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The High History of the Holy Graal

By: Holy Graal

..., trans. Sebastian Evans, originally published in 1898 is a publi cation of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ...trans. Sebastian Evans, originally published in 1898 is a publi cation of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...he file as an electronic trans mission, in any way. The High History of the Holy Graal, trans. Sebastian Evans , the Pennsylvania State University, ... ..., and full as it is of faults of the scribe, this manu script is by far the most complete known copy of the Book of the Graal in existence, being de... ...d in the declaration at the end. From this it appears that it was written by order of the Seingnor of Cambrein for Messire Jehan the Seingnor of Neele... ... this work is entitled “Y Seint Greal, being the adventures of King Arthur’s knights of the Round Table, in the quest of the Holy Grail, and on other ... ... redeem His people from the pains of hell. Josephus set it in remembrance by annunciation of the voice of an angel, for that the truth might be known ...

...Introduction: This book is translated from the first volume of Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal; edited by M. Ch. Potvin for La Societe des Bibliophiles Belges in 1866,1 from the MS. numbered 11,145 in the library of the Dukes of Burgundy at Brussels. This MS....

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ... housn on the return marol). when a charge by the sophomores upset things. Most of the trans- [jaroncios informed 1900 of its bad points, and several ... ...eries, Table Del- icacies, Etc. Fancy Crackers and Everything for Lunches. Orders taken for Cut P'lowcri Nextdoor to post office Spring Str««t COLLEGE... ...of Hopkins Hall. There are twelve Raphaels, the most noted ofwhich arethe "HolyFamily"and tlie"Madotiinulel Cardellino. " Be- sides the portrait of Po... ...church is unable to do—develope resolute, valiant men, worthy to be called knights. The Christian world is in need of men of chivalry, who, believing ... ...oor corridor of Hopkins Hall. The "Cupid and Psyche" of Burne- Jones, the "Annunciation'' of Rossetti and several paintings by Reynolds are among the ...

...The longest 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 ...

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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...assics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...nted of yore the fabulous Dragon of W antley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also fl... ..., but composed of mate- rials much finer than those which the rule of that order ad- mitted. His mantle and hood were of the best Flanders cloth, and ... ...en T urks and infidel Saracens; we islanders love not blows, save those of holy Church, who chasteneth whom she loveth.—Tell me, good fellow,” said he... ...the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre; he is of the order of Knights T emplars, whom you may have heard of; he is half a monk, half a so... ... to York with them on the ensuing day. Isaac looked a little blank at this annunciation. His charity would willingly have stopped short at Ashby, or a...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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Guy Mannering

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., in the progress of the work, the production ceased to bear any, even the most distant resemblance. The tale was origi- nally told me by an old serva... ...e went out with Lord Kenmore In 1715, to convey his estate to trustees, in order to parry pains and penalties, in case the Earl of Mar could not put d... ... him out against the pelting of this pitiless storm. At length, the joyful annunciation that the lady had pre- sented her husband with a fine boy, and... ...ame here in their berlings from Islay and Cantire—and how they went to the Holy Land-that is, to Jerusalem and Jericho, wi’ a’ their clan at their hee... ...world of fiction, you always ad- mired the grand and the romantic—tales of knights, dwarfs, giants, and distressed damsels, soothsayers, visions, beck...

...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subjec...

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The Caged Lion

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ... Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...onvenience. Alice Montagu, though her name sounds as if it came out of the most commonplace novelist’s repertory, was a veritable per- sonage—the heir... ...o think that land happiest where law is strong enough to enforce peace and order.’ ‘The coward loons!’ muttered Patrick, chiefly out of the spirit of ... ... ‘And who art thou, caitiff land-louper,’ muttered Walter, ‘to put to oath knights and princes?’ The knight raised the visor of his helmet. The evenin... ...lic which had had so great an effect upon Walter Stewart, ‘I swear on this holy Rood of St. Andrew, that Malcolm Stewart of Glenuskie shall be my char... ...fe- loniously, and of malice aforethought, on the Eve of the 255 Yo n g e Annunciation of our Lady, of the year of grace 1421, set upon the said Malc...

