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...LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of t... ...ME ONE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication V olume One of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account... ...ve, has actually 6 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY consulted authorities learned in the law , as to his having good grounds on which to ... ... the fair sisters. Heaven above was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a path of diamonds in the sun; the birds poured forth ... ... high, with a few strag- gling out-buildings behind, and a barn and stable adjoining. After the lapse of a minute or two, the noise of somebody unlock... ...on the box beside the driver. They went into the city, turning down by the river side; and, after a long and very slow drive, the streets being crowde... ...ith vehicles of every kind, stopped in front of a large old dingy house in Thames Street: the door and win- dows of which were so bespattered with mud... ...independence and good sense); and to send the manuscript in a frank to the local paper, with perhaps half-a-dozen lines of leader, to the effect, that... ... keep it to yourself, my lord; strictly to yourself.’ Ralph pointed to the adjoining room as he spoke, and nodded ex- pressively. The young lord, feig...

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...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an ...

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...Introduction: Dead Souls, first published in 1842, is the great prose classic of Russia. That amazing institution, ?the Russian novel,? not only began its career with this unfinished masterpiece by Nikolai Vasil?evich Gogol, but practically all the Russian masterpieces that have...

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...Contents THE LONG VOYAGE ...................................................................................................................... 5 THE BEGGING-LETTER WRITER .................................................................

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...es Publication Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...blimely made a sacred charge. He is pushed, on a little raft, across broad rivers by the swimming sailors; they carry him by turns through the deep sa... ...pses of the streets below, and changing views of the other town and of the river, and of the hills and of the sea. It is made more agreeable and pecul... ... sum mer—never mind, now, on what day of the week—there is a fete in some adjoining village (called in that part of the country a Ducasse), where the... ...is conviction, and interested in the men themselves, we represented to the authorities at Scot land Yard, that we should be glad, if there were no of... ...ver he wants to go. So thoroughly are all these houses open to him and our local guide, that, granting that sailors must be enter tained in their own... ...ndent constituents, and to render an account (as he in formed them in the local papers) of the trust they had con fided to his hands—that trust whic... ...ying the passing omnibuses from the top step of the front door immediately adjoining the beadle’s box; Mr. Tiddypot made a desperate attempt at resist...

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...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...

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...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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...ATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...n who had been charged with some act of infidelity to her husband. And the local government, being indignantly summoned to interfere by some Christian... ...he Papal Christianization of those countries, and in the neighborhood of a river-system so awful, of a mountain-system so unheard-of in Europe, there ... ...t reserve. This being stated,—namely, such an attestation from com- petent authorities to the truth of Kate’s narrative as may save all readers from m... ...rown out of merits and qualities purely personal, and was kept alive by no local or family memorials rooted in the land, or surviving herself, it was ... ...issenting institutions; and, in my opinion, with no blame to the presiding authorities. As to Oxford in particular, no such habit was generally preval... ...ke a file of soldiers; place them at all the outlets, and search the rooms adjoining—above, and below. Such mummery is insufferable.” The voice replie... ...“Then, villain!” said the foremost of two men, who rushed hastily from the adjoining shrubs, “be assured that the Landgrave does know it. Let this be ...

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...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some cr...

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...ies Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...mpressed him forcibly. She had given him a peaceable two days on the Upper Thames, in an atmosphere of plain good sense and just-mindedness. He wrote ... ...y England at sea will be your parlour-window looking down the grass to the river and rushes; and when you do me the honour to write, please tell me th... ...nd plainly that if you leave her she will soon be pliant to the legitimate authorities; and why not?’ ‘Listen to me, Roland. I tell you she loves me. ... ... to call on Colonel Halkett, a new resident at Mount Laurels, on the Otley river. He offered the welcome of his house to the lady who was Captain Beau... ...nally retaining the lines of railway, and fasten- ing on the valuable land adjoining stations. Hundreds of millions of pounds! She dropped a sigh at t... ...e perceived an over-swollen monster gourd that had strayed from a gar- den adjoining the river, and hung sliding heavily down the bank on one greenish... ... the Dicketts, who wanted punishment and was to have it, but Mr. Romfrey’s local lawyer had informed him that the man Shrap- nel was, as usual, supply...

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Excerpt: The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin.

