... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University,... ... over a thick 6 Ivanhoe carpet of the most delicious green sward; in some places they were intermingled with beeches, hollies, and copsewood of vario... ...ge dimensions. Seven stood upright; the rest had been dislodged from their places, probably by the zeal of some convert to Christianity, and lay, some... ...ol cannot half so well help himself—but soft, whom have we here?” he said, listening to the trampling of several horses which became then audible. “Ne... ... so?—Prior, your collar is in danger; I will wear it over my gorget in the lists of Ashby-de-la-Zouche.” “Win it fairly,” said the Prior, “and wear it... ... which the knight had chiefly directed his course, had now sunk behind the Derbyshire hills on his left, and every effort which he might make to pursu...

...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 pl...

...cs Series Publication Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 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... ...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. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ove his company , and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most for- bidding, disagreeabl... ...mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her.” Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behaviour at the assembly... ...urpose than yours, Eliza,” said Charlotte. “Mr. Darcy is not so well worth listen- ing to as his friend, is he?— poor Eliza!— to be only just tolerabl... ...great advantage over the country, for my part, except the shops and public places. The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is it not, Mr. Bingley?” “Wh... ...a more awful object than Darcy, on particular occasions, and in particular places; at his own house especially, and of a Sun- day evening, when he has...

...Part I Chapter I I T IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However lit... ...ter I I T IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the ... ...fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth i... ... a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surround ing families, that he is considered as th... ...be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreea... ...much mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her.” Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behaviour at the asse... ...he purpose than yours, Eliza,” said Charlotte. “Mr. Darcy is not so well worth listening to as his friend, is he? — Poor Eliza! — to be only just tole... ... any great advantage over the country for my part, except the shops and public places. The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is not it, Mr. Bingley?”... ...ow a more aweful object than Darcy, on particular occasions, and in particular places; at his own house especially, and of a Sunday evening when he ha...

...Excerpt: Chapter I; IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding fa...

...Table of Contents: I 1 -- I 3 -- II 6 -- III 8 -- IV 12 -- V 15 -- VI 18 -- VII 24 -- VIII 29 -- IX 34 -- X 39 -- XI 45 -- XII 49 -- XIII 51 -- XIV 55 -- XV 58...

...RLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...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... ...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 electronic transmis- sion, in any way. A Book of Golden Deeds, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ...eighbor- ing farms lost not one lamb through their violence. Some at least listened to the song of their warlike minstrel: ‘Come, ye children, and hea... ...woods, rocks, and precipices came down so near the sea- shore, that in two places there was only room for one single wheel track between the steeps an... ...hat formed the border of the gulf on its south side. These two very narrow places were called the gates of the pass, and were about a mile apart. Ther... ... when she was a very little girl, a word of hers had saved her father from listening to a traitorous message from the King of Persia; and every Sparta... ...ping and reaching Dublin, whence she made her way to her father’s house in Derbyshire. Her little son was found by the rebels lying in his cradle, and...

...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

...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 ... ...ge 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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylv... ...hen they were hundreds of years old—and other oaks have sprung up in their places, and died too, very aged—since the rest of the his tory of the brav... ... Histroy of England 18 grown with grass, and of mounds that are the burial places of heaps of Britons, are to be seen in almost all parts of the count... ...of peace, in writing, as he lay very ill in bed, they brought him also the list of the de serters from their allegiance, whom he was re quired to pa... ...eir allegiance, whom he was re quired to pardon. The first name upon this list was John, his favourite son, in whom he had trusted to the last. ‘O Jo... ...ign Charles Dickens 335 to one Antony Babington—a gentleman of fortune in Derbyshire, who had been for some time a secret agent of Mary’s—for murderi...

...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...

