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...Main Street by Sinclair Lewis A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis... ...CATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...rs. What Ole Jenson the grocer says to Ezra Stowbody the banker is the new law for London, Prague, and the unprofitable isles of the sea; whatsoever E... ... At various times during Senior year Carol finally de- cided upon studying law, writing motion-picture scenarios, professional nursing, and marrying a... ...ean: so many of my patients are husky farmers that I suppose I get kind of case-hardened.” “It seems to me that a doctor could transform a whole commu... ...kled, young-old mother, moving as though her joints were dry, opens a suit-case in which are seen creased blouses, a pair of slippers worn through at ... ... their house to meet us, tonight,” said Kennicott, as he unpacked his suit-case. “Oh, that is nice of them!” “You bet. I told you you’d like ‘em. Squa... ...told Jewish stories, Irish sto- ries, German stories, Chinese stories, and Tennessee moun- taineer stories, most of which Carol had heard. A “lady elo...

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...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a p... ...s Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...death and torture for it. What have been here brought together are chiefly cases of self-devotion that stand out remarkably, either from their hopeles... ...ear to us as if it had taken place in his latter days; but such is not the case, it befell while he was still under thirty, in the time of his persecu... ...g, But still again he rose. ‘Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place. But ... ...y the death of one of her kings of the race of Hercules. He was allowed by law to take with him 300 men, and these he chose most carefully, not merely... ... might have been crumbs gathered from their fuller instruction through the Law and the Prophets. One thing is plain, that even in dealing with heathen... ...o be recorded with that of Eustache de St. Pierre. The City of Palmyra, in Tennessee, one of the Southern States of America, had been occupied by a Fe...

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...of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with... ...se, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated wit... ...y nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained wi... ...estriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, —or the Lord knows The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Ir... ...er the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero. Certain it is, this was not the case with the redoubtable Brom Bones; and from the moment Ichabod Crane m... ...ly consid ered them all, and compared them with the symptoms of the present case, they shook their heads, and came to the conclusion chat Ichabod had... ...rving 30 ters to a distant part of the country; had kept school and studied law at the same time; had been admitted to the bar; turned politician; el...

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...Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawren... ...tion Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...d she went straight towards Birkin, who was talking to a Crich brother- in-law. ‘How do you do, Mr Birkin,’ she said, in her low voice, that seemed to... ...I don’t know half the people here,’ she said, in her low voice. Her son-in-law moved uneasily away. ‘And you don’t like strangers?’ laughed Birkin. ‘I... ...hing else, merely the red and the yellow. Outline scarcely matters in this case. There is just the one fact to emphasise.’ ‘I haven’t any crayons,’ sa... ...ome cattle. Ursula began to sing, in a false quavering voice: ‘Way down in Tennessee—’ She sounded purely anxious. Nevertheless, Gudrun, with 163 her... ...ad, thus serving as a reservoir to supply with water the distant mines, in case of necessity. ‘Come with me,’ he said to Ursula, ‘and then I will walk... ...myriad tiny 225 wholes into one great perfect entirety. And then, in this case there was perfection attained, the will of the highest was per- fectly...

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...aven by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and witho... ...ose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated wit... ...y nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained wi... ...rned from me and went on with their work, the same as if they considered my case all complete and shipshape. I was a good deal surprised at this, but... ...e conspicuous in this section without it.” I felt all right, if that was the case, so I bade him good day and left. All day I walked towards the far e... ...bly sha’n’t see you in this region for a thousand centuries or so.” “In that case, O revoor,” says I. I hopped onto the carpet and held my breath an... ...ore. But Shakespeare and the rest have to walk behind a com mon tailor from Tennessee, by the name of Billings; and behind a horse doctor named Sakka... ... on earth, but here they get their rightful rank. That tailor Billings, from Tennessee, wrote poetry that Homer and Shakespeare couldn’t begin to come... ...s something in that miserable spiritualism, so we could send them word. That Tennessee village would set up a monu “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s...

