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A House of Gentlefolk

By: Ivan S. Turgenev

...d; it was this dream alone that sustained him. But fate did not see fit to grant him this last and first happiness: at fifty, broken-down in health an... ...nder an unlucky star! He had written much in his life, and it had not been granted to him to see one of his compositions produced; he did not know how... ...y came over from Prussia in the reign of Vassili the Blind, and received a grant of two hundred chetverts of land in Byezhetsk. Many of his descendant... ...carried away by a beautiful exterior. I knew no women. I knew nothing. God grant you may make a happier marriage! but let me tell you, you can be sure... ...und to de- ceive you.” “She deceived you too,” observed Lavretsky grimly. “Granted, granted; I was the tool of destiny in it—what nonsense I talk, tho... ...ssuring you that . . . that the past had not been; and the felled tree can bud again. But I see, I must submit. You will not under- stand these words ...

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Puck of Pooks Hill

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ads—like a woman. When De Aquila sat in Hall to do justice, take fines, or grant lands, Gilbert would so write it in the Manor-roll. But it was none o...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...thority of the Crown, or to diminish the power of their rivals, the nobles granted a certain share of political rights to the people. Or, more fre- qu... ... the manners and the social condition of the Southern States. *The charter granted by the Crown of England in 1609 stipu- lated, amongst other conditi... ...his is the colonial system adopted by other countries of Europe. Sometimes grants of certain tracts were made by the Crown to an individual or to a co... ...eir contents and their authenticity: amongst them are the various charters granted by the King of England, and the first acts of the local governments... ...ey existed everywhere. 55 Tocqueville In 1628* a charter of this kind was granted by Charles I to the emigrants who went to form the colony of Massac... ... The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its expenditure; the bud- gets of the four and twenty States furnish similar returns of their re... ...ain, doubtful whether the corresponding expenses should be referred to the bud- get of the State or to those of the municipal divisions. Municipal exp... ... are useful, and should au- thorize him to destroy all associations in the bud or allow them to be formed, as nobody would be able to foresee in what ... ...e; it does not even give such opposition time to exist, but nips it in the bud. Those who in such nations seek to effect a revo- lution by force of ar...

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

...tters, curtains, awnings, were all closed and drawn to keep out the stare. Grant it but a chink or keyhole, and it shot in like a white-hot arrow. The... ...old man most unexpectedly, ‘is Dorrit.’ Arthur pulled off his hat to him. ‘Grant me the favour of half- a-dozen words. I was wholly unprepared for you... ...tening to this poor girl! What if the prisoner now sleeping quietly—Heaven grant it!—by the light of the great Day of judgment should trace back his f... ...ver it liked; or took refuge in total infidelity, and considered it a fla- grant nuisance. The Barnacle family had for some time helped to administer ... ...res should be supposed to want common sense, but it is generally taken for granted that we do. Even the best friend I have in the world, our excellent... ...adually found it in winter, carried it through the changing season, saw it bud, saw it blossom, saw it bear fruit, saw the fruit ripen; in short, cult...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...nce from their physical and social environments; they rely on their own development and their continued growth. They do not take blessings for grante... ... ―When looking at sex and power we have two powerful, probably innate, drives. Women, traditionally through their beauty, get power over men. Granti... ...‖ 59 —―Let‘s not forget the individual using his wiles to get God to grant ... ...ult humans, was offered by Dr. Harry Overstreet. He stated that, ‗The love of a person does not imply the possession of that person. It means granti... ... their lives and having good relationships as being spiritual qualities. It made for good press coverage, and maybe opened the doors for more grant ...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... NO MY AIN HOUSE; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.” T wo recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hilleb... ...is better than John Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wond... ...untrymen un- bending to him as to a performing dog. But in the case of Mr. Grant White example were better than precept. Wyo- ming is, after all, more... ...ot always widely, but always trenchantly. Many particulars that struck Mr. Grant White, a Yankee, struck me, a Scot, no less forcibly; he and I felt o... ... And perhaps neither a court of love nor an assembly of divines would have granted their premisses or welcomed their conclusions. Conclusions, indeed,... ...es; and below and about, dearer tenfold to me! the plays themselves, those bud- gets of romance, lay tumbled one upon another. Long and often have I l...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhab...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...ice is the Federal Bureau of Investigation.The FBI does not have a general grant of authority but instead works under specific statutory authorization... ...ern languages or Islamic studies.The total number of undergraduate degrees granted in Arabic in all U.S. colleges and universities in 2002 was six. 80... ...dget either in the Congress or in the president’s Office of Management and Bud- get. Like the FBI and the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, the State D... ...rter- rorism funding—were made in the president’s Office of Management and Bud- get. 108 Third, Congress did not reorganize itself after the end of th... ... for Bin Ladin. Clarke opposed having the United States facilitate a “huge grant to a regime as heinous as the Taliban” and suggested that the idea mi... ...p near Khowst with cruise missiles in August 1998, and before the T aliban granted al Qaeda permission to open the al Faruq camp in Kandahar.Thus, for... ...om Afghanistan.The leader of the Northern Alliance,Ahmed Shah Massoud, had granted an interview in his bun- galow near the Tajikistan border with two ...

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The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens

..., cast iron head,’ replied the long man, with great disgust, taking it for granted that the inquirer was a footman; ‘but open the door.’ ‘Come, look s... ...wick, and re quested leave of absence for that evening, which was readily granted. With this permission and the street door key, Sam Weller issued fo... ...ught) to avail herself of them. For some time she strenuously re fused to grant Mr. Winkle the interview Sam had so patheti cally requested; but at ... ...regarding the cupboard then in action (which was fortunately nipped in the bud by his imbibing half a glass of the old crusted ‘the wrong way,’ and th... ...o speak, but don’t interrupt me.’ ‘I beg your pardon,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘Granted,’ replied Wardle. ‘“I am sorry to hear you express your opinion aga...

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