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...The Death of Ivan Ilyitch is the story of a socially ambitious middle-aged judge who contracts an unexplained and untreatable illness. As Ivan Ilyitch is forced to face the death he fears, he asks himself whether the life he thou...

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...LLE by Emile Zola A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola , the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...nia State University is an equal opportunity university. Emile Zola 3 THE DEATH OF OLIVIER BECAILLE by Emile Zola CHAPTER I MY PASSING I T WAS ON ... ...d!” Was this strange state of torpor, this immobility of the flesh, really death, although the functions of the intellect were not arrested? Was my so... ...ed my intol erable weariness. And yet I was conscious of having felt THE DEATH OF OLIVIER BECAILLE 4 singularly uneasy. We had left our province som... ...d a situation. And now a sudden seizure was carrying me off! Was it really death? I had pictured to myself a darker night, a deeper silence. As a litt... ...ing could be better or easier.” I then prided myself on being able to look death boldly in the face, but suddenly a shiver froze my blood, and my dizz... ...ld get to sleep again. Indeed, sleep alarmed me; it so closely re sembled death. If I closed my eyes they might never open again—I might slumber on f... ...d the same torture; I only know that my own life was made a torment by it. Death ever rose between me and all I loved; I can remem ber how the though...

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...Dome of Death is a slightly shocking and occasionally thought provoking romantic thriller about two young men who’d love to be as cool as James Bond in the face of extreme danger, but discover reality is not like fiction. When Max,...

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...t the police station so it would save me the eighty-kilometre return trip home. In an unsuccessful attempt to clear my mind of thoughts of untimely death, I wandered down to the beach and jogged up and down the narrow strip of sand. It didn’t help, so I returned, reset the alarms, locks and security lights, and dragged myself upstairs. On the landing, I hesitated. Could ...

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...on by Henry James A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Death of the Lion by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Death of the Lion by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ia State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Death of the Lion by Henry James CHAPTER I I had simply, I suppose, a chan... ... demand we re- quired, he considered a moment and then returned: “I 4 The Death of the Lion see—you want to write him up.” “Call it that if you like.... ...he had smelt the coming glory as an animal smells its distant prey. 6 The Death of the Lion CHAPTER II I may as well say at once that this little rec... ...rticular application to Mr. Paraday’s new book, obtained for it the 8 The Death of the Lion hospitality of another journal, where, I must admit, Mr. ... ...ht of a thousand things. You think of more and more all the while. 10 The Death of the Lion That’s what makes you, if you’ll pardon my familiarity, s... ...was to be squeezed into his horrible age. I felt as if he had been 12 The Death of the Lion overtaken on the crest of the hill and brought back to th... ... brought my mind back, but because our visitors last words were in 14 The Death of the Lion my ear, I presently enquired with gloomy irrelevance if G...

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Excerpt: The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird?s Jock by Sir Walter Scott.

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...The T apestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Class... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Penns... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...al opportunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott The T apestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER INTROD... ...d in Woodville Castle. End of the Tapestried Chamber. 18 Sir Walter Scott DEATH OF THE LAIRD’S JOCK [The manner in which this trifle was introduced a... ...ld and desperate achievements, that he retained it even after his father’s death, and is mentioned under it both in authentic records and in tradition... ...tie to life was rent rudely asunder, and his heart had broken with it. The death of his son had no part in his sorrow. If he thought of him at all, it...

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...Excerpt: ?The Masque of the Red Death? by Edgar Allan Poe is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. 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...

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...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe , the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. The Masque of the Red Death by Edg Edg Edg Edg Edgar ar ar ar ar Allan P Allan P Allan P Allan ... ...r ar ar ar ar Allan P Allan P Allan P Allan P Allan Poe oe oe oe oe The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pesti- lence had ever been so ... ...y, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the Red Death. It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclu... ...e. In many palaces, however, such suites form a long 3 The Masque of the Red Death and straight vista, while the folding doors slide back nearly to ... ...icken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a The Masque of the Red Death 4 sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly mu- sica... ...ck. The dreams are stiff-frozen as they stand. But the The Masque of the Red Death 5 echoes of the chime die away they have endured but an in- stant ... ...not be touched without emotion. Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made. ... ...ny, indeed, seemed now deeply to feel that in the cos- The Masque of the Red Death 6 tume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety ex- i...

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...he document or for the file as an elec tronic transmission, in any way. THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYCH by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, trans. Louise and Aylme... ... been kept open for him, but there had been conjectures that in case of his death Alexeev might receive his appointment, and that either Vinnikov or... ... or Shtabel would succeed Alexeev. So on receiving the news of Ivan Ilych ’s death the first thought of each of the gentlemen in that private room wa... ... the possible transfers and promo tions likely to result from Ivan Ilych ’s death, the mere fact of the death of a near acquaintance aroused, as usua... ...ligations to him. Having told his wife at dinne r time of Ivan Ilych ’s death, and of his conjecture that it might be possible to get her brother... ...r Ivanovich made a silent gesture signifying his full conviction that it THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYCH Tolstoy 7 must indeed be so. “Please smoke,”... ...and felt afraid for himself. “Three days of frightful suffering and the death! Why, that might suddenly, at any time, happen to me,” he thought, ... ...van Ilych and not to him, and that it should not and could not happen to THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYCH Tolstoy 8 him, and that to think that it could wo... ... reassured, and began to ask with interest about the details of Ivan Ilych’s death, as though death was an accident natural to Ivan Ilych but certainl...

