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...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...they cannot trouble us.’ Sleeman: ‘And how do they not trouble you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are not the people whom we kill, killed by the orders of KALI... ...ir enterprise would one day, with an army more powerful than any in Europe (except, perhaps, the French) and a revenue greater than that of Great Br... ... had married. THE CURSE OF KALI 3 England 1854 It was a beautiful autumn day when Sir Terence French informed Helen of the family’s wish that sh... ...fe without you now, my darling Rosita. Will you brave that long sea journey and all those strange people to be with your Helen?’ Audrey Blankenhag... ...left stood Prince Ali, tall and slim, his golden skin and pale eyes testifying to his half French descent. Prince Ali would, Helen thought, have bee... ...meralds and skin like magnolia petals?’ ‘My fiancée owes her beautiful colouring to her Scottish descent, a country which has many redheaded women ... ...ling the valley floor, could not ease her pain. She stopped THE CURSE OF KALI 217 for tea at a Swiss style hotel and when she could not prolong he...
...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...
...on Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millenniu... ...lished under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with tex... ...ms Acknowledgments The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238 The People The Dreaming Totems And Increase Sacred Knowledge The Present Concl... ... us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture ... ... how religious experiences affect those who have had them. As the son of a Swiss Protestant minister, Jung was particularly interested in this aspect.... ...oga and Secret Doctrines, second edn. BUDDHISM 41 Alexandra David-Néel, a French Buddhist, describes the practice of this yoga as she found it while ... .... Jung himself traced the development of reports of a vision of light by a Swiss saint, Brother Klaus, to its final theological formulation as a visio... ...s before Christ to more worthy times after Christ, or, to believers in the French Enlightenment, time progressed toward grand goals and completions, f... ...N INDIAN BELIEF 235 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My thanks to Jan Elliott, of Cherokee descent, for her many illuminating discussions with me of Native American b...
...Most readers of this book will have had some type of religious instruction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live...
...What Is Religion? 1Buddhism 16Christianity 59Mysticism 118A Chorus Of Powers: American Indian Belief 176The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238Conclusion 277References 293The Collected Works Of Carl Jung 299...
...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ...e I didn‘t know what I was eating, but it was all delicious. No wonder you people don‘t get fat. You can eat for hours and take in so few calories—al... ... at the Golden Dragon they make the finest of Chinese food and do unusual French and Italian dishes. They even make a Texas chili, but it‘s too tame... ...atisfaction as earning another $50,000 a year. —―In our country people tend to work instead of vacationing so they have extra money to add... ...much more time working are much higher on the happiness list than are the French, who vacation a lot. ―Money only makes us happier up to a... ...tators in Africa, South America and the Philippines were returned from the Swiss bank accounts to the people who should have had it, it wouldn‘t go f... ...cience confirms the empirical findings of our multi-million year descent to who we are today. ―As the human genome was studied ... ...w real democracies in the world. They only work in small populations, like Swiss cantons and New England town meetings. ―The big democracies...
...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...
...... ...liographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serv... ... what Stevens had called a 'Treaty', that the land would be taken by force. His people were not warriors like the Apache, though his braves wanted t... ...he wisdom of the Elders, nor would he give the white man cause to slaughter his people. Yes, tomorrow he would sign the Treaty. His people must be k... ...hat opened the liquor cabinet and withdrew a bottle of his favorite red wine, a French Merlot. Georgi sat like a stone statue except for his eyes da... ...rters with expert ease. She knew which reporters were friendly or hostile. "Ms. French," Alana said pointing to an elderly, plump, red suited woman ... ...sisted as the black sedan mounted the crest of the Inter state, and started its descent into the city lights that shimmered through the misty distan... ...at were you planning to do with the ten million dollars that was deposited in a Swiss bank account for you?" Arnold went silent again. "You should... ... Swiss bank account for you?" Arnold went silent again. "You should know that Swiss numbered accounts can be ac cessed," the Director said. "It wa...
...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connect...
... first time a Naturopathic Doctor opens his vault to unveil the complete list of home remedies used by professionals Holistic Practitioners... The ... ...itioners... The God of heaven, who created us, has given us the simple things of nature for our healing. It is my prayer that this encyclopedia will... ...eases and disorders. Back in the old days, the pioneers were practical minded people. They knew how to make-do Encyclopedia of Home remedies for be... ... hundreds of reports and studies, and putting my findings to the test on real people in my natural healing clinic... I can say that the majority of ... ...to have fewer apocrine sweat glands, such as older adults and people of Asian descent. Poor hygiene, of course, is another reason unpleasant smells ... ...nd prevent you from developing kidney stones. 4. Drink the half cup juice of French beans everyday for a month once or twice. 5. Bananas are a good... ..., beet greens, black tea, cocoa, cranberries, nuts, parsley, pepper, spinach, Swiss chard, and especially rhubarb. 15. To prevent new uric acid sto...
