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...Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge 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 State U... ...life always fell short of the ideals which Pons cre- ated for himself; the world without was not in tune with the soul within, but Pons had made up hi... ... a cost. Alas! Pons did not dare to confess that heart and stomach were at war within him, that he could digest affronts which pained his heart, and, ... ...d with a homely cheerfulness found in the romances of August Lafontaine of pacific memory; but the predominating element in the compound of artless- n... ...another Titian, the original sketch from which all the portraits of Philip II. were painted. His remaining ninety-seven pictures are all of the same r... ...es are all of the same rank and distinction. Wherefore Magus laughs at our national collection, raked by the sunlight which destroys the fairest paint... ..., which the dealer understood. “I represent the firm of Sonet and Company, monumental stone-masons; Sir Walter Scott would have dubbed me Young Mortal...

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...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would suppo...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publicat... ...lost the power to know. O Death! thou awe-inspiring prince That keepst the world in fear, Why dost thou tear more blest ones hence, And leave him ling... ...And again, in his message of December 8, 1846, that “we had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities; but even th... ...pport the war by levying con- tributions on Mexico. At one time urging the national honor, the security of the future, the prevention of foreign inter... ...st the people of Texas during the present war of independence. “Article II. All hostilities between the Mexican and 36 The Writings of Abraham Lin... ...struggling to rear a durable 64 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two monument of fame; and he well knew that truth and thor- oughly sound reason... ...oud 148 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two sobriquet of the “Great Pacificator,” and by that title, and for that service, his political friend...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Enter Dame Gossip As Chorus. Everybody has heard of the beautiful Countess of Cressett, who was one of the lights of this country at the time when crowned heads were running over Europe, crying out for charity?s sake to be amused after their tiresome work of slaughter: and you...

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...GE By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ING MARRIAGE By George Meredith 1895 BOOK 1 I. Enter Dame Gossip as Chorus II. Mistress Gossip T ells of the Elopement of the Countess of Cressett wit... ...ures of a broomstick, with the aid of a yashmak and an ankle, may know the world; you had better not know him—that is my remark; and do not trust him.... ...ocked in his hand, and he said: ‘Many would take that for a declaration of war, but I know it ‘s only your lordship’s diplomacy’; and then he let loos... ... the sight of blood. She should make a natural Lady Patroness of England’s National Sports. We might turn her to that purpose; wander over England wit... ... wag Mackrell continuing to be discreetly silent, and Kit Ines acting as a pacific rearguard, the crowd fell in love with their display of English hum... ...Quaint to notice was her reverence for the hus- band she set on a towering monument, and her friendly, wifely; whispered jogs at the unpractical creat...

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...Preface: Thirteen men were banded together in Paris under the Empire, all imbued with one and the same sentiment, all gifted with sufficient energy to be faithful to the same thought, with sufficient honor among themselves never to betray one another even if their int...

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...ey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a ... ...rge 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 State U... ...Masche-Fer IV.,” just as the Church has Clement XIV., Gregory VII., Julius II., Alexander VI., etc. Now, then, who are the Devorants? “Devorant” is th... ...s, blast all other wills, and give to each the devilish power of all. This world apart within the world, hostile to the world, admitting none of the w... ...trowel and becomes all military; it ar- rays itself from head to foot as a national guard, and drills and smokes; suddenly, it abandons military manoe... ...ed with an ability which de- noted the enmity of intelligent minds. “It is war to the death,” he said to himself, as he tossed in his bed, —”a war of ... ...but those that are writ in blood, and the evils of legality will always be pacific; it flattens a nation down, that is all. Jacquet, a man of modern l... ...ter. The gate which admits the dead stands wide open; and though there are monuments and buildings to be cared for, he is not a care-taker. In short, ...

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...Preface: No one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the ?tale? for the young, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both....

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...By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of t... ...rge 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 Pennsyl- vania State... ...at bade thee cometh,’” said Norman thoughtfully. “It seemed to be only our worldly advantage that was meant before,” said Ethel. “Well, it means that ... ...he matter by saying it was the first name that came into his head. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II Meadows trim with daisies pi... ... children will be very wild and ig- norant, and you don’t like that at the National School.” “Oh, but they are in such need, besides there will be no ... ...ay, to love, Make grief less bitter, joy less wild. —Lines on a Monument at Lichfield. SIR MATTHEW FLEET’S visit seemed like a turning-poin... ...k- ing that he deemed it, as he tried to do himself, merely the fortune of war, and was sensible of no injury. And, for Norman himself, when the first... ...eneath a blue cap and gold band, or, perchance, on the coral shoals of the Pacific. It was one of the quiet afternoons, when all the rest were 273 Yo...

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...tion tion tion tion tion Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...rge 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 State U... ...ect were audible the resonant Celtic syllables rat- tling like chariots of war, while Ionian terminations conflicted with consonants of the desert as ... ...said they. Nevertheless, Gisco continued, the Republic had respected their national divisions, their customs, and their modes of worship; in Carthage ... ...em, and restrained a cry. A large veil floated behind in the wind. CHAPTER II AT SICCA T wo days afterwards the Mercenaries left Carthage. They had ea... ...—mistress of the gloomy sea and of the azure shores, O Queen of the watery world, all hail!” She swayed her whole body twice or thrice, and then cast ... ...cropolis, in the centre of Byrsa, was hidden beneath a disordered array of monuments. There were temples with wreathed columns bearing bronze capitals... ... with two belts, he fixed it on the horns at the end of a pole in token of pacific intentions. The Carthaginian disap- peared. They waited. At last in...

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...S STEVENSON V olume 1 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. One is a publication of the Pen... ...rge 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 State U... ...abandon it. An emeute of disappointed fishers was feared, and two ships of war are in the bay to render assistance to the mu- nicipal authorities. Thi... ...eard he was extravagant. It is quite possible to be too good for this evil world; and unquestionably, Mrs. Hutchinson was. The way in which she talks ... ...g about Scottish scenery and manners, the High- land dress, and everything national or local that I could lay my hands upon. Now that I have got my Ge... ...e. – Ever your affectionate and horrible atheist, R. L. STEVENSON. CHAPTER II STUDENT DAYS – ORDERED SOUTH, SEPTEMBER 1873-JULY 1875 Letter: TO MRS. T... ... me about them also; it is a horrid thing for a fond architect to find his monuments received in si- lence. – Yours, R. L. S. 81 The Letters of R. L.... ...s and sand and distant hills and a bay all filled with real water from the Pacific. You will perceive that no ex- pense has been spared. I now live wi...