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...tronic Classics Series Publication The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Penn sylvania ... ...lectronic transmission, in any way. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, J... ...hey were rich, they had decided that they must celebrate. They must give a party—that was the idea. But how to explain it—to the daughters and the nei... ...onfess it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little dis... ...it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little distinctio... ... to know it, but Helen spent the night at the Sloanes’. There was a little party there, and, although she did not want to go, and you so sick, we pers... ...t they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attended such divine operation... ...hat he was there because he had once had his opportunity to go home to the States rich, and had not done it; had rather lost his wealth, and had then ... ...e orator of the day, and in November of 1840 he died again. The St. Louis Republican of the 25th of that month spoke as follows: “Another Relic of th...

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...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Five A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe ... ...and perform the office of the heraldic display in monar- chical countries. By a transition readily understood, and which might have been as readily fo... ...fensive to the eye of an artist than the interior of what is termed in the United States— that is to say, in Appallachia—a well-furnished apartment. I... ... to the eye of an artist than the interior of what is termed in the United States— that is to say, in Appallachia—a well-furnished apartment. Its most... ...nciples which regulate all varieties of art; and very nearly the same laws by which we decide on the higher merits of a painting, suffice for decision... ... an exclamation of pleasure and surprise. It is an evil growing out of our republican institutions, that here a man of large purse has usually a very ... ...te), to put in execution the scheme of Hop-Frog. His mode of equipping the party as ourang-outangs was very simple, but effective enough for his purpo... ...ere then saturated with tar. At this stage of the process, some one of the party sug- gested feathers; but the suggestion was at once overruled by the... ...odi- gious. The thing ended, however, in the consolidation of the thirteen states, with some fifteen or twenty others, in the most odious and insuppor...

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...THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe ... ...n bold. The document in question—a letter, to be frank—had been re- ceived by the personage robbed while alone in the royal bou- doir. During its peru... ...ne in the royal bou- doir. During its perusal she was suddenly interrupted by the entrance of the other exalted personage from whom especially it was ... ...or two motives, each of a given value, have not, necessarily, a value when united, equal to the sum of their values apart. There are numerous other ma... ...“There is a game of puzzles,” he resumed, “which is played upon a map. One party playing requires another to find a given word—the name of town, river... ...ach square yard, gives 2,230,272,000 Pigeons. — “Travels in Canada and the United States,” by Lieut. F . Hall. 34 Poe in Five V olumes “‘No sooner ha... ...are yard, gives 2,230,272,000 Pigeons. — “Travels in Canada and the United States,” by Lieut. F . Hall. 34 Poe in Five V olumes “‘No sooner had we go... ...l view the swollen and blackened tongue. I pre- sume that no member of the party then present had been un- accustomed to death-bed horrors; but so hid... ...t dark niche which has been already mentioned as forming a part of the Old Republican prison, and as fronting the lattice of the Marchesa, a figure mu...

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...ondescend on error; and the best of education is to throw out some magnanimous hints. No man was ever so poor that he could express all he has in him by words, looks, or actions; his true knowledge is eternally incommunicable, for it is a knowledge of himself; and his best wisdom comes to him by no process of the mind, but in a supreme self-dictation, which keeps varying f...

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... STEVENSON A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ...ayment of his fines. On the old man’s refusing to pay, they forced a large party of his neighbours to go with them and thresh his corn. The field was ... ...whom it looked; and my next most disagreeable remembrance is of a bracing, Republican postman in the city of San Francisco. I lived in that city among... ...constrained and unnatural attitude of our Society. At present we are not a united body, but a loose gathering of individu- als, whose inherent attract... ...r last snowball riot read us a plain lesson on our condition. There was no party spirit– no unity of interests. A few, who were mischievously inclined... ... or, if their fam- ily have none, identify themselves with some well-known statesman, use his opinions, and lend him their patronage on all occasions.... ... and clubs of every sort. Nor would it be a matter of much difficulty. The united societies would form a nucleus: one of the class- rooms at first, an... ...ym? He might have been a dentist, but he should never have aspired to be a statesman. I can only wonder that he succeeded as he did. Pym and Habakkuk ...

