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... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ... Plan called for the US military to invade Bermuda and Britain's Caribbean assets. Australia and New Zealand were singled out as British allies and... ...e deployed by a device (attached to the airborne platform from which the jumper was diving) that extracted the parachute from a bag. Only later stil... ...tish mandate. Yet, in the meantime, other territorial plans emerged: in Canada, Australia, Iraq, Libya, and Angola. Close to 10,000 Jews settled...
... 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... ...ttack by the natives -- Cannibalism -- Departure from New Zealand -- Among the Australians -- Australian Boomerang throwers - - Game found in Australi... ...ia -- Timidity of the natives -- An accident to the ship -- Curious customs -- Australian lance throwers -- A surprising thing seen on the New Guinea ... ...7 An attack by the natives................................................ 439 Australian Boomerang dancers.............................................. ...spite of every effort made by the crew and by native assistants whose skill in diving was brought into requisition to discover the cause, could not be... ...d most expert swimmers; leaving their canoes upon the most trifling occasion; diving under them, and swimming to others though at a great distance. I...
...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...
... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...
...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ...yards handicap kept the result in doubt until the last live yards. The two diving events were perhaps the most interesting to the spectators. Harter '... ...lunge for distance against several heavy handicaps. The six entries in the diving event gave exhibitions of fancy diving, Eobertson being judged first... ...10 scratch; .second |ja)iham '07, handicap 14 sees, Timo, 1 mill. 11 sees. Diving -Won by Robertson '10, 73 points; second, Wadswortli '09. 72 points;... ...s to Washington are: Great Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, In- dia, Australia and the Philip- pines. Mr. R. Saeasin-Warnery, chairman of the Wo...
...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...
... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ...se for them once they stood up on two feet and became the dominant species of Australia. But they did not lose their tails as we did. That kept th... ... they did not lose their tails as we did. That kept them from overpopulating Australia. By scavenging the leftovers of carcasses that were mostly... ...ain how the first modern humans managed to migrate to the Pacific islands and Australia 75,000 years ago. Using the bones and skins of the animals ... ...y the other team is allowed to catch it or touch it. But then people will be diving for the ball on the ground. So what? Ha!ha!ha! Cracked heads... ... the attack inside their goal within striking distance? Saved by the fastest diving most selfless players who manage to touch the player before he t... ...out of water." "What for?" "So we can put it into scuba tanks and go diving!" While others are using the hydrogen to make a weather bal...
...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. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ...ocracy in those parts. That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia, was given to the enlightened world by the whaleman. After its fi... ...btless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. He is seldom seen; at least I have never seen him except in the re... ...m, within three rods of the planks, he wholly disappeared from view, as if diving under the keel. “Cut, cut!” was the cry from the ship to the boats, ... ...ot look very brisk. Now, how had this noble rescue been accomplished? Why, diving after the slowly descending head, Queequeg with his keen sword had m... ...many others, form a vast mole, or rampart, lengthwise connecting Asia with Australia, and dividing the long unbroken Indian ocean from the thickly stu...
...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...rk Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 67 Cutting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 68 The Bla... ...ocracy in those parts. That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia, was given to the enlightened world by the whaleman. After its fir... ...rue mother of that now mighty colony. Moreover, in the infancy of the first Australian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved from starvati... ...btless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. He is seldom seen; at least I have never seen him except in the re... ...m, within three rods of the planks, he wholly disappeared from view, as if diving under the keel. “Cut, cut!” was the cry from the ship to the boats, ... ...ot look very brisk. Now, how had this noble rescue been accomplished? Why, diving after the slowly descending head, Queequeg with his keen sword had m... ...ny others, form a vast mole, or rampart, lengthwise con necting Asia with Australia, and dividing the long unbroken Indian ocean from the thickly stu...
...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dus...