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...E OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ected with a subject discussed by Humboldt.* At the cataracts of the great rivers Orinoco, Nile, and Congo, the syen- itic rocks are coated by a black... ...the rings remained uninterruptedly bright, but not so brilliant as before: local irritation with a needle always increased the vividness of the light.... ...d near the centre by a pair or even four zigzag ribbons, which connect two adjoining rays. When any large insect, as a grasshopper or wasp, is caught,... ...l, where a line of blue water was seen mingling in little eddies, with the adjoining fluid. July 26th. — We anchored at Monte Video. The Beagle was em... ...ue Lucanee constantly have their Toldos* on the outskirts of the town. The local government partly supplies them with provisions, by giving them all t... ...e, and on the Descent of the Glaciers in South America. — For the detailed authorities for the following table, I must refer to the former edition: — ... ...— a thousand pounds per annum given in some cases to entertain the Chilian authorities; li- braries of well-bound geological books; miners brought out...

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...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would suppo...

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...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of ...

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..........................13 Eidolons................................................14 For Him I Sing....................................18 When I Read the Book........................18 Beginning My Studies.........................18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the States....

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... Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por table Document file is furn... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...DAM ...103 To the Garden the World...................103 From Pent Up Aching Rivers............103 I Sing the Body Electric....................105 A W... ...ith eidolons only. The noiseless myriads, The infinite oceans where the rivers empty, The separate countless free identities, like eyesight, ... ...e chestnut shade, to the rebeck and guitar, I hear continual echoes from the Thames, I hear fierce French liberty songs, I hear of the Italian boat sc... ...rivers, By you, your banks Connecticut, By you and all your teeming life old Thames, By you Potomac laving the ground Washington trod, by you Patapsco... ...ecure, unapproachable to analysis in the soul, Not traditions, not the outer authorities are the judges, They are the judges of outer authorities and ... ... by me, toward sundown, The flowing sea currents, the little islands, larger adjoining islands, the heights, the villas, The countless masts, the whit... ... an atom, And you streams absorb them well, taking their dear blood, And you local spots, and you airs that swim above lightly impalpable, And all you...

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...ment 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 with matters which were of greater importance in Boswell?s day than now. I have kept in mind an old habit, common enough, I dare say, among its devotees, of opening the book ...

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...dited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... writing their etymologies, definitions, and various significa- tions. The authorities were copied from the books themselves, in which he had marked t... ...e extensive reading which was absolutely necessary for the accumulation of authorities, and which alone may account for Johnson’s retentive mind being... ...starts and aliens. Plymouth is very plenti- fully supplied with water by a river brought into it from a great distance, which is so abundant that it r... ...t were lying at anchor, and with the beautiful country on each side of the river. I talked of preaching, and of the great success which those called M... .... No, Sir, knowledge and virtue may be acquired in all countries, and your local consequence will make you some amends for the intellectual gratifica-... ... and pleasure- ground, prettily situated upon Stowhill, a gentle eminence, adjoining to Lichfield. Johnson walked away to dinner there, leaving me by ... ... ried again.’ Boswell. ‘But he is not restless.’ Johnson. ‘Sir, he is only locally at rest. A chymist is locally at rest; but his mind is hard at work...

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...Excerpt: Preface to the 1857 edition. I have been occupied with this story, during many working hours of two years. I must have been very ill employed, if I could not leave its merits and demerits as a whole, to express themselves on its being r...

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...CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun and Shadow 2. Fellow Travellers 3. Home 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream 5. Family Affairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Moth...

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Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two.

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...Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE........................................................................................ 7 MORAL ESSAYS ...............................................................................................

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...T wo With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, B B B B By the y the y the y the y the RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . G... ...GILFILLAN AN AN AN AN A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pe... ...like motion of Milton’s loftier passages; or the gliding, pausing, fitful, river-like progress of Shakspeare’s verse; or the fretted fury, and “torren... ... 200 Back to his bonds their subject sea command, And roll obedient rivers through the land; These honours, peace to happy Britain brings, Thes... ...ce would swell me, and my heart would break. Know, then, I scorn your dull authorities, Your idle wits, and all their learned lies: By heaven, those a... ...ED OF MARBLES, SPARS, GEMS, ORES, AND MINERALS. Thou who shalt stop, where Thames’ translucent wave Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave; Wh... ...try was of no use, even while he was writing one.’ 149 T o all which great authorities, we can only oppose that of MR ADDISON. ‘The Art of Criticism (... ...aping all his laws, Make God man’s image, man the final cause, Find virtue local, all relation scorn, See all in self, and but for self be born: ... ....) gave in a report to the Lords, that their house and the painted-chamber adjoining were in immediate danger of fall- ing. Whereupon the Lords met in...