...After researching 1,300's of natural cures and home remedies, spending months sifting through hundreds of reports and studies, and putting my findings to the test on real people in my natural healing clinic... I can say that the majority of natural...
... 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... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...d Islands (Islas Malvinas) 76 Faroe Islands 77 Fiji 78 Finland 79_ France 81 French Guiana 83 French Polynesia 84 Gabon 85 Gambia, The 87 Gaza Strip (... ...rn Sahara 264 Western Samoa 265 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) 266 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) 267 Yugoslavia 269 Zaire 27... ...of Germany (West Germany) GDR German Democratic Republic (East Germany) PDRY People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) UAE United Arab Emira... ...lim (state reli- gion); 1% Christian and Jewish Language: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Infant mortality rate: 106/1,000 (1984) Life expe... ...nguillan(s); adjec- tive Anguillan Ethnic divisions: mainly of black African descent Beligion: Anglican, Methodist, and Catho- lic Language: English (... ...8 million; expendi- tures, $86 million (1983) Monetary conversion rate: 1.69 Swiss francs=US$l (November 1986) Communications Railroads: 18.5 km 1.435... ...n: 6,572,739 (July 1987), average annual growth rate 0.32% Nationality: noun Swiss (sing. & pi.); adjective Swiss Ethnic divisions: total population 6...
... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...0 The Reason for the Human Sense of Pure Wonder Pg 1814 David Icke’s Lizard People explained Pg 1815 Secret Hidden Dynamics of The Realm of the U... ... was subtle: a slight miscalculation, but devastating in its ramifications. People didn’t realize that the slight curve of sunlight detected was o... ...es: suddenly became allies. He was defeated not once, but twice. And the French Bourbon King was re-instated. Yet, in a very short time, The B... ...iving the masses any actual power at all. If you study the history of the French Revolution without obsessively focusing on the leaders: you will... ...ing mechanically, predictably, boringly, regularly, unchangingly. Look at the Swiss. Affluent, privileged, mechanically perfect. And boring as hel... ... Riviera. All the wealth of the Congolese People tucked away safely in secret Swiss bank accounts. Living openly as an escaped thief and hoodlum an... ...lite power by intermarriage and the inheritance of power and wealth by direct descent which had ruled Europe before the Industrial Revolution. This ...
...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 aspects a...
...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 Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...
... write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...et http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neg... ...oximation. According to this latter day - rational - version of the dismal science, people refrain from repeating their mistakes systematically. The... ...ize their preferences. Altruism can be such a preference, as well. Still, many people are non-rational or only nearly rational in certain situa... ...support - other, no less weighty, scholarship by the likes of Eugene Fama, Kenneth French, James Poterba, Allan Kleidon, and William Schwert negate... ... American OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation), the British ECGD, and the French COFACE - shift political risk from buyers, project compan... ...total business risks" - including business failures or a disappointing bottom line. Swiss Re has been issuing such policies in the last 3 years. Oth... ...d between 1986 and 1999, when annual trading volume exceeded 13 trillion dollar. Swiss Re Economic Research and Consulting had this to say in its... ...usy. The eminent Nobel prize winning British economist and philosopher of Austrian descent, Friedrich Hayek, suggested in "The Constitution of Libe...
Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.
... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ... or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes... ...rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin - creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant dutie... ...heir role in history, past and present. Endless lists of prominent people of Jewish descent are produced in support of the above contention. Yet, g... ...tal sin by transforming itself into an outpost and beacon of Western (first British-French, then American) neo-colonialism. As the representative of... ...ce of the people is increasingly heard above the din of politics as usual. Is this Swiss-like participatory, direct democracy - or nascent mob rule... ... time. Napoleon justified his gory campaigns by claiming that they served to spread French ideals throughout a barbarous world. Kipling bemoaned th... ...ld between 1986 and 1999, when annual trading volume exceeded 13 trillion dollar. Swiss Re Economic Research and Consulting had this to say in its...
Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.
...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....
... Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbal... ...ALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life Translation: Chaim Ratz Proofreading: Kate Weibel Editor: Cla... ...the world is the way it is and exists objectively, independently. Afterwards, people began to understand that our picture of the world is shaped by ... ...tal to us, unexpected or incomprehen- sible will suddenly make sense. For such people, the spiritual world can become a system of forces that stands ... ...or’s nature is evident through millennia of sufferings, a complete process of descent and ascent designed to enable us to see how hateful we are to ... ... wisdom of Kabbalah comprises two parallel orders: 1. From Above downward—the descent of the will to receive from Ein Sof through all the Upper Worl... ...ductoria Theoramata Cabalae Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) A German-Swiss physician and alchemist, Paracelsus established the role of chem... ...ion defined by the legacies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Im- manuel Kant, and the French Revolution. His stature derives not only from his literary achi...
...Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden part...
...Foreword: The essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To realize this desire, we feel compelled to discover, invent, and improve our reality. The gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the forc...
... ISBN: 9989-929-23-8 Created by:LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: ht... ... This letter constitutes a permission to reprint or mirror any and all of the materials mentioned or linked to herein subject to appropriate cred... ...cts. The very definition of "artist" will expand to encompass all creative people. One will seek to distinguish oneself, to "brand" oneself and to au... ...to third party web sites (such as Bartleby.com and SatireWire). It allows people to donate money or effect micro-payments, apparently through its pa... ...ts of man; every citizen may therefore speak, write and print freely." (French National Assembly, 1789) I. What is a Book? UNESCO's arbitrary a... ...ritorial jurisdiction over the hitherto ostensibly extraterritorial Net. A French court has prohibited Yahoo! from making certain content on its Web ... ...orters the introduction of a levy on personal computers and printers. The Swiss are pushing through an amendment to the copyright law to collect a le... ... contributors promoted into IT management roles where they began a steady descent in performance and confidence that brought pain to themselves, thei...
...is By Steven Sills 1 He assumed that in being exhausted from sporadic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inerti... ... sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in this train j... ...the memory of that light, white American, Kimberly Debecrois--or something French--pulling away from his grasp of her hands disconcertedly, half blind... ...uccessfully that he began to believe it himself. On canvas, distorting the French-American into an Asian half-breed and a lady of the night, he brough... ...n of such comfort to them as teenagers. Back then, before finding the dead people and each other, each of them had been wandering respectively through... ...re it belongs out of the corners. This was his response to silence. - Why, people ask me are we, I, an archaeological anthropologist and you, a playbo... ...nebrous tomb until all elated sleepers were awakened and summoned to their descents, Nawin decided that he would loiter in this toilet, at least until... ...urn to his bunk, cover himself up, and return to sleep. His brain was on a descent from its high, but it seemed to him that even if he were to land gr... ...ung from his neck, dangled from a right earlobe and as the thousand dollar Swiss watch that adorned his wrist. Like a billboard flaunting opulence and...
...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...
...magic happens. Copyright © Tom Glaister 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or tr... ...ical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in Great Britain in 2008 Firecrest Publis... ...s the country, accompanied by the words ‘Do you know this boy?’ Streams of people came forward claiming to be Theo’s father, mother, uncle or best fr... ...ad become a minor celebrity. Letters and f owers poured in every day from people who had read about him or seen him on the latest chat show. Ben- ef ... ...Aliens came to see me last night…’ The audiences were made up of tourists, French schoolchildren on a day out, and people with nothing better to do. ... ... thought I was the forgetful one. To Paris, of course. There’s a group of French schoolchildren over there and their bus leaves in f ve minutes.’ ‘H... ...ce in the world, he could think only of water. The f ying carpet began its descent, and soon Bozo and Theo were coast- ing along just a few metres abo... ...itchens, and the head chef grew more enraged by the day. ‘I’ve lost seven Swiss cheeses, three bags of cakes and a case of wine in the last three day... ...ievous smile. He waited until the door opened again to let in a couple of Swiss backpack- ers and he slipped in behind them. Then he threw one long a...
...Reading age 10+ You might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as though the Story itself has gotten out of control. The Hooman...
...l chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows acr... ...fix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and conne... ...he election of a new Pope, the word spread like wild fire through the mass of people, who had been waiting patiently in the Square, that the newly e... ...r place. They have armies, Father. They have money and guns. They control the people through terror; they corrupt the politicians, even Presidents o... ... built into a crescendo of emotions. "We did it to protect ourselves from the French who invaded our island, pillaged our towns, slaughtered our peo... ...I.A., which was the first letter of each word in our credo: 'Death to all the French'. We took as our symbol the 'Black Hand' to strike terror in th... ..." Antonio nodded his understanding. When they arrived at the Vatican, the Swiss Guards quickly ushered them into the Pope's private elevator. "I... ...Artemis NEW YORK, THE MEETING As the chartered plane made it's final descent toward La Guardia Airport, Antonio looked out. The Statue of L... ... about an hour, Ky said, "We are almost there." The plane banked into a steep descent. Through the solid green of the forest, Antonio and Gallucci co...
...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the drug cartels of the world to save the children of...
...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the eb...
