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...s losing one‘s job. Sex makes us happier, as does enjoying one‘s job. The Americans, who spend much more time working are much higher on the happine... ...ed at home, in your neighborhood or in school is the truth, divine truth. Americans eat with their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the for... ...ies ate their meals together. She was appalled by the poor manners of the American students. Her mother had taught her good table manners at home, r... ... with your fork in your left hand and your knife in your right). But the Americans had very poor manners. They cut all their food first then put the... ...the right hand. The Norwegian assumed that after a few weeks the ignorant Americans would follow her lead of good manners. After two weeks she was ca... ...ieved in neither. (23) There were huge differences by country with 95% of Maltese believing in God and only 16% of Estonians having such a belief. Wh...

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...ces Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IDE Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTER... ... Europe, DAC, ECE, EFTA, EMA, ESRO (ob- server), FAO, GATT, IAEA, IDE Inter- American Development Bank, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, In... ...ICOM, CDB, Common- wealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDE Inter-American De- velopment Bank, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAS, PAHO... ...mber of: CARICOM, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, IDE Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ... ...braltarian; adjec- tive Gibraltar Ethnic divisions: mostly Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, and Spanish descent Religion: 75% Roman Catholic, 8%... ...yan(s); adjective Libyan Ethnic divisions: 97% Berber and Arab; some Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians R... ...ion: 361,704 (July 1987), average annual growth rate 0.66% Nationality: noun Maltese (sing, and pi.); adjective Maltese Ethnic divisions: mixture of A... ...alian, English Religion: 98% Roman Catholic 155 Malta (continued) Language: Maltese and English (official) Infant mortality rate: 11.2/1,000 (1984) L... ...ion; expendi- tures, $486 million (1984 est.) Monetary conversion rate: 2.62 Maltese lira=US$l (November 1986) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communica...

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...of their previous discourse; for indeed, I had not then broken away from the American gentleman, in the travellers’ parlour of the con vent, who, sit... ...n wind had been blowing for some days (they had told him at his hotel of the Maltese Cross), and he knew that it was often hurtful. He hoped the beau ... ...it alone anywhere. So I went back into the convent parlour, and, finding the American gentleman still disposed to relate the biography of the Honourab...

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...ng over the bulwarks of the armed sloop Christopher Columbus, in the South American waters off the Mosquito shore. My lady remarks to me, before I go ... ...a-leaning over the bulwarks of the sloop Christopher Columbus in the South American waters off the Mosquito shore: a subject of his Gracious Majesty K... ...nd-twenty years in all, when I stood looking along those bright blue South American Wa- ters. Looking after the shepherd, I may say. W atching him in ... ...imilar spirit. It was a pretty place: in all its arrangements partly South American and partly English, and very agreeable to look at on that account,... ...he left of the anchorage. On the right was a sort of barrack, with a South American Flag and the Union Jack, flying from the same staff, where the lit... ...nd said, “Don’t move. Don’t turn. Don’t raise your voice! Y ou never saw a Maltese face here?” “No. What do you mean?” he asks, staring at me. “Nor ye... ...could see the whole crowd of Pirates. There were Malays among them, Dutch, Maltese, Greeks, Sambos, Ne- groes, and Convict Englishmen from the West In... ...adies—always behind me—were steady and ready with the arms. I had a lot of Maltese and Malays upon me, and, but for a broadsword that Miss Maryon’s ow...

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...e moored everywhere, showing their flags, Rus- sian and English, Austrian, American, and Greek; and along the quays country ships from the Black Sea o... ...issaries, with silver maces shining in the sun. ’Twas the party of the new American Consul-General of Syria and Jerusalem, hastening to that city, wit... ...lem, so as to be on the spot in readiness. When the diachylon Arab saw the American Arab, he straightway galloped his steed towards him, took his pipe... ... round, and in and out, and there and back again, as in a play of war. The American replied in a similar playful ferocity—the two warriors made a litt... ...orsted, challenged his adversary to a race, and fled away on his grey, the American following on his bay. Here poor sticking-plaster was again worsted... ... late, used to be quartered in these sham inns; but last year two or three Maltese took houses for the reception of tourists, who can now be accommoda...

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...ock. “It is generally well known that out of the crews of Whaling vessels (American) few ever return in the ships on board of which they departed.” Cr... ...water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied... ...reat original — the Tyre of this Carthage; — the place where the first dead American whale was stranded. Where else but from Nantucket did those aborig... .... There was a hole or slit in the middle of this mat, the same as in South American ponchos. But could it be possible that any sober har pooneer woul... ...elagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed. If American and European men of war now peacefully ride in once savage harbor... ...to ice floors. I’m sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me. Maltese sailor. Me too; where’s your girls? Who but a fool would take his l... ...born, high tide Ganges turned to wind! Thou showest thy black brow, Seeva! Maltese sailor. (Reclining and shaking his cap.) It’s the waves’ — the snow...

