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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?KASPAR! MAKAN!? The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad ALMAYER’S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER by Joseph Conr... ...ER by Joseph Conrad CHAPTER I “KASPAR! MAKAN!” The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant real... ...ural craving for change, was nothing loth, and packing his few belongings, started in the Flash on one of those long cruises when the old seaman was w... ...Millions I say! And all for her—and for you, if you do what you are told.” Startled by the unexpected proposal, Almayer hesitated, and remained silent... ...to a gracious behaviour when, the official reception being over, the naval officers of the Commission crossed the river to pay a visit to the solitary... ...oun- try,” as he expressed it. There was a general laugh amongst the Dutch officers at that unsophisticated statement, and a move was made towards the... ... to get 88 Almayer’s Folly down in time to the jetty so as to receive the officers at their landing. The lieutenant in command accepted his invitatio...

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...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 THE WINTER’S TALE By William Shakespeare (written about 1610 1611) DRA... ...rmione, MOPSA and DORCAS: Shepherdesses. Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers, and Ser vants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses. (First Lord:) (Ge... ... POLIXENES, CAMILLO, and Attendants .] POLIXENES: Nine changes of the watery star hath been The shepherd’s note since we have left our throne Without ... ...ou put me off with limber vows; but I, Though you would seek to unsphere the stars with oaths, Should yet say ‘Sir, no going.’ Verily, You shall not g... ...must Forsake the court: to do’t, or no, is certain To me a break neck. Happy star, reign now! Here comes Bohemia. [Re enter POLIXENES .] POLIXENES: ... ...he issue! [Exeunt.] SCENE II: A court of Justice. [Enter LEONTES, Lords, and Officers .] LEONTES: This sessions, to our great grief we pronounce, Even... ...ust: therefore bring forth, And in Apollos name, his oracle. [Exeunt certain Officers .] HERMIONE: The Emperor of Russia was my father: O that he were...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil W... ... to the comfort of his environment because he had felt that the army might start on the march at any moment. Of late, however, he had been im-pressed ... ...e of yerself. Don’t go a- thinkin’ you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because 7 Stephen Crane yeh can’t. Y er jest one little feller amon... ...tching his departure. As he per- ceived her, she had im-mediately begun to stare up through the high tree branches at the sky. He had seen a good deal... .... The following throng went whirling around the flank. Here and there were officers carried along on the stream like exas- perated chips. They were st... ...been grow- ing larger and larger like puppets under a magician’s hand. The officers, at their intervals, rearward, neg-lected to stand in picturesque ... ...as the duty of every little piece to res-cue itself if possible. Later the officers could fit the little pieces together again, and make a battle fron...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad “So foul a... ...rising, so venturesome, so in- teresting; bits of strange coasts under the stars, shad- ows of hills in the sunshine, men’s passions in the dusk, goss... ... a few days. Thus accompanied, and with revolvers at their belts, they had started to chop their way with machetes through the thorny scrub on the nec... ...e crew of a coasting schoo- ner, lying becalmed three miles off the shore, stared at it with amazement till dark. A negro fisherman, living in a lonel... ...ich was very often on his lips, “We never make mistakes.” To the Company’s officers it took the form of a severe injunction, “We must make no mistakes... ...xactions of successive governments, nor the periodical raids of recruiting officers upon the population of paid miners they had created, could discour... ...icial that fell into his hands was sure to get a severe flogging. The army officers did not like his name to be mentioned in their presence. His follo... ...t! No doubt of it; no doubt whatever. It was the dinghy of the lighter No. 3—the dinghy left with Martin Decoud on the Great Isabel so that he should ... ... older, he put him into a lighter and very soon gave him charge of the No. 3 boat— the boat which took the silver away, Mrs. Gould. Nostromo selected ...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 M... ...anship Examiners who at the time were responsible for the merchant service officers qualifying in the Port of London. “W e all who were preparing to p... ...nute or two. Then picking up the thread of his story he told us how he had started hot foot for Tower Hill. He had not been that way since the day of ... ...the Shipping Office where I had been once or twice before, I was extremely startled. A gas bracket hung from the middle of the ceiling over a dark, sh... ...- fice, please.” He piped up in a contemptuous squeaky voice which made me start: “Not here. Try the passage on the other side. Street side. This is t... ...scare me away now. This was the Shipping Office right enough. It was after 3 o’clock and the business seemed over for the day with them. The long-neck... ...h of the unusual there to be recognized even by Powell’s inexperience. The officers kept out of the cabin against the custom of the service, and then ... ...wed more than enough concern for the least thing happen- ing to one of his officers. Y es, there had been a time! “And mind,” he went on, laying down ...

