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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...y would cease to exist. The King is bound to accept and act upon the advice of his ministers ... for the King to broadcast in disregard of that adv... ...ed food with each other. They can carry 15-20 times their body weight. Only the colony's queen breeds. Unfertilized eggs develop into males. The... ...for the crimes members of the administration of the Young Turks, including cabinet ministers. Many of the perpetrators fled the country only to re... ...with a moustache. He wore a deerstalker hat (similar to Sherlock Holmes'), wore no cape and carried no cane. Read more about this elusive figure ... ... served a term in office of seven years. He appointed and dismissed the Chancellor (prime minister) and commanded the Republic's much-reduced armed ...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ..." "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 ... ...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 by ... ...co da Gama to the command -- Departure of the squadron -- First passage of the Cape -- Buffeted by terrific storms -- A mutiny quelled by strategy -- ... ...water. These were stories of the olden times, when the Phantom Ship was in her prime; but within the last three centuries she gradually diminished in... ...ng left there by Gama's ships, having in the meantime become one of the king's ministers and a man of much renown. RECEPTION BY AN AFRICAN KING. Escap... ... and learning that the strangers were merchants they at once bribed the King's ministers to refuse the Portuguese permission to trade. OFFERINGS OF PR... ... the land of gold, Cortez intensified their ardor by declaring that one of his prime purposes in undertaking the conquest was to supplant the idol-wor...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...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 -- T...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ...ctbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaiso... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...Bulgaria 34 Burkina 36 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia 40 Cameroon 41 Canada 42 Cape Verde 44 Cayman Islands 45 Central African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chi... ...an of the Revolutionary Council (since November 1986); Soltan Ali KESHTMAND, Prime Minister (since June 1981) Suffrage: universal from age 18 Politica... ...ation Day, 29 November Branches: legislature (People's Assembly), Council of Ministers, judiciary Government leaders: Ramiz ALIA, Chair- man, Presidiu... ... Col. Chadli BENDJEDID, President (since February 1979); Abdelhamid BRAHIMI, Prime Minister (since January 1984) Suffrage: universal adult at age 18 E... ...intment of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and other Cabinet-rank ministers and defined the powers of the President National holiday: Natio...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and sp...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...olving Cycles vs. Vicious Cycles Pg 545 Boredom Pg 548 Profit Pg 561 The Prime Imperative of Business Pg 591 The Minimum Wage Pg 595 Financi... ...Totality: something had to be there to make it split. That something was the Primeval Force called: Impetus. Impetus is the Basic Force that pushes... ...to be the first to impregnate the female egg-cell into a mechanical opera. Cape Canaveral: was the cape of the foreskin pulling back to reveal the... ... They make it seem normal for Kings, and Dictators, and Presidents, and Prime Ministers: to go to War. They make it seem understandable, excusable ... ... servants broke away from the old church founded new churches, and when their ministers and preachers also came from the lower classes. Then the ide...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ... it is a means for presenting a feature of college sentiment which has es- caped the rectignition of the edi- tors who have not yet had the ad- vantag... ... determining feature of the meet. He states that the Will- iams team is in prime condition, and it is in this fact that its chief hope of success lies... ...e last objection there is a very ob- vipus remedy. We can foresee that the prime objection to this schedule will center about the early chapel fea tur... ...ulty is for the Church, by abandoning its creed, to recognize what its own ministers are preaching, that the SPIRIT of Christianity is strong enough t... ...ar to New England and should cease to at- teniiit the portrayal of life in Cape Colony and Peru. The proposi- tion is new to Williams and there- fore ...

...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

...ne by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of... ...andre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Penns... ...he Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...mmediately, and rounding the Chateau d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ram... ...if misfortune should occur to you, I would ascend the highest point of the Cape de Morgion and cast myself headlong from it.” Fernand became deadly pa... ...nce upon the past, the present, and the future. For the last ten months my ministers have redoubled Alexandre Dumas 81 their vigilance, in order to w... ...se; did you ever remark that?” “Ah, depreciate other persons’ dinners; you ministers give such splendid ones.” “Yes; but we do not invite people of fa... ...Raschids and Giaffars, who not only pardon a poisoner, but even make him a prime minis- ter, if his crime has been an ingenious one, and who, under su...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If...

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A Footnote to History

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...lication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...ation A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...on forgets his consideration for the church. The houses and gardens of her ministers stand safe in the midst of armies; a way is reserved for themselv... ...sets forth, the same welcome and the same joys expect them beyond the next cape, where the nearest village nestles in its grove of palms. To the visit... ...artillery from an American 21 Robert Louis Stevenson war-ship, and became prime minister to the king. It is true (even if he were ever really support... ...tain’s doings”: surely supererogation of deceit. The Hawaiian Embassy. The prime minister of the Hawaiian kingdom was, at this period, an adventurer o... ...as finally packed into the corru- gated iron gaol along with the forfeited ministers. Mean- while the captain of his boat, Siteoni, of whom I shall ha...