...er by Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. 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 ... ...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so Any person using this document file, for any purpose, an... ... any way does so Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so Any person using this document file, for any purpose, an... ... might prove so to him, and not read dull and tediously, I have in several places mixed, not any scurrility, but some innocent, harmless mirth, of whi... ...rse. in war and wantonness The Compleat Angler — Walton 35 Let them that list, these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their ... ...t Windsor, a little Trout called a Samlet, or Skegger Trout, in both which places I have caught twenty or forty at a standing, that will bite as fast ... ... the sad yellow fly in June: the body is made of black wool, with a yellow list on either side; and the wings taken off the wings of a buzzard, bound ... ...there be the best Roach anglers. And I think the best Trout anglers be in Derbyshire; for the waters there are clear to an extremity. Next, let me te...

...Excerpt: I have made so ill use of your former favors, as by them to be encouraged to entreat, that they may be enlarged to the patronage and protection of this Book: and I have put on a modest confidence, that I shall not be denied, because it is a discour...

...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... ...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. Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott, the Pen... ...icers of state, and each appli- cation was answered by the production of a list, in which Invernahyle (as the good old gentleman was wont to express i... ...atuity, in consideration of the extra expense attached to frequenting such places of fash- ionable resort.] For it may be observed in passing, that in... ...ing pleasure. The hours he spent with his uncle and aunt were exhausted in listening to the oft-repeated tale of narrative old age. Yet even there his... ...e desired to be brought to W averley-Honour once more, and visited all the places where she had been with my grand-uncle, and caused the carpets to be... ...ley, which is the eagle and child.’ ‘The bird and bantling they call it in Derbyshire, sir,’ said Stanley. ‘Ye’re a daft callant, sir,’ said the Baron...

...NDSHIP and Other Early Works also spelled LOVE AND FREINDSHIP A collection of juvenile writings by Jane Austen A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...cs Series Publication Love and Friendship by Jane Austen is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e of any kind. Any per- son 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. Love and Friendship by Jane Austen, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...young Woman, who was ushured into the Room at the Door of which I had been listening. On hearing her announced by the Name of “Lady Dorothea,” I inst... ...her, but without any effect, and at last as I saw that she did not seem to listen to me, I said no more, but leaving her with my Mother I took down th... ...nds, and will probably spend nearly as much every year in Dress and Public places, if she can get it—she will certainly not endeavour to reclaim Sir G... ...ry happy could my Mother’s income allow her to jockey us into its Pub- lic-places, during Winter. I always longed particularly to go to Vaux-hall, to... ...Have you been long in Essex Ma’am?” “I arrived on Tuesday.” “You came from Derbyshire?” “No, Ma’am! appearing surprised at my question, from Suffolk....

...Excerpt: Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed in Love.? Letter the First From Isabel to Laura How often, in answer to my repeated intreaties that you would give my Daughter a regular detail of the Misfortunes and Adventures of your Life, have y...

...Contents LOVE AND FREINDSHIP................................................. 4 AN UNFINISHED NOVEL IN LETTERS ................................................................................................................ 34 LESLEY CASTLE .......................................................................................

...es Publication Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas de Quincey 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... ...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. Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...d heard Cethegus under his bed. It would have been truly diverting to have listened to him; and satis- fied I am, gentlemen, that he would have prefer... ...ts of the island. In one of these excursions (1670) he visited the Peak in Derbyshire, partly in consequence of Hobbes’s description of it. Being in t... ...ted love of peace and harmony, worthy of an old man and a philosopher. But listen—“For a while he was not com- posed, but related it once or twice as ... ...a very novel manner. They did not practise in the night-time, or in lonely places; but justly considering that great crowds are in themselves a sort o... ...sly opened the door, and kicked him into the inside. He had all the inside places to himself; but such is the rapacity of ambition, that he was still ...

...Excerpt: From my boyish days I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar a...

...Contents On the Knocking at the Gate, in Macbeth....................................................4 On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts .........................................9 LECTURE....................................................................

...ctaion The Herd Boy And His Hermit 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... ...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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Herd Boy And His Hermit by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylv... ...ed our tilt-yard at Bletso. Two knights could gallop at one another in the lists, as if they were out hunting. Oh! to hear the lances ring against the... ...s that so perplexed him, namely, the plan- ets, that never stayed in their places. By-and-by, when Mother Dolly’s work was over the kettle was on the ... ...wn from minstrel to minstrel, from nurse to nurse, and they sat entranced, listen- ing to the stories, more than even Hal knew she possessed, and hold... ...d against him for good and all. King Henry is proclaimed in all the market-places! I heard it with my own ears at Penrith!’ And throwing up his cap in... ...e, and partaking of a hur- ried meal. The sun was rising over the hills of Derbyshire, dyeing them of a red purple, standing out sharply against a fla...