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...Anyone, as Freud tells us in Reflections on War and Death , forced to react against his own impulses may be described as a hypocrite, whether he is conscious of it or not. One might even venture to assert—it is still Freud's argument—that our contemporary civilisation favours ...

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...Excerpt: The Life and Death of King John; Actus Primus -- Scaena Prima -- Enter King John, Queene Elinor, Pembroke, Essex, and Salisbury, with the Chattilion of France. King John. Now say Chatillion, what would France with us? Chat. Thus (after gr...

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...Table of Contents: The life and death of King John, 1 -- Actus Primus, Scaena Prima., 1 -- Scaena Secunda., 7 -- Actus Secundus, 21 -- Actus Tertius, Scaena prima., 23 -- Scoena Secunda., 29 -- Scaena Tertia., 31 -- Actus Quartus, Scaena prima., 35 -- Scena...

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...rst Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The life and death of King John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Actus Primus, Scaena Prim... ... . . . . . . 59 Scena Septima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 The life and death of King Iohn. - i - The life and death of King John a1 A... ...9 Till she had kindled France and all the world, - 1 - The life and death of King John Shakespeare: First Folio 40 Vpon the right and par... ...rs head, 85 But that I am as well begot my Liege - 2 - The life and death of King John Shakespeare: First Folio 86 (Faire fall the bones ... ...imselfe 116 When this same lusty gentleman was got: 117 Vpon his death- bed he by will bequeath’d 118 His lands to me, and tooke it on ... ...h- bed he by will bequeath’d 118 His lands to me, and tooke it on his death 119 That this my mothers sonne was none of his; 120 And if ... ... Insooth, good friend, your father might haue kept - 3 - The life and death of King John Shakespeare: First Folio 132 This Calfe, bred from ... ...ace for fiue pence and ’tis deere: 162 Madam, Ile follow you vnto the death. 163 Elinor. Nay, I would haue you go before me thither. 16... ...inet: 177 I am thy grandame Richard, call me so. - 4 - The life and death of King John Shakespeare: First Folio 178 Bast. Madam by cha...

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... Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. This electronic book is a publicatio... ...assics Series Jim Manis, Senior Faculty Editor “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” by Patrick Henry is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” by Patrick Henry, the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Fa... ... University is an equal opportunity University. Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. No man thinks more highly than I do o... ... not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! 5 Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty…” If you would like to read more...

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...ce Condy, and my good Lord Admirall, wishe this union and religious league, Knit in these hands, thus joyn?d in nuptiall rites, May not desolve, till death desolve our lives, And that the native sparkes of princely love, That kindled first this motion in our hearts, May still be feweld in our progenye....

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...E TO SEROUNE Maid to the Duchess of Guise The Massacre at Paris. With the Death of the Duke of Guise. Scene i : Enter Charles the French King, Cathe... ... Knit in these hands, thus joyn’d in nuptiall rites, May not desolve, till death desolve our lives, And that the native sparkes of princely love, That... ...poysoned, hast thou done them? speake, Will every savour breed a pangue of death? POTHECARIE. See where they be my Lord, and he that smelles but to th... ...est resolute. POTHECARIE. I am my Lord, in what your grace commaundes till death. GUISE. Thankes my good freend, I wil requite thy love. Goe then, pre... ...en thou seest the Admirall ride by, Discharge thy musket and perfourme his death: And then Ile guerdon thee with store of crownes. SOULDIER. I will my... ..., will I learn to loath. Give me a look, that when I bend the browes, Pale death may walke in furrowes of my face: A hand, that with a graspe may grip... ...e King of this. ADMIRALL. These are the cursed Guisians that doe seeke our death. Oh fatall was this mariage to us all. [They beare away the olde Que... ..., I will goe visite the Admirall. GUISE. And I will goe take order for his death. [Exit Guise .] [Enter the Admirall in his bed .] CHARLES. How fares ... ... vow and sweare as I am King of France, To finde and to repay the man with death: With death delay’d and torments never usde, That durst presume for h...

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...e still matters of conjecture. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is placed by scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C., while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very little information on the subject....