...Preface: An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considere...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Two

By: Thomas Carlyle

... U UB B B B BLI LI LI LI LICA CA CA CA CATI TI TI TI TIO O O O ON N N N N The French Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a public... ...ench Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...h Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...d: an Atreus’ Palace; for that Louvre window is still nigh, out of which a Capet, whipt of the Furies, fired his signal of the Saint Bartholomew! Dark... ...l tyrannies the insupportablest? Again, how anxious was he that the King’s Ministers should have seat and voice in the National Assembly;—doubtless wi... ...unwashed Pa- triots; ye too are sold like us! Effervescent Regiment du Roi primes its firelocks, Mestre- de-Camp saddles wholly: Commandant Denoue is ... ...? Of Quacks, willing or constrained to be Quacks, the race is everlasting: Ministers Duportail and Dutertre will have to manage much as Ministers Lato... ...nswered. Suppose Mirabeau, with whom Royalty takes deep counsel, as with a Prime Minister that cannot yet legally avow himself as such, had got his ar...

Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History (Volume Two).

...Contents VOLUME II.?THE CONSTITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES .............................................................

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...ublication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...inct, that it would be so. First of all there reached us, by telegram from Cape Race, rumors of what the press in England was saying; rumors of a meet... ...ing indifferent to its thunders: that the army was doing so, and also that ministers were doing so. In the States, the President and his ministers are... ...lways wish to have recourse to such an extreme measure as impeachment. The ministers are not in the houses, and cannot therefore personally answer que... ...it seemed he resolved to do. It must be understood that Mr. Seward was not Prime Minister. The President of the United States has no Prime Minister—or... ...desolation of such scenery. We in En- gland, when we read and speak of the primeval forests of America, are apt to form pictures in our minds of wood-...

........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...s Publication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...ublication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ..., a giant amongst them, with his downcast, stupefied look, his dog’s-eared primer, and his tight corduroys. High and low, all made fun of him. They se... ...illar of the state. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in V anity Fair he had a higher pl... ...ed in at the dining-room win- dow, managing his horse, which curvetted and capered beau- tifully —for one instant the young person might be seen at th... ...f by late hours and intense application. And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them ... ... without the curl-papers of the morning, and Mrs. Hem did the honours of a prime boiled leg of mutton and tur- nips, of which the Colonel ate with a v...

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Gulliver's Travels

By: Jonathan Swift

... Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ... Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rsity. 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... ...ile, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ounding in virtue, honour, truth, and good sense; courts and levees of great ministers thor oughly weeded and swept; wit, merit, and learning re war... ...north. What became of my companions in the boat, as well as of those who es caped on the rock, or were left in the vessel, I cannot tell; but conclud... ...s deportment majestic. Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 19 He was then past his prime, being twenty eight years and three quarters old, of which he had r... ...s the highest, without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to show their skill, and to convince t... ...ere I saw the king seated on his throne, attended on each side by persons of prime quality. Before the throne, was a large table filled with globes an...

...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curio...

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A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

By: Honoré de Balzac

...sions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ns Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...o herself when Lucien was included in the invitation. In the month of June ministers are often puzzled to know what to do with boxes at the theatre; m... ... saw a fine carp to-day; I expect to buy it this day week.” Instead of the prime vegetables more fittingly described by the word primeval, artfully di... ...en’s mind. “That is Nathan,” Lousteau said in his ear. Nathan, then in the prime of his youth, came up to the group of journalists, hat in hand; and i... ...te-Pelagie.” “So Finot will sell his paper to the highest bidder among the Ministers, just as he sells favorable notices to Mme. Bastienne and runs do... ...ch once found favor in the sight of a council of reverend fathers, and es- caped ecclesiastical censure in spite of its wanton dangerous grace. The bo...

...Excerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated youth who had looked forward to the delights of an elopement, must have found the continual pre...

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

By: The Duke of Saint Simon

...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...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... ...nic Classics Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ... so. He spent the evening with Madame de Maintenon, working with different ministers one after the other. But still he wished his courtiers to attend ... ... for their distinctions, and often for their fortunes. Everybody, from the ministers to the daughters of the King, trembled before her. The King himse... ...ie in 1636. My father had an uncle who commanded in one of these towns, La Capelle, and who had several times asked for ammunition and stores with- ou... ... dispose of Monsieur at their will. The Chevalier de Lorraine, then in the prime of his first youth (having been born in 1643) completely ruled over M... ...to gain esteem and confidence, so as to become by the support of the King, prime minister in Spain; but as we shall soon see, his ultramontane hobbies...

Excerpt: Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon.