...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. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...a- tion Company, had met this moving mass five miles off the east coast of Australia. Captain Baker thought at first that he was in the presence of an... ...mplished under the most favourable auspices. It was then the bad season in Australia, the July of that zone corresponding to our January in Europe, bu... ...pidity, stopped suddenly about twenty feet from the hull, and died out—not diving un- der the water, for its brilliancy did not abate—but sud- denly, ... ... to the real difficulty. I can understand your rising to the surface; but, diving below the surface, does not your submarine contrivance encounter a p... ...ves air from above by means of forc- ing pumps and regulators.” “That is a diving apparatus,” said I. “Just so, but under these conditions the man is ... ...tretched the dangerous shores of the coral sea, on the north-east coast of Australia. Our boat lay along some miles from the redoubtable bank on which...
...phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several Sta...
...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. A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson, 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... ...nama canal, caught the fever, and came (for the sake of the sea voyage) to Australia. He had that natural love for the tropics which lies so often lat... ...ys dined “near where the fire was.” They come to a “newly-formed place” in Australia, where the AL- BATROSS was lying, and a British ship, which he kn... ...,” and ad- miring a big house “where he was sure the governor lived.” From Australia, they sailed some time, and reached an an- chorage where a consul... ...he German quarter of the town for guides, and proceeded to the reef. Here, diving with a rope, they got the gun aboard; and the night being then come,... ...ecovered gun seems straightforward; it is supported by much testimony, the diving operations on the reef seem to have been watched from shore with cur... ...t; she was nec- essarily innocent of proceeding on Mulinuu. Or suppose the diving operations, and the native testimony, and Pelly’s chart of the boat’...
...Preface: An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in s...
...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 Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells, the ... ...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... ...esday his chicks all had the staggers, on Friday his cousin came home from Australia, and on Saturday he broke his ankle. What a whirl of excitement!—... ...lked a larger sunburnt parody of himself, his brother T om, just back from Australia. They were recapitulating their early struggles, and Mr. Coombes ... ...e latter’s face was white. “It’s a lot of money,” said the clergyman, and, diving into his pocket, began counting his resources. He had little more th... ...re brothers, and the brig was the Pride of Banya, and he it was bought the diving dress—a second-hand one with a compressed air apparatus instead of p... ...ne with a compressed air apparatus instead of pumping. He’ d have done the diving too, if it hadn’t made him sick going down. And the salvage people w...
...Introduction: The enterprise of messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called Tales of Space and Time, no short story of mine of the ...
..........................................................................27 THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID .....................................34 IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY .....................................................................42 ’PYORNIS ISLAND ....................................................................................48 THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVI...
...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. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...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... ...ten employing the willing services of his pupils in copying let- ters from Australia, Newfoundland, &c. 21 Yo n g e When the Bishop of New Zealand ca... ... John Coleridge Patteson the third fringe round the north-eastern curve of Australia, the New Hebrides, Banks Islands, and Solomon Isles, were almost ... ... and maintained by the yearly visits of Bishop Selwyn, who usually visited Australia while the lads were wintering at their homes. But the ‘Border Mai... ...lomon Islanders distinguished themselves by jumping off the fore-yard, and diving under the ship. Mr. Tilly and the mates had been stowing, and the re... ...the moderns, of whom I read a good many; and I lose a good deal of time in diving into things too deep by half for me, while I forget or don’t learn s...
...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...
...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. The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...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... ... in a stiff, uncomfortable way, “but later we shall see. Is there any more diving into the deep rock-pool below the Bee-Rocks, Little Brother?” “No. T... ...rway. When the tourist season was over, the steamer ran between London and Australia, stopping at Ceylon, and 118 The Second Jungle Book there Olsen ... ...e,” he said. “The Little People are roused indeed. Come!” Swimming low and diving as often as he could, Mowgli went down the river, knife in hand. “Sl...
............................................................................................................................................. 34 LETTING IN THE JUNGLE .................................................................................................................................. 35 MOWGLI?S SONG AGAINST PEOPLE....................................................
... Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document fil... ...ssoci- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an e... ...Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classic... ...ng this page by the fireside at Home, and hearing the night wind rumble in the chimney, that slight obstruction was the uppermost fragment of the Wrec... ...th little or no aid from the imagination, could yet see how the bodies had been turned, and where the head had been and where the feet. Some faded tra... .... Some faded traces of the wreck of the Australian ship may be discernible on the stone pavement of this little church, hundreds of years hence, when ... ...nd a policeman. To this remarkable stick, I refer an air of mystery and magic which pervaded the whole of my perquisition among the traps that were se... ...sk of it, and was sitting on a little box, writing with the deliberation of a bookkeeper. Down, upon her breast on the planks of the deck at this woma... ...e? The purser snores reassur- ingly, and the ship’s bells striking, I hear the cheerful ‘All’s well!’ of the watch musically given back the length of ...
...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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 War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ing for the stimulation of mankind. He came, it was vari- ously said, from Australia and America and the South of France. He was also described quite ... ...id, and then: “There ain’t such things ….” Down went the sun and down, not diving steeply , but pass- ing northward as it sank, and then suddenly dayl... ...ce. “This flying gets on one’s nerves,” he said. He could feel the airship diving down, down, down, then slowly swinging to up, up, up. Throb, throb, ... ...ripped their bladders, set them alight, picked off their dimly seen men in diving clothes, who struggled against fire and tear with fire extinguishers...
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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 Warden by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...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... ... haunt, for John Bold was up in London among lawyers and church reformers, diving deep into other questions than that of the wardenship of Barchester;... ...r has lost his home and his income; he would give up the lawsuit and go to Australia, with her of course, leaving The Jupiter and Mr Finney to complet... ... his name, when she addressed him. Bold wished with all his heart that the Australian scheme was in the act of realisation, and that he and Eleanor we... ...e made perfect. Has not Tom Towers an all-seeing eye? From the diggings of Australia to those of California, right round the habitable globe, does he ...
...ille A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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. Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Penn... ...g all sorts of service, was at last employed as a government packet in the Australian seas. Being condemned, however, about two years previous, she wa... ...The captain was a young cockney, who, a few years before, had emigrated to Australia, and, by some favouritism or other, had-pro-cured the command of ... ... do very well for elderly gentlemen and invalids; but for a lad of spirit, Australia was the Land of Promise. In a dark day Ropey wound up his affairs... ...Un- der such a press of canvas, and with the heavy sea running the barque, diving her bows under, now and then shipped green glassy waves, which, brea...
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...The Strand July 1891 through June 1892. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Contents A Scandal in Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . ... ...nture of the Copper Beeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 I T O SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always... ...is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was ... .... Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his ... ...est landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country. One of the fa... ...e held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also an ex Australian. The men had known each other in the colonies, so that it wa... ...f whoever it was that he had the appointment with. But ‘Cooee’ is a distinctly Australian cry, and one which is used between Australians. There is a s...
...Excerpt: A Scandal in Bohemia; TO SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to lov...
...Table of Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 9 -- III, 18 -- The Red-headed League, 21 -- A Case of Identity, 41 -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 56 -- The Five Orange Pips, 77 -- The Man with the Twisted Lip, 93 -- The Adventure of the Blue ...
...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. David Copperfield, Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine ... ...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... ...ned out to be. First, she lost in the mining way, and then she lost in the diving way fishing up treasure, or some such Tom Tiddler nonsense, explain... ...sters of steam-boilers, wheels, cranks, pipes, furnaces, paddles, anchors, diving-bells, windmill-sails, and I know not what strange objects, accumu- ... ...d Mr. Peggotty, with a hopeful smile. No one can t reproach my darling in Australia. We will begin a new life over theer! I asked him if he yet prop... ...k of this now, both of you. Here are some people David knows, going out to Australia shortly. If you decide to go, why shouldn t you go in the same sh... ...usi- ness manner, and is industrious. Precisely. It is evident to me that Australia is the legitimate sphere of action for Mr. Micawber! I entertai...
