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...Contents The Hill ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Hod Putt ......................................

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...ublication Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ......................................................................... 120 Captain Orlando Killion ...................................................... ...ucky” Estil Was firing the cannon brought to Spoon River From Vicksburg by Captain Harris; And the lemonade stands were running And the band was playi... ... until your head was gray, And your heart skipped beats to say to you: The game is ended. I’ve called for you, Go out on Broadway and be run over, The... ...sick, but more than that, I was mad At the crooked police, and the crooked game of life. So I wrote to the Chief of Police at Peoria: “l am here in my... ...nry Tripp THE bank broke and I lost my savings. I was sick of the tiresome game in Spoon River And I made up my mind to run away And leave my place in... ...arth, O strong of soul, And through unnumbered heavens To the final flame! Captain Orlando Killion OH, YOU young radicals and dreamers, Y ou dauntless...

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...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of pre...

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...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray DEDICATION TO CAPTAIN SAMUEL LEWIS, OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPA... ...IGATION COMPANY’S SERVICE. My Dear Lewis, After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has dis- played uncommon courage, seamanship, affabilit... ...compass, and the ship’s company and passengers assembled there to hear the Captain read the Service in a manly respectful voice. This, too, was a nove... ...ngs adorn the walls and chapels, decorated with pompous monuments of Grand Masters. Beneath is a crypt, where more of these honourable and reverend wa... ...ls and corridors of the Governor’s house, some portraits of the late Grand Masters still remain:a very fine one, by Caravaggio, of a knight in gilt ar... ...were play- ing a sort of thimble-rig with coffee-cups, all intent upon the game, and the player himself very wild lest one of our party, who had disco...

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...enty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- nis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ly into his face once or twice, and went sadly down the great stair- case, Captain Dobbin after, who handed her into the vehicle, and saw it drive awa... ...he went off to half-price at the play, to see Mr. Kean perform in Shylock. Captain Osborne was a great lover of the drama, and had himself performed h... ...een them on the morrow. His ho- tel bill, losses at billiards and cards to Captain Crawley had almost drained the young man’s purse, which wanted repl... ...Kirk must turn up her lobster eyes forsooth at the idea of an honest round game (wherein me fawther, as pious a man as ever went to church, me uncle D... ...their billets; his pulse was throb- bing and his cheeks flushed: the great game of war was going to be played, and he one of the players. What a fierc... ..., and pleasure! What tremendous hazards of loss or gain! What were all the games of chance he had ever played compared to this one? Into all contests ...

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...AMBUSH? ................................................................................................................................. 6 SLAVES OF THE LAMP ............................................................................................................... 29 AN UNSAVORY INTERLUDE ..................................................................................

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...cs Series Publication Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ed alternately on the piano and his banjo. He was the moving spirit of the game, as befitted a senior who had passed his Army Preliminary and hoped to... ...m, King and Macrea, fellow house-masters, had borne it in upon him that by games, and games alone, was salvation wrought. Boys neglected were boys los... ...r bob—the one I lent you before.” “But you took my watch as security.” The game was devel- oping itself almost automatically. “Never mind. Pay me my i... ...arranged with a single eye to my benefit. There was a baldish, broken-down captain of Native Infantry, shivering with ague behind an indomitable red n... ...ry, shivering with ague behind an indomitable red nose—and they called him Captain Dickson. There was another captain, also of Native Infantry, with a... ... proper—” “His Excellency had an idea that if he blew up one single junior captain—same as King used to blow us up—he was holdin’ the reins of empire,...

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...by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...e pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist. He often won at this game, which, as a silent one, harmonised with his nature; but his winnings ... ...s charities. Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but for the sake of playing. The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionl... ... played together, while Phileas Fogg had Fallentin for his partner. As the game proceeded the conversation ceased, excepting between the rubbers, when... ...ppily blew from the south-west, and thus aided the steamer’s progress. The captain as often as possible put up his sails, and under the double action ... ...s, did not seem to affect his master in the least. Passepartout blamed the captain, the engineer, and the crew, and consigned all who were connected w... ...shaking amid the squall. The steamer was forced to proceed slowly, and the captain estimated that she would reach Hong Kong twenty hours behind time, ...