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...RY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ... and with the Dutch, when King Charles was compelled to lend troops to the States; and against them, when his Maj- esty made an alliance with the Fren... ... under company of Monsieur Blaise. Presently, of an early morning, all the party set forth for the country, namely, my Lord Viscount and the other gen... ..., Doctor,” says my lord; at which the Doctor made another low bow, and the party moved on to- wards a grand house that was before them, with many gray... ...l windows, but the village people turned out, and even old Sieveright, the republican blacksmith, along with them: for my lady, though she was a Papis... ...f this illustrious prince, this invincible warrior, this wise and moderate statesman. Loyalty to the exiled king’s family was traditional, as has been... ...nk of such an insult to their house. ’Tis true Mr. Esmond often boasted of republican prin- ciples, and could remember many fine speeches he had made ... ...h!) Henry Esmond hath been Marquis of Esmond and Earl of Castlewood in the United Kingdom, and Baron and Viscount Castlewood of Shandon in Ireland, an... ...d lonely under its ruined old roof? We were all so, even when together and united, as it seemed, following our separate schemes, each as we sat round ...

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... sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, by an entire change of life, and by a long absence from books and study, a weakness of the eyes, which had obliged me to give up my pursuits, and which no medical aid seemed likely to cure....

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...ISH SAILOR, 40 -- CHAPTER XIV ? SANTA BARBARA?HIDE-DROGHING?HARBOR -- DUTIES?DISCONTENT?SAN PEDRO, 46 -- CHAPTER XV ? A FLOGGING?A NIGHT ON SHORE?THE STATE OF THINGS ON -- BOARD?SAN DIEGO, 52 -- CHAPTER XVI ? LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE, 59 -- CHAPTER XVII ? SAN DIEGO?A DESERTION?SAN PEDRO AGAIN?BEATING UP -- COAST, 63 -- CHAPTER XVIII ? EASTER SUNDAY???SAIL HO!???WHALES?SAN -- J...

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... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global ... ...GRESS HOMEWARD—A PLEASANT . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 SUNDAY—A FINE SIGHT—BY PLAY CHAPTER XXXIV — NARROW ESCAPES—THE EQUATOR—TROPICAL . . . . . . ... ...a small schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at a... ... schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at anchor, ... ...alled who speak the English language) who have married Californians, become united to the Catholic church, and acquired considerable property. Havi... ...ure was chiefly turned against a large, heavy moulded fellow from the Middle States, who was called Sam. This man hesitated in his speech, and was ra... ...oot of the ladder and in desperate circumstances, just as a new political party is started by such men in our own country. The only object, of cour... ...l, it was not ten o’clock, and the night was long before us, when one of the party produced an old pack of Spanish cards from his monkey jacket pocket... ...morality, and good government, by that peculiar invention of Anglo Saxon Republican America, the solemn, awe inspir ing Vigilance Committee of ...

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...he woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the notice of my readers if very particular inquiries had ...

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..., Life in the Woods HENRY DAVID THOREAU 1854 DjVu Editions Copyright © 2001 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents Economy... ...on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At... ... naturalist, says of the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, that while his own party, who were well clothed and sitting close to a fire, were far from to... ...t with civilization. I hardly need refer now to the laborers in our Southern States who produce the staple exports of this country, and are themselves... ...tch, in 1650, for the information of those who wished to take up land there, states more particularly, that “those in New Netherland, and especially i... ...e same all the world over, whether the building be an Egyptian temple or the United States Bank. It costs more than it comes to. The mainspring is van... ... preferred that society should run “amok” against me, it being the desperate party. However, I was released the next day, obtained my mended shoe, and... ...attle field I ever trod while the battle was raging; internecine war; the red republicans on the one hand, and the black imperialists on the other. On ... ...eg, leaving the foe to select among his own members; and so there were three united for life, as if a new kind of attraction had been invented which p...

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... The Scarlet Letter NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1850 DjVu Editions Copyright c 2002 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. NATHANIEL HAWT... ...ugh to find a listener or two on the former occasion — I again seize the public by the button, and talk of my three years’ experience in a Custom House... ... — or, rather, I do not doubt at all — whether any public func tionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such ... ...rather, I do not doubt at all — whether any public func tionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a patri... ...s, but, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States — was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be te... ... I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States — was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be termed a ... ...at shone so dazzlingly about the throne. How unlike alas the hangdog look of a republican official, who, as the servant of the people, feels himself le... ... metaphors, it is my sincere belief, that the active members of the victorious party were sufficiently excited to have chopped off all our heads, and h... ...it of malice and revenge has never distin guished the many triumphs of my own party as it n ow did that of the Whigs. The Democrats take the offices, ...