...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Elec... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication... ...f the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ................................................... 361 CHAPTER XLI HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ..................................................................... ... slender, Venetian glasses, a little pew- ter, and some rare shells. A few high-backed chairs were ranged against the wall; there was a tall “armory,”... ...with. When Captain Talbot returned, as the rays of the setting sun glanced high on the roofs and chimneys, little Humfrey stood peeping through the tr... ...ville was ready to question and debate every item set down by Shrewsbury’s steward; while his mis- tress showed herself liberal and open-handed. Indee... ...while the Queen was in conference with Hatton, there came a message by the steward of the household, that Master Richard Talbot had arrived, and that ... ...leased, and it imports, indeed it imports.” “Come, Mrs. Kennett,” said the steward, who by no means shared his master’s sourness, “if it were a young ...

Excerpt: Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge.

...THE BEWITCHED WHISTLE ...................................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER VII THE BLAST OF THE WHISTLE................................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER VIII THE KEY OF THE CIPHER ..............................................................................

...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sity. 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 ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...e Eastern Hemi sphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these ... ...h are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, — broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of ti... ...ated in history. Each of the best sort of these chariots, not quite breast high in front, and open at the back, contained one man to drive, and two or... ...y a storm), and what with having some of his vessels dashed to pieces by a high tide after they were drawn ashore, he ran great risk of being totally ... ...mans sunk, still yield water; roads that the Romans made, form part of our highways. In some old battle fields, British spear heads and Roman armour h... ...ry body renounced allegiance to him. After which, Sir Thomas Blount , the Steward of the House hold, nearly finished him, by coming forward and brea...

...Excerpt: 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. Irela...

... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. 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... ...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... ...ue relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms of friend ra... ... and beard, moving with the ease and grace that showed his training in the highest school of chivalry. ‘Good Uncle,’ cried the maiden in eager excitem... ...by the bare space trodden by feet of man and horse, and yet, in truth, the highway between Berwick and Edinburgh, which descended from a heathery moor... ...ous valley, with copsewood clothing one side, in the midst of which rose a high mound or knoll, probably once the site of a camp, for it still bore li... ...m. ‘That’s more like it,’ said the brother, who acted as a kind of farming steward, and was a hearty, good-natured gossip. ‘An’ what’s the name of ye?... ...hose who lay snoring among the relics of their last night’s revel. The old steward was, however, up and alert, ready to offer the stirrup-cup, and the...

...Preface: When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events 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...

...Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Book Seven A Pen... ...ation Le Morte D’Arthur: Book Seven by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ... held his Round Table most plenour, it fortuned that he commanded that the high feast of Pentecost should be holden at a city and a castle, the which ... ...en alighted, and the dwarf kept their horses, and one of the three men was higher than the other twain by a foot and an half. Then Sir Gawaine went un... ...[save] only those that were prisoners or slain at a recounter. Then at the high feast ever- more they should be fulfilled the whole number of an hundr... ...odliest young man that ever I saw. Then the king betook him to Sir Kay the steward, and charged him that he should give him of all manner of meats and... ... Persant, and worshipfully. And so the cry was made in England, Wales, and Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, and in all the Out Isles, and in Brittany and ... ...e les Isles, a noble knight, and Sir Grummore Grummursum, a good knight of Scotland, and Sir Carados of the dolorous tower, a noble knight, and Sir Tu...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. How Beaumains came to King Arthur?s Court and demanded three petitions of King Arthur. When Arthur held his Round Table most plenour, it fortuned that he commanded that the high feast of Pentecost should be holden at a city and a castle, the which in those days was called Kynke Kenadonne, upon t...

... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Thr... ... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere], the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA... ...rs Later by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE of the month of May, in the year 166... ...the wing of the castle in which is the window of Mary de Medici, so that Madame never fails to say: ‘Could one believe it possible that Mary de Medici... ...ed till one of them was close to his saddle-bow: then stooping towards him, in a clear, distinct voice, which was perfectly audible at the window wher... ...ason why the masters should be separated when the horses are united. Accordingly, I am come to request the pleasure of being admitted to your table. M... ...” “I seem to know that name,” said the king, as if reflect- ing; “there was a Marquis de la V alliere” “Y es, sire, it is his daughter.” “But he died,... ...trimmed sails, like the wings of a seagull about to plunge; such a spectacle indeed well merited admira- tion. A crowd of curious idlers followed the ...

...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men a...