...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...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...LICATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...another. They were written generally under great pres- sure as to time, in order to catch the critical periods of monthly journals; written oftentimes... ... on the au- thority of my unassisted memory. Under such circumstances were most of the papers composed; and they are now reis- sued in a corrected for... ...than his understanding. An arrière pensée should lie hidden in all minds—a holy reserve as to cases which may arise similar to such as HAVE arisen, wh... ...ntary impor- tance to my unimportant self, by the thundering tone of their annunciations. All the machinery of aristocratic life seemed indeed to intr... ...for instance, in the Oxford matriculation registers, all the upper gentry (knights, esquires, &c.) are technically designated by the word nobiles.—See...

...Excerpt: These papers I am anxious to put into the hands of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in havin...

...s MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANATORY NOTICES...................................................................................................

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The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a... ...nimore Cooper INTRODUCTION IT IS BELIEVED that the scene of this tale, and most of the infor- mation necessary to understand its allusions, are render... ...ssage across half the distance that the French were compelled to master in order to strike their enemies. Near its southern termination, it received t... ...* Winding its way among countless islands, and imbedded in mountains, theholy lake” extended a dozen leagues still fur- ther to the south. With the ... ... my bosom friend, Duncan; and I’ll just give you a hearing, though all the knights of St. Louis were in a body at the sally-port, with the French sain... ...ly of death looked more like a disguise assumed in mock- ery than a fierce annunciation of a desire to carry destruction in his footsteps. After an ho...

Excerpt: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper.

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Autobiographic Sketches Selections, Grave and Gay

By: Thomas de Quincey

...PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...LICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ollection, it is my wish to place at your disposal as soon as possible, in order that you may make what use of them you see fit, be it little or much.... ...the facts. Never for an instant did I falter in my purpose of republishing most of the papers which I had written. Neither, if I myself had been incli... ...thers; finally, that I and they were dutiful and loving members of a pure, holy, and magnificent church. * * * 20 Thomas de Quincey The e... ...ich I witnessed, as the most splendid I may mention an installation of the Knights of St. Patrick. There were six knights installed on this occa- sion... ...hen (according to immemorial usage) the birth of a child was in the act of annunciation to the great officers of state assembled in the queen’s bed ch...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expre...

...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION .........................................................

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Waverley or Tis Sixty Years Since

By: Sir Walter Scott

...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... ...Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... according to the example of my predecessors, I had only to seize upon the most sounding and euphonic surname that English history or topography affor... ... propinquity between the house of W averley-Honour and the doughty barons, knights, and squires, to whom they stood allied; if (notwithstanding his ob... ...fancy and rewarded his attention. The deeds of Wilibert of Waverley in the Holy Land, his long absence and perilous adventures, his supposed death, an... ..., commanded by so respectable a person, composed a society more sedate and orderly than a military mess always exhibits; and that W averley escaped so... ...ely armed after the manner of their country.—Having delivered this doleful annunciation, he assumed a posture of silent dejection, shak- ing his head ...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...cs Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ... patient of fatigue, and despising danger, heading his army on foot in the most toilsome marches, and defeating a regular force in three battles—all t... ... his own single will in opposition to the necessities of France, which, in order to purchase a peace become necessary to the kingdom, was reduced to g... ... his hundred and eight fathers, whose portraits adorn the ancient walls of Holyrood; the broadswords have passed into other hands; the targets are use... ...lect my ideas, dispersed as they were by the extraordinary purport of this annunciation. ‘I cannot conceive, sir,’ I replied, ‘by what singular tenure... ... drawn from the garb of their masters, and, according to the custom of the knights of the rainbow, gave many hints that they were not people to serve ...

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

...lter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...r Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ................................................................. 202 Note 1.—HOLYROOD. .................................................................... ...ugh the success of those liter- ary efforts, I had been enabled to indulge most of the tastes which a retired person of my station might be supposed t... ...d some occasion to know, that promises of assistance, in ef- forts of that order, are apt to be more magnificent than the subsequent performance. I th... ... compel him to assume the pen. These reflections have been suggested by an annunciation on the part of Janet, “that the little Gillie-whitefoot was co... ... himself took the leading of the other, which consisted principally of his knights and barons. On approaching the defile, Bruce dispatched Sir James D...

...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 ........................................................................................................................

