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... 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, considered, it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, o...

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...ylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...elligerents; and they fought hand to hand in the contested fort with axes, clubs, and clubbed rifles. The sus- tained ardour of the engagement surpris... ...ds In ranks and squadrons.” And doubtless such fabrications are, in simple societies, a natu- ral expression of discontent; and those who forge, and e...

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...ca were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were conducted in view of the imperfections that experience had developed in the government of the Confederation, and they were, therefore, practical and thorough....

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... Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of th... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...th these views is very analogous to the liberty of unlicensed writing; but societies thus formed possess more authority than the press. When an opinio... ... dangers of another kind; in countries where associations are free, secret societies are unknown. In America there are numerous factions, but no consp... ...f their own judgment and free will; and the tyrannical control which these societies exercise is often far more insupportable than the authority posse... ...litical harangues as a recreation after their house- hold labors. Debating clubs are to a certain extent a substi- tute for theatrical entertainments:...

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...o write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few years would have made it necessary to trust to hearsay or probable conjecture. On the other, there is necessarily much more reserve; nor are the results of the actions...

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...ETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE VOL. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC... ...l Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan is a publication of the ... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ...lgent Queen, with powers combined, Of broken troops an easy conquest find. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild disorder seen, With throngs promiscuous st... ..., ver. 166, and in the forms of society, ver. 176. V . Origin of political societies, ver. 196. Origin of mon- archy, ver. 207. Patriarchal government... ... adored.’ V . Great Nature spoke; observant men obey’d; Cities were built, societies were made: 200 Here rose one little st...

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...ing homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight line. He occasionally gave a smart nod, as if in confirmation of some opinion, though he was not thinking of anything in particular. An em...

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... Blake more or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of... ...John,’ said the parson. The pedestrian, after another pace or two, halted, and turned round. ‘Now, sir, begging your pardon; we met last market day on... ... begging your pardon; we met last market day on this road about this time, and I zaid “Good night,” and you made reply “Good night, Sir John,” as now.... ...ncing on each anniversary than in the members being solely women. In men’s clubs such celebrations were, though expiring, less uncommon; but either th... ...sarcastic attitude on the part of male relatives, had denuded such women’s clubs as remained (if any other did) of this their glory and con summation... ... and bandages; even the one customary curb on the humours of English rural societies being absent in this place, Talbothays having no resident landlor... ...woman has not loved him as I do you!’ ‘Don’t, Tess; don’t argue. Different societies, different manners. You almost make me say you are an unapprehend...

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... DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...fering some restraint upon the levity of action or of declamation in Peace Societies. But all this is below the occasion. I feel that far grander inte... ... I feel that far grander interests are at stake in this contest. The Peace Societies are falsely appre- ciated, when they are described as merely deaf... ...ently upon the nobilities of human nature. But, on the contrary, the Peace Societies would, if their power kept pace with their guilty purposes, work ... ... the capture of Athens. Nearly two thousand peasants, generally armed with clubs, had scaled the walls and forced the gates. The prison- ers taken wer...

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...Excerpt: Part 1. One Wednesday afternoon in late September, Ann Veronica Stanley came down from London in a state of solemn excitement and quite resolved to have things out with her father that very evening. She had trembled on the verge of such a resolution before, but this time quite definitely she made it. A crisis had been reached, and she was almost gla...

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