...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 eastern hills, but was gradually fading away,...

...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... ...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... ...as of slip- pery polished oak, the walls hung with leather, gilded in some places and depending from cornices, whose ornaments proved to an initiated ... ...hire. And thus they journeyed, with frequent halts, until they came to the Derbyshire borders. Bridgefield House stood on the top of a steep slope lea... ...g so distraught, and not look- ing for madam so early, but Susan could not listen to her, and merely putting the babe into her arms, came with her hus... ... as high as their heads, and were further sheltered by a rock, looking and listening. “Now then, Cis, bravely done! Show how she treats her ladies—” “... ...he 117 Charlotte M. Yonge indiscretion of gadding in strange places with no better es- cort than Diccon, and of entering into conversati...

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

...NN STATE E LECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) is a publication of the Pennsy... ...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... ...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. Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot (Mary Anne ... ... of the old demon-worship might perhaps even now be caught by the diligent listener among the grey-haired peasantry; for the rude mind with difficulty... ... he could never arrive at anything higher than hope mingled with fear, and listened with longing wonder when William declared that he had possessed un... ...l as the mind of a possible felon usually is. There were only three hiding-places where he had ever heard of cottag- ers’ hoards being found: the that... ...t me to believe in ‘em, let ‘em leave off skulking i’ the dark and i’ lone places—let ‘em come where there’s com- pany and candles.” “As if ghos’es ‘u... ...prevailing scent is of the lavender and rose-leaves that fill the vases of Derbyshire spar. All is purity and order in this once dreary room, for, fif...

Excerpt: Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans).

...Silas Marner GEORGE ELIOT 1861 SILAS MARNER: THE WEA VER OF RA VELOE. “A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to de... ...ENTS PART I CHAPTER I I N the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses — and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace,... ...eat ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace, had their toy spinning wheels of polished oak — there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes... ... lace, had their toy spinning wheels of polished oak — there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, c... ... of the old demon worship might perhaps even now be caught by the diligent listener among the gray haired peasantry; for the rude mind with difficulty ... ... he could never arrive at anything higher than hope mingled with fear, and listened with longing wonder when William declared that he had possessed un... ...l as the mind of a possible felon usually is. There were only three hiding places where he had ever heard of cottagers’ hoards being found: the thatch... ...t me to believe in ’em, let ’em leave off skulking i’ the dark and i’ lone places — let ’em come where there’s company and candles.” “As if ghos’es ’u... ...y prevailing scent is of the lavender and roseleaves that fill the vases of Derbyshire spar. All is purity and order in this once dreary room, for, fift...

...Excerpt: PART I; CHAPTER I -- IN the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak --there might be seen in districts far away among the...

...Table of Contents: CHAPTER I, 1 -- CHAPTER II, 10 -- CHAPTER III, 16 -- CHAPTER IV, 25 -- CHAPTER V, 31 -- CHAPTER VI, 35 -- CHAPTER VII, 43 -- CHAPTER VIII, 48 -- CHAPTER IX, 55 -- CHAPTER X, 61 -- CHAPTER XI, 73 -- CHAPTER XII, 8...

...PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. 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... ...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. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania ... ...n loudly proclaimed; but it is very likely to have indisposed them towards listening. Meantime, so far as I am acquainted with these Roman Catholic de... ...ious feeling! and all three—love, grief, religion—are haunters of solitary places. Love, grief, and the mystery of devotion,—what were these without s... ...p in this thy recovered temple.” Lo! the apparition plucks an anemone, and places it on the altar; he also bends his knee, he also raises his right ha... ...s in my family as otherwise might be unimportant, I here record the entire list of my brothers and sisters, according to their order of succession; an... ...s in England, unless upon the rocky strata which stretch north- wards from Derbyshire to Cumberland and Northumberland. The public carriages were the ...

