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...rsy, I found it necessary to maintain myself, and to that end took up certain great and strong positions, which seemed to me the keys of the whole d... ...ooted disciples; and forcing them to take regular arms against an opinion which will be strong and struggling to the very death. But not purposing to... ...pse, which are historical, he is to my mind altogether unrivalled. I do not find him so strong perhaps in the analogies of scripture and Providence,... ...ole Statue at the second advent of the Lord, I must confess that my author casts a very strong and steady light upon it, and in the argument derived ... ...m the reference made to this vision in the twelfth chapter, by this very characteristic mark of “time, times, and half a time.” Now it was this very... ...revolution, and that the seven vials then began to be poured out upon those who had the mark of the beast. That for the last seven or eight years the... ...dness which the world was then deprived of, that this alone hath ever to thoughtful men marked revelation as a divine work, comprehending the restit... ...he lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, to be tormented in it for ever and ever. Mark ye it well, ye sons of the earth, that the whole intensi... ...k in erring with so many learned and very holy masters, than in venturing to aim at the mark by one’s own inclination and judgment. True indeed it i...

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...g. It 4 The Wings of the Dove involved, to begin with, the placing in the strongest light a person infirm and ill—a case sure to prove difficult and ... ...ht in counting it, for any happy effect he should produce, a positive good mark, a direct aid to pleasantness and vividness. The reason of this moreov... ...rest of the interest would be in the number and nature of the particulars. Strong among these, natu- rally, the need that life should, apart from her ... ...s- sion. There goes with it, for the heroine of “The Wings of the Dove,” a strong and special implication of liberty, liberty of action, of choice, of... ...ssel or the failure of a great business; when we figure to our- selves the strong narrowing eddies, the immense force of suction, the general engulfme... ...at to retrace the way at present is, alas, more than anything else, but to mark the gaps and the lapses, to miss, one by one, the intentions that, wit... ... Densher’s final position and fullest consciousness there was to have been marked in fine stitches, all silk and gold, all pink and silver, that have ... ...th Densher’s eyes is another matter; the point is that I had intelligently marked my possible, my occasional need of it. So, at all events, the constr... ...’t be sad. And yet where was misery, misery too beaten for blame and chalk-marked by fate like a “lot” at a common 21 Henry James auction, if not in ...

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...rsity assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Tramp Abr... ...Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. 3 A Tramp Abroad A TRAMP ABR... ...e chasing the Saxons (as he said), or being chased by them (as they said), arrived at the bank of the river at dawn, in a fog. The enemy were either b... ...he King commanded to seize the criminal and lead him to death, who had ventured to dance, with the queen; so disgraced the Empress, and insulted the c... ...ly man in uniform, who wore the hand- some brass-mounted, steel-spiked helmet of the army on his head. Last came the Empress of Germany and the Grand ... ...airily situated. It has the appearance of being on a shelf half-way up the wooded mountainside; and as it is remote and isolated, and very white, it m... ...hem wore colored caps; there were white caps, green caps, blue caps, red caps, and bright-yellow ones; Mark Twain 20 so, all the five corps were pres... ...ce more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms. I watched this engagement as I watched the oth- ers—with rapt intere... ...when he joined, that his main business, as a member, would be to fight. No, there is no law against declining—except the law of custom, which is confe...

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... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...versity is an equal opportunity University. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E Most of the adventure... ...as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet — no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the... ...remained for the sermon voluntarily, and the other always remained too — for stronger reasons. The church’s high backed, uncushioned pews would seat a... ... and climbed steadily up till it reached a certain point, where it bore with strong emphasis upon the topmost word and then plunged down as if from a ... ...ully unrolled it. Huck leberry viewed it wistfully. The temptation was very strong. At last he said: “Is it genuwyne?” Tom lifted his lip and showed ... ...d that was strange; and Sid did not overlook the fact that Tom even showed a marked aversion to these inquests, and always avoided them when he could.... ...unt said to him showed him that he had brought his sorrows to an unpromising market: “Tom, I’ve a notion to skin you alive!” “Auntie, what have I done...

