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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...stigations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, th... ...gly commented, ‘The lass has brains as well as beauty, Dr. Grant. I wager you will now have more malingerers than ever before, when the ship’s unoff... ... former Khan’s mistress. The door to the little monument was padlocked and Helen asked one of the malis working nearby where she could find the key.... ...at on low, cushioned divans placed around the room to be entertained by dancing girls and Indian musicians. Then it was all over and time for the g... ...nding the walled garden, which at night, Helen guessed, would create a magical ambience. The soft music of a sitar emanated from the marble pavilion... ...ion. The colour of agates, they gazed out on the world with the unseeing stare of the blind. The musician of the sitar was an elfin-faced, raven-hai... ...e gardener looking fearfully over Ram Das’s shoulder. ‘Why did you bring another trug of flowers, mali? Did you not remember the first trug?’ asked ...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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Album Fotografija

By: Dusan Gojkov

...uz šuštanje i pucketanje telefonske linije. ...Fill high the bowl with Samian wine... ...We will not think of themes like these... Budim se i zna... ...irilica). Sluţbenica dugo gleda, odmahujući glavom, na kraju kaţe: - U redu. Fotografija liĉi na vas. Mali Jugosloveni, s komadićem papira na k... ...upo, voleo bih da je i nama holesterol najveći nacionalni neprijatelj.) The Little Emotional Dictionary of Current American English: refrigerat... ... sedi za stolom, ĉita knjigu i jede. Ali to je sprat niţe. Kopi Cafe u Klark Stitu. (A first decent cup of tea, since.) Na zidovima satovi, pokaz... ... vreo. Saplićem se o stakleni pritiskaĉ za papir s komadom ruţiĉastog korala unutra, isti onaj koji sam kao mali, igrajući se, pronašao u – tada nap... ...lon pritiskom na dugme spušta i podiţe. Art Déco stolice i sto u trpezariji. Na pisaćem stolu dva telefona, mali televizor, elektriĉni rezaĉ za olov... ... Director's assistant at Radio Belgrade Drama programme. Plays a piano and bass in jazz band. Composing music for three theatre plays. 1983 Arm...

...This is a novel compiled of three different volumes of short stories by the author Dusan Gojkov. Dusan Gojkov is an accomplished writer and poet of several different books which also contain a collection of short stories....

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Sri Guru Granth Sahib

By: Guru Arjan Dev

... 1 > < siqgur pRswid ] > GURU GRANTH SAHIB [SACRED SCRIPTURE OF THE SIKHS] (QUADRICENTENNIAL: 1604-2004) Prepared & Pub... ...C. AUSTRALIA 2 GURU GRANTH SAHIB – (Sacred Scripture of the Sikhs): Quadricentennial, 1604 - 2004 Compiled by: Gurmit Si... ...iversality aspect 29 8. Views of different Scholars 39 9. Gems from Gur... ... all the compositions, including his own hymns, were arranged according to musical measures (Raagas). 16 Since all the Sikh Gurus used their com... ... 875); 18. Ramkali (876 to 974); 19. NattNarain (975 to 983); 20. Mali Gaura (984 to 988); 21. Maru (989 to 1106); 22. Tukhari (110... ...rson, who has inflicted some injuries and loss to you, without bearing any malice towards him. Foregiveness will result in your eternal bliss else y... ...h them…. It is enough for us to take as it comes to us, to hear the lovely music in the truths as he sang, to try to live the life of inspired servi...