...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation... ...rican Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. 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 ... ...country, I hope and believe it will successfully work out a problem of the highest importance to the whole human race. To represent me as viewing Ame... ...ty, not to say gorgeous little bowers, sketched by a masterly hand, in the highly varnished lithographic plan hanging up in the agent’s counting hous... ...ut not inconveniently so) with groups of ladies and gentlemen, in the very highest state of enjoyment and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels ... ... Notes – Dickens 5 end a melancholy stove, at which three or four chilly stewards were warming their hands; while on either side, extending down its... ...ore me, looking at the same time round the walls, ‘Ha! the breakfast room, steward — eh?’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he... ..., and rendered it quite incapable of perfection anywhere else. There was a stewardess, too, actively engaged in pro ducing clean sheets and table clo...

...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existence not in my imagination. The...

... by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of th... ...ania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any ... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania Stat... ... and, in five cases out of ten, either brings some dainties with him, or privately pays the steward for extra rations, the difference in price becomes... ...ing, I fancy, a shade of difference in the social scale. When people pass each other on the high seas of life at so early an age, the contact is but s... ... air; but towards nightfall the wind freshened, the rain began to fall, and the sea rose so high that it was difficult to keep ones footing on the dec... ...ither quite Scotsman nor altogether Irish, but of surprising clearness of conviction on the highest problems. He had gone nearly be- side himself on t... ...ved and mollified; and speaking in a voice much freer from constraint, advised me to find a steward and despatch him in quest of 31 Robert Louis Stev... ... Louis Stevenson the doctor, who would now be in the smoking-room over his pipe. One of the stewards was often enough to be found about this hour down...

...Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...ity. 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... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...t thunderbolt of war On Egypt, Hafnia, T rafalgar; Who, born to guide such high emprize, For Britain’s weal was early wise; Alas! to whom the Almighty... ...nts mourn, untimely lost When best employed, and wanted most; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound; And all the... ...o such wondrous men the dust. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling... ... your grace, provide For me and mine, a trusty guide. I have not ridden in Scotland since James backed the cause of that mock-prince, Warbeck, that Fl... ...ut as in form of peace I go, A friendly messenger, to know Why through all Scotland, near and far, Their King is mustering troops for war. The sight o... ... blithely share: There fight thine own retainers too, Beneath De Burg, thy steward true.” “Thanks, noble Surrey!” Marmion said, Nor farther greeting ...

... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles D... ... The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free... ...arles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Documen... ...now with the redeemed. Oh, he did not wish to go this last voyage! On the fifteenth of October, I received a letter from him from Melbourne, date Augu... ...was now returning to fulfil his sacred vow; he brought all his property with him in gold uninsured. We heard from him when the ship stopped at Queenst... ... purpose. We left them, there- upon, and began a long walk among the women who were simply old and infirm; but whenever, in the course of this same wa... ...ut into the dark again, ‘and very difficult to deal with, who, when he has made this place The Uncommercial Traveller 43 too hot to hold him, enters ... ...harm, For though they love fellow-creature with umbrella down again and golden store, Sir Knight they what a tremendous one love honour and virtue mor... ..., sir- rough passage to-night! I freely admit it to be a miserable piece of human weak- ness and inconsistency, but I no sooner become conscious of th...

...n Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. 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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...oth parties, we have no hesitation to give their names at length. When the Highlanders, on the morning of the battle of Preston, 1745, made their memo... ... as if determined to the very last to defend the post assigned to him, the Highland gentleman com- manded him to surrender, and received for reply a t... ... target. The officer was now defenceless, and the battle-axe of a gigantic Highlander (the miller of Invernahyle’s mill) was uplifted to dash his brai... ... Rectory to Squire Stubbs’ at the Grange, from the Squire to the Baronet’s steward at his neat white house on the heath, from the stew- ard to the bai... ... But on bold yeoman, flower of all the west, Hight Jonas Culbertfield, the steward’s son. Craving pardon for my heroics (which I am unable in cer- tai... ...t the distance of six months, to the aforesaid Jonas, son of the Baronet’s steward, and heir (no unfertile prospect) to a steward’s fortune; besides t...

...blication Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. 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... ...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... ...s first cousin, James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews and now Chancellor of Scotland, one of the wisest, best, and truest-hearted men in Scotland, and ... ...r, who were not of rank to be at his table. The Lord Lion King-at-Arms was high-table com- pany, but he was absent, and the inferior royal pursuivant ... ...arleycorns floating in it, the meat in strings by force of boiling. At the high table each person had a bowl, either silver or wood, and each had a pr... ...own, I hope, without lessons from the enemy,’ said James, holding his head high, while his ruddy locks flew back, his eyes glanced, and the red scar o... ...ddie that was about to seat himself at the high table and frowned when the steward motioned him down?’ ‘What’s that to me? An ill-nurtured carle,’ sai... ...nt of the Scottish King’s sisters.’ ‘ Ah! one of them is to be married. My steward is with me. It is to him you should speak of her wardrobe,’ said Ja...

