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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 54 The Town Ho’s Story(As told at the Golden Inn.) . . . . . . . . 237 55 Of the Monstrous Pictures of Wha... ... The Grand Armada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 88 Schools and Schoolmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 89 ... ...NTENTS XXXXX Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.) The pale Usher — threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see... ... book whatsoever, sacred or profane. Therefore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy piggledy whale statements, how ever authentic,... ...ked fangs.” Montgomery’s Pelican Island. “Io! Paean! Io! sing, To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...t me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I... ...e room, Sir,’ says Jonah now, ‘I’m travel weary; I need sleep.’ ‘Thou look’st like it,’ says the Captain, ‘there’s thy room.’ Jonah enters, and would ... ... the veriest of all trifles — Cap tain Bildad had not only been originally educated according to the strictest sect of Nantucket Quakerism, but all hi... ... touching the grand belief; in that we all join hands.” “Splice, thou mean’st splice hands,” cried Peleg, drawing nearer. “Young man, you’d better shi...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...y Charles Dickens CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS IF YOU LOOK AT A M AP of the World, you will see, in the left hand upper corner of the... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...ave hung across the streets, and no man would have touched one. He founded schools; he patiently heard causes himself in his Court of Justice; the gre... ... his court at Chester, and went on the river Dee to visit the monastery of St. John, the eight oars of his boat were pulled (as the people used to del... ...ere terribly liable to sudden death in those days), and had been buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. The A Child’s Histroy of England 54 King might possi... ...; and sent Matilda away, in fine state, with the German ambassadors, to be educated in the country of her future husband. And now his Queen, Maud the ... ..., when the King thought of making him Archbishop. He was clever, gay, well educated, brave; had fought in several battles in France; had defeated a Fr...

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...e beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here ...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...ID COPPERFIELD VOLUME TWO By Charles Dickens CHAPTER 29 I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN I MENTIONED TO Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted... ...ushed the other against a pump; the handle of which pump projecting into a school-house, which school-house was under a gable of the church-roof, made... ...ied about? she replied, with provoking coldness. Oh! It was only whether people, who are like each other in their moral constitution is that the phr... ... It s as good a phrase as another, said Steerforth. Thank you: whether people, who are like each other in their moral constitution, are in greater... ...ady, on the soci- David Copperfield Vol. II 25 ety of the work-box with St. Paul s upon the lid, the yard-measure in the cottage, and the bit of wa... ...repentance; and by inspecting the Tower of London; and going to the top of St. Paul s. All these wonders afforded Peggotty as much plea- sure as she w... ... the finishing touch to that renunciation of mankind in which she had been educated, by marrying a pilot; but she decided against that venture. Not so... ...h her spine, you know. Im- mensely better! And the two youngest that Sophy educated are with us. And Louisa s here. Indeed! cried I. Yes, said Tr...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...hem, the ascending Night came up the mountain like a rising water. When it at last rose to the walls of the convent of the Great Saint Bernard, it was... ... is very important.’ Again Monsieur was right. The dog was very important. People were justly interested in the dog. As one of the dogs celebrated eve... ...t a beautiful sacrifice? What do we want more to touch us? Because rescued people of interesting appearance are not, for eight or nine months out of e... ...er’s. Being a remarkably fine woman with no bigodd nonsense about her—well educated, too—she was too many for this chap. Regularly pocketed him.’ ‘If ... ...n the way of her association with Mrs Gowan by making the Prunes and Prism school excessively polite to her, but not very intimate with her; and Littl... ... and that Prunes and Prism got the upper hand. Everybody was walking about St Peter’s and the V atican on somebody else’s cork legs, and straining eve... ... the thousand churches rang their bells without any ref- erence to it; and St Peter denied that he had anything to do with it. But by that time the Br... ...t have been acquired, for Mr F. himself said frequently that although well educated in the neighbourhood of Blackheath at as high as eighty guineas wh...