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...lutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...They write also that this was the reason why Alexander gave command to his captains that all the beards of the Macedonians should be shaved, as being ... ...t se- cured the prisoners from escaping, and that Minos, having instituted games in honor of Androgeus, gave, as a reward to the victors, these youths... ...time were kept in the labyrinth; and that the first that overcame in those games was one of the greatest power and command among them, named Taurus, a... ...Cretan ships to hinder their pursuit. Demon writes that T aurus, the chief captain of Minos, was slain by Theseus at the mouth of the port, in a naval... ...ilochorus gives us the story thus: That at the setting forth of the yearly games by king Minos, Taurus was expected to carry away the prize, as he had... ...ve persons, should be permitted to sail, Jason only excepted, who was made captain of the great ship Argo, to sail about and scour the sea of pirates....

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...ication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...c discharge was jerked by chance at the usher and the governess—at the old game, it seemed; or why did they keep steering columns to meet? There was n... ...nti- cally similar situation, that forced a resemblance. T ouching the old game, Cuper’s fold was a healthy school, owing to the good lead of the head... ...ng to the good lead of the head boy, Matey Weyburn, a lad with a heart for games to bring renown, and no thought about girls. His emulation, the fello... ...d, the life or death of it: all her own, if need be, and confidence in the captain she had chosen. She could have been imag- ined saying, There is a s... ...thing more. Twenty minutes of fencing in the a salle d’armes of an Italian captain braced him to health, and shifted scenes of other loves, lighter lo... ...9 George Meredith “T wo or three times a week.” “And the lady, wife of the captain, really a Lady Fair— Mrs.... month of May: so I have to get at it.”...

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...SERIES PUBLICATION A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...call it that be cause it can hardly be called a sea-going experience. Dear Captain Froud—it is impossible not to pay him the trib- ute of affectionate... ... kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see why the Shipmasters’ Society, be- sides its gener... ...n’t see why they should not,” he said once to me. “I am always telling the captains, too, that, all things being equal, they ought to give preference ... ...was extremely animated and embraced most subjects un- der heaven, from big-game shooting in Africa to the last poem published in a very modernist revi... ...ter, proclaim- ing the fraud openly while insisting on the fairness of the game, give one a feeling of sickening disgust. The honest violence of a pla... ...ng of sickening disgust. The honest violence of a plain man playing a fair game fairly—even if he means to knock you over—may appear shocking, but it ...

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...lows by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... voice from down below called hurriedly: “Hey, Shaw? Are you there?” “Yes, Captain Lingard,” he answered, stepping back. “Have we drifted anything thi... ...s abrupt in manner and grumpy in speech with the seamen. To his successive captains, he was outwardly as deferential as he knew how, and as a rule inw... ...chief mate of the brig, and the only white man on board of her besides the captain. He felt himself immeasurably superior to the Malay sea- men whom h... ...and shivering pillar against the clear blue of the sky. “We must stop that game, Mr. Shaw,” said Lingard, abruptly. “Yes, sir. What game?” asked Shaw,... ...ravers, because his voice was pitched higher: “You are playing a dangerous game, I warn you. Sir John, as it happens, is a personal friend of mine. He... ... of that ship outside, and Tuan Lingard will not know. It is only a little game. You have plenty of guns and powder under your care.” He meant in the ...

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...S WE GROW OLDER................................................................................................................................... 22 THE POOR RELATION?S STORY ................................................................................................................. 27 NOBODY?S STORY.......................................................................

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...Publication Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...and The Play begins! The devoted dog of Montargis avenges the death of his master, foully murdered in the Forest of Bondy; and a humorous Peasant with... ...nged my lot with any human being. Avarice was, unhappily, my uncle Chill’s master- vice. Though he was rich, he pinched, and scraped, and clutched, an... ...at deal of it. But, they were not always learning; they had the merri- est games that ever were played. They rowed upon the river in summer, and skate... ...nter; they were active afoot, and active on horseback; at cricket, and all games at ball; at prisoner’s base, hare and hounds, follow my leader, and m... ...to know which. However, he said that a jury of his country should find him game; and that in his address he should put it to them to lay their hands u... ...cted by faithful com- panions in arms to the memory of Colonel A, Major B, Captains C, D and E, Lieutenants F and G, Ensigns H, I and J, seven non-com...