...Excerpt: I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that oppor...
...ition. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...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. Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania ... ... a box of matches ready to hand. Almost before he knew he had moved he was diving under the companion slide. He got hold of the can in the dark and tr... ...gland, the second voyage of the Ferndale. He was crossing the Pacific from Australia at the time and didn’t see any papers for weeks and weeks. He int... ...without any false shame. “Oh yes.” He began to look for matches, and while diving for the box under the table added: “And not very far from here eithe...
...Excerpt: I believe he had seen us out of the window coming off to dine in the dinghy of a fourteen-ton yawl belonging to Marlow my host and skipper. We helped the boy we had with us to haul the boat up on the landing-stage before we went up to the riverside inn, where we found our new acquaintan...
...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. The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ... proof of my trust,” with which, tuck- ing his umbrella under his arm, and diving down his hand into his pocket, he fished forth a purse, and, acciden... ...ay be unwise in every case to rest upon it. When the duck-billed beaver of Australia was first brought stuffed to England, the natural- ists, appealin...
...Excerpt: At sunrise on a first of April there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porte...
...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. Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...e-and-forty feet of water, Mrs Richards, but a person may be very far from diving.’ ‘There now,’ said Polly , ‘you’re angry because you’re a good litt... ...e it back. I have one already .’ ‘Then, Wal’r,’ said the Captain, suddenly diving into one of his pockets and bringing up the two teaspoons and the su... ...tain, ‘that you’d read in the paper that a Cap’en of that name was gone to Australia, emigrating, along with a whole ship’s comple- ment of people as ... ...old woman, hobbling to the cupboard; ‘and there’s little here, and little’—diving down into her pocket, and jingling a few half-pence on the table—‘li...
...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 ...
...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. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Penn... ...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... ...at lay scat- tered about, the natives were now sliding off into the water, diving and ducking beneath the surface in all directions— the young girls s... ...m he had stayed three years, living part of the time with him at Sidney in Australia, and that at a subsequent visit to the island, the captain had, a... ... my most unexpected es- cape may be very briefly stated. The captain of an Australian vessel, being in distress for men in these remote seas, had put ...
...tate University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpos... ...h the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmi... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... is blocked. A negro with a thou- sand tails is a topic which a person cannot talk upon flu- ently and instructively without more or less preparation.... ...irst sod,” alluding to the Maryborough-Gympic Railway in course of construction. The words in italics were mutilated by the telegraph in transmis- sio...
...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. Nei ther the Pennsylvania St... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ... 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,... ... 5 47 Greenville 1 10 55 Napoleon 1 16 22 White River 1 16 56 Australia 1 19 Helena 1 23 25 Half Mile Below St. Francis 2 Memphi... ...sed names and places and sent my narrative out of the country. So I chose an Australian magazine for vehicle, as being far enough out of the country, ... ...e of green hickory hoop poles to soak, some twelve feet under water. We were diving and ‘seeing who could stay under longest.’ We managed to remain do...
...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...
...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. Dombey & Son Volume 1 by Charles Dickens, 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-and-forty feet of water, Mrs Richards, but a person may be very far from diving.’ ‘There now,’ said Polly , ‘you’re angry because you’re a good litt... ...e it back. I have one already .’ ‘Then, Wal’r,’ said the Captain, suddenly diving into one of his pockets and bringing up the two teaspoons and the su... ...tain, ‘that you’d read in the paper that a Cap’en of that name was gone to Australia, emigrating, along with a whole ship’s comple- ment of people as ...
