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...had been, he admitted, a trivial blemish or so in its rate of progress, but this was exaggerated and had been entirely owing to the ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public, it appeared, had been until lately bent in the most determined manner on by no means enlarging the number of Chancery judges appointed--I believe by Richard the Second, but any other king will do...

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...Bleak House by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Bleak House by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penns... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... this was exaggerated and had been entirely owing to the “parsimony of the public,” which guilty public, it appeared, had been until lately bent in th... ...en, and wish I were renewed!” But as it is wholesome that the parsimonious public should know what has been doing, and still is doing, in this connexi... ... of Gridley is in no essential altered from one of actual occurrence, made public by a dis interested person who was professionally acquainted with t... ...every member of the Admiralty Board to a compound fracture and render it a transportable offence in any qualified practi tioner to set them if the sy... ...icked out,” said the old lady, “because of his deportment. I’d deport him! Transport him would be better!” I felt curious to know more concerning this... ...vice and the darling child’s, my dear, whenever you like.” Caddy was quite transported by this reply of mine, being, I believe, as susceptible to the ... ...ding horses and calling coaches, re ceived his twopence with anything but transport, tosses the money into the air, catches it over handed, and retir...

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...Contents: I. PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE - ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG II. FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING III. FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADV...

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... Mudfog and Other Sketches by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. This Portable Documen... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File pro duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, t... ...nd Other Sketches by Charles Dickens MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES Contents: I. PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG II. FULL REPORT OF TH... ...II. FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE: ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG M udfog is a pleasant ... ..., but they give you a very faint idea of Mudfog. There are a great many more public houses in Mudfog more than in Ratcliff High way and Limehouse p... ...his beautiful instrument to his boots, any Bank or public office clerk could transport himself from his place of residence to his place of business, a...

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...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed c...

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...Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Penn... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ION TO GUY MANNERING. THE NOVEL OR ROMANCE of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating p... ...is said that the Diary of this modern Astrologer will soon be given to the public. The fact, if truly reported, is one of those singular coinci- dence... ... the Cheviot hills, adjoin- ing to the English Border. The author gave the public some account of this remarkable person, in one of the early num- ber... ...sed to the care of Arthur Mervyn, Esq., of Mervyn Hall. Mac-Morlan, in the transports of his wrath, flung the power of attorney at the head of the inn... ...lways regarded as the greatest and happiest man on earth. Neither were his transports diminished upon a hasty exami- nation of the contents of these v... ...e face was blackened with powder, apparently because he was unable to bear transportation. He died in about half an hour after. On examining the corps... ...und reached Dinmont’s ears, but without dissipating the illusion which had transported him from this wretched apartment to the free air of his own gre...

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...ious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governme...

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...agues Under the Sea by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication o... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...o men- tion rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of conti- nents, seafaring men were parti... ...nd Pacific Steam Navigation Company. But this extraordinary creature could transport itself from one place to another with surprising velocity; as, in... ...ion seemed buried, never to revive, when new facts were brought before the public. It was then no longer a scien- tific problem to be solved, but a re... ...uch was the last fact, which resulted in exciting once more the torrent of public opinion. From this moment all unlucky casualties which could not be ... ...er or no; we have got a captain who is pretty wide-awake.” Our luggage was transported to the deck of the frigate immediately. I hastened on board and... ... than scarcely de- fined shadows, when the Nautilus found herself suddenly transported into full light. I thought at first that the beacon had been li... ...and the Nautilus again plunged under the waves. So these millions had been transported to their ad- dress. To what point of the continent? Who was Cap...

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... FEMALE INFIDEL ...................................................................................118 CHAPTER V I: AM INTRODUCED TO THE WARFARE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL.......... 131 CHAPTER VIII: DUBLIN ........................................................................................................... 192 CHAPTER IX: FIRST REBELLION........................................

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...d Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication ... ...18202 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...........................118 CHAPTER V I: AM INTRODUCED TO THE WARFARE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL.......... 131 CHAPTER VIII: DUBLIN ............................. ...t use of them you see fit, be it little or much. It may so happen that the public demand will give you no opportunity for using them at all. I go on t... ...GLISH EDITION THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS which I propose to lay before the public in this body of selections are in part to be re- garded as a republi... ... and the other chief, weary of his savage life, had surrendered himself to transportation. It diffused general satisfaction throughout Ireland, that, ... ...carriages of this description were an available and a most useful means of transport. Cumbrous and unweildy they were, as we know by pictures; and the... ...pen, a tent was pitched on shore for my brother, and the chronometers were transported thither for the period of their stay. The island selected for t...

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...ted by Clara Bell and James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and Jam... ...ssimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...es have titles. And even at a time when the nobles of the aristocratic re- publics were all equal, the title of Prince was, in fact, given at Genoa to... ...s mooring-posts, while graceful masked figures and the magnates of the Re- public crowded up the steps kissed by the waters; when its halls and galler... ...dreads the jealousy which has ceased to exist. “For three zwanziger he can transport himself into the Council of T en, can wield there terrible power,... ...ower of art, can soar whither your immense love carries you, whither opium transports me. Then none can under- stand them but those who are like them....

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... The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...8201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En glish,... ...fects the execution of them might have, his work can only be laid before the public at present as a matter of entertainment. Even as such, some apolog... ...young La dies had brought the Princess Hippolita to herself, who amidst the transports of her own sorrow frequently de manded news of her lord, woul... ...ugh a cranny of the ruin above, shone directly on the lock they sought. “Oh! transport!” said Isabella; “here is the trap—door!” and, taking out the k... ...hom she had not seen since the death of their son. She would have flown in a transport mixed of joy and grief to his bosom, but he pushed her rudely T... ...ied, to impart something of conse quence to her. The Princess, who had been transported at hearing the voice of Theodore, as he called to her to come... ...ould inform me. Destitute and friendless, hopeless al most of attaining the transport of a parent’s embrace, I took the first opportunity of setting ...