...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, expressly to di...

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

...lassics Series Publication Aaron’s Rod by D. H. Lawrence 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... ...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. Aaron’s Rod by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...rosty evening the sound carried. People passing down the street hesitated, listening. The neighbours knew it was Aaron practising his piccolo. He was ... ...ive till they die, either way.” And he smiled faintly. He had not re- ally listened to the doctor. The terms “British Government,” and “bad for the pe... ...artners in the Colliery firm. His English was incorrect, his accent, broad Derbyshire, and he was not a gentleman in the snob- 26 Aaron’s Rod bish se... ... “Come and have lunch with us on the train,” said Angus. “I’ll order three places, and we can lunch together.” “Oh, I can buy a bit of food at the sta...

...Excerpt: There was a large, brilliant evening star in the early twilight, and underfoot the earth was half frozen. It was Christmas Eve. Also the War was over, and there was a sense of relief that was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now ...

........... 16 CHAPTER III: ?THE LIGHTED TREE? .............................................................................. 25 CHAPTER IV: ?THE PILLAR OF SALT? ............................................................................. 38 CHAPTER V: AT THE OPERA ............................................................................................ 45 CHAPTER VI: TAL...

...JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pe... ...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. John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by ... ...lieve that a little investigation would bring to light, in countless other places, much that is well worth remembrance. For the benefit of those who t... ...lect, some specimens are appended, which come from personal knowledge. The lists of birds and of flowers are both from the actual observation of long ... ...m Winchester to Romsey, and nearly at an equal distance from each of those places. The parishes by which Hursley is surrounded were, when Mr. Marsh wr... ...Parliament for the county of Hants, and had been placed at the head of the list of his father’s attempt at a House of Lords, and he allowed greatness ... ... created a baronet. The Heathcotes belonged to a family of gentle blood in Derbyshire. Gilbert Heathcote, one of the sons, was an Al- derman at Cheste...

...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 amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, an...

...Grosvenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Ch... ...d edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furn... ...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. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ... could not boast of gentility. His father was Michael Johnson, a native of Derbyshire, of obscure extraction, who settled in Lichfield as a bookseller... ...mmond observed him at the ca- thedral perched upon his father’s shoulders, listening and gaping at the much celebrated preacher. Mr. Hammond asked Mr.... ...strong, emphatick voice: ‘Well, I have a mind to see what is done in other places of learning. I’ll go and visit the Universities abroad. I’ll go to F... ...oasting of the many eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke. In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Pro- fessor, Mr. Shensto... ...happy when we meet, and not refer our pleasure to distant times or distant places. ‘How comes it that you tell me nothing of your lady? I hope to see ...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

...Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius Translated by J. A. Giles History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. J.A. Giles is a publ... ...ritons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. J.A. Giles is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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. History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. ... ...hat they will fulfil the wish of my seniors, and grant me the easy task of listening with candour to my history. For zealous ef- forts very often fail... ...(Dorchester). 19. Cair britoc (Bristol). 20. Cair meguaid (Meivod). * This list of the Roman emperors who visited Britain, is omitted in many of the M... ...followers, held Dalrieta; Buile had the island Eubonia, and other adjacent places. The sons of Liethali 2 obtained the country of the dimetae, where i... ...ssels, and in Bede’s time was three stadia broad, and fordable only at two places. 3 The rest of this sentence is omitted in some of the MSS. 18 His... ...nding by its mother. *King of Powys. V.R. Benli in the district of Ial (in Derbyshire); in the district of Dalrieta; Belinus; Beluni; and Benty. 33. E...

...Prologue: Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, I have presumed to deliver thes...