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... the Widow. VIOLENTA, MARIANA }neighbors and friends to the Widow. Lords, Officers, Soldiers, &c., French and Florentine. (First... ... (Gentleman:) SCENE: Rousillon; Paris; Florence; Marseilles. 3 ALL S WELL THAT ENDS WELL ACT I SCENE I: Rousillon. The COUNT s palac... ...If Bertram be away. Twere all one That I should love a bright particular star And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and col... ...ot a body in t, Which might be felt; that we, the poorer born, Whose baser stars do shut us up in wishes, Might with effects of them follow our friend... ...e at court. HELENA: Monsieur Parolles, you were born un- der a charitable star. PAROLLES: Under Mars, I. HELENA: I especially think, under Mars. PA...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. 3 Charles Dickens BARNABY RUDGE A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF ‘EIGHTY by Charles D... ...t have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.” The parish officers testified the truth of this story; but it seems, there had been a ... ...and brought it to bear upon the man in the flapped hat, at whom he came to stare in course of time with an intensity so remarkable, that it affected h... ...ronies, who all, as with one accord, took their pipes from their lips, and stared with open mouths at the stranger likewise. The sturdy landlord had a... ...at ter cause, for as he changed his position and looked hastily round, he started to find himself the object of such keen regard, and darted an angry... ...t of them, all ready to his hand, and entreating him to enjoyment! Chapter 3 SUCH WERE THE LOCKSMITH’S thoughts when first seated in the snug corne... ...he lobby to the door of the House of Commons, where it was received by two officers of the house who rolled it up to the table ready for presentation—... ...that way, and that the flames would shortly reach them; and calling to the officers of the jail to come and quench the fire from a cistern which was i...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac El Verdugo by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott W... ...of Spain spread its dome of azure above his head. The scintillation of the stars and the soft light of the moon illu- mined the delightful valley that... ...e rest. Go; not another word to me on the subject.” Dinner was served. The officers satisfied an appetite sharp- ened by exertion. A single one of the... ...nd him in fine good-humour, in the midst of a ban- quet, drinking with his officers, who were growing hilarious. * * * An hour later, one hund... ... of their accoutrements. These noises mingled with the gay laughter of the officers, as a few nights earlier the dances of a ball had served to mask t...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Rudyard Kipling American Notes by Rudyard Kipling Intr Intr Intr Intr Int... ...an Francisco, when the “finest collection of humanity on God’s earth, sir, started this town, and the water came up to the foot of Market Street.” Ver... ...he quarters, and the result is soul-shattering. And she is but one of many stars. Item, a maiden who believes in education and possesses it, with a fe... ...he result at the head of the guest of the evening. Never since the morning stars sung together for joy, I learned, had an amazed creation witnessed su... ...er. Observe the beauty of this business. The third battalion will have its officers, but no men; the fourth will probably have a rendezvous and some e... ...ed passes away must be cut down fifty per cent, to the huge delight of the officers. The military needs of the States be three: (a) Frontier warfare, ...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Frank Norris Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris Dedicated to Dedicat... ...himpered the big man. “Oh, you lilee of the vallee, you bright an’ mornin’ star. I’m reely pained y’know, that your vally can’t come along, but we’ll ... ... the latter, as his eye fell upon Wilbur the Transformed. “Clap on to that starboard windlass brake, sonny.” Wilbur saw the Chinamen ranging themselve... ...popping of a cork and a gale of talk and laughter came to his ears. Wilbur stared at the picture, his face devoid of expression. The “Petrel” came on—... ...ttom. Soon the night watch was discontin- ued. During these days the three officers lived high. T urtle were plentiful, and what with their steaks and... ...h-combers that the Machiavellian Chinaman had wished to treat with his old officers. “No hab got bacon?” he queried, lifting his eyebrows in surprise.... ... fixed directly upon the sand-break which sheltered the “Bertha Millner’s” officers and crew. They seemed to Wilbur to look him straight in the eye. T... ...The monotonous, faint ripple of the creek was the only sound. It was about 3:30 o’clock. 87 Frank Norris X X X X X A BA A BA A BA A BA A BATTLE TTLE ...

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... A Gentleman, (Gentlemen:) A Priest. (First Priest:) MARCELLUS & BERNARDO : officers. FRANCISCO: a soldier. REYNALDO: servant to Polonius. 3 Eugène... ... BERNARDO : officers. FRANCISCO: a soldier. REYNALDO: servant to Polonius. 3 Eugène Delacroix from a series of thirteen lithographs based on Hamlet ... ... to Hamlet. (QUEEN GERTRUDE:) OPHELIA: daughter to Polonius. Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Messengers, and other Attendants. (Lord:) (F... ...this. Hamlet, Act I, scene i 5 BERNARDO: Last night of all, When yond same star that’s westward from the pole Had made his course to illume that par... ...nantless and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and th... ...s with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and the moist star Upon whose influence Neptune’s empire stands Was sick almost to doom... ...that soaks up the king’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape,...