...The Guru Granth Sahib, or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns (shabda) or baani describing the qualities of God and why one should medi...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...ck HERE! Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture.html Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited http://samvak.tripod.... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ...ion in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (musical) The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Oscars) in... ...tarantism. It was played for days on end to manic patients by groups of travelling musicians as a kind of music therapy. The patient also had to se... ...ed by Hans Leip, a 19-year old German soldier in the first world war. It was put to music by Norbert Schultze (1911-2002), a collaborator with the ... ... the Philippines, Indonesia and Polynesia and, in west Africa, in Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Niger; the Mormons in the United States and throughout ... ...g to kill another, is also considered felo-de-se: “If one commits any unlawful malicious act, the consequence of which is his own death, as if ...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Frate Cu Meridianele Si Paralelele, Vol. 2

By: Florentin Smarandache

...Ghisa de la 19 York University – Toronto, D. Pa şnicu de la University of Puerto Rico). Irinel Dr ăgan (de la Texas State University, Arlington)... ...i le-am pierdut prin localuri. Joi seara am mers la un concert de country music, numit bluegrass ( iarb ă albastr ă – de ce „albastr ă”, nu ştiu!). ... ...Cor de fete în blugi. Dr ăcoase! Altele, cu fuste scurte, dau University of Las Cruces – Campusul 31 din fese. Strig ă in şii înnebuni ţi!... F... ...(taxiul) de la aeroport la hotel... Încerc o escapad ă la UTA (University of Texas Austin). Ce plou ă! Pânz ă de ap ă. Iarba face valuri. Sunt bloca... ... era anti-monarh, spunea: „Geniul este condamnat de organiza ţia social ă mali ţioas ă la un etern refuz al justi ţiei în favoarea lingu şitoarei me...

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Grand Hotel

By: Dusan Gojkov

...otelske biblije. Ima ljudi koji prave kolekcije hotelskih pepeljara, onih malih sapun ĉi ća za dve – tri upotrebe, escajga, šoljica, no ćnih lampica... ... je ekser ĉi ćem na zid jedna rasko šna, secesionisti ĉka slika Madone sa malim, puna ĉkim Isusom. Oboje su obavijeni stilizovanim cve ćem. Sli ĉica... ...lako. Prvi ĉovek se saginje: - Vidi, prona šao sam funtu! Gledaju dugo u mali, debelju škasti nov ĉi ć: pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad. Prvi ĉovek pogleda ... ...lje 212, Narodno pozorište, at Television Belgrade, as well as in couple of movies. Director's assistant at Radio Belgrade Drama programme. Plays... ...lgrade Drama programme. Plays a piano and bass in jazz band. Composing music for three theatre plays. 1983 Army service. 1984 Radio Belgrade «f... ...plays. 1983 Army service. 1984 Radio Belgrade «flying reporter». Host of morning programme. Started studies of Classical Archaeology and Cultu... ...arted studies of Classical Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. 1985 Arrested for a first time, d...

...This book contains a collection of short stories about "Lazar" and different aspects of his life which includes a certain morning, a day on the beach, morning french toast, etc. Dusan Gojkov is a known Serbian poet/writer who has published several pieces o...

...--Afternoon Talks-- A year already, maybe even two, Lazar is sleeping only with other men's women. Not all of them are married but they are always tied to other men. Very quickly, they meet their boyfriends, fiances or husbands with Lazar. They approve of him and characterize him as harmless. "With Lazar, nothing could happen t...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparencies, the sha... ...ifc MURRAY HILL HOTEL M One Block From Qrand Central Station European Plan—Music—Smoker Headquarters in New York for All College and University Athlet... ...M. Moore, Mgr. W, S* Underwood Go. ^ PIANOS, it UlgillS North Adams, Mass. MUSIC PIANO TUNING A SPECIALTY P RATT BROTHERS COLLEGE i SHOES Opp. Wilson ... ...nager, J. H. Lapliaui '07; captain, C. M. Waters 'lo. Glee Club—Manager of Musical Associa- tion, C. B. Rogers "07 ; leader of mandolin club, T. K. Th... ...eleton from the closet. I mean neither to blame nor to censure, but " with malice toward none," and in a spirit of absolute frankness, I wish to bring... ...l. " offers so little occasion for offense in its "Grinds." Evi- dently no malice enters here. Few can find that which hurts.and all will find somethi... ...er of Portraits of Style, Quality and Artistic Finish THE WHITE 5TUDI0 425 Mali St. T(l. 61-2 Norton Block BENNINGTON, VT. DR. CHARLES DICKINSON TEFFT...