...es Publication Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray 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... ...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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania Sta... ... weapons of the Artist? the colors of his palette? the chords of his lyre? Listen! I tell thee a tale— not of Kings—but of Men—not of Thrones, but of ... ...not of Kings—but of Men—not of Thrones, but of Love, and Grief, and Crime. Listen, and but once more. ’Tis for the last time (probably) these fingers ... ...now and rec- ognize from its likeness to its brother district in all other places where are congregated the habitations of men. In Tehran, or Pekin, o... ...committed perjury and murder, or that a Duke has stabbed his wife in fifty places, or some story equally horrible; yet for all that it’s admiral to se... ...l. Seven pound six at the ‘Shipp,’ Grinnidge, which I don’t grudge it, for Derbyshire’s brown Ock is the best in Urup; nine pound three at the ‘Traffl...

...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and gl...

...Contents NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS ...................................................................................................... 4 NOONDAY IN CHEPE ....................................................................................................................... 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL............................................................................

...ics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by George Meredith 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... ...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. Celt and Saxon by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ... was for him to throw in a conversational word or two. He was rewarded for listening devoutly. Mr. Adister burst out again: ‘ And why not come over he... ...ces. The quiet course of things within the house appeared to him to have a listening ear for big events outside. He dreaded a single step in the wrong... ...and her Nile, and he is led to suppose that she has a distaste for foreign places. Condescending to attempt to please, which he has reason to wish to ... ...a note of challenge. ‘You’d be having to mount your drum and fife in their places, ma’am.’ She saw no fear of the necessity. ‘But the fife’s a pretty ... ...eorge Meredith holiday, and worshipping him as the personification of your Derbyshire race.’ A glittering look was in Captain Con’s eye to catch Rockn...

...Excerpt: A young Irish gentleman of the numerous clan O?Donnells, and a Patrick, hardly a distinction of him until we know him, had bound himself, by purchase of a railway-ticket, to travel direct to the borders of North Wales, on a visit to a notable landow...

...ics Series Publication Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence 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... ...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. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...rowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows. And the cottages of these coa... ...ge mines of the financiers. The coal and iron field of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire was discovered. Carston, Waite and Co. appeared. Amid tremendous... ...the peep-show, she explained the pictures, in a sort of story, to which he listened as if spellbound. He would not leave her. All the time he stuck cl... ...ed of love-talk, she tried to open her heart seriously to him. She saw him listen deferentially, but without understanding. This killed her efforts at... ... fellow, my word”! When he went away again the children retired to various places to weep alone. Morel went to bed in misery, and Mrs. Morel felt as i...

..................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER I THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS ............................................................................ 4 CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF PAUL, AND ANOTHER BATTLE......................................................................... 31 CHAPTER...

...on The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge 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... ...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 Pennsyl- vania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penn... ...nd proceeded to advise Ethel and Norman to put away Henry V., and find the places in their Bibles, “or you will have the things mixed together in your... .... “I am sure there is nothing lower, or more mean and shabby, than getting places and praise a fellow does not deserve.” “Oh, yes!” cried Ethel, “but ... ...ubletted, a desk bearing an open Bible before him, and a twisted pillar of Derbyshire spar on each side. He was the founder of thirteen almshouses, an... ... fire, looking heavy and ill, while others of different ages lounged about listlessly. She was not untidy, but very pale, and she spoke in a meek, sub... ...and shut- ting, and suppressed voices, and he turned his face upwards, and listened with his hand pressed to his forehead, as if to keep himself still...

...Preface: No one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the ?tale? for the young, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both....

...gnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania 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... ...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. Magnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge, th... .... Oh, yes, we know,” interrupted Allen; “Janet does not think anyone worth listening to that hasn’t got a whole alphabet tacked behind his name.” “Jan... ...rs. Brownlow. “He knows how describe as few people do.” “Did you see Janet listening to him,” said her grandmother, “with her brows pulled down and he... ... “You know all my mind for the children. With God’s help you can fill both places to them. I should like you to live at Kenminster, under Robert’s win... ...ime, and they will only wonder how anybody cared to go up into such dreary places.” “Or perhaps they will have stripped them all, and eaten the glacie... ...ice as large as himself, with whom he meant to walk through the scenery of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, as far as the modest sum they allowed them- selve...

...ke her with them, for their sister has children, and she will have to roam from room to room before the whitewashers, which is not what I should wish in the critical state of chest left by measles.?...