...le, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the shadows of the clouds, with here and there a sail fleeting before the wind, and of the rugged headlands of the coast, point beyond point, the nearer distinct, and showing ...

...Publication The Nibelungenlied, trans. Daniel B. Shumway is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...elungenlied The Nibelungenlied Author Unknown Originally written in Middle High German (M.H.G.), sometime around 1200 A.D., although this dating is by... ...r epic may have been united about 1150. It was revised and translated into High German and circulated at South German courts about 1170, and then rece... ... scansion, and at the same time will give the reader an idea of the Middle High German language in which the poem is written: Uns ist in alten maeren ... ...h the noble king: “Now bid draw near whom ye deem fit and we will make him steward.” The lady spied near by one of her highest kin (it was her mother’... ...e work of putting up the seats outside of Worms upon the strand. The royal stewards, too, were found at work. Ortwin and Gere would not desist, but se... ... “Skorottan” appears in the “Thidreksaga”, chap. 28, as an ancient name of Scotland. (4) “Gibecke”, “Ramung” and “Hornbog”, see Adventure XXII, notes ...

...lter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...sity. 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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...................................................................... 41 THE HIGHLAND WIDOW ............................................................... ............................................................ 209 NOTES TO THE HIGHLAND WIDOW. .............................................................. ................................................ 214 Note 10.—FIDELITY OF THE HIGHLANDERS. ................................................................. ...fol- lowed Mr. Murray’s address.) Sir Walter Scott gave “The Health of the Stewards.” Mr. Vandenhoff.—Mr. President and Gentlemen, the 32 Chronicles ... ...d Gentlemen, the 32 Chronicles of the Canongate honour conferred upon the Stewards, in the very flattering compliment you have just paid us, calls fo... ...r obligation had fallen into abler hands. (Hear, hear.) In the name of the Stewards, I most respectfully and cordially thank you for the honour you ha...

...Excerpt: Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the wri...

...Contents INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. .......................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................

...Stray Pearls Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont Viscountess of Bellaise By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series P... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. Yonge is ... ... Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... vessel through troublous waters. But what France had ill brooked from the high-handed son of her ancient nobility was intolerable from a low-born Ita... ...s well known that there was a strong under-current of upright, honest, and highly-cultivated men among the bour- geoisie and magistrates, and that it ... ...just right, and hoping to obtain further hopes and schemes, and, acting on higher and purer principles than those around him, be universally mis- unde... ...henever he tried to more; sharp shriek or howl, or a mes- sage through the steward, summoned him back to M. le Marquis, who had utterly forgotten all ... ...train, far less punish them. They made attacks on the de- partments of the stewards and cooks, kicking and biting any one who tried to stop them, and ... ..., and was sent away to the country-house to recover, under the care of the steward’s wife, before Millicent could open her eyes or lift her head from ...

Excerpt: Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. Yonge.

...s Publication A Modern T elemachus by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. 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... ...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... ...nce, and married to the daughter of the Marquis de Varennes, as well as in high favour with the Marshal Duke of Berwick. In 1719, just when the ambiti... ...ly imaginary. But the little girl’s conduct is perfectly true. When in the steward’s arms she declared that the savages might take her life, but never... ...d Couco, and bor- dering on Djigheli Bay, were really wild Arabs, claiming high descent, but very loose Mohammedans, and savage in their habits. Their... ...l now, when not one of the servants, barring myself and Maitre Hebert, the steward, will follow Madame la Comtesse beyond the four walls of Paris. “Wi... ...r Orders, but there was no necessity for him to proceed any farther unless higher promotion should be accorded to him in recompense of his brother’s s... ..., ‘but I require to be certified of the safety of the rest of my suite, my steward, my lackey, and my husband’s secretary, a young gentleman of noble ...

... Chronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mason is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. 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... ...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... ...6 Arthurian Chronicles:Roman De Brut the narrative from that of Geoffrey’s high sounding Latin prose. W ace, moreover, was Norman born and Norman bred... ...ce, who well could write; and he gave it to the noble Eleanor, who was the high King Henry’s queen. Layamon laid before him these books, and turned ov... ...incere student, who wrote, not like Geoffrey and Wace, for the favour of a high born patron, but for the love of England and of good men and his few h... ... good to the king, my counsel would be that he should send to the Picts of Scotland to seek of them horsemen and sergeants to have with him about his ... ...f my household, and of wealth you shall find no lack. Certain thieves from Scotland torment me grievously at this time, burning my land and preying on... ...g and his companions entered in Tintagel. The porter in his lodge, and the steward within his office, deemed him their lord. They welcomed him gladly,...