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...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim M... ...ate University is an equal opportunity University. TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE by MARK TWAIN CHAPTER I. AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND... ...ssippi down there a reaching miles and miles around Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 3 the points where the timber looks smoky and dim it’s so far... ...n’t know what to do; then he says, very ca’m, and I Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 4 could a shot him for it: “Well,” he says, “I’m right down s... ...it back.” Tom was packed in ten minutes, all except Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 5 what his aunt and Mary would finish up for him; then we wai... ...ood. Then he started for the stile, and as he went over it the moon came out strong, and he had a long handled shovel over his shoulder, and we see th...

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...lustration and the one on the cover are from a Nineteenth Century edition of Mark Twain‘s The Adven tures of Huckleberry Finn . This publication of... ...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , the Pennsylvania State ... ...ty University. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) NOTICE Persons attempting to find a motive... ...entures of Tom Sawyer ; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he str... ... sign of the band. And nobody that didn’t belong to the band could use that mark, and if he did he must be sued; and if he done it again he must be k... ...nd then kill me. He put his knife under him, and said he would sleep and get strong, and then he would see who was who. So he dozed off pretty soon. ... ...en looked at me, and back at the trash again. He had got the dream fixed so strong in his head that he couldn’t seem to shake it loose and get the fa... ... and brothers ought to waited for their relations — the Shepherdsons was too strong for them. I asked him what was become of young Harney and Miss Sop... ... me a holt of the rope and went be hind him to shove him along, he was too strong for me and jerked loose and run, and we after him. We didn’t have ...

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...sations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regret -- pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions -- that I am in danger of wearying the reader whom I love, with pers...

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...rmal heading would seem to re- quire. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regret pleasure in... ...ormal heading would seem to re- quire. My interest in it was so recent and strong, and my mind was so divided between pleasure and regret pleasure i... ... a dead loss for as to sherry, my poor dear mother s own sherry was in the market then and ten years afterwards, the caul was put up in a raffle down ... ... sense of the homely adage, hand- some is, that handsome does for he was strongly suspected of having beaten Miss Betsey, and even of having once, o... ...ere working within her, and she repressed any plainer reference to them by strong constraint. So my mother suspected, at least, as she observed her by... ...y were, and that they regarded him with something of my own feeling. I re- marked that, once or twice when Mr. Quinion was talking, he looked at Mr. M... ...ld do it. What is that upon your face? Dirt, I said. He knew it was the mark of tears as well as I. But if he had asked the question twenty times, ... ...c tem- perament, and not at all conversational I of- fered him a cake as a mark of attention, which he ate at one gulp, exactly like an elephant, and ... ... t flinch. It will be of no use your rubbing yourselves; you won t rub the marks out that I shall give you. Now get to work, every boy! When this dre...

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...Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna?s saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer. It was his habit to leave the pitcher there on his way to dinner....

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...a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he... ...overed with a fell of stiff yellow hair; they were hard as wooden mallets, strong as vises, the hands of the old-time car-boy. Often he dispensed with... ...icious about the man. Altogether he suggested the draught horse, immensely strong, stupid, docile, obedient. When he opened his “Dental Parlors,” he f... ...ing to the precinct police station to make their night report, and Chinese market gardeners teetering past un- der their heavy baskets. The cable cars... ...nading the sidewalks leisurely, deliberately. They were at their morning’s marketing. They were handsome women, beautifully dressed. They knew by name... ...of a policeman and the persistent calling of ducks and geese in the closed market. The street was asleep. Day after day, McT eague saw the same panora... ...ters. “Oh, Mac!” he called. McTeague came to his door. “Hullo! ‘sthat you, Mark?” “Sure,” answered Marcus. “Come on up.” “You come on down.” “No, come... ...way; he on his way to his little dog hospital, she returning from a bit of marketing in the street. At such times they passed each other with averted ... ... just above a whisper. “Ah, Mac’s all right, you bet. Say, Trina, he’s the strongest duck you ever saw. What do you suppose? He can pull out your teet...