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... Sunday Under Three Heads by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ile, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...he trouble to walk two or three miles he would be enabled to share in a good game of cricket, or some athletic sport, I Sunday Under Three Heads 12 v... ...; — unless indeed, they are to go to heaven through the sanc tity of their masters, and possibly they might think even that, rather an uncertain pas... ...ore than a hundred; and every time a waiter replied, ‘Yes, Sir, ’ he and his master would be fined in the same amount: with the addition of a new sort... ... the Sabbath. It would remove a great deal of temptation from the owners and captains of vessels. The reader is now in possession of the principal ena... ...rts, for allowing the peasantry of England to divert themselves with certain games in the open air, on Sundays, after evening service, was published b... ...hen, very fairly arises, whether we have any reason to suppose that allowing games in the open air on Sundays, or even providing the means of amusemen...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer?s plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll ...

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...onic Classics Series Publication Blix by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...so wonderfully pretty. But evidently they had come to the last move in the game, and as Condy reflected that after all he had never known the real T r... ...s, you say that you love me and that I’m the only girl. That’s part of the game. I can play it”—her little eyes began to dance—”quite as well as you. ... ...d on his desk, or he could go down in person to the wharf, in- terview the captain, and inspect the craft for himself. The former was the short and ea... ... silence. As Travis and Condy were going down the gang- plank they met the captain of the whaleback coming up. “I saw you in there talking to old McPh... ...u and Mr. Sargeant.” “Why, I didn’t know the boys were here! They’ve got a game going, Condy. Let’s go up and get in. Shall we?” Condy remembered that... ...ten.” “‘Bachelor, thirty-nine, sober and industrious, retired 52 Blix sea captain, desires acquaintance respectable young woman, good house-keeper an...

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...e by Miquel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby, 1922 ed. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... in the summer of 1570 he resigned it and enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Diego Urbina’s company, belonging to Don Miguel de Moncada’s regime... ...om life. It is difficult to imagine a community in which the never-ceasing game of cross- purposes between Sancho Panza and Don Quixote would not be r... ... the words of one of his own countrymen, Don Felix Pacheco, as reported by Captain George Carleton, in his “Military Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Befo... ...hes or enchantresses, Homer has Calypso, and Virgil Circe; if with valiant captains, Julius Caesar himself will lend you himself in his own ‘Commentar... ...him alone, but the muleteers blood was up, and he did not care to drop the game until he had vented the rest of his wrath, and gathering up the remain... ...oeu- vre with his mule, which, dead tired and never meant for this kind of game, could not stir a step. On, then, as aforesaid, came Don Quixote again...

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...ERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... call it that because it can hardly be called a sea-going experience. Dear Captain Froud—it is impossible not to pay him the tribute of affectionate f... ... kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see why the Shipmasters’ So- ciety, besides its gener... ...n’t see why they should not,” he said once to me. “I am always telling the captains, too, that all things being equal they ought to give preference to... ...was extremely ani- mated and embraced most subjects under heaven, from big-game shooting in Africa to the last poem published in a very modernist revi... ...ter, proclaiming the fraud openly while in- sisting on the fairness of the game, give one a feel- ing of sickening disgust. The honest violence of a p... ...ng of sickening disgust. The honest violence of a plain man playing a fair game fairly—even if he means to knock you over—may appear shocking, but it ...

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...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...n been to your house in the rue de la Chaussee d’Antin to carry baskets of game,” said Pierrotin, “but I’ve never had the advantage, so far of seeing ... ...tion. Monsieur de Reybert, who is not an intriguing man, far from it, is a captain of artillery, retired in 1816, having served twenty years,—always a... ...s, and leather shoes. The count recognized the wife of some poor, half-pay captain, a puritan, subscrib- ing no doubt to the “Courrier Francais,” earn... ...ining the fruits and vegetables of the season, chickens, eggs, butter, and game. The steward always paid the carriage and Pierrotin’s fee, adding the ... ...stretching wide open. “Yes, young man, I did the campaign of 1815. I was a captain at Mont-Saint-Jean, and I retired to the Loire, after we were all d... ...lady who lives in the rue de la Cerisaie, to whom I often carry fruit, and game, and poultry from Presles. She is a Madame Husson.” “Who is that man?”...