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... scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C., while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very little information on the... ...with Ritschl that Eratosthenes resigned his office some years be fore his death, which allows us to put the birth of Apollonius at about 280, and wou... ...r heeded his daughter ever so little even though he should see her done to death before his eyes at the hands of an insolent step dame, nor did sons, ... ...are encom passes us. And so, when he thought that he had es caped bitter death from the chiefs, fate entangled him that very night in her toils whil... ...rought an ill yet more awful, when she clasped a noose round her neck. Her death even the nymphs of the grove bewailed; and of all the tears for her t... ...b smote Iphitus, the steadfast son of Eurytus, not yet destined to an evil death; assuredly soon was he himself to be slain by the sword of Clytius. T... ... longer, but scattered themselves inland through Bebrycia, proclaiming the death of Amycus; fools, not to perceive that another woe all unforeseen was... ...up heaved above the clouds; nor would you say that they could escape grim death, for in its fury it hangs over the middle of the ship, like a cloud, ... ...blessed gods ye pursue your way; and perish not foolishly by a self sought death, or rush on following the guidance of youth. First entrust the attemp...

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...s is THE CHURCH. Besides these living tongues and patient witnesses who were removed by death, it was necessary moreover to have a standing record w... ...nd his active temptations wholly at an end, men will still be in the flesh and heirs of death, during the whole period of the millennial kingdom. An... ...to take regular arms against an opinion which will be strong and struggling to the very death. But not purposing to supplement the deficiencies of ... ...at agony of sorrow described in the twelfth chapter of Zechariah, and in their apparent death preparatory to their great resurrection. I know not wha... ...anism was not a persecuting apostacy, but a destroying conquest; not a captivity, but a death; not an ecclesiastical, but a political event, we have... ...n from the midst of the dead is their acquittal, is their liberation from the powers of death and the grave, is the speciality of their reward, is t... ...nd distinct contrast of Paul’s, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after death the judgment; so Christ was once offered to bear the s... ...his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; i f by any means I might attain the resurrection of t... ...whether we will perceive it ourselves or not, maintaining that the great end of Christ’s death was to make known the resurrection. They understand no...

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...scape from the abominable thought that the sun would be the signal for his death. When he was far away every misfortune might fall upon her; that woul... ...fall of a body. Afterward the silence grew deeper. Then as if she had felt Death pass by, she stood, chilled through and through, staring into the thi... ...bove the edge of a ditch. Just God! She had found him! Did heaven wish his death? She restrained a cry; she let herself glide into the ditch. “Are you...

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...ion that idea of making one’s protagonist “sick”?—as if to be menaced with death or danger hadn’t been from time immemorial, for heroine or hero, the ... ...with him. Book First Chapter 2 She had gone to Mrs. Lowder on her mother’s death— gone with an effort the strain and pain of which made her at present... ...iousness of it was what she seemed most clearly to have “come into” by the death of her mother, much of that consciousness as her mother had absorbed ... ...both his case and Kate Croy’s. They had originally met before her mother’s death—an occasion marked for her as the last pleasure permitted by the appr... ...nt truth that what you had most to do, under the discipline of life, or of death, was really to feel your situation as grave. Bos- ton could help you ... ...ad lost first her husband and then her mother, with whom, on her husband’s death, she had lived again; so that now, childless, she was but more sharpl... ...uld be defi- nitely worn; whereas she could see Susie, in the event of her death, in no character at all, Susie being insistently, exclusively concern... ...th her eyes. But her lips bravely moved. “To marry her.” “So that when her death has taken place I shall in the natural course have money?” It was bef... ...ee, the difference; he might as well have praised her outright for looking death in the face. This was the way she just looked HIM again, and it was o...

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...The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, a woman in purple shows up at the house of Ostrander, the respected judge who had sentenced the inn-keeper to be executed. This mysterious ...

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...Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus's daughter Antigone deliberately breaks the laws of Thebes when she buries her brother's body and is sentenced to death. She clashes with Creon, the King of Thebes, over what constitutes justice and morality: the laws of the state or the laws of the individual. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)...

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...turned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the questions surrounding his death? What will happen to Amire, the woman he loved in his previous life? And, most important, can he resolve his marriage?now that he's a woman named Dagny?to another man? (http://www.graciecmckeever.com)...

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... Ben's mouth, he knew who had been behind today's shooting. Behind his own death. Kelly saw red, gritted his teeth and balled his hands. Ben must have... ...eports." "That's just like you. Our daughter is lying here, practically at death's door—" "Don't be so melodramatic, Angela." She continued as if he h... ...aced couple and the Latin lover-boy here? What was their connection to his death? Was there one? What was he supposed to do from here? New Life Incog... ...d especially after the brain hemorrhage and coma? She'd scared him half to death with this last stunt, had had him blaming himself for her aneurysm. "... ...bmitted to Angela's onslaught and prayed for salvation, a speedy, painless death or both. This time, for real and for good. Where was the Robocop husb... ...n I hate you. I just ... Dammit, I just need you to let this die a natural death!" "It's not natural. You're killing it." New Life Incognita by Graci... ...to elaborate. He explains that an incomplete necklace like hers symbolizes death and rebirth. "It's a corq. Male witches often wear it." "A ... corq?"... ...oper or other police official at his door to deliver some horrible news of death and mayhem in his family. He hadn't expected to see Dagny standing in... ... sure anymore. At the time it had seemed like a good idea. Up until Gabe's death I hadn't had much direction. Even though I'd been attending college, ...