...lliams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government and relies on revenue ...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...I really wish I could live somewhere far away, perhaps Timbuktu, which is in Mali. I know this because I'm Asian; we're suppose to know everything. B... ... or any instrument for that matter not for the love and — — appreciation of music, but just as a way to get ahead since it looks good on your resume.... ...ying the piano, from classical to contemporary, for the pure inspiration of music. I resent my parents butchering this with their lust for a good-pay... ...on't have any “ plans. What about you? Emilie asks, her lack of plans being music to my ears. ” None at all. What do you feel like eating? “ ” Being ...

...ever, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones — and open a hidden world of long-guarded secrets. http://ansonchi.webng.com...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ...r © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................... ...s that we hold in high esteem. For example, do you like classical or rock music, more money or more free time? Or on a higher level it might be the ... ... are preparing for your occupation. When you take courses in art history, music appreciation or tennis you are preparing to enjoy your non-working li... ... side of your tally, we have the monuments to architecture, sculpture and music, some orphanages and hospitals, and some people who hope for redempt... ...k, makes you wonder how many children would have chosen to not be born in Mali or Zimbabwe. Maybe their little souls could have waited for welfare s... ...y.‖ ---―I remember a number of years ago when I was president of the Malibou Lakeside Club some people wanted to rent the club house for an eve... ... commandment to not steal. But if your family is starving in a village in Mali, would you steal to feed them if that were your only option? Which is ...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton

...Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ... early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New Y ork. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remot... ...to; and the sentimental clung to it for its historic associations, and the musical for its excellent acous- tics, always so problematic a quality in h... ... tics, always so problematic a quality in halls built for the hear- ing of music. It was Madame Nilsson’s first appearance that winter, and what the d... ... “Perhaps the Beauforts don’t know her,” Janey suggested, with her artless malice. Mr. Jackson gave a faint sip, as if he had been tasting invis- ible... ...r little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through mali- cious lids. “`Ask Mamma,’ I suppose—the usual story. Ah, these Mingot... ...u’re alone—at the Parker House?” She looked at him with a flash of her old malice. “Does it strike you as dangerous?” “No; not dangerous—” “But unconv...

...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House whi...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne Book the Third

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Third T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt i... ...taigne, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ..., to furnish me with other means more suitable to my own liking: this is a mali- cious kind of justice, and I look upon it as no less wounded by itsel... ...at spring from private interest and pas- sion, duty, nor a treacherous and malicious conduct, cour- age; they call their proneness to mischief and vio... ... a greater traitor than he does, against whom you are so: for he tries the malignity of your disposition by your own hands, where he cannot possibly b... ...uch thing, to write books without learning and without art? The fancies of music are carried on by art; mine by chance. I have this, at least, accordi... ...r need to give myself a little lustre, of the invention of Antigenides the musician, who, when he was asked to sing or play, took care beforehand that... ...e auditory should, either before or after, be satiated with some other ill musicians. But I can hardly be without Plutarch; he is so universal and so ...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

...Contents CHAPTER I OF PROFIT AND HONESTY................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II OF REPENTANCE ................................................................................................

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The History of Tom Jones

By: Henry Fielding

... Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII 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 ... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books I... ... if ever I love my friend better than when I am fighting with him! To bear malice is more like a Frenchman than an Englishman.” He then proposed a l... ...ts forth notes which might charm the ears of some modern connois seurs in music; now, in the imagination of the half drunk clown, as he staggers thro... ...amation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas. Next t... ...g of her. She then ripped up the story of Molly Seagrim, and gave the most malicious turn to his formerly quitting Sophia herself; which, I must confe... ...y speak truth with a smiling countenance. In reality, to depreciate a book mali ciously, or even wantonly, is at least a very ill natured of fice; a... ...leader, his heart beating time, but not after the manner of heroes, to the music of the drum, which ceased not till they had traversed the common, and...

Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume Two, Containing Books IX through XVIII.

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Aaron's Rod

By: D. H. Lawrence

...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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... downstairs after changing he went into the icy cold parlour, and took his music and a small handbag. With this he retreated again to the back kitchen... ... braces. He sat under the gas-jet of the back kitchen, looking through his music. Then he opened the bag, in which were sections of a flute and a picc... ...’s Rod which was grateful to him. Then he cocked his eye over the sheet of music spread out on the table before him. He tried his flute. And then at l... ...round the room. “I like looking at you,” said Jim, his smile becoming more malicious. “But you shouldn’t, when I tell you not,” she returned. Jim twis... ...gement?” said Robert. “Listen to the row fools make, rushing in,” said Jim mali- ciously. “No, the engagement is broken,” said Josephine. “World comin... ...on’t breathe out, you asphyxiate.” “Right you are, Mock T urtle—” said Jim maliciously. “Breathing out is a bloody revolution,” said Lilly. “You’ve hi...

...liant 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 into the general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank that evening....

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

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The Confessions

By: J. J. Rousseau

...The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of... ... 1903 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Orson is a publica... ... J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Orson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ears, in a street which now bears his name, and gained a living by copying music. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, the author of ‘Paul and Virginia’, who be... ...e of that time, escaped my memory. Though my taste, or rather passion, for music, did not show itself until a considerable time after, I am fully per-... ...ect me of not having dared to reveal the whole. I give sufficient scope to malignity in what I say; it is unnecessary I should furnish still more by m... ...ry accouterment; I fol- lowed processions, and was pleased with the solemn music of the priests; I next went to see the king’s palace, which I approac... ... my services to M. Basile on his return; but there was something so false, malicious, and ironi- cal, in his air and manner, that it was by no means c... ...te, another importunate visitor arrived, she would add to her amusement by mali- ciously prolonging the visit, meantime casting glances at me for whic...

...Introduction: Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutism and feudalism we...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Penn... ...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... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...rdsworth— ‘The earthquake is not satisfied at once.’ All perils, specially malignant, are recurrent. A murderer, who is such by passion and by a wolfi... ...r, precisely on such a tenure of a whisper was now suspended the murderous malice of the man below. No; there is but one way to save the child; to- wa... ...d be presumption in the provincial audi- ence, so slightly trained to good music and dancing, if it should affect to reverse a judgment ratified in th... ...d indulgence for mounting a Eu- ropean tribunal, from which they pronounce malicious edicts against ourselves. Sentinels present arms to Von Raumer at... ...ose. But what the world knows Wieland by is his ‘Oberon.’ Now in this gay, musical romance of Sir Huon and his enchanted horn, with its gleams of volu... ...nal abstractions. Hence, he did not read, and did not like Shakspeare; the music was here too rapid and life-like: but he sympathized profoundly with ...

Excerpt: The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey.

...Contents The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater ...4 THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS .............................................................................................. 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE.....................

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The Voyage Out

By: Virginia Woolf

...sics Series Publication The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...cloak. But some enchantment had put both man and woman beyond the reach of malice and unpopularity. In his guess one might guess from the moving lips ... ...ht line to their offices; there were the poor who were unhappy and rightly malig- nant. Already, though there was sunlight in the haze, tattered old m... ...hough he had suddenly loosened his clothes, and had become a vivacious and malicious old ape. Winding veils round their heads, the women walked on dec... ...d to sigh, “Poor little goats!” “If it weren’t for the goats there’d be no music, my dear; music depends upon goats,” said her father rather sharply, ... ...leave to sit, she did not think of the particular case, and, unpacking her music, soon for- got all about the old woman and her sheets. Mrs. Chailey f... ...ered it her room, and there she would sit for hours playing very difficult music, reading a little German, or a little English when the mood took her,...

