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...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ...ailors turned soldiers -- Free rovers on desperate undertakings -- England and France give license to prey on Spanish commerce -- A defeat of the Engl... ... Scuttling his own ship -- Peter robs his own men and squanders his fortune in France 275- 282 CHAPTER XXV. Bartholomew the Exterminator. -- His despe... ... in numbers, they soon acquired a considerable influence, and their commercial establishments, like those of the great East India Company in later tim... ...the treaty the English government set to work with great vigor to break up the establishments of freebooters in the English islands. The Buccaneer cru... ...mple to the people by hurriedly contributing all the funds of their respective establishments for the benefit of the pious de Pointis and his companio... ...result of this expedition led to another under the same commander, in the year 1821, with the Fury and Hecla. The winter of that year was passed at a ...

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Excerpt: A Little Tour in France by Henry James.

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...y James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ames A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Little Tour in France by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State ... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Little Tour in France by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...al inn, one of the best that I encountered during six weeks spent in these establishments. “Stupidly and vulgarly rnodernized,”—that is another phrase... ... four young sergeants of the garrison of La Rochelle, who were arrested in 1821 as conspirators against the Government of the Bourbons, and executed, ... ...at you invidiously from all its windows and doors. I forget which of these establishments I selected; which- ever it was, I wished very much that, it ... ...erica a “variety-show”—as it entered only into the Roman mind to make such establishments. The podium is much higher than at Nimes, and many of the gr...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of...

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...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...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... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocquevi... ... intellect were engaged in the patriotic effort to secure to the people of France the blessings that Democracy in America had ordained and established... ...of his council.*** The officers of the county *See the Act of February 14, 1821, Laws of Massachusetts, vol. i. p. 551. **See the Act of February 20, ... ...nwise, to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suit- able establishments, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to ... ...se jails became more unwholesome and more corrupt in proportion as the new establishments were beau- tified and improved, forming a contrast which may... ...o increase in population, in wealth, and *In the course of ten years, from 1821 to 1831, 271 steam- boats have been launched upon the rivers which wat... ...minutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found establishments for educa- tion, to build inns, to construct churches, to di...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pierrette by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormel... ...oing student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...d against a linden, and sang, in the drawling tone peculiar to the west of France, the following Breton 5 Balzac ditty, published by Bruguiere, a com... ...ill of her celebrated shop, the “Family Sister,” one of the largest retail establishments in the quarter. Sylvie kept the books and did the writing. J... ...books and did the writing. Jerome-Denis was master and head-clerk both. In 1821, af- ter five years’ experience, competition became so fierce that it ... ...ther in their purchases and would piti- lessly send him to remote parts of France to save a trifle of cost. The shrewdness which all women more or les... ...ister with the fanatical longings which all the lovely towns of 21 Balzac France inspire in their inhabitants. Let us say it to the glory of La Champ...

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...ouse exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to be absolutely insurmountable; secondly, in having made me a p...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...time, was elegant and comfortable, but not splendid. As usual in En- glish establishments, all the appointments were complete, and carried to the same... ...ollege, known by the name of Univer- sity College, one of twenty-five such establishments in Ox- ford, had regularly corrected it into “gates of the U... ... of professors and students, and a point of concentration to the different establishments of implements and machinery for elaborate researches [as, fo... ... to speak, without many reserves, on this chapter of my life, at a period (1821) not twenty years removed from the actual occurrences, unless I desire... ...in Europe pretty nearly on that basis to which it had again fallen back by 1821. The long interval of time between these two dates involved a memo- ra... ...were included within the frontier line of Turkey, on the first of January, 1821. Precisely in this year commenced the Grecian revolution. Concurrently...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total o...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...it had Madame Tallien! In these days there is certainly a throne to let in France which is for her who can fill it. We among us could make a queen. I ... ...lass of sugar and water to drink. This man seemed accustomed to such queer establishments; he knew all about it. He was quite at home there. This priv... ... beauty which were found severally in per- fection in each one of them. In France it is extremely rare, not to say impossible, to meet with the thirty... ...n?” he asked, after a short silence. “There are always plenty of women. In 1821 Coralie was unique in your eyes; and yet you found Esther. After her w... ...ears’ penal servitude, was gain- ing information as to the various convict establishments. “Well, my boy,” Fil-de-Soie was saying sententiously as Jac... ...to tighten; for, like the Devil, he had a passion for recruiting. In about 1821 Jacques Collin found la Rousse a husband in the person of the chief sh...