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...cqueville Translator – Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocquev... ...ica, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...tionary, but it will, ultimately, react because it has not the sanction of public opinion. If M. De T ocqueville could now search for a law that would... ...he unwritten law of the natural aversion of the races. He would find it in public opinion, which is the vital force in every law in a free government.... ...ies, and afterwards on the coast of South America, they thought themselves transported into those fabulous regions of which poets had sung. The sea sp... ...ies, and afterwards on the coast of South America, they thought themselves transported into those fabulous regions of which poets had sung. The sea sp... ...ow the children of these same Americans are the persons who, year by year, transport their dwellings into the wilds; and with their dwellings their ac... ...ic Institutions in Other Countries Besides America The Anglo-Americans, if transported into Europe, would be obliged to modify their laws – Distinctio...

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...Homer Translated by Alexander Pope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Odyssey of Homer trans. Alexander Pope is a publication ... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...aving been born near the river Meles in Boeotia, whither Critheis had been transported in order to save her reputation. “At this time,” continues our ... ... by this favourable reception, he declared that, if they would allow him a public maintenance, he would ren der their city most gloriouslv renowned. ... ... and which the naked manuscript could never reproduce. Not for the general public—they were accustomed to receive it with 15 Pope its rhapsodic deliv... ...ch a change was important at a time when poetry was the only known mode of publication (to use a modern phrase not altogether suitable, yet the neares... ...e; Assist him, Jove, thou regent of the skies!” He spoke. T elemachus with transport glows, Embraced the omen, and majestic rose (His royal hand the i... ...e bowl circles and the banquet warms; Though to his breast his spouse with transport flies, Torn from her breast, that hour, Ulysses dies. But hence r... ...man, half divine, The chief shall honour as some heavenly guest, And swift transport him to his place of rest, His vessels loaded with a plenteous sto...

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... of the Aldus Society London, 1903 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, tr... ...ssions of J. J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau, trans. S. W. Orson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... ‘Emile’. It is not easy in our day to realize the effect wrought upon the public mind by the advent of ‘La Nouvelle Heloise’. Julie and Saint-Preux b... ... joys and sorrows appealed irresistibly to every breast. Shortly after its publication began to flow that stream of tourists and travellers which tend... ...n, and readily give into the character of the personage whose life I read; transported by the recital of any extraordi- nary instance of fortitude or ... ...y my example. Both in the same bed, we embraced each other with convulsive transport; we were almost suffocated; and when our young hearts found suffi... ...it up, and having carefully covered our work with well—trodden earth, in a transport of hope and fear attended the hour of watering. After an interval... ...is sight was too much for our prudence, and we involuntarily expressed our transport by a shout of joy. The sudden exclamation made Mr. Lambercier tur...

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...THE CÆSARS BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsy... ...A 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...m such an edict as left him no hope of much longer escaping with impunity. Public vengeance was now awakened; the imperial troops were marching from e... ...rom the office of Pontifex Maximus, which he held at an early stage of his public career. This office, by letting him too much behind the curtain, and... ...in the heats of summer. It is probable, however, that men of high rank and public station may have introduced the practice by way of releasing corpo- ... ... His purpose, in making this preference, must have been with a view to the transport of luggage. The carriage which he generally used was a rheda, a s... ...ed at his guests, the elderly gentleman whirls out of the room in the same transport of emotion with which he entered it; the panic-struck visitors ar... ...ic is exhausted.” No sooner did the Goths hear of his approach, than, with transports of ferocious joy, they gave up the siege, and hurried to annihil... ...hed the ends proposed. In one in- stance, where a party of Franks had been transported into the Asiatic province of Pontus, as a column of defence aga...

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...n Telemachus By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Modern T elemachus by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... drove the tartane apart from her captor, for it also shattered the French transports and interfered with Berwick’ s Spanish campaign. The circumstanc... ...e seldom assumed till late in the day, when the toilette was often made in public. So Madame de Bourke’s hair was simply rolled out of her 15 Yo n g ... ... the suite of the Jacobite Comte de Bourke, he was only to be known to the public by his first name, which was not much harder to French lips than Max... ..., and saw, opposite to him, Madame de Bourke lying back in the corner in a transport of grief, one arm round her daughter, and her little son lying ac... ...f the Revolu- tion, this was by far the most convenient and secure mode of transport, especially in the south of France. It was very con- venient to t... ...vice, unless she would prefer waiting for the arrival of one of the French transports which were to take men and provisions to the army in Spain. This... ...oo faint or nauseated to be able to swallow such food as could survive the transport under such circumstances. Y et high-spirited little Estelle entre...

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...ght That Failed by Rudyard Kipling A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of t... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, t... ...wer of living alone,— a power that was of service to him when he went to a public school and the boys laughed at his clothes, which were poor in quali... ... Mrs. Jennett relaxed her tender care of him, but the average canings of a public school—Dick fell under punishment about three times a month— filled ... ...ith cut-paper ham-frills and turned him out, a bearded derision, among the public ways! Then she dropped her eyes: this was not the boy. ‘Don’t be stu... ...than over twenty generals slaving even to baldness at the gross details of transport and commissariat. He had met at Suakin a young man, sitting on th... ...f the Nilghai, and their talk was of war in the near future, the hiring of transports, and secret preparations among the dockyards. He did not wish to... ...desert, that if the news could be sent through the world, and the means of transport were quick enough, there would be one woman at least at each man’... .... Everybody spoke at once, discussing press cen- sorships, railway-routes, transport, water-supply, the capacities of generals,—these in language that...

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