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...SARTOR RESARTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh By Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SE... ...lyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publicat... ...TRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...he ardent genius of their disciples, it has come about that now, to many a Royal Society, the Creation of a World is little more mysterious than the c... ...ent genius of their disciples, it has come about that now, to many a Royal Society, the Creation of a World is little more mysterious than the cooking... ...r jewels, because raised in revolt which proved suc- cessful, is still the royal standard of that country;” what though John Knox’s Daughter, “who thr... ...ung heart felt, for the first time, quite orphaned and alone.” His school- fellows, as is usual, persecuted him: “They were Boys,” he says, “mostly ru... ...le enough? As in birth, so in action, speculation, and social position, my fellows are perhaps not numerous.” In the Bag Sagittarius, as we at length ...

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

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

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...tt, Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... Bart. Edited with Notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Class... ...ge, Mass. Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a p... ... Boston 1883 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, ed. William J. Rolfe, A.M. is a publicatio... ...one through a London book- seller. This I compared, line by line, with the Edinburgh edi- 4 The Lady of the Lake tion of 1821 (from the Harvard Libra... ...peed the while, Nor think again of the lonely isle. ‘High place to thee in royal court, High place in battled line, Good hawk and hound for sylvan ... ...tly dance than blithe strathspey, Nor half so pleased mine ear incline T o royal minstrel’s lay as shine. And then for suitors proud and high, T o ben... ...ction. As this invitation was supported by a band of thirty or forty stout fellows, only one gentleman, an ancestor, if I mistake not, of the present ... ... to partake of their dainties. By this indulgence he forfeits for ever the society of men, and is bound down irre- vocably to the condition of Shi’ich...

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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...Contents: I. PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE - ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG II. FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING III. FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ...

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...Excerpt: How he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called Written by himself and now...

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... Twenty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- ... ...enty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- nis... ...y. This Portable Document file is fur- nished 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... ...al in London he had written off to his father’s solicitors, signifying his royal pleasure that an inter- view should take place between them on the mo... ...ther’s quarters. It became the fashion, indeed, among all the honest young fellows of the —th to adore and admire Mrs. Osborne. Her simple artless beh... ...thus suddenly introduced to so large a party of relations. “We’re all good fellows here,” the Major’s lady continued. “There’s not a regiment in the s... ...ed. “There’s not a regiment in the service where you’ll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. There’s no quarrelling, bickering, ... ... Paris in two months, I tell you; when I’ll take you to dine in the Palais Royal, by Jove! There are three hundred thousand Rooshians, I tell you, now...

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...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Clas... ...lotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by ... ... Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsy... ...om the Castle to be driven in an open carriage to Salt Hill and bestow her Royal contribution. In the throng little Patteson was pressed up so close t... ...contribution. In the throng little Patteson was pressed up so close to the Royal carriage that he became entangled in the wheel, and was on the point ... ...quicken the personal loyalty which is an unfailing characteristic of ‘Eton fellows.’ The Royal custom of the Sunday afternoon parade on the terrace of... ...ake a riot and revel in the charms of misrule. ‘On the second day the Eton fellows always make an im- mense row. So at the signal, when a thing was ac... ...ys, when announcing it to his sisters. He had be- gun to join the Debating Society at Eton, and for a while was the president. One of the other member...

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...Excerpt: On a Moorland slope where sheep and goats were dispersed among the rocks, there lay a young lad on his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on the top of the...

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