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...ack. “It is generally well known that out of the crews of Whaling vessels (American) few ever return in the ships on board of which they departed.” —C... ...water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied... ... great original— the Tyre of this Carthage;—the place where the first dead American whale was stranded. Where else but from Nan- tucket did those abor... ...lagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or V ancouver had ever sailed. If American and European men-of-war now peacefully ride in once sav- age harbo... ...thousand men before the mast employed in the Ameri- can whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. Herein it is the... ...o ice-floors. I’m sorry to throw cold water on the subject; but excuse me. Maltese sailor. Me too; where’s your girls? Who but a fool would take his l... ...born, high-tide Ganges turned to wind! Thou showest thy black brow, Seeva! Maltese sailor. (Reclining and shaking his cap.) It’s the waves—the snow’s ...

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...” said the pilot in bad French. “I am,” replied Dantes, in bad Italian, “a Maltese sailor. We were coming from Syracuse laden with grain. The storm of... ...ld them that all hands might turn in, and he would take the helm. When the Maltese (for so they called Dantes) had said this, it was sufficient, and a... ...exandre Dumas 191 when her toilet should be completed. “What are we to do, Maltese?” asked the captain. “We cannot leave you here so, and yet we canno... ...or was hired by a very rich gentleman who was supposed to be a Sicilian or Maltese; but the host was unable to decide to which of the two nations the ... ...onte Cristo?” asked Franz of his host. “A very great nobleman, but whether Maltese or Sicilian I cannot exactly say; but this I know, that he is noble... ...y by the world, for I am not an Italian, or a Frenchman, or a Hindu, or an American, or a Spaniard — I am a cosmopolite. No country can say it saw my ...

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... and always behaves like a gentle- man, don’t you, Quizzy?’ and the little Maltese, who per- fectly well understood that there was trouble in the air,... ...s, with no relief save a rim of white at neck and hands, and a tiny silver Maltese cross at the throat. Maura had a comparatively new gray dress, pick... ... Caesar always hiding away his nominatives out of spite. Valetta, like the American child, evidently regarded the Great Julius in no other light than ... ...or- 118 Charlotte M. Young rid to Maura, and said she was a Greek and I a Maltese, and so we were both false, and cheaty, and sly, and they should te...

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...ut his cabbage-leaf hat; there was Spanish Jack, with curls of black hair, rings in his ears, and a knife not far from his hand, if you got into troub... ...g come but the jug of ale and the bread, you implore your waiter to ‘see after that cutlet, waiter; pray do!’ He cannot go at once, for he is carrying... ...as already in the un- commercial line. This was a man who, though not more than thirty, had seen the world in divers irreconcilable capacities—had bee... ... at every violent roll, becomes the regular blast of a high pressure en- gine, and I recognise the exceedingly explosive steamer in which I ascended t... ...s pointed out to me. A com- pactly-made handsome man in black, rather short, with rich brown hair and beard, and clear bright eyes. From his speech, I... ...ained by himself. And there must be in it no touch of condescension, no shadow of patronage. In the great work- ing districts, this truth is studied a...

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...sto, the big Pyrenean dog, and,—oh, here comes little Quiz, mamma’s little Maltese—Quiz, Quiz.’ Dolores started, she did not like either dogs or cats;... ...ng about it!’ ‘They can’t mend,’ said Mysie. ‘Besides, do you know, in the American war, all the sewing-machines in the Southern States got out of ord... ...that a person answering to his description had embarked at Liverpool in an American-bound steamer. This idea, though very uncertain, was a relief, at ...

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...sformed Sir Hubert. It was much easier to line his tent with a tapestry of Maltese crosses, than to consider whether the hall should be covered with c... ...where he had secretly embarked 262 Dynevor Terrace V olume II on board an American vessel bound for Panama. Louis asked why he had fled, instead of t... ...nd Madison shortly after came from Callao, having traced such a pair to an American vessel, which was long since out of harbour. It was well that the ... ...o well did it agree with Louis. Yet there was a sad feeling, for the South American mail had been some days due, and he had not heard of his son since... ... he was well fitted by his knowledge of the Spanish language and the South American trade, to receive the cargoes sent home. ‘In truth,’ said Louis, c...