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...at once The awakened mountain gave response. A hundred dogs bayed deep and strong, Clattered a hundred steeds along, Their peal the merry horns rung o... ...pice and brake, O’er stock and rock their race they take. VIII. The Hunter marked that mountain high, The lone lake’s western boundary, And deemed the... ...uest of her eve! VI. While yet he loitered on the spot, It seemed as Ellen marked him not; But when he turned him to the glade, One courteous parting ... ...troke, The wave ascending into smoke; See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow From their loud chanters down, and sweep The ... .... Nor while on Ellen’s faltering tongue Her filial welcomes crowded hung, Marked she that fear—affection’s proof— Still held a graceful youth aloof; ... ...raeme. 34 The Lady of the Lake XXIII. Allan, with wistful look the while, Marked Roderick landing on the isle; His master piteously he eyed, Then gaz... ...brae, Like fire from flint he glanced away, While high resolve and feeling strong Burst into voluntary song. XXIII. Song. The heath this night must be... ...hery braes Balquidder, speeds the midnight blaze, Rushing in conflagration strong Thy deep ravines and dells along, Wrapping thy cliffs in purple glow... ... unite Still gathering, as they pour along, A voice more loud, a tide more strong, Till at the rendezvous they stood By hundreds prompt for blows and ...

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...iest fringed toy of a parasol. There were a Guild Hall and a handsome Corn Market. There was a Modern School for the boys, and a High School for the g... ...nt, with some pain in the soft sweet voice, which, if it had been a little stronger, would have been the best in the choir. These houses in St. Ambros... ...with you. Do you remember our first gov- erness, Miss Headworth?’ ‘My dear Mark, did I not lose at Pera the charms of your infancy?’ ‘Then neither my ... ...ompensation for the lack of daughters.’ ‘Can you tell me no details,’ said Mark anxiously. ‘Have you no letters? It was about the time when Blanche wa... ... and monopolised her, turning May and me over to play with his dog!’ ‘But, Mark, Mr. Egremont is some years older than your father. He could not have ... ...e old man. It was a warning indeed, and I am glad you have profited by it, Mark.’ ‘He came back, after the old man died, to club life in Lon- don, and... ... I could not get him to begin upon it with my uncle, but Mrs. Egremont was strongly on my side in think- ing that such a thing ought to be looked into... ...re by no means thrown away. What would you say, Mark, if I told you that I strongly suspect that I have seen your lost aunt?’ ‘Nonsense!’ cried Mark, ... ...f, though the battle over the botanical case was ended by Miss Nugent, who strongly held that ladies should carry their own extra en- cumbrances, and ...

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...EMS Poem: Not I Some like drink In a pint pot, Some like to think; Some not. Strong Dutch cheese, Old Kentucky rye, Some like these; Not I. Some like ... ...designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside V ainly soliciting from pride. Mark how the Beau with easy air Contemns the anxious rustic’s prayer, And... ...The sacred Ibis in the distance Joys to observe his bold resistance. Poem: V Mark, printed on the opposing page, The unfortunate effects of rage. A ma... ... called, No dread preparative appalled; But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled, I marked them steadfast in the field. Death grimly sided with the foe, And ... ...wallow sets him down Beside the well-remembered town. He sighs, he spits, he marks the scene, Proudly he treads the village green; And, free from pett... ... gain. By day and night, to work my will, It pounded like a powder mill; And marking how the world went round A theory of theft it found. Here is the ...