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...Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Spoon River Anthology by Edga... ... River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and witho... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated wit... ......................................................................... 110 Tennessee Claflin Shope ...................................................... ..., my memory. I in life was the Circuit judge, a maker of notches, Deciding cases on the points the lawyers scored, Not on the right of the matter. O w... ...rents, tumbling into air pockets, Y ou Margaret Fuller Slacks, Petits, And Tennessee Claflin Shopes— Y ou found with all your boasted wisdom How hard ... ...Butler IF the learned Supreme Court of Illinois Got at the secret of every case As well as it does a case of rape It would be the greatest court in th... ...ch” W eldy As foreman, found me guilty in ten minutes And two ballots on a case like this: Richard Bandle and I had trouble over a fence And my wife a... ...t last in Virginia, Two children dead in the meanwhile. We went by oxen to Tennessee, Thence after years to Illinois, At last to Spoon River. We cut t...

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...Table of Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 9 -- III, 18 -- The Red-headed League, 21 -- A Case of Identity, 41 -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 56 -- The Five Orange Pips, 77 -- The Man with the Twisted Lip, 93 -- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, 113 -- The Adventure of the Speckled Band, 131 -- The Adventure o...

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...n any book whatsoever, sacred or profane. Therefore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy piggledy whale statements, how ever authe... ...ore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy piggledy whale statements, how ever authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel ce... ...Islands. “By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State — (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.” Opening sentenc... ...have a sea of oil swimming in them.” Extracts 7 Fuller’s Profane and Holy State. “So close behind some promontory lie The huge Leviathans to attend t... ..., would you travel your thousand miles to see it? Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls of silver, deliberate wheth... ...n one side stood a long, low, shelf like table covered with cracked glass cases, filled with dusty rarities gathered from this wide world’s remotest n... ... was fair to presume that being a harpooneer, his linen or woollen, as the case might be, would not be of the tidiest, certainly none of the finest. I ... ...d strainings, I inferred he was hard at work booting himself; though by no law of propriety that I ever heard of, is any man required to be private wh... ... and Judges. Delight, — top gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven. Delight...

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... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ...se, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated wit... ...y nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate rial contained ... ...e people, who govern ourselves; and candid men will acknowledge that in such cases choice would have little advantage to boast of over lot or chance. ... ... Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in com mon efforts for the common good. All, too, will be... ...n mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be right ful must be reasonable; that the... ...ust be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to vio late would be oppression. Let us, then, fel... ... to maintain sincere neutrality toward belligerent nations; to prefer in all cases amicable discussion and reasonable accom modation of differences t... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1845 The inaugural ceremonies of former Tennessee Governor and Speaker of the House James Knox Polk were con duc...

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...ead the Book........................18 Beginning My Studies.........................18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the States..........19 To a Certain Cantatrice.......................20 Me Imperturbe....................................20 Savantism...........................

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... Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por table Document file is furnished free and wi... ...se, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated wit... ...y nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained wi... ...rtant than I thought, Me toward the Mexican sea, or in the Mannahatta or the Tennessee, or far north or inland, A river man, or a man of the woods or ... ...t the oats and rye, The lunatic is carried at last to the asylum a confirm’d case, (He will never sleep any more as he did in the cot in his mother’s ... ...her’s bed room;) The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case, He turns his quid of tobacco while his eyes blurr with the manuscri... ...kers go through the regions of the Red river or through those drain’d by the Tennessee, or through those of the Arkansas, Torches shine in the dark th... ... in good health, the ground in all directions is cover’d with pine straw; In Tennessee and Kentucky slaves busy in the coalings, at the forge, by the ... ... too the blaze, the grape shot and the axe, in reserve, to fetch them out in case of need, Here too, though long represt, can never be destroy’d, Here...