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...hard by Marlott village. They, with two others below, formed the revolving Maltese cross of the reaping machine, which had been brought to the field on... ...ryman, landowner, agriculturist, and breeder of cattle. He would become an American or Australian Phase the Third — The Rally 103 Abraham, commanding... ...om the back of a mule which was bearing him from the interior of the South American Continent towards the coast. His experiences of this strange land ...

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..................................................................... 150 THE MALTESE CAT................................................................... ... across the sea. As the Guiding Light she was very badly wanted in a South American port for the little matter of entering harbour at full speed, coll... ...ving-wheels into the brick ash-pit beneath him. 007 was an eight-wheeled “American” loco, slightly different from others of his type, and as he sto... ...ive-cent sidewalk-fakirs’ mechanical toys! Here’ s an eight-wheel coupled ‘American’ don’t know what a hot-box is! Never heard of an emergency-stop ei... ...one hundred and fifty-six miles in two hundred and twenty-one minutes. THE MALTESE CAT T HEY HAD GOOD REASON to be proud, and better reason to be afra... ...it—” 166 Rudyard Kipling “Ah, but we aren’t playing the maxims,” said The Maltese Cat. “We’re playing the game; and we’ve the great advantage of know... ...gold-coloured Arab, who had been playing very badly the day before, to The Maltese Cat; “didn’t we meet in Abdul Rahman’s stable in Bombay, four seaso... ...p next season, you may re- member?” 167 The Day’s Work “Not me,” said The Maltese Cat, politely. “I was at Malta then, pulling a vegetable-cart. I do... ...t till he begins to paint,’ I said. “‘That’s just what he’s done—and South American freights higher than we’ll live to see them again. He’s laid her u...

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...Excerpt: Preface To The American Edition. On the death of Fleeming Jenkin, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two consider...

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...evenson Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Robert Louis Stevenson PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. ON THE DEATH OF FLEEMING JENKIN, his family and friends d... ...heads. ‘Off Bona; June 4. ‘I READ YOUR LETTER carefully, leaning back in a Maltese boat to present the smallest surface of my body to a grilling sun, ... ...s.’ A TELEGRAM OF JULY 20: ‘I have received your four welcome letters. The Americans are charming people.’ VI. AND HERE TO MAKE AN END are a few rando... ...phonograph which to our great joy talked, and talked, too, with the purest American accent. It was so good that a second instrument was got ready fort...

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...ting place of Edgar Allan Poe, the most interesting and original figure in American letters. And, to sig- nify that peculiar musical quality of Poe’s ... ...s unmortified sense of independence.” And this was the tribute paid by the American public to the master who had given to it such tales of conjuring c... ...s Dickens, although they made him many enemies among the over-puffed minor American writers so mercilessly exposed by him; such poems of beauty and me... ...rds might not a Poe claim! Edgar’s father, a son of General David Poe, the American revolutionary patriot and friend of Lafayette, had married Mrs. Ho... ...m $20 monthly for two pages of criticism. Those were discouraging times in American literature, but Poe never lost faith. He was finally to triumph wh... ...ese species. The owner, (who is ascertained to be a sailor, belonging to a Maltese ves- sel,) may have the animal again, upon identifying it satis- fa... ... I asked, “that you should know the man to be a sailor, and belonging to a Maltese vessel?” “I do not know it,” said Dupin. “I am not sure of it. Here... ...this knot is one which few besides sailors can tie, and is peculiar to the Maltese. I picked the ribbon up at the foot of the lightning-rod. It could ... ...induction from this ribbon, that the Frenchman was a sailor belonging to a Maltese vessel, still I can have done no harm in saying what I did in the a...

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...e been the ardor of conviction as to tuberculosis, tetanus, enteric fever, Maltese fever, diphtheria, and the rest of the diseases in which the charac... ...owledge, any more than the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness (as the American Constitution puts it), from all social conditions. No man is allow...

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...ll, she said, it was not the spirits, but the tobacco, which the Dutch and American sail- ors were glad enough to exchange for her mother’s commodi- t... ... Rockquay with the tobacco-shop. She had cho- sen that place on account of American trading-vessels put- ting in there, as well as those of various fo... ...where she was to be left for a year, while Fernan with Marilda visited his American establishments, and on their return would decide whether she would... ...there was reason to think that she had been smuggled away in an English or American ship, and nothing could be done. Thus much of the story then was c... ...rd, and he was aware of a broad hat under the tree. Simultaneously a small Maltese dog sprang forward, and Francie’s head rose from leaning over the l...