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...ter to Caesar and wife to Antony. CHARMIAN, IRAS: attendants on Cleopatra. Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Atten- dants. 3 ... ...ants on Cleopatra. Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Atten- dants. 3 (First Officer:) (Second Offic... ...holly depends on your abode. MARK ANTONY: No more light answers. Let our officers Have notice what we purpose. I shall break The cause of our exped... ...ria. [Enter VENTIDIUS as it were in triumph, with SILIUS,and other Romans, Officers, and Soldiers; the dead body of PACORUS borne before him.] VENTIDI... ...AR: Adieu; be happy! LEPIDUS: Let all the number of the stars give light To thy fair way! OCTAVIUS CAESAR: Farewell, farewell! ... ...s from me: of late, when I cried Ho! Like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, And cry Your will? Have you no ears? I am Antony yet. ... ...an with an old one dying. MARK ANTONY: Moon and stars! Whip him. Were t twenty of the greatest tributaries That do acknowl...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thomas Carlyle SARTOR RESARTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroc... ...-counter- pane!—But I, mein Werther, sit above it all; I am alone with the stars.” We looked in his face to see whether, in the utterance of such extr... ...le; but nowise for her pearl bracelets and Malines laces: in his eyes, the star of a Lord is little less and little more than the broad button of Birm... ...anks too, if it be true, as Teufelsdrockh maintains, that “within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thicklie... ...ssed? Kings sweated down (ausgemergelt) into Berlin- and-Milan Customhouse-Officers; the World well won, and the World well lost; oftener than once a ... ... point: it should be low 197 Thomas Carlyle behind, and slightly rolled. ‘3. No license of fashion can allow a man of delicate taste to adopt the pos...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Shadow Line A Confession by Joseph Conrad “Worthy of my... ...four white men on board, with a large crew of Kalashes and two Malay petty officers. The Captain stared hard as if wondering what ailed me. But he was... ...d, with a large crew of Kalashes and two Malay petty officers. The Captain stared hard as if wondering what ailed me. But he was a sailor, and he, too... ...deed in there! I gave it a hostile glance and directed my steps toward the Officers’ Sailors’ Home. I walked in the sunshine, disregarding it, and in ... ...linging to my rebellious discon- tent, as if to rob it of its freedom. The Officers’ Home was a large bungalow with a wide ve- randah and a curiously ... ...nice boy. Oh! these nice boys!” I could not help laughing aloud. He looked startled, then joined in the laugh. “No! No! I didn’t mean that,” he cried.... ... still with an air of intense mortification combined with a ghastly glazed stare. Both Giles and I had avoided looking his way at table. 13 Joseph Co...

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...unity University. 2 TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare 3 TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare DRAMATIS... ... (Clown:) OLIVIA: VIOLA: MARIA: Olivia s woman. Lords, Priests, Sailors, Officers, Musicians, and other Attendants. (Priest:) (... ...d think, by the excellent constitution of thy leg, it was formed under the star of a galliard. SIR ANDREW: Ay, tis strong, and it does indifferent w... ...nor will you not that I go with you? SEBASTIAN: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me: the malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemp... ...ch, That sure methought her eyes had lost her tongue, For she did speak in starts distractedly. 39 Act II, scene ii She loves me, sure; the cunning o... ...Y BELCH: O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye! MALVOLIO: Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet gown; having come from a day-bed, ... ...BY BELCH: Nay, if you be an undertaker, I am for you. [They draw.] [Enter Officers.] FABIAN: O good Sir Toby, hold! here come the offic- ers. SIR T...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY RICHMOND By George Meredith BOOK ... ...on’t sleep so thick but I can hear, you dog! Fellow comes here, gives me a start, tells me to be cool; what the deuce! nobody hurt, then? all right!’ ... ...ove my wife, Mr. Beltham. Yes; hear me out, sir. I can point to my unhappy star, and say, blame that more than me. That star of my birth and most disa... ...mewhere; and here and there a light-blue space of sky showed small rayless stars; the breeze smelt fresh of roots and heath. It was more a May-night t... ...im about once a year. We know one another, and I know he’s one of the best officers in the British army. It’s just the way with schoolmasters and trad... ... We were going through a valley in a fir-forest. 137 George Meredith BOOK 3 CHAPTER XV WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST BOWLS... ...intances and entertained them; they were chiefly half-pay English military officers, dashing men. One, a Major Dykes, my father established in our hot... ...ut supposing her husband thinks he has, why then I must consult my brother officers. We want a war, old Richie, and I wish you were sitting at our mes...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charles Dickens OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens Volume Two BOOK THE SEC... ... I’m the person of the house.’ ‘Who else is at home?’ asked Charley Hexam, staring. ‘Nobody’s at home at present,’ returned the child, with a glib ass... ...soothe him when she carried him about, a child as heavy as herself. T ears started to his eyes. ‘Upon my word, Liz,’ drawing the back of his hand acro... ...Her hand was just within it, when she drew it back. He looked round with a start, as if he thought she had detected something that repelled her, in th... ...al road, and asking guidance! Poor, poor little doll’s dressmaker! Chapter 3 A PIECE OF WORK BRITANNIA, SITTING MEDITATING one fine day (perhaps in th... .... 2 doll so well dressed that if he had only been of life-size his brother-officers in the Guards might never have found him out. Bearing these gifts,...