...obal Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on the first edition of 1919. Electronic text created by Sara Triggs. Contents Preface . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 VI — The New Frenchwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 VII — In Concl... ...55 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 FRENCH WAYS AND THEIR MEANING 1 PREFACE T his book is essentially a desul... ...EIR MEANING 1 PREFACE T his book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observa tion, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. H... ...ly bared depths of the French heart. There are two ways of judging a foreign people: at first sight, impression istically, in the manner of the passin... ...ng from the same stem as many different seeming characteris tics of his own people. A period of confusion must follow, in which he will waver between... ... this link with the past seems too slight to be worth counting, the straight descent of French civilisation from the ancient Mediterranean culture whi... ...l these gifts France had and the French intelligently cherished. Between the Swiss snows and the icy winter fogs of Germany on the one side, and the m...
...Excerpt: PREFACE; This book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observation, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. Having been written in Paris, at odd moments, during the last two years of the war, it could hardly be more than a series of disjointed notes; and the excu...
...Table of Contents: Preface, 1 -- I ?First Impression, 4 -- I, 4 -- II, 6 -- III, 8 -- II? Reverence, 10 -- I, 10 -- II, 13 -- III, 15 -- III? Taste, 17 -- I, 17 -- II, 17 -- III, 18 -- IV, 21 -- IV? Intellectual Honesty, 24 -- I, 2...
...by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publicat... ...ch Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle 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... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylv... ...m in prison,—Roy- alist types replace the worn types often snatched from a People’s-Friend in old ill days. In our ‘peculiar tribune’ we write and red... ... another; citoyen (citizen) were suitabler; we even say thou, as ‘the free peoples of Antiq- uity did:’ so have Journals and the Improvised Commune su... ...nt Regiment du Roi in mutiny; but the bravest heart may quail at this. The Swiss Prisoners, remnants of the Tenth of August, ‘clasped each other spas-... ...ey, with a torch, lighted them; he pointed to the bed of the unfortu- nate Swiss, Reding. Reding spoke with a dying voice. One of them paused; but the... ...is in the collision of all tempers; arrived now at the black Mahlstrom and descent of Death: in sorrow, in indig- nation, in resignation struggling to...
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...by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn... ...ATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle 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... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State Univ... .................................................... 346 Chapter 2.6.VII. The Swiss. ....................................................................... ...urches resounded with supplications and groans; the prayers of priests and people were every moment interrupted by their sobs: and it was from an inte... ...y-rate per hour, which are not liable to interruption. The shepherd of the people has been carried home from Little Trianon, heavy of heart, and been ... ...theless its hearth is warm, its larder well replenished: the in- numerable Swiss of Heaven, with a kind of Natural loyalty, gather round it; will prov... ... in the collision of all tem- pers; arrived now at the black Mahlstrom and descent of Death: in sorrow, in indignation, in resignation struggling to b...
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...Contents THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 12 VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE ...................................................................
...ation Little Dorrit, Book Two: Riches by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. 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... ... the highest ridges of the Alps. It was vintage time in the valleys on the Swiss side of the Pass of the Great Saint Bernard, and along the banks of t... ...hers) to take the head of the table. It was like the supper of an ordinary Swiss hotel, and good red wine grown by the convent in more genial air 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... ...ttle slow to observe it, as though she were not yet well accustomed to the French tongue. Mrs Gen- eral, however, observed it for her. ‘Ask him if he ... ...ce. The host needed no translation of the question. He promptly replied in French, ‘No. Not this one.’ ‘Why not?’ the same gentleman asked. ‘Pardon,’ ... ...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... ...n a little thread, beginning at the convent door and winding away down the descent in broken lengths which were not yet pieced together, showed where ...
...Excerpt: CHAPTER 1. Fellow Travelers. In the autumn of the year, Darkness and Night were creeping up to the highest ridges of the Alps. It was vintage time in the valleys on the Swiss side of the Pass of the Great Saint Bernard, and along the banks of the Lake of Geneva....
... Right Somewhere 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism 8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ?It Never Does? 9. Appearance and Disappearance 10. The Dreams of Mrs Flintwinch thicken 11. A Letter from Little Dorrit 12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden 13. The Progress of an Epidemic 14. Taking Advice 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons should not ...
... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Thr... ... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...y the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a s... ...wered Haarlem tapestry; in the center of this table was a long-necked stone bottle, in which were irises and lilies of the valley; at each end of this... ...mte de Bragelonne.” “Ah, very well! Introduce him, Saint-Remy — introduce him.” And when he had let fall these words, with his accus- tomed gravity, M... ...which falls back again into the wells — a sad, funereal, solemn sound, which strikes the ear of the child and the poet — both dreamers — which the Eng... ...here was no necessity to consult anything but his hands, long, slender, and white, of which every muscle, ev- ery vein, became apparent through the sk... ...ur le cardinal the idea of an economy which puts three hundred thousand francs a year into your majesty’s coffers.” “What economy was that, monsieur?”... ...tion of each, and the curiosity of all. Towards evening he ordered the doors of the Louvre to be closed, with the exception of one only, which opened ...
...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men a...