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...re to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy in my pleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ought it not to belong to you as the tithe formerly belonged to the Church in memory of God, who makes all things bud and fruit in the fields and in the intellect?...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Pr... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...nce, which was then in the rue Vivienne, and also not far from the Bank of France, then, and now, in the rue de la Vrilliere. There she bravely gave h... ...t the firms of Thelusson and of Keller to enter the service of the Bank of France. Lemprun, now the head of that service, enjoyed the respect and cons... ...ever speech, by which Colleville saved his mari- tal dignity. From 1820 to 1821, Thuillier, in virtue of his title as friend of the family, helped Col... ...tention of ever claiming them. In the 26 The Lesser Bourgeoisie spring of 1821, Madame Colleville gave birth to a charming little girl, to whom Monsi... ...llian Albion, and the model nation: Machiavellian, when the in- terests of France and of Napoleon are concerned; the model nation when the faults of t... ...he jeweller, dressmaker, milliner, lingere, etc. (all chosen from the best establishments in Paris), seemed to occupy the house. “It is like a process...

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...pt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Ma...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Biographical Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e, were edited by James Boswell, and published in twenty-one vols. 8vo, in 1821. Besides these, numerous editions have been published from time to tim... ... public schools; but in reality he knew nothing of public schools. All the establishments for Papists were nar- row, and suited to their political dep... ...te educa- tion? And where was such an education to be sought? At the petty establishments of the suffering Catholics, the instruc- tion, as he had fou... ...ruc- tion, as he had found experimentally, was poor. At the great national establishments his son would be a degraded person; one who was permanently ... ...al- lowed—of an evening spent with Charles and Mary Lamb, in the winter of 1821-22. The record is of the most unambi- tious character; it pretends to ... ... memorable, I am sure, passed upon this occasion, which was in November of 1821; and yet the dinner was memorable by means of one fact not discovered ...

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...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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...doings of that other without such understanding. Constantly as the name of France is in our mouths, comparatively few Englishmen understand the way in... ...is in our mouths, comparatively few Englishmen understand the way in which France is governed; that is, how far absolute despotism prevails, and how f... ... in the college buildings; but they do not board in those rooms. There are establishments in the town, under the patronage of the university, at which... ...corporated in 1845, and since that no new establishment has been added. In 1821, a certain Boston manufacturing company, which had mills at Waltham, n... ...ng the spindles and looms of the cotton mills. Steam is applied in the two establishments in which the cottons are printed, for the purposes of printi... ...travels abroad, ob- 285 Trollope served the effect of large manufacturing establishments on the character of the people, and in the establishment at ...

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...arge 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 Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...we have done well or ill. The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes... ...he use made of it in reducing the public debt, and in the valuable works and establishments everywhere multiplying over the face of our land. It is a ... ...splayed in our favor. James Monroe SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1821 In 1821, March 4 fell on a Sunday for the first time that presidenti... ...tes on a principle of defense, continue still in force. The negotiation with France for the regulation of the commercial relations between the two cou... ...Martin Treptow—who left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Divi sion. There, on the western front, he...

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... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...ge taking in the 1970s. In June 1976, Palestinian terrorists seized an Air France plane and landed it at Entebbe in Uganda, holding 105 Israelis and o... ...,Atta’s cellular telephone was used numerous times to call various lodging establishments in Florida from cell sites within Florida.We cannot confirm ... ...access to a major airport, travel agencies, hotels, and Western commercial establishments, was an ideal transit point. 111 Ali reportedly assumed the ... ...ee Pub. L. No. 103-359, 108 Stat. 3423, 3443 (Oct. 14, 1994); 50 U.S.C. §§ 1821–1829. See generally,William C. Banks and M. E. Bowman,“Executive Autho... ... against the names of known or suspected terrorists), see DOS cable, State 182167, “Fighting T errorism:Visas Viper Procedures,” Oct. 19, 2001. Finall... .... FBI searches of the records of other hotels near the airport and smaller establishments in Culver City failed to locate the hijackers, as did our ow...