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...ed; Or idly list the shrilling lay With which the milkmaid cheers her way, Marking its cadence rise and fail, As from the field, beneath her pail, She... ... was he armed from head to heel, In mail and plate of Milan steel; But his strong helm, of mighty cost, Was all with burnished gold embossed; Amid the... ...cks, With halbert, bill, and battle-axe: They bore Lord Marmion’s lance so strong, And led his sumpter-mules along, And ambling palfrey, when at need ... ...nd, And far a clothyard shaft could send; Each held a boar-spear tough and strong, And at their belts their quivers rung. Their dusty palfreys, and ar... ...r and town; And he, their courtesy to requite, Gave them a chain of twelve marks’ weight, All as he lighted down. “Now, largesse, largesse, Lord Ma... ...for your lady’s grace!” Lord Marmion’s brow grew stern. XV. The captain marked his altered look, And gave a squire the sign; A mighty wassail-bo... ...are? When last in Raby towers we met, The boy I closely eyed, And often marked his cheeks were wet, With tears he fain would hide: His was no ru... ...n rest awake, and pray so long. Himself still sleeps before his beads Have marked ten aves, and two creeds.” 27 Sir Walter Scott XXVII. “Let pass,” q... ... alone, that breeze, For, far upon Northumbrian seas, It freshly blew, and strong, Where, from high Whitby’s cloistered pile, Bound to St. Cuthbert’s ...

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...se, of late years, the echoes that at tend my walks have been less loud and marked than they were wont to be; and it is pleasanter to imagine in them... ...happy to weep when she did,—happy in not knowing why. These occasions are so strongly impressed upon my memory, that they seem to have occupied whole ... ...ldren are imbued with a quick perception of childish grace and beauty, and a strong love for it, but I was. I had no thought that I remember, either t... ...e to say anything more just now, unless, ’—he hesitated, for, coupled with a strong desire to glitter for once in all his glory in the eyes of his for... ...er times he thought of a rising of fierce rebels, an attack upon the city, a strong assault upon the Bowyer’s house in particular, and he falling on t... ...she had risen from it but that morning. The sight of these familiar objects, mark ing the dear remembrance in which she had been held, and the blight... ...ards that spot the cavaliers made a new rush. Every one of these charges was marked by sudden gaps in the throng where men were trodden down, but as f... ...ve taken some slight interest in the arrival of another. I could not fail to mark that he had no appetite; that he tried to eat in vain; that time aft... ...s child was by. I never roused myself from some moody train of thought but I marked him looking at me; not with mere childish wonder, but with somethi...

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...e, fly after: and like an arrow shot From a well experienced archer hits the mark His eye doth level at, so thou ne’er return Unless thou say ‘Prince ... ...he thing which is flatter’d, but a spark, To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing; Whereas reproof, obedient and in order, Fits kings, as ... ... this coat of worth, For it was sometime target to a king; I know it by this mark. He loved me dearly, And for his sake I wish the having of it; And t... ...leasure. SIMONIDES: Princes, it is too late to talk of love; And that’s the mark I know you level at: Therefore each one betake him to his rest; To m... ..., And leave us to our free election. Second Lord : Whose death indeed’s the strongest in our censure: And knowing this kingdom is without a head,— Li... ...r : Pardon us, sir; with us at sea it hath been still observed: and we are strong in custom. Therefore briefly yield her; for she must overboard str... ...personal pain, but even Your purse, still open, hath built Lord Cerimon Such strong renown as time shall ne’er decay. [Enter two or three Servants wit... ... are paid as debts, And not as given. This so darks In Philoten all graceful marks, That Cleon’s wife, with envy rare, A present murderer does prepare... ... Pandar, Bawd, and BOULT .] Pandar: Boult! BOULT: Sir? Pandar: Search the market narrowly; Mytilene is full of gallants. We lost too much money th...