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The American

By: Henry James

...erican by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ... CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James 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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...able eddies and obstructions among the con- stituent atoms of the American colony. He was shame- fully idle, spiritless, sensual, snobbish. He irritat... ...in any other respect had Newman a high sense of responsibility; it was his prime conviction that a man’s life should be easy, and that he should be ab... ...f to its grave defects, and come to life as flesh and blood, to wear white capes and long trains. All I can say is that she really possesses every mer... ...gentleman in the neckcloth, an old lady in a red satin dress and an ermine cape, who wore across her forehead a band with a topaz set in it. Young 15... ...he Carmelite chapel in the Avenue de Messine. You know one of the Catholic ministers—an abbe, is that it?—I have seen him here, you know; that motherl...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentle man was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been removed, to th...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...y-one through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ne through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... pupil. At Levant House Becky met one of the finest gentlemen and greatest ministers that Europe has produced—the Duc de la 5 Thackeray Jabotiere, th... ... without the curl-papers of the morning, and Mrs. Hem did the honours of a prime boiled leg of mutton and tur- nips, of which the Colonel ate with a v... ...Jane, very sorry. Lady Southdown wrote it off to her other daughter at the Cape of Good Hope. It was town-talk for at least three days, and was only k... ...keray a case out of his great-coat—it was a natty white great-coat, with a cape and a velvet collar—pulled out a red morocco case, which he gave her. ... ... “It’s Aunt O.,” the boy answered. “Grandpapa said so. And I say, Dob, how prime it would be to have you for my uncle.” Old Sedley’s quavering voice f...

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... OUR WEEK’S VOYAGE is now drawing to a close. We have just been to look at Cape Trafalgar, shining white over the finest blue sea. (We, who were look... ...who were looking at Trafalgar Square only the other day!)The sight of that cape must have disgusted Joinville and his fleet of steamers, as they passe... ...r?It will matter very little then under what flag people live, and foreign ministers and ambassadors may enjoy a dignified sine- cure; the army will r... ...nerally get their political information), that the Sultan’s mother and his ministers conspire to keep him plunged in sensuality, that they may govern ... ...r perfectly convalescent. This, and the Opera, and the quarrels of the two prime donne, and the beauty of one of them, formed the chief subjects of co...

...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of pre...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...s of water, both by its fertility and by its barrenness. The waters of the primeval ocean accumu- lated enormous beds of vegetable mould in the valley... ...s of water, both by its fertility and by its barrenness. The waters of the primeval ocean accumu- lated enormous beds of vegetable mould in the valley... ... a criminal is an unhappy being who is struggling for his life against the ministers of justice, whilst the population is merely a spectator of the co... ...France the Depu- ties can only employ this mode of prosecution against the ministers of the Crown. In both countries the Upper House may make use of a... ... things which diminished its apparent force: these causes did not long es- cape my researches. The short space of threescore years can never content t...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of th...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume 2

By: Thomas Hutchinson

...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ...ghosts, with eyes as fair As star-beams among twilight trees:— Such lovely ministers to meet _5 Oft hast tho... ...lighting faith and a cause of crime They have bound them slaves in youthly prime, And they will curse my name and thee ... ...ows; And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime. _40 And on the stream whose inconstan... ...m, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl. From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape, Over a torrent sea, Sunbeam-proof, ... ... sort of many English, we did not wish to find ourselves in the midst of a colony of chance travellers. No one then thought it possible to reside at V...

Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

............................................................................................................................... 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ..................................................................................................................................... 19 TO WORDSWORTH. ................................................................

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State... ...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State El... ...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by Jame... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a public... ...gs. Let the lad go with you in welcome; he is used to keeping company with ministers, and talking of such matters; so is old John, who was christianiz... ...y sarmon that Parson Grant gave us to-night,” said Remarkable. “The church ministers be com- monly smart sarmonizers, but they write down their idees,... ...d man to some that follows the seas, I suppose that, taking the coast from Cape Ler Hogue as low down as Cape Finish-there, there isn’t so much as a h... ...earted fellow, and would make an excellent king; that is, if he had a good prime minister. But who have we here? voices in the bushes— a combination a... ...id truer word, Mr. Oliver; ah’s me! if you had knowed him as I did, in his prime, in that very battle where the old gentleman, who sleeps by his side ...

Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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Chantry House

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...cs Series Pulication Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...Series Pulication Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...o get a little terrier, and have a thorough good rat hunt, at which Martyn capered about in irrepress- ible ecstasy. This, however, was deferred by th... ...and dry, but were strictly orthodox according to our lights, and held it a prime duty to attend our parish church, whatever it might be; nor, indeed, ... ...his tumbler, and, strik- ing a theatrical attitude, exclaimed, ‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us!’ Clarence held up his hand in deprecation. Th... ...in the way of cotton sun-bonnets, check pinafores, list tippets, and print capes, and other won- derful manufactures from the rag-bag, which were then... ...or the old woman was the last survivor of a family who had had recourse to primer and hornbook after their ejection on ‘black Bartholomew’s Day;’ and ...

...Excerpt: The United Force of the younger generation has been brought upon me to record, with the aid of diaries and letters, the circumstances connected with Chantry House and my two dear elder brothers. Once this could not have been ...

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