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...A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pen... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ay be alluded to in a volume which is a personal note in the margin of the public page. Not that I feel hurt in the least. The charge—if it amounted t... ...e sea, could feel itself nearer to the ships, the men, and the life of its choice—nearer there than on any other spot of the solid earth. This resting... ... hold me with for very long. And then that memorable story, like a cask of choice Madeira, got carried for three years to and fro upon the sea. Whethe... ...as not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice, that she devel- oped those uncommon gifts of mind and heart which c... ...te worthy of you. What made you so real to me was that you held this lofty theory with some force of conviction and with an admirable consistency.” It...

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...ome Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pe... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ay be alluded to in a volume which is a personal note in the margin of the public page. Not that I feel hurt in the least. The charge—if it amounted t... ...e sea, could feel itself nearer to the ships, the men, and the life of its choice—nearer there than on any other spot of the solid earth. This resting... ... hold me with for very long. And then that memorable story, like a cask of choice Madeira, got carried for three years to and fro upon the sea. Whethe... ...as not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice that she developed those uncommon gifts of mind and heart which comp... ...te worthy of you. What made you so real to me was that you held this lofty theory with some force of conviction and with an admirable consistency.” It...

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...The Coxon Fund by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Coxon Fund by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ations?” “On the contrary, he recognises them with effusion, especially in public: he smiles and bows and beckons across the street to them. But when ... ...manteau, so as not to have to think of eleven o’clock trains. I had a bold theory that as re- gards this temple of talk and its altars of cushioned ch... ...y, but that was no excuse. Base ingratitude, gross indecency—one had one’s choice only of such formulas as that the more they fitted the less they gav...

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... rescott Wormeley rescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Worme... ...on Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...y treatises on various important questions, such as the rise of tides, the theory of the magnet and its qualities, the motion and posi- tion of the ea... ...g of France to investigate the subject. These gentlemen de- clared that no theory of magnetism existed, whereas Swedenborg had studied and promulgated... ...e most illustrious of these men,’ said Monsieur de Thome, alluding to the ‘Theory of the Earth’ by Buffon, ‘have had the mean- ness to wear the plumag... ... theologies and their dogmas, since whichever side of the problem is man’s choice, his God exists not? Let us for a moment take up the first propositi...

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...ted by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormele... ...tion Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...-bones and above his eye- brows, giving to his face a resemblance to those choice old men whom V an Ostade, Rembrandt, Mieris, and Gerard Dow so loved... ...er fine souls, would far have preferred to eat plain bread rather than the choicest food if she had to prepare it for herself; a woman capable of acco... ...seminaries, the literature of the dead languages, and to a very restricted choice of French writers. When, at sixteen, he began what the Abbe Grimont ... ...verything it pleased her to read. She thus obtained a knowledge of life in theory, and had no innocence of mind, though virgin personally. Her intelle... ... distortion of an abnor- mal soul. Do not cold analysis and matter-of-fact theory point to passions in such a woman? Does she judge, and not feel? Or,... ...uld falsify it. Calyste will do with me what he pleases. According to your theory, the more I am a woman the more I make myself his toy; for I am, and...

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...alzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) b... ...s (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...een spent in preparing a trans- formation. In the provinces comparison and choice are out of the ques- tion; when a face has grown familiar it comes t... ...ces of a career which at that time looked problematical enough; though his choice of Mme. de Chaulieu (a woman past forty) made interest for him at Co... ...more varied, and there was still some chance of obtaining the dish of your choice. Like all imaginative per- sons, he had taken a fancy to a particula... ...hich are utterly contrary to our principles. Instead of being a sophist in theory, you will be a sophist in prac- tice.” “Ah! I am afraid of that,” sa... ...dmirable debates in your own mind, Lucien, and take up a lofty position in theory, and end by blameworthy actions. You will never be at one with yours... ...ously hard. But by this time Lucien had adopted the “free-livers” pleasant theory of debts. Debts are becoming to a young man, but after the age of fi...

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...The Professor by Charlotte Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Professor by Charlotte Brontë is a publication of the Penn... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ...es on the subject of incident, &c., such as would be generally approved in theory, but the result of which, when carried out into practice, often proc... ...ctation—and mutters under its breath, while lifting its eye to that of the public, “He that is low need fear no fall.” Currer Bell. The foregoing pref... ...ben Close, stay there; it’s your own affair, not mine.” “Perhaps I have no choice.” “Well, I care nought about it—it will make little difference to me... .... CHAPTER IV NO MAN LIKES to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long ... ... Reuter. But the continental nations do allow them- selves vagaries in the choice of names, such as we sober En- glish never run into. I think, indeed... ... the surprise I should give; I enjoyed the triumph of my practice over his theory; and leaning over the table, and uttering the words slowly but with ...