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...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thackeray The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan by William Makepeace... ...n her beauty and in her voice. I was spell-bound when I looked at her, and stark staring mad when she looked at me! O lustrous black eyes!—O glossy ni... ... swallow-tailed jacket with silver lace and wings, orna- mented with about 3,000 sugar-loaf buttons, rhubarb-coloured leather inexpressibles (tights),... ...ilver spurs and tassels, set off to admiration the handsome persons of the officers of our corps. We wore powder in those days; and a regulation pigta... ...iality, and I speedily became a prime favourite with himself and the other officers of the corps. Jowler was the most hospitable of men; and gratifyin... ...body, but the sword passed between the ribs, and injured me very slightly. 3. Captain Macgillicuddy, B.N.I. Mr. Mulligatawny, B.C.S., Deputy-Assistant... ...name of your Gahagan.” The old woman, as I delivered these touching words, stared, snapped, and ground her teeth, like an enraged monkey. Julia was no... ...erfered in the contest. But the French Revolution broke out, and a host of starving sans- culottes appeared among the various Indian States, seeking f... ...erb, “Are you up to snuff?” arose out of the above circum- stance; for the officers of my corps, none of whom, except my- self, had ventured on the st...

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... render every part of the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 3 Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwell ing pla... ...op or two, and was getting his English reformation and his harem effectively started. When De Soto stood on the banks of the Mississippi, it was still... ...e county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America would start fifteen costly expeditions thither: one to explore the creek, and t... ... faintest trace of man.’ A big cat fish collided with Marquette’s canoe, and startled him; and reasonably enough, for he had been warned by the Indian... ... all by virtue of a feeble human voice, inau dible at half a mile.” Chapter 3 Frescoes from the Past APPARENTLY THE RIVER WA S READY FOR BUSINE... ...nstructions to the leadsmen, another messenger was sent to whisper among the officers, and then Mr. Bixby went into hiding behind a smoke stack where ... ...d with marked courtesy by the captain and with marked def erence by all the officers and servants; and this deferential spirit was quickly communicat... ...ling head of steam, and the wind a blowing like the very nation, at that! My officers will tell you so. They saw it. And, sir, while he was a tearing ... ... “ 4 11 20 1817 Washington “ “ 4 1817 Shelby “ “ 3 20 1818 Paragon “ “ 3 8 1828 Tecumseh “ “ 3...

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...fe into the famous town of Upton. Chapter 3 The arrival of Mr. Jones with his lady at inn; with a very full descrip... ...Foundling by Henry Fielding; Vol. II devil? For I have heard some of our officers say there is no such person; and that it is only a trick of the pa... ... the parsons would be of no more use than we are in time of peace.”—”Those officers,” says Par tridge, “are very great scholars, I suppose.”—”Not muc... ...eople be sent to him? and I have read all that upon a book.”—”Some of your officers,” quoth the landlord, “will find there is a devil, to their shame,... ...he affront, of which he conceived some part at least fell to his share. He started therefore from his seat, and, advancing to the ser jeant, swore he... ...ny lady in the house? The hour of night, and the behaviour of the man, who stared very wildly all the time, a little surprized Susan, so that she hesi... ...ling by Henry Fielding; Vol. II Chapter 3 A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chambermaid, proper to be... ... which was so very richly laced, that Partridge and the post boy instantly started from their chairs, and my landlady fell to her courtsies, and her l... ...than Madam Jenny Cameron herself. Chapter 3 A very short chapter, in which however is a Sun, a Moon, a Star, and a...