Prince of Wales, was a fine lad, fond of all tha...

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...Contents Young Folks? History of England ..................................... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418........

...NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE... ...E OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGL FREDERICK DOUGL FREDERICK DOUGL FREDERICK DO... ...d from the beginning to the end of his felicitous remarks. I think I never hated slavery so intensely as at that moment; certainly, my perception of t... ...ety and a blessing to his race—by the law of the land, by the voice of the people, by the terms of the slave code, he was only a piece of property, a ... ...ged, in the form of expostulation, entreaty, rebuke, against that crime of crimes,—making man the property of his fel- low-man! O, how accursed is tha... ...but the absence of all fear of God, all regard for man, on the part of the people of the United States? Heaven speed its eternal overthrow! So profoun... ...lested.”—Let it never be forgotten, that no slaveholder or overseer can be convicted of any outrage per- petrated on the person of a slave, however di... ... by other tests than whether it has increased the produce of sugar,—and to hate slavery for other reasons than because it starves men and whips women,... ... farms. All disputes among the overseers were settled here. If a slave was convicted of any high misdemeanor, became unmanageable, or evinced a determ...

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...CATION Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...n, but every time a legislature meets, it changes penalties for exist- ing crimes and makes criminal certain acts that were not forbidden before. Judg... ...andment could not be meant to for- bid killing animals. Yet there are many people who believe that it does, or at least should. No Christian state mak... ...that it does, or at least should. No Christian state makes it apply to men convicted of crime, or against killing in war, and yet a considerable minor... ..., if conscience has been placed in man by a divine power, why have not all peoples been furnished with the same guide? There is no doubt that all men ... ...shment follows these in turn. Individuals, com- munities and whole peoples hate and swear vengeance for an injury, real or fancied. Punishments, even ... ...ht; you are ten thou- sand times more abominable in His eyes than the most hateful and venomous serpent is in ours. You have of- fended Him infinitely... ...n that the individual pris- oner is prevented from another criminal act. A convicted man is kept in jail for as long a time as in the judgment of the ...

...Preface: This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the topics I have treated are such as have always held my interest and inspired a taste for books that discuss the human machine with its mani...

...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... ...d by no meanes be appeased, nor by the wailefull out-cries ofall sorts of people (as of men, women, and children) be moved to any pittty, they prost... ...ts atchieved by him, and with a fierce and arrogant manner upbraiding the people with them, had not the heart so much as to take their lots into his... ...wo Souldiers may be reproved, one of which being demanded of Nero, why he hated him, answered him to his teeth; I loved thee whilest thou wast worth... ...ecamest a parricide, a fire-brand, a Juglar, a Player, and a Coach-man, I hate thee, as thou deservest. The other being asked, wherefore he sought t... ...died discovered the same unto his children. I have in my dayes seene many convicted by their owne conscience, for detaining other men's goods, yet by... ...th of all your purpose.' When the silly man saw himselfe so surprized and convicted (for the whole matter had beene discovered unto Queene by one of... ...sity in that as in any other thing. The confusion of order and measure of crimes is dangerous: Murtherers, Traitors and Tyrants, have too much gaine ...

...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...

...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 ...

...Publication New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...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... ... both his eyes and ears open, and soon began to gain a general idea of the people among whom he found himself. As in all other places of resort, one t... ...he found himself. As in all other places of resort, one type predominated: people in the prime of youth, with every show of intelligence and sensibili... ..., I perceive, for no other purpose than to escape the consequences of your crimes; and I can readily understand your embarrassment when I addressed my... ...lf in life. By life,” he added, “I do not mean Thackeray’s novels; but the crimes and secret possibilities of our society, and the principles of wise ... ...There were guests expected, that was plain; but why guests, when Northmour hated society? And, above all, why was the house thus stealthily prepared a... ...g like a spy about this desolate place? Tell me,” she said, “who is it you hate?” 159 New Arabian Nights “I hate no one,” I answered; “and I fear no ... ...into other hands than those for which it was intended, we stood criminally convicted on our own written testimony; but, as I have said, we were neithe...

...ents THE SUICIDE CLUB ....................................................................................................................... 4 STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE CREAM TARTS .......................................................................... 4 STORY OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SARATOGA TRUNK....................................................................