...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 Trial, or More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yon... ...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... ...road to be coffee-berries. Aubrey daily entertains me with heroic tales of diving and floating, till I tell them they will become enamoured of some “l... ...might hope for exportation 323 Yo n g e with a ticket of leave to Western Australia. The halo of approaching death no longer lighted him up, and afte... ...orne much of ill. Can you bear to hear good news?’ ‘Am I to be sent out to Australia already?’ said Leonard— for a shortening of the eight years befor...
............................................................... 17 Technology in My Life Bryan Hunsinger ................................................... ....................................................... 23 Drinking is No Fun in the End Gwen Donmoyer ..................................................... ...l the student essays contained herein were produced by students registered in English 004, within the Commonwealth Col- lege of the Pensylvania Univer... ...ns was my favorite activity during my vacation. In addition, we went scuba diving, where we discovered the kingdom of the underwater world. I felt cal... ... not been brushed in years. She would al- ways tell us stories about scuba diving. The thought of her in a wet suit made me nauseous. There was one st... ...she would tell the class on a weekly basis. It was the time she went scuba diving with her husband (who could imagine her being married?) and a shark ... ...ionism caused her to reject several contracts (Menning 26-27). Her tour of Australia in 1934 was the greatest triumph of her career, until the first s...
...Excerpt: Welcome to the sixth volume of Best of Four. That?s right, we have been in business long enough to publish six volumes of the best student writing published in English 4 classes each fall, on the Hazleton Campus of Commonwealth College. Last year, and continuing this year, we?ve also been publish...
...fe? Brittany Preslock ................................................................................................................. 17 Technology in My Life Bryan Hunsinger ......................................................................................................... 19 Adjusting to High School Chris Serra .......................................................
...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. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, the Pennsylvania St... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...nt standard of usefulness to man, we can understand how it is that neither Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, nor any other region inhabited by quite u... ...ase of slow-breed- ing cattle and horses in South America, and latterly in Australia, had not been well authenticated, they would have been quite incr... ...round. In the water-beetle, the structure of its legs, so well adapted for diving, allows it to com- pete with other aquatic insects, to hunt for its ... ... the 102 On the Origin of Species productions of the smaller continent of Australia have formerly yielded, and apparently are now yielding, before th... ...e Puffinuria berardi, in its general habits, in its aston- ishing power of diving, its manner of swimming, and of flying when unwillingly it takes fli... ...lous member of the strictly terrestrial thrush family wholly sub- sists by diving,—grasping the stones with its feet and using its wings under water. ...
...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 Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ... given of these confervae. They ap- pear especially common in the sea near Australia; and off Cape Leeuwin I found an allied but smaller and apparentl... ...e; Voyage of the Astrolabe and of the Co- quille; Captain King’s Survey of Australia, etc. 23 Charles Darwin and of a different shape from the other.... ...h the greatest impetuosity, and emitted at the same time their bark. After diving a short dis- tance they came again to the surface, but only just sho... ...and the stream rapid. Captain Sturt,* when descending the Murrumbidgee, in Australia, saw two emus in the act of swimming. The inhabitants of the coun... ...f sailing through the air is as characteris- tic of this tribe, as that of diving is of the Argyroneta. We may then reject Latreille’s supposition, th... ...arles Darwin very deep and solemn, and is often heard in the night-time In diving, its little wings are used as fins; but on the land, as front legs. ...
...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 Egoist by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...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... ...en, or a word unsaid, offered the picture of him in America, Japan, China, Australia, nay, the continent of Europe, holding an English review of his M... ...siognomy and manners will give you more of a girl’s character than all the divings you can do. She is a charm- ing young woman, only she is one of tha...
...hapter of which the last page only is of any importance comedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the im...
