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...What is this strange land called England; so small in size yet so powerful in influence? What makes her so unique, talented and persistent? This book attempts to answer that. It is a short, well written explanation of England as a unique country written by s...

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... or the latest USAF Stealth aircraft? In the following pages, you will read of reports covering the wide spectrum of Flying Triangle activity both in England and world-wide. It will soon become obviates to the reader that what is being reported, is not a new top secret Stealth aircraft. It is far more likely to be a new type of alien craft that does not originate from our ...

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...ot, who bore no resemblance to the gentle, reserved woman he had married. THE CURSE OF KALI 3 England 1854 It was a beautiful autumn day when Si... ...ima,’ said Rosita in her inimitable Spanish accent, which she had never lost despite her years in England. ‘Your dreams have come true, at last, and... ...enturers to the East, had made his fortune in India in the early 18th century. ‘On his return to England, Sir William’s substantial wealth purchased... ...Sir James and Lady Cameron, friends of Sir Terence, returning to India after a spell of leave in England. The couple had promised to watch over his ... ...ir Terence disappeared from her view as the dock and, eventually, the shoreline of their beloved England receded. Helen took Rosita’s arm, ‘Let us ... ...k, filled her with amazement. As each day passed she realised that her life was changing and that England, that little island off Europe, which she ... ...rewell to them, especially Lady Cameron, who had become a good friend on their long journey from England. She stood up in her stirrups to wave until... ...andah and Helen heard him inform Gavin in his pidgin English that the memsahibs had arrived from England. Gavin nodded and bounded up the steps. Was... ...itis in his hands, he is a very fit man. I have a letter from him for you.’ They talked on about England, about Charnwood Hall and its faithful sta...

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...John Buddle was a local hero in North East England. When he died in 1843 his funeral procession was more than a mile long and thousands of pitmen lined the route to show their respect. He was a self made man who led his men from the front through floods, fires and exp...

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...ome his servants and slaves. The earliest statute against witchcraft enacted in England, was passed by the reign of King Henry VI.; and additional l... ...e at the trials which speedily followed. In this particular, as in some others, England followed Geneva. Between the years 1565 and 1700, eleven wiz... ...ECORD. In the spring of 1645 several witches were seized at Manningtree in England and were subsequently condemned and hanged. On of these was ... ...e process of divination. The vulgar notion, still prevalent in the north of England, of thə hazel‘s tendency to a vein of lead ore, seam or str...

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...1 ENGLAND 9 APRIL–1 MAY 1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...HAP AT MIDPOINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 ENGLAND 31 AUGUST–8 SEPTEMBER 1943 . . . . . . . . . 13 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...Russia as enemy (after its intervention in 1849 against the Hungarian insurgents), this is why he has tried to stimulate the anti-Russian feelings in England before the Crimean War. ...

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...fend him, troubled by the royal hatred leveled at him, for his loyalty to England was unquestionable. His trial was pure sham. SHEPHERD OF THE OC... ...lied ships for the Queen. In Virginia, my colony is dedicated to all that England stands for. Sirs, I protest! Judge: Damned you are, damning our... ... my Secretary of State has negotiated a successful Anti-Slave Treaty with England. On April 24th, 1862, this treaty was ratified by the Senate. It wa... ... slave trade dangerous and unprosper- ous, with both the United States and England patrolling the seas. If I accomplish nothing more than this, my Wh... ...se pins are men, my men, my country. I understand that some of the New Englanders dumped their Bibles on their long marches—their knapsacks too h...

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...an training As a very introduction to the topic, I would ask myself: Would I allow my children (who have been trained to imbibe the best of English (England) systems, despite my being non-White, and totally alien to English [England] antiquity) and other children who I have trained, to follow Gandhi himself as a follower or allow them to be trained by him or his followers...

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...Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamicy years in European hstory. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to thei...

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.......................................................................................................................... 16 LETTER V.?ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND .................................................................................................. 20 LETTER VI.?ON THE PRESBYTERIANS.......................................................................................

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...ie Arouet) A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet), the Pennsylvania State Univers... .............................................. 16 LETTER V .—ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ...................................................................... ...ES ...................................................... 96 4 Letters on England Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) INTRODUCTION... ...ember, 1721, Voltaire visited Lord Bolingbroke, who was then an exile from England, at the Chateau of La Source. There was now constant literary activ... ...month; and his first act when he was released was to ask for a passport to England. V oltaire left France, reached London in August, 1726, went as gue... ...y- two to the age of thirty-five. He was here when George I. 6 Letters on England died, and George II. became king. He published here his Henriade. H... ... 1731 he published at Rouen the Lettres sur les Anglais, which appeared in England in 1733 in the volume from which they are here reprinted. H.M. LETT... ... in 1733 in the volume from which they are here reprinted. H.M. LETTERS ON ENGLAND LETTER I.—ON THE QUAKERS I WAS OF OPINION that the doctrine and hi...

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... Old World, and they had fought a revolution to escape such a fate. But the “nationalists,” led by men like Hamilton and centered in New York and New England, also understood that life could be quite grand for those who managed and ruled over an empire. That’s why his party—the Federalists—fought so hard and long for a much more powerful, consolidated, monopolistic governm...

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Excerpt: Young Folks? History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...Contents Young Folks? History of England ..................................... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55 ........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. A.D. 41?418...........

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...M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tro... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. Contents Young Folks’ History of England ..................................... 6 CHAPTER I JULIUS CAESAR. B.... .............................................. 136 6 Young Folk’s History of England Young Folks’ History of England By Charlotte M. Yonge CHAPTER I CHA... ...led Britons. And the country he came to see? That was our very own island, England, only it was not called so then. And the place where Julius Caesar ... ...ere Julius Caesar landed is called Deal, and, if you look at the map where England and France most nearly touch one another, I think you will see the ... ...of this chapter stands B.C. (Before Christ) 55. 8 Young Folk’s History of England CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE R THE R ... ...ry was called after them Angle-land. Don’t you know what it is called now? England itself, and the people English. They spoke much the same language a... ...eir own before the English got it for themselves; but the English have had England now for thirteen hundred years, and we cannot doubt they will keep ...

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...pular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general information provided about England in the last two or three centuries, in which its present industrial system was being built up, and the general information given about the preceding centuries, which we call broadly mediaeval. As this quotation taken ...

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...The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standing-room. (ch. 1) — and features references to many well-known figures of th...

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...rpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly litt...

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...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED..........

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...University is an equal opportunity University. Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS........................................................ ........................................................ 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTE... ...D UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED...................................... ... ...THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED...................................... 24 CHAPTER IV ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY KINGS .................. 31 CHAPTER... ...LAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY KINGS .................. 31 CHAPTER V ENGLAND UNDER CANUTE THE DANE ................................................ ...ANE ........................................................ 44 CHAPTER VI ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD HAREFOOT, HARDICANUTE, AND ED WARD THE CONFESSOR ....... .............................................................. 46 CHAPTER VII ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND, AND CONQUERED BY THE NORMANS ................

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...olonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1845/46) Desertion Handbill by Juan Soto (1847) "The War with Mexico" North Star Editorial (1848) Address to the New England Convention by Frederick Douglass (1849) Four Documents on Disaffection in the South During the Civil War (1864/5) Open Letter to President McKinley by Colored People Of Massachusetts I. D. Barnett et al. (1899) Lew...