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...STALKY & CO. By Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsy... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...zy? He’ll swear it served us jolly well right. He’ll report us. It’ll be a public lickin’. Oh, T urkey, don’t be an ass! Think of us!” “You fool!” sai... ...vor overturned a student’s lamp, which dripped, via King’s papers and some choice books, greasily on to a Persian rug. There was much broken glass on ... ...ttitude of indiference’ — how many f’s in indifference, Beetle?” “T wo for choice.” “Only one here—’adopted by the occupants of Number Five study in ... ..., you were sporting with them, were you? I must say I do not envy you your choice of associates. I fancied they might have been engaged in some of the... ...h, break it up by all means,” said Macrae. “We shall see then if Gillett’s theory holds water.” “Be wise, Prout. Leave them alone, or calamity will ov...

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...antasies by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...tolary communication with that hospitable outlaw) was simply an unlicensed publican, who gave suppers after eleven at night, the Edinburgh hour of clo... ...arched bosom, no outward sign was visible; nor did he delay long to make a choice of conduct. Yet in that interval he had reviewed a great field of po... ...- sion I have known in the old George. Each man, before we parted, had his theory that he was bound to prove; and none of us had any nearer business i... ...tle- man; but the attack on Mr. Dalton was gross, very gross, and I had no choice but to offer him my columns to reply. Party has its duties, sir,’ ad...

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...Washington Square by Henry James A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Washington Square by Henry James is a publication of the Penns... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...de a considerable use of them; but he had a dread of vulgarity, and even a theory that it was increasing in the society that surrounded him. Moreover,... ...old-fashioned view of the education of young persons. He had no particular theory on the subject; it had scarcely as yet become a necessity of self-de... ... world, lived abroad, amused himself. I believe it was a kind of system, a theory he had. He has lately come back to America, with the inten- tion, as... ... and she was lost in wonderment at the oddity—almost the perversity—of the choice. CHAPTER X Catherine received the young man the next day on the grou... ...simply said. “And who is the happy mortal whom you have honoured with your choice?” “Mr. Morris Townsend.” And as she pronounced her lover’s name, Cat... ...y of my own fortune, earned in the laborious exercise of my profession, to public institutions.” Mrs. Montgomery dropped her eyes at this, and sat for... ...ory of this fruitless episode as deep as if it had ter- minated by her own choice. We know that she had been deeply and incurably wounded, but the Doc...

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...rime Minister by Anthony T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ...es, who boasts of Mary’s favours and mourns over Lucy’s coldness almost in public, who issues bulletins on the state of his purse, his stom- ach, his ... ...speak fairly . I thought you had; and I have noth- ing to say against your choice. As young men go, I think Mr Lopez is as good as the best of them. I... ...tasteful. But he could hardly maintain his op- position to one of whom the choice spirits of the world thought well. And he tried to be fair on the su... ...rself to me by that special word, is, I am certain, as firmly fixed in her choice as I am in mine. My happiness, as a matter of course, can be nothing... ...geous truth which her father was wont to attribute to it, she regarded his theory as based on legends, as in earlier years was the theory of the coura... ...g there was no need at all of real coffee or real guano, and explained his theory with considerable elo- quence. ‘If I buy a ton of coffee and keep it... ... throughout the night, the air is loaded with a succession of shrieks. The theory goes that each separate shriek,—if there can be any separation where...

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...e A Bicycling Idyll by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wheels of Chance, A Bicycling Idyll by H. G. Wells is a pu... ...A 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... at a tangent. He would certainly have to get something to eat at the next public house. 22 The Wheels of Chance ON ON ON ON ON THE R THE R THE R THE... ...man, grew heavier and heavier, and continually more unsteady . It seemed a choice between stopping at Ripley or dying in the flower of his days. He we... ...oceeding and discovered that he was a dynamiter needing privacy. Upon that theory he pro- cured the key, explored the house carefully, said darkly tha... ..., it was a highly prob- able thing; for if one goes through Guildford, the choice of southward roads is limited; you may go by Petersfield to Portsmou... ...hair, where a piece of bind- ing was loose, and, possibly to carry out her theory of an observant disposition, she turned and asked him for a pin. Mr....

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...ted by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescot... ...s of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ealers, and wherever a drinking-shop exists. This precious liquor, made of choice wine, sugar, and cinnamon and other spices, is preferable to all tho... ...e sent from Paris. Les Aigues thus received the last touch which made it a choice example of all the diverse elegancies of four centuries. In 1821 the... ...hroughout the district but Langlume, the tenant of his own flour-mill. The choice was disastrous. Not only were the interests of mayor and miller diam... ...ade serves to show the utility of democracy; he is at 189 Balzac once its theory and its practice, its alpha and its omega, in short, its “summum.” P...