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... tend to do, which now we’ll show ‘em in deeds. They say poor suitors have strong breaths: they shall know we have strong arms too. Act I, scene i 5... ..., whose course will on The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs Of more strong link asunder than can ever Appear in your impediment. For the dea... ...t, to the seat o’ the brain; And, through the cranks and offices of man, The strongest nerves and small inferior veins From me receive that natural co... ...: and though that all at once, You, my good friends, ’—this says the belly, mark me,— First Citizen : Ay, sir; well, well. MENENIUS: ... ...o declines; side factions and give out Conjectural marriages; making parties strong And feebling such as stand not in their liking Below their cobbled... ... no equal. SICINIUS: When we were chosen tribunes for the people,— BRUTUS: Mark’d you his lip and eyes? SICINIUS: Nay. ... ...od seconds: ’Tis for the followers fortune widens them, Not for the fliers: mark me, and do the like. [ Enters the gates .] Fir... ... [Exit Marcius.] Act I, scene v 21 Go, sound thy trumpet in the market place; Call thither all the officers o’ the town, Where they shall... ...I heard him swear, Were he to stand for consul, never would he Appear i’ the market place nor on him put The napless vesture of humility; Nor showing,...

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... not have forgotten the commotion, I may even say the scandal, produced by Mark Ambient’s masterpiece. It was the most complete presen- tation that ha... ...gs, but to noth- ing more than the beauty of certain pages in the works of Mark Ambient. I carried his productions about in my trunk—they are not, as ... ... face. I have seen people who were grave and gay in quick alternation; but Mark Ambient was grave and gay at one and the same moment. There were other... ...d the life of happy and distinguished people was fashioned in their image. Mark Ambient called his house a cottage, and I saw afterwards he was right ... ...fully still, private, proper to itself. “My wife must be somewhere about,” Mark Ambient said as we went in. “We shall find her perhaps—we’ve about an ... ...y with the child still in her embrace, his head on her shoulder. “I’m very strong,” was her last word as she passed into the house, her slim flexible ...

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...f these masses of candles barely lighted the immense building, because the strong shadows of the columns, projected among the galler- 4 Maitre Cornel... ...ed in a cathedral than it is at a ball or the opera in our day; and do not strong emotions invariably bring women back to love? By dint of mingling wi... ...n, mingling with the vibrations of the loud “A- men” as it issued from the strong chests of the intoning clergy, sent a murmuring echo through the dis... ...a fan-tail. The cross of Saint-Michel glittered on his breast; his coarse, strong hands, covered with gray hairs, which had been clasped, had now drop... ... old woman rarely took bread from the baker; she appeared so seldom in the market, that the least credulous of the townspeople ended by attributing to... ...pe, “but I know good tricks in business. If you will pay me a sou on every mark I earn for you, that will satisfy me.” “A sou! a sou!” echoed the mise... ...l roast him alive. He had a silk ladder, and his clothes were covered with marks of his clambering over the roof and down the chimney. He meant to sta... ... was almost inaccessible. At last, after two hours of close investigation, marked with that sagacity which distinguished the suspicious mind of Louis ... ... no one had forced an entrance into the strong-room of his silversmith. No marks of violence were on the locks, nor on the iron coffers which containe...

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...ber lineaments and anxious eye sufficiently be- trayed that he had no very strong professional relish for the, as yet, untried and dreaded warfare of ... ...with a docility that long practice had rendered easy. The scouts departed; strong guards preceded and followed the lumbering vehicles that bore the ba... ... There was one man, however, who, by his countenance and actions, formed a marked exception to those who com- posed the latter class of spectators, be... ...had been dictated by the sagacity of their guide, in order to diminish the marks of their trail, if, haply, the Canadian savages should be lurking so ... ...ering hardihood. The industry and movements of the rider were not less re- markable than those of the ridden. At each change in the evo- lutions of th... ...anger regarded his interrogator a moment in wonder; and then, losing every mark of self-satisfaction in an expres- sion of solemn humility, he answere... ...fy beds, and rested in the atmosphere. Still that breathing silence, which marks the drowsy sultriness of an American landscape in July, pervaded the ... ...ru- est friend you have on ‘arth.” Heyward prepared to comply, though with strong disgust at the nature of the office he was compelled to execute. Eac... ... had hitherto been above reproach, his rude equipments, blunt address, and strong antipathies, together with the character of his silent associates, w...