...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. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman , the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... 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.... ...sounds of children and of animals early in the day, I hear emulous shouts of Australians pursuing the wild horse, I hear the Spanish dance with castan... ...ampooter and Cambodia, Others wait steam’d up ready to start in the ports of Australia, Wait at Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Marseilles, Lisbon, Naples... ...scar, Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo! All you continentals of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, indifferent of place! All you on the numberless islands of the... ...s fables, The far darting beams of the spirit, the unloos’d dreams, The deep diving bibles and legends, The daring plots of the poets, the elder relig... ... for thee, real and sane and large as these and thee, Thou! mounting higher, diving deeper than we knew, thou transcendental Union! By thee fact to be...
...gnomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form?d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing....
...s LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 To Foreign Lands................................12 To a Historian.....................................12 To Thee Old Cause.......................
...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. Celt and Saxon by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...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 astonished me that no Englishman had cast an eye on so inviting a land. Australia is not comparable with it. And where colonisations have be- gun w... ... is the fire-water of our country, and claptrap the springboard to send us diving into it. I like my comrades-in-arms, I like the character of British...
... But his inclinations were also subject to question, upon his considering that he had expended pounds English for the privilege of making the journey in this very train....
...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. New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, 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... ...do with God and not with princes. But if you will let me advise you, go to Australia as a colonist, seek menial labour in the open air, and try to for... ... surprised some rumour of what had happened to the diamond; and their vast diving operations on the River Seine are the wonder and amusement of the id...
...NDBOX ..................................................................................................................... 74 STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN IN HOLY ORDERS .................................................................................... 96 STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS ................................................................................1...
...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 Day’s Work by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...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... ... No affidavit could do away with the fearful smell of decayed oysters, the diving-dresses, and the shell-littered hatches. They were there to the valu... ...m were rusted home; and, best of all, the hun- dred and sixty tons of good Australian coal in the bunkers had not diminished. 109 The Day’s Work “I d... ...he team; and Hughes Who’s Who, alias The Ani- mal. He was supposed to have Australian blood in his veins, but he looked like a clothes-horse, and you ... ...sailing- ships, with stewards and mahogany and maple saloons, trad- ing to Australia, taking cargoes of consumptives and hopeless drunkards for whom a...
...lmost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop would bless it, and the first trainload of soldiers would come over it, and there would be speeches....
................ 165 ?BREAD UPON THE WATERS? .............................................................................................. 183 AN ERROR IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION......................................................................... 206 MY SUNDAY AT HOME .............................................................................................................
.... . . . . . 1 The White Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 In a Far Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The W... .... . . 391 The Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Told in the Drooling Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 CONTENTS ii... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 To the Man on Trail 1 D UMP it in.” “But I say, Kid, is n’t that going it a little too strong? Whiskey... ...ast, transfixed the Teslin woman as she hovered above the child. A spent arrow, diving between the logs, lodged in 114 JACK LONDON the missionary’s ar... ...abated. He had not had a fair training for this fight. It was a drought year in Australia, times were hard, and even the most irregular work was difficu... ...del. He had come over from New Zealand with a record behind him. But nobody in Australia knew anything about him, so they put him up against old Tom K...
...But I say, Kid, isn?t that going it a little too strong? Whiskey and alcohol?s bad 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 le...
...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 Men, 117 -- B?atard, 136 -- All Gold Canyon, 153 -- Love of Life...
...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 Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penns... ...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... ...l hurry to the drawing-room, and tear open the black-edged letter with the Australian stamp. “All is right, mamma. She has been very ill, but is fast ... ...r. “Nests are made to be taken,” said Francis. “I’ve got an egg of all the Australian birds the Major could get me,” said Conrade, “and I mean to have... ...ith commenced a discussion of military friends— who had been heard of from Australia, who had been met in England, who was promoted, who married, who ... ...table, where Mr. Curtis had been wont to administer justice, and Grace was diving deep into a bureau for the printed forms long treasured there, her m...
...Excerpt: ?IT IS VERY KIND in the dear mother.? ?But--what, Rachel? Don?t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.? ?Oh yes, it is a perfect thing in its way. Don?t say a word to her; but if you are consulted for my next birthday present, Grace...