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...he Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pe... ...A 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...tive. His undergraduate socialism had expanded simply and sincerely into a theory of administrative philanthropy. He knew the Webbs. He was as success... ...ter photographer. She had al- ways helped where she could in her husband’s public work, and she had been popular upon her own merits in Wealdstone. Th... ... by Beetham’s standards up to the ninth degree. But that is by the way. My theory about your case is that this produced a change in your blood, that q... ...ul service, of the wonderful, wonderful things you said, and the wonderful choice you made of the moment to say them—when all those young lives were c... ...it for a year, until we know better how things are with us.” He reviewed a choice of London districts. Lady Ella said her bitterest thing. “Does it ma... ...God of artists and poets—of elegant poets, a God of bric-a- brac, a God of choice allusions. Oh, it has its grandeur! I don’t want you to think that w...

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... of Ormsby’s translation. Part One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Don Quixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Orms... ...uixote: Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...1- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...eir guide deserted them, and 15 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. they had no choice but to return. The second attempt was more disastrous. In a garden o... ... to support Philip’s claim to the crown, and utterly penniless now, had no choice but to rejoin it. He was in the expe- ditions to the Azores in 1582 ... ...riticism, made it clear that his object must have been something else. One theory was that the book was a kind of allegory, setting forth the eternal ... ... like biddings at an auction, and a conventional language of gallantry and theory of love came into being that in time permeated the literature of Sou... ...aders in Spain, and most of his readers out of it, the significance of his choice of a country for his hero is completely lost. It would he going too ...

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...ilia in England By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Penn... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...had likewise taken in the notes, though not on the same night, as the pair publicly proved by dates. Both declared that the voice belonged to an opera... ... march like clock-work in a minute; and we don’t want to. But, give me the choice; I’ll back a body of volunteers any day.” “I would rather be backed ... ...ot enough so to disorder their artistic contemplation of her open actions, choice of phrase, and by-play. Without communication or pre-arrange- ment, ... ...at cannot make for any line, and are at the mercy of the winds—with- out a choice, save to come down by virtue of a collapse. Could we say to ourselve... ...rfully quick scholars under ridicule, though it half-kills them. Wilfrid’s theory had im- pressed the superior grace of civility upon their minds, and... ...tly. “Let us hope your heart is capacious enough to love both.” “Then your theory is” (Mr. Barrett addressed Cornelia in the winning old style), “that... ...held to be trivial, as he in the ardour of his half-fanatical worship. Her theory was: “These Italians are in bondage, and since heaven permits it, th...

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...an Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Mela... ...on: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...1- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...is first tail-coat that ‘this is really an important thing;’ and had grown choice in the adorning of his room and the binding of his books, though he ... ..., and the mind begins to get fair play. There is also a certain liberty of choice as to the course to be taken and the persons who shall become guides... ...oley’s first delight, and he had the advantage of hints from Gibson on the theory of his admiration, such as suited his love of analysis. He poured fo... ...money, but then it is one of the best uses to which I can apply it; for my theory is, that help and assistance is wanted in this way, and I would wish... ...ch should be at least twenty-four inches by ten. ‘T ry to remember, in the choice of any other picture books for them, that anything that introduces E... ...do for the good of the needy. ‘I don’t know how this might be said to be a theory tend- ing to revolutionise society; but I think I do know that there...

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... of Mistakes By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte... ...e Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...1- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...d love of children animated her to embrace joyfully the cares which such a choice must impose on her. 8 Yo n g e As might have been perceived by one ... ... rather than be teased for their finery, so I shall give Miss Eweretta her choice between that and her surname. The old lady looked good-natured, and ... ... father, who had not seen him since his earliest childhood, offered him no choice but an appoint- ment in the civil service. He had one stimulus; he h... ...ange of mind and sym- pathy as between Ulick and Mr. Kendal. Albinia had a theory that the friendship was too much watched to take; Sophy hated hersel... ...ne also becomes less thorough-going, because practice is more painful than theory, and one re- members consequences that have made themselves felt. It... ...straightway became engrossed in the logical and theological aspects of the theory; and Mrs. Dusautoy could hardly sup- press her smile at this unconsc...

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... Fiction of Edith Wharton Part Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part Two is a public... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ty broken English. “Oh, how does it happen that you are here?” “Through no choice of my own, madam, I assure you!” re- torted Tony, not over-pleased b... ...e still,” interrupted the Count, “labouring under a misapprehension. Y our choice in the matter is no more to be consulted than the lady’s. Not to put... ...married him.” “Ah, you come from a free country. Here a girl is allowed no choice.” “It is infamous, I say—infamous!” “No, no—I ought to have resigned... ... the surest way of proclaiming his great- ness—of forcing it on a purblind public. And at the moment I was the fashionable painter.” “Ah, poor Stroud—... ...e exclaimed. “Then I repeat that I don’t understand. It was a part of your theory that the greatest possible publicity should be given to our view of ...