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Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...SARTOR RESARTUS: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh By Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SE... ...TRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ty. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...poison-brewing, and choking by sul- phur. From the Palace esplanade, where music plays while Serene Highness is pleased to eat his victuals, down to t... ... Gay mansions, with supper- rooms and dancing-rooms, are full of light and music and high-swelling hearts; but, in the Condemned Cells, the pulse of l... ...chess is respectable, is venerable; but nowise for her pearl bracelets and Malines laces: in his eyes, the star of a Lord is little less and little mo... ... is so sly and still, so imperturbably saturnine; shows such indifference, malign coolness towards all that men strive after; and ever with some half-... ...lls; so that when a man walks, it is with continual jingling. Some few, of musical turn, have a whole chime of bells (Glockenspiel) fastened there; wh... ...aphical duty, grudge to reimpart) incurably infect therewith! Art thou the malignest of Sansculottists, or only the maddest? “It will remain to be exa...

Excerpt: Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

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Agnes Grey

By: Anne Brontë

...ic Classics Series Publication Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ut an advertisement, myself, in the paper, stating my qualifications, &c. ‘Music, singing, drawing, French, Latin, and German,’ said she, ‘are no mean... ...consider- able vivacity, some quickness of perception, and some talent for music and the acquisition of languages, but till fifteen she had troubled h... ... when I came it was the same: everything was neglected but French, German, music, singing, dancing, fancy-work, and a little drawing—such drawing as m... ...lever in inventing falsehoods: not simply to hide his faults, but, in mere malicious wantonness, to bring odium upon others. In fact, Master Charles w... ..., and subsequently of his mamma; to whom he would relate my transgressions mali- ciously exaggerated, or adorned with embellishments of his own; and o... ...n seeing me Rosalie broke off in the middle of a sentence to exclaim, with malicious glee— ‘Oh-ho, Miss Grey! you’re come at last, are you? No won- de...

...n some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded b...

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

...kell Dole A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Sorrows of Young Werther by J.W. von Goethe, trans. R.D. Boylan, ed. Nathan Haskell... .... von Goethe, trans. R.D. Boylan, ed. Nathan Haskell Dole is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- n... ...ty. This Portable Document file is fur- nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...isunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent o... ...eam, and was so lost to the dim world around me, that I scarcely heard the music which resounded from the illuminated ballroom. The two Messrs. Andran... ...entirely from heat, grew more violent; and the thunder was heard above the music. When any distress or terror surprises us in the midst of our amuseme... ... me in a moment. I believe every word that is said of the magic of ancient music. How her simple song enchants me! Sometimes, when I am ready to commi... ...man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.” “Paradox, all paradox!” exclaimed Albert. “Not so paradox... ...tion, all the imperti- nence that would be further circulated, and how the mali- cious would triumph; how they would rejoice over the pun- ishment of ...

Excerpt: The Sorrows of Young Werther by J.W. von Goethe, translated by R.D. Boylan, ed. Nathan Haskell Dole.

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William ... ... First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rmingly narrates how they used to awake him by the sound of some agreeable music, and how he learned Latin, without suffering the rod or shed- ding a ... ...h a department or such a choice; and in those systems, where ignorance and malice, favouritism, intrigue, and violence govern, if any selection happen... ...3, p. 3]—The Italians have more fitly baptized by this name—[La tristezza]—malignity; for ’tis a quality always hurtful, always idle and vain; and as ... ...h her losses), to have been at last trans- formed into a rock— “Diriguisse malis,” [“Petrified with her misfortunes.”—Ovid, Met., vi. 304.] thereby to... ...ople about the cataracts of the Nile; and what philosophers believe of the music of the spheres, that the bodies of those circles being solid and smoo... ....]—The Ephoros who so rudely cut the two strings that Phrynis had added to music never stood to ex- amine whether that addition made better harmony, o...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

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