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...ERBOURNE TERBOURNE TERBOURNE TERBOURNE THE SOUTH D OWNS of England descend at about eight miles from the sea into beds of clay, diversified by gravel ... ...star on their base, are picked up in the gravels and called by the country people Shep- herds’ Crowns—or even fossil toads. Large boulder stones are a... ...; Baddesley, North Stoneham, and Otterbourne on the south; and Compton and St. Cross on the east. The whole parish was then upwards of twenty-eight mi... ...round on each side. This is still preserved in the en- trance to the Boys’ School. These remnants date the original building for about the thirteenth ... ...lved in the wars of his brother and the Em- press Matilda. The hospital of St. Cross, and much of the beauty of Romsey Abbey, are ascribed to him, and... ...difficulties or controversies attended to, confirmation given to the young people and children, and, after a meal, the bishop proceeded, sometimes to ... ...eaty,” between Richard, Oliver’s eldest surviving son, just twenty-one and educated for the Law, and the elder daugh- ter of Mr. Maijor (which Carlyle... ... of course was mere scandal, and she became the wife of Jonathan Conduitt, educated at T rinity College, a friend and pupil of Newton, who had for man...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ....................................................... 125 ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT...................................................................... ...er? Passages and lines of his poetry are stamped on the memory of all well-educated men. More pointed sayings of Pope are afloat than of any English p... ...hen a knowledge of the classics, with a tincture of the metaphysics of the schools, was thought a good average stock of learning, although it was the ... ...ilfer cloth or bread: As meanly plunder as they bravely fought, Now save a people, and now save a groat. VER. 129, in the former editions— Ask why fro... ...res and make his lady weep? Or soft Adonis, so perfumed and fine, Drive to St James’s a whole herd of swine? Oh filthy check on all industrious skill,... ...es the dull cits, and joins (to please the fair) The well-bred cuckolds in St James’s air: First, for his son a gay commission buys, Who drinks, whore... ...ENT GUMENT GUMENT . . . . . OF THE USE OF RICHES. The vanity of expense in people of wealth and quality. The abuse of the word ‘taste,’ ver. 13. That ... ...hese, even his cotemporaries do exceedingly differ. One saith, 134 he was educated at home; another, 135 that he was bred at St Omer’s by Jesuits; a ...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...ted, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Professor of English at Princeton University Preface IN MAKING THIS abridgement of Boswell’s Lif... ...ed reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor would fade from the church of St. Clement Danes, from the Mitre, from Fleet Street, the Oxford coach, and... ..., such as ‘love’ and ‘hate,’ and vast is the number, range, and variety of people who at one time or another had been in some degree personally relate... ...godchild Jane Langton. ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I love the acquain- tance of young people, . . . young men have more virtue than old men; they have more gen- ... ...ght into another state of being.’ He says that all mem- bers of Johnson’s ‘school’ ‘are distinguished for a love of truth and accuracy which they woul... ... Church was not delayed; for his baptism is re- corded, in the register of St. Mary’s parish in that city, to have been performed on the day of his bi... ...table in his time. The late Dr. Taylor, Prebendary of Westminster, who was educated under him, told me, that ‘he was an excellent master, and that his... ...tions. He took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke. In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the P...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...hem. Cover Design: Jim Manis; Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) 1518 94: Christ at the Sea of Galilee Copyright © 2003 The Pennsylvania State University Th... ... Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau Where’er thou sail’st who sailed with me, Though now thou climbest loftier mounts, And f... ...imackRivers I sailed up a river with a pleasant wind, New lands, new people, and new thoughts to find; Many fair reaches and headlands appear... ...hich causeth their meadows to lie much covered with water, the which these people, together with their neighbor town, have several times essayed to cu... ...this blossom on the bank of the Concord. After a pause at Ball’s Hill, the St. Ann’s of Concord voyageurs, not to say any prayer for the success of ou... ...ators of the earth, and lived under an organized political government. The school house stood with a meek aspect, entreating a long truce to war and s... ...as good at least as one well endowed professorship. It were as well to be educated in the shadow of a mountain as in more classical shades. Some will... ... as if the full account were to follow. In what school was this fur trader educated? He seems to travel the immense snowy country with such pur pose ...