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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When I ...

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... Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Class... ...ge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a p... ...e Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...his flying traces came, 9 Sir Walter Scott And all but won that desperate game; For, scarce a spear’s length from his haunch, Vindictive toiled the b... ...n. IX. Close on the hounds the Hunter came, T o cheer them on the vanished game; But, stumbling in the rugged dell, The gallant horse exhausted fell. ... ...inful head! Bethink thee of the discord dread That kindled when at Beltane game Thou least the dance with Malcolm Graeme; Still, though thy sire the p... ... a Monarch’s presence brook Injurious blow and haughty look?— What ho! the Captain of our Guard! Give the offender fitting ward.— Break off the sports... ...Must bear such age, I think, as thou.— Hear ye, my mates! I go to call The Captain of our watch to hall: There lies my halberd on the floor; And he th... ...se speech, or jesting rough; Ye all know John de Brent. Enough.’ IX. Their Captain came, a gallant young,— Of T ullibardine’s house he sprung,— Nor wo...

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...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his con...

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Excerpt: Under the Storm, or Steadfast?s Charge by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...rlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Under the Storm, or Steadfast’s Charge by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Penn- sylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...isters, Patience and Jerusha. They used to come with him and have pleasant games, but it was a long time since Patience had been able to come out, for... ...daily expected to defend Bristol, and he had further to tell of one of the captains preaching in the Minster, and the market people flocking in to hea... ...ick, the butcher’s lad, had got my place and I heard no more.” Whether the Captain meant Aholah or Athaliah, or al- luded to Queen Henrietta Maria, or... ... natured looking fellow more like a hostler than a soldier, “have you seen Captain Lundy’s men pass this way?” “Not I!” said Kenton, “we lie out of th... ...ase. The appointment of a woodward was bad news, for the copsewood and the game had been left to their fate for the last few years, and what were the ... ... exclaimed, “There are those rascal lads after the rabbits again!” and the gamekeeper’s instinct awoke. Pierce shook hands with his fellow soldier, re...

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...Excerpt: On a winter?s night, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d?Herouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an approaching confinement; and the instinct which makes us hope for ease in a change of posture in...

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...as seven years old. Her lively memory showed her the old gray heads of the masters who taught and tor- mented her. She remembered the person of her fa... ...t into a lion’s cage, the young wife dreaded at all hours the claws of the master which ever threatened her. She knew that in or- der to be happy she ... ...nd on the servant’s arm, “take off your cuirass, and wear the uniform of a captain of guerrillas.” “Heavens and earth, monseigneur! What? disguise mys... ...Herouville, peer of France, knight of the Orders and of the Golden Fleece, captain of a hundred men-at-arms, grand-bailiff of Bessin, Governor of Norm... ... reddening the leaded panes of the win- dows, Etienne saw the bailiff, the captain and lieutenant of the guard, with certain of their men-at-arms, the... ...s, the doctor, the majordomo, the ushers, the stew- ard, the huntsmen, the game-keeper, the grooms, and the va- lets. Though all these people stood in...

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Excerpt: The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith.

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...THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA THE SHA VING VING VING VING VING OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA GP GP G... ...ssics Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylva... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...brightened when she heard him, and were as the eyes of a falcon that eyeth game, hun- gry with red fire, and she looked brisk with impatience, laugh- ... ...uth among the warriors, sprang on board with her, remaining by her. So the captain pushed off, and the wind filled the sails, and Bhanavar was borne o... ... and spoke with the cap- tain apart, and he and Bhanavar took leave of the captain, and 42 The Shaving of Shagpat landed on the quay among the porter... ...ll, then, it is this only; small matter enough. I have a business with the captain of the vessel that brought us hither, and I must see him ere he set... ..., my mistress will break off with you. I know not if she intend even other game for you, O lucky one!’ Boolp hitched his girdle and shrugged, saying, ... ... by what he said, and ceased to be a companion to them that loved childish games and romps, and meditated by myself in gardens and closets, feigning s...