...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 1 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 1 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...ery act of transcribing his mind was apt to stray from the work in hand to higher things; he would lose himself in contemplating those airy abstrac- t... ...verse. Yet he was usually averse to expressing these feelings, except when highly idealized; and many of his more beautiful effusions he had cast asid... ... _200 And yet there is a moment When the sun’s highest point Peers like a star o’er ocean’s western edge, When those far c... ...famish for their pride; Nor did he hold from any man his dues, But, like a steward in honest dealings tried, _40 With those who... ...the verge of the echoing shore The massy forest shadowed o’er. The ancient steward, with hair all hoar, As we alighted, wept to see His master changed... ...pride, and lust, and length of days Wherein to act the deeds which are the stewards Of their revenue.—But much yet remains To which they show no title...

Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

.................................. 7 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839. ......................... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824...................................................................

...don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Book Eighth Retrospect: Love of Nature Leading to Love of Mankind . 126 Book Ninth Residence in France... ...Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 ii The Prelude of 1805 Book First Introduction: Childhood and School time OH, there is ... ...clouds And from the sky; it beats against my cheek, And seems half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! 5 A captive g... ...ores, or rescue from decay the old By timely interference. I had hopes Still higher, that with a frame of outward life I might endue, might fix in a vi... ...ustavus found Help at his need in Dalecarlia’s mines; How Wallace fought for Scotland, left the name Of Wallace to be found like a wild flower 215 All ... ...m vain perplexity, 270 Unprofitably travelling toward the grave, Like a false steward who hath much received And renders nothing back. —Was it for this... ...flower, and when the Vales And woods were warm, was I a plunderer then In the high places, on the lonesome peaks 340 Where’er, among the mountains and ... ...build up our human Soul, Not with the mean and vulgar works of Man, But with high objects, with enduring things, With life and nature, purifying thus ... ... flower—the tutors of our youth, The guides, the wardens of our faculties And stewards of our labour, watchful men And skilful in the usury of time, 38...

...ing in this gentle breeze, That blows from the green fields and from the clouds And from the sky; it beats against my cheek, And seems half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! A captive greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, from yon city?s walls set free, A prison where he hath been long immured. Now I am free, enfranchised and at l...

...Table of Contents: Book First Introduction: Childhood and School-time, 1 -- Book Second Childhood and School-time (Continued), 20 -- Book Third Residence at Cambridge, 34 -- Book Fourth Summer Vacation, 53 -- Book Fifth Books, 67 -...

...Series Publication Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...th reference to the killing of cats, and those who know anything either of high or low government places, will be well aware that a promise may be mad... ... be made without positive words, and that an expectant may be put into the highest state of encouragement, though the great man on whose breath he han... ... but he could not. The race was so very close, and the stakes were so very high. He then looked at the dying man’s impas- sive, placid face. There was... ...1s 2d a day; that there should be a matron with a house and L 70 a year; a steward with L 150 a year, who should have the spiritual guidance of that a... ...ollars to be grinned through (this latter amusement was an addition of the stewards, and not arranged by Miss Thorne in the original programme), and e... ...nd the most effective of all the Ullathorne house- hold was Mr Plomacy the steward. This last personage had, in the time of Mr Thorne’s father, when t...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? The death of old Dr. Grantly, who h...

...Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...sity. 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... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...means of the person whose life he had saved, he was permitted to return to Scotland, where he and his descendants were distinguished by the name of Dr... ...young men having some pretence to gentility, the poverty of the country of Scotland, the national disposition to wandering and to adventure, all condu... ...nt a part in the story. This is the opinion of a critic who encamps on the highest pinnacles of literature; and the author is so far fortunate in havi... ...ted to the command of one of several independent com- panies raised in the Highlands at the commencement of the troubles in the reign of Charles I.; a... ... conduct of himself and his relative Montrose, till their argument came to high words; and finally, from the state they were both in, by an easy trans... ... a gold chain like a modern magistrate of Edinburgh, but who was, in fact, steward of the household to the Marquis of Argyle, entered the apartment, a...

...Excerpt: I. Introduction to a legend of Montrose. The Legend of Montrose was written chiefly with a view to place before the reader the melancholy fate of John Lord Kilpont, eldest son of William Earl of Airth and Menteith, and the singular circumstances attendi...

...Contents I. INTRODUCTION TO A LEGEND OF MONTROSE. .............................................................. 4 II. INTRODUCTION (Supplement). ............................................................................................. 16 III. A LEGEND OF MO...