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...E OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...AGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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... ...., and these natural vanes must indicate the prevail- ing direction of the force of the trade-wind. The trav- elling had made so little impression on ... ...ich stains the water for the space of a foot around. Besides this means of defence, an acrid se- cretion, which is spread over its body, causes a shar... ...of regulating its specific gravity. This Diodon possessed several means of defence. It could give a severe bite, and could eject water from its mouth ... ...bly poor. He gave us two sheep, and accepted in return two cotton handker- chiefs, some brass trinkets, and a little tobacco. 25th. — Torrents of rain... ...red more from anarchy than Peru. At the time of our visit, there were four chiefs in arms contending for supremacy in the govern- ment: if one succeed...

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...Excerpt: A young Irish gentleman of the numerous clan O?Donnells, and a Patrick, hardly a distinction of him until we know him, had bound himself, by purchase of a railway-ticket, to travel direct to the borders of North Wales, on a visit to a notable landow...

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...Contents THE SUICIDE CLUB ....................................................................................................................... 4 STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE CREAM TARTS .............................................

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... enough; but when it comes to brandy and peppersauce and?--?Dump it in. Who?s making this punch, anyway?? And Malemute Kid smiled benignantly through the clouds of steam. ?By the time you?ve been in this country as long as I have, my son, and lived on rabbit tracks and salmon-belly, you?ll learn that Christmas comes only once per annum. And a Christmas without punch is sin...

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...Table of Contents: To the Man on Trail, 1 -- The White Silence, 12 -- In a Far Country, 24 -- The Wisdom of the Trail, 44 -- An Odyssey of the North, 53 -- The Law of Life, 90 -- The God of His Fathers, 99 -- The League of the Old ...

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...Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. JACK LONDON Contents To the Man on Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The White ... .... . . . . 12 In a Far Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Wisdom of the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 An Odyss... ...2 In a Far Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Wisdom of the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 An Odyssey of the N... ... . . 44 An Odyssey of the North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 The Law of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 The God of His... ...nd the recognition was mutual. A sweeping introduction and a mug of punch were forced upon him before he could explain his errand. “How long since tha... ... men till there were no more left who dared to fight. Then they made themselves chiefs, and took away our old laws and gave us new ones, insomuch that ... ... for the time of famine. And these things were good. “But when they had become chiefs, and there were no more men to face their anger, they fought, th... ...anded the Indian quarters a The God of His Fathers 101 hundred yards away; of defence, a rise to the ground and the cleared intervening space; and la... ...er encountered — an old un who never lost his head, who was remarkably able at defence, whose blows had the impact of a knotted club, and who had a kn...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. My father?s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip....

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...Series Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ies Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...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... ...So, we had our slices served out, as if we were two thou- sand troops on a forced march instead of a man and boy at home; and we took gulps of milk an... ...t two.” “That’s not so bad,” said the sergeant, reflecting; “even if I was forced to halt here nigh two hours, that’ll do. How far might you call your... ...h an exclamation of impatience was going to fly at me – I had no shadow of defence, for Joe was busy in the forge when Mr. Pumblechook interposed with... ...at the situation admitted of noth- ing less than coming on, and was on his defence straightway; so, without so much as pulling off their singed and bu... ... Trabb at this point, in a depressed business-like voice. “Pocket-handker- chiefs out! We are ready!” So, we all put our pocket-handkerchiefs to our f...

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...Excerpt: MONCRIEF HOUSE, Panley Common. Scholastic establishment for the sons of gentlemen, etc. Panley Common, viewed from the back windows of Moncrief House, is a tract of grass, furze and rushes, stretching away to the western horizon....

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...ication Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...tion Cashel Byron’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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... ...agisterial sarcasm. “We shall try to make you do better in future.” And he forced the fugi- tive to resume his march. Cashel, bitterly humiliated by h... ...in daily by gentlemen desir- ous of becoming proficient in the art of self-defence. Also the terms on which Mrs. Skene, assisted by a competent staff ... ..., honorable proposal.” “Wallace,” said Alice, with dignity; “I will not be forced into giving an answer against my will. I regard you as a cousin.” “I... ...ng with the overt astonishment with which a row of savagely ugly attendant chiefs grinned and gaped on either side of him. “What a pity we are not nea... ...ed him; he retreated a step, and involuntary as- sumed an attitude of self-defence, as if the problem before him were a pugilistic one. Recovering him...

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...Excerpt: When The Duchess Was Dead No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the...

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...n by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ries Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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... ... very far from being comfortable to her, but of course she said nothing in defence of Tregear’s politics. Nor at present was she disposed to say anyth... ... a word of it, ’ said the Duke, becoming extremely red in the face. He was forced to do now that which he had just declared that he had never done in ... ... ‘But now it is necessary that all noblemen in England should rally to the defence of their order. ’ Miss Cassewary was a great politician, and was o... ...ed in it were the cream of the cream. Those two who were elected to be the chiefs of the two parties had more of cream in their composition than any o... ...to their ears than that of old Mr Williams. The women waved their handker- chiefs and the men stamped their feet. Here was an orator come among them. ...