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...PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Personal Memoirs of U. S. Gra... ...Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...been punished at home, either by scolding or by the rod. But at school the case was different. The rod was freely used there, and I was not exempt fro... ...t, and never a failure of any one appointed from Georgetown, except in the case of the one whose place I was to take. He was the son of Dr. Bailey, ou... ... annex- ation of T exas, but it was generally understood that such was the case. Ostensibly we were intended to prevent filibuster- ing into T exas, b... ...fied, as were also points on the T ennessee and Cumberland rivers near the Tennessee state line. The works on the Ten- nessee were called Fort Heiman ... ...Muscle Shoals, in Alabama. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad strikes the Tennessee at Eastport, Mississippi, and follows close to the banks of the r... ... sent out into west Kentucky, threatening Columbus with one column and the Tennessee River with another. I went with McClernand’s command. The weather...

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...North America Volume One by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication North America: Volume One by ... ...erica: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated wit... ...States have hitherto dealt chiefly with social details; and though in most cases true and useful, have created laughter on one side of the Atlantic, a... ...peril of his own judgment, as bad, ill educated, ugly, and odious. In such cases his course is straightforward enough. His judg- ment may be in great ... ...i- tion to Southern secession. I do not say that in other respects the two cases were parallel. The States separated from us because they would not en... ...racter and destiny. The out- let of this system lies between the States of Tennessee and Missouri, of Mississippi and Arkansas, and through the State ... ...da, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The South will also claim Tennessee, Kentucky, 118 North America V ol. 1 Missouri, Virginia, Delawar... ..., at any rate, will never throw in its lot with the Southern States. As to Tennessee, it seceded heart and soul, and I fear that it must be accounted ...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Linco... ...ncoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...END WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court adjourned this morning for the term. Y our cases of Reinhardt vs. Schuyler, Bunce vs. Schuyler, Dickhut vs. Dunell, an... ...firmed, wherefore, in accordance with your directions, I moved to have the case remanded to enable you to take a new trial in the court below. The cou... ...t in the old. Of course I am not now considering what would be our duty in cases of in- surrection among the slaves. To recur to the Texas ques- tion,... ...cted in 1844, but it will not now, because he must now, at the least, lose Tennessee, which he had then, and in addition the fifteen new votes of Flor... ...ies. They touch thirteen of our States-Pennsyl- vania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Loui- siana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,... .... This one principle is his position on the veto power. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Stanton] who has just taken his seat, indeed, has said there...

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...ontents: To the Man on Trail, 1 -- The White Silence, 12 -- In a Far Country, 24 -- The Wisdom of the Trail, 44 -- An Odyssey of the North, 53 -- The Law of Life, 90 -- The God of His Fathers, 99 -- The League of the Old Men, 117 -- B?atard, 136 -- All Gold Canyon, 153 -- Love of Life, 177 -- The Wit of Porportuk, 201 -- The Apostate, 230 -- To Build a Fire, 254 -- South o...

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...im!’ An’ yeh bet I dusted fer the barn.” “Any kids waiting for you back in the States?” asked the stranger. “Nope; Sal died ’fore any come. Thet ’s wh... ... passed it over. Belden pricked up the slush lamp, surveyed the inside of the case critically, and swearing admir ingly to himself, handed it over t... ...eived the treasure back. A lingering moment he gazed upon it, then snapped the case and turned away, but not quick enough to hide the restrained rush ... ...nk, earnest face of his fellow countryman, he replied inconsequentially on the state of the trail. Then he espied Father Roubeau, who could not lie. “... ...is cup. “Thank God, we ’ve got slathers of tea! I ’ve seen it growing, down in Tennessee. What would n’t I give for a hot corn pone just now! Never mi... ...bronze. In fact, Mason suffered least of all, for he spent his time in Eastern Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains, living over the scenes of his ... ...t know I ’d been there? Never told you, eh? Well, I tried it once, down in the States. That ’s why I ’m here. Been raised together, too. I came away t... ...rything. Malemute Kid went about his work, listening to Mason, who was back in Tennessee, delivering tangled discourses and wild exhorta tions to his... ... So he talked it over with the Lieutenant Governor, and made arrange ments in case he could get the money from me — loan, you know. Said he ’d pay ba...