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Vittoria

By: George Meredith

... Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...assics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...na was a fighting soldier, who stated what he knew, listened, and took his orders. Giulio Bandinelli was also little better than the lieutenant in an ... ...out as it did like a water-pipe in a hurricane of rain. He ceased, red al- most to blackness, and knotted his arms, that were big as the cable of a ve... ...he friend of the Signora Laura, the widow of Giacomo Piaveni, shot—shot on Annunciation Day. The Virgin bless him! I know the turning of every street ... ...s.” Up in the light of day Luigi had a turn for careless thinking on these holy subjects. Barto Rizzo stood before him in a square of cellarage that w... ...ct of the tender Italian dames was vexatious. It was exasperating to these knights of the slumbering sword to hear their native waltzes sounding of ex...

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Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence

...ssics Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...cs Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... and Gudrun was drawing upon a board which she held on her knee. They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts strayed through their minds. ‘Ursu... ...eny. With the wilfulness of an obstinate child, 14 he wanted to break the holy connection that was between them. He would be at this wedding; he was ... ...us. ‘And how do you propose to begin? I suppose you mean, reform the whole order of society?’ he asked. Birkin had a slight, tense frown between the b... ...a game with the figures set out, the same figures, the Queen of chess, the knights, the pawns, the same now as they were hundreds of years ago, the sa... ...racle, whilst down below the world was a bluish shadow, and above, like an annunciation, hovered a rosy transport in mid-air. T o her it was so beauti...

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The Divine Comedy Volume 3 Paradise

By: Dante Aligheri

... Charles Eliot Norton A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Divine Comedy, Volume Three, Paradise [Paradiso] by Dante Aligheri, tra... ... [Paradiso] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ANTO VIII. Ascent to the Heaven of Venus.—Spirits of Lovers, Source of the order and the varieties in mortal things. .................................... ...d shines in one part more and in another less. In the heaven that receives most of its light I have been, and have seen things which he who descends f... ...ding enters so deep, that the memory cannot follow. T ruly whatever of the Holy Realm I could treasure up in my mind shall now be the theme of my song... ...h reclothes itself. It was the season assigned to the Creation, and to the Annunciation. 7 There, in the Earthly Paradise; here, on earth. It is the ... ...of knighthood; the use of gold in their accoutre- ments being reserved for knights. 25 The family of the Pigli, whose scatcheon was, in heraldic term...

Excerpt: The Divine Comedy, Volume Three, Paradise [Paradiso] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton.

...Contents CANTO I. Proem.?Invocation.?Beatrice and Dante ascend to the Sphere of Fire.?Beatrice explains the cause of their ascent.......................................................................................................................................................... 6 CANTO...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

... Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...arrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ess, therefore, and by a sad prerogative, as more mis- erable than what is most miserable in all, that capital weak- ness of man which regards the ten... ... hyperbole, be styled truly and memorably magnificent. Though in the first order of tall women, yet, being full in person, and with a symmetry that wa... ...l- lery upon me—for misery has a privilege, and everywhere is felt to be a holy thing—had combined to procure for me some attention and some indulgenc... ...n—one which brings with it the old original shock which attended its first annunciation. That night—that first night of separation from my wife— how i... ...n; for, in the natural order of civilization, war passes from the hands of knights, barons, insulated cities, into those of the universal community. I...

...Contents Volume One ..................................................................... 4 THE HOUSEHOLD WRECK.......................................................................................................... 4 THE SPANISH NUN ....................................................................................

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John Keble's Parishes a History of Hursley and Otterbourne

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...story of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...terbourne, along a little brook which falls into the Itchen. It is for the most part of thick clay, fit for brick-making, with occasional veins of san... ...to the castle by the drawbridge. The entrance was on the east side, and in order to protect this and the back of the castle, by which is meant the nor... ...ame. Before this, however, Bishop Richard Toclive had a dis- pute with the Knights of St. John, who claimed the almshouse of Noble Poverty at St. Cros... ...d the response, “Thanks be to Thee, O Lord,” at the end of the Gospel. The Holy Communion was celebrated four times a year, 35. 7d. being paid each ti... ...uardian of your way. “More Stars” (All Saints’ Day) and “Wakefulness” (The Annunciation) are reminiscences of Charles Coleridge Pode, a little nephew ...

...Preface: To explain the 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 a...

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