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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the pri...

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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intens... ...entimental, to talk of Alcaeus and miss him, to remember our fun at other festivals. Crickets bubbled like little pots. Frogs burped. A bat fluttere... ...age will become stale. Perhaps I can think of something for the religious festivals next year. Theatre means meeting people I seldom see anywhere e... ...icry, spoken somewhat under her breath, takes in the townspeople, theatre folk, the Athenian star, Alcaeus, Gogu, the girls. But, because it is kindl... ... to throw yourself into the hands of your enemies.” There will be no more Festivals of Light. At Nazareth I used to have a pet goat. Memories... ... ...protection. Onlookers came out of the alleys as well as the palace. Alley folk jeered. They shouted “Christ the Juggler;” they called Him “El Puto”.... ... four are difficult to appraise as we walk along Henley Street. The local folk have never heard the creak of chariot wheels. Lonely...I have been lo...

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...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...

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... -- 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...

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... 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... ... -- Consecration of the corpse -- Procuring the sacrifice -- The dead house -- Festivals at which numbers of humans are sacrificed -- Differences in d... ...m improbable, when the fact is remembered that from the most northern point of Scotland to the southern capes of Iceland, the distance is less than fi... ...pipes were liberally given, and the sailors made glad the hearts of the simple folk by presenting them with old clothing in great abundance, for every...

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...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publi... ...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... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottlan... ...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... ... Charlotte M. Yonge Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE ... ...wn To History T urks or Infidels that we should deem her sprung of heathen folk.” “Assuredly not,” said Cuthbert Langston, whose quick, light-coloured... ... the wreck. I suspect him of some secret commerce with the Queen of Scots’ folk.” “Yet you were on his side against Mr. Heatherthwayte,” said Susan. “... ...pardon,” said the woman, curtseying, “the pretty lady belongs to the great folk down yonder. Would she look at my poor wares? Here are beads and trink... ...LASH OF SW ASH OF SW ASH OF SW ASH OF SW ASH OF SWORDS ORDS ORDS ORDS ORDS FESTIVALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES were conducted by day rather than by night, an...

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...nts and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refer to the almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms o...

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...nct, and showing the green summits, and below, the tossing waves breaking white against the dark rocks, and the distance becoming more and more hazy, in spite of the bright sun which made a broken path of glory along the tossing, white-crested waters....

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...Introduction: In sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytag?s first series of pictures of German Life:...

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...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have approached the task with the sam...

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...makes the memory of what once filled it a treasure to be brought forward with joy and thankfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotten, and their place know them no more....

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...nting over a spacious park, the undulating ground here turning a broad lawn towards the beams that silvered every blade of grass; there, curving away in banks of velvet green; shadowed by the trees; gnarled old thorns in the holiday suit whence they take their name, giant?s nosegays of horse-chestnuts, mighty elms and stalwart oaks, singly or in groups, the aristocracy of ...

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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 I edited some of Gray?s poems several years ago, I found that they ...

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... as little. It only aims at drawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost...

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...NY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES ..................................................... 104 CHAPTER XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .......................................................................... 105 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE .............................................

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...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slender white arms, and her ti...

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...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is...

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... known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the collection has been made....

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...Excerpt: In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigour of the reformation brought...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total o...

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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 Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, 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... ... did, es- sentially English by long residence and habit. Of John him- self Scotland has little or nothing to claim except the birth and genealogy, for... ...s household, there to consider what should next be done. On my return from Scotland, that year, perhaps late in September, I remember finding him lodg... ... with great felicity, I am told, and much to the satisfaction of the young folk, when the humor took him. Besides these plentiful communications still... ...It was a fine piece of state-show; though, as there are three or four such Festivals yearly, of course there is none of the eager interest which break... ...eard, this morning, from my Father, that you are to set out on Tuesday for Scotland: so I have determined to fillip away some spurt of ink in your dir...

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...ant judgments than either of its forerunners. If we take the period since its appearance as covering four generations, we find the greatest authority in the earliest, Johnson, speaking of it with something more nearly approaching to enthusiasm than he allowed himself in reference to any other work of an author, to whom he was on the whole so unjust....

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...ions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge?s eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate. There had been, he admitted, a trivial blemish or so in its rate of progress, but this was exaggerated and had been entirely owing to the ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public...

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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. Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua ... ...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... ... Gargantua refreshed himself two or three days, making very merry with his folks, and inquiring what men of learning there were then in the city, and ... ...ausages, and such other forerunners of wine. In the meanwhile, four of his folks did cast into his mouth one after another continually mustard by whol... ...ous, cov- etous, Nor blockish, cruel, nor too credulous,—Here mangy, pocky folks shall have no place, No ugly lusks, nor persons of disgrace. Grace, ... ...rder being equally admitted to the benefit of those funerary and obsequial festivals with the aged rectors and professed fathers. This is the surest o... ... Cato the Censor, who perceiving, by reason of his presence, the Floralian festivals out of order, withdrew himself. Chapter 3.XXVIII. How Friar John ... ...es, nor Lyaean Thyades deport themselves in the time of their bacchanalian festivals more shamelessly, or with a so affronted and brazen-faced impuden...

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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. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thor... ...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... ...l, young, divine, in the wind and rain which never die. The respectable folks,— Where dwell they? They whisper in the oaks, And they sigh ... ...eth a knell, But the fairies’ silvery bell Is the voice of that gentle folk, Or else the horizon that spoke. 39 HenryDavidThoreau Its metal i... ...o patience towards Such conscientious cowards. Give me simple laboring folk, Who love their work, Whose virtue is a song T o cheer God along... ...leaves is as the trampling of the crowd. We read now a days of the ancient festivals, games, and pro cessions of the Greeks and Etruscans, with a lit... ...n Italy, and T ell and T amerlane in Switzerland and in Asia, and Bruce in Scotland, and Wickliffe, and Gower, and Edward the Third, and John of Gaunt... ...ount in estimating his char acter and influence. King James and Dunbar of Scotland speak of him with more love and reverence than any modern author o...

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...present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved c...

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...THE ESSAYS 5 ?Of Truth 7 ?Of Death 9 ?Of Unity in Religion 12 ?Of Revenge 13 ?Of Adversity 14 ?Of Simulation and Dissimulation 17 ?Of Parents and Children 18 ?Of Marriage and Single Life 20 ?Of Envy 24 ?Of Love 25 ?Of Great Place 28 ?Of Boldness 29 ?Of Goodness and Goodne...

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... SHELLEY VOLUME 3 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON... ...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 Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Volume Thr... ...N: MOSCON: How happens it, although you can maintain The folly of enjoying festivals, That yet you go there? CL CL CL CL CLARIN: ARIN: ARIN: ARIN: ARI... ...od of writing “Queen Mab”, a great traveller within the limits of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His time was spent among the loveliest scenes of the... ...dated 1800. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. A cat in distress, Nothing more, nor less; Good folks, I must faithfully tell ye, As I am a sinner, It waits for some dinne...