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...tion between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbors....

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...rtant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. His Christian name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgement, easy motions, proper dress, and general good character. On Sundays he was a man of misty vi...

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...9 THE HOMESTEAD? A VISITOR ? HALF-CONFIDENCES 59 -- 10 MISTRESS AND MEN, 64 -- 11 OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS ? SNOW? A MEETING, 70 -- 12 FARMERS ? A RULE ? IN EXCEPTION, 75 -- 13 SORTES SANCTORUM ? THE VALENTINE, 79 -- 14 EFFECT OF THE LETTER ? SUNRISE, 83 -- 15 A MORNING MEETING? THE LETTER AGAIN, 87 -- 16 ALL SAINTS? AND ALL SOULS?, 96 -- 17 IN THE MARKET-PLACE, 99 -- 18 BOLDW...

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... OAK — AN INCIDENT . . . . . 1 2 NIGHT — THE FLOCK — AN INTERIOR — ANOTHER IN TERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ... ...1 OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS — SNOW — A MEETING . . . . 70 12 FARMERS — A RULE — IN EXCEPTION . . . . . . . . . . . 75 13 SORTES SANCTORUM — THE V ALENTINE ... .... . 87 16 ALL SAINTS’ AND ALL SOULS’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 17 IN THE MARKET PLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 18 BOLDWOOD ... ...s of male vision seem to have a tickling effect upon virgin faces in rural districts; she brushed hers with her hand, as if Gabriel had been irritatin... ...me ‘Henery’ — strenuously insisting upon that spelling, and if any passing schoolmaster ventured to remark that the second ‘e’ was superfluous and old ... ...ecause, as she had no friends in her childhood, he took her and put her to school, and got her her place here under your uncle. He’s a very kind man t... ...ht up by a very heathen father and mother, who never sent her to church or school, and it shows how the sins of the parents are visited upon the child... ...u going to do that for?’ ‘Well, I’ve thought it best,’ Oak stammered out. ‘California is the spot I’ve had in my mind to try.’ ‘But it is understood e...

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... the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, b...

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...APTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT???CALIFORNIA -- ., 25 -- CHAPTER IX ? CALIFORNIA?A SOUTH-EASTER, 28 -- CHAPTER X ? A SOUTH-EASTER?PASSAGE UP THE COAST, 32 -- CHAPTER XI ? PASSAGE UP THE COAST?MONTEREY, 35 -- CHAPTER XII ? LIFE AT MONTEREY, 38 -- CHAPTER XIII ...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 NIA . . . . . . . . 28 CHAPTER IX — CALIFORNIA—A SOUTH EASTER . . . . . . 32 CHAPTER X — A SOUTH EASTER—PASS... ...EISURE—NEWS FROM HOME—’’BURNING THE WATER’’ . . . . . . . 87 CHAPTER XXI — CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS . . . . . . . . . 90 CHAPTER XXII — LIFE ... ... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...ery well for a jack tar. But it is impossible to deceive the practised eye in these matters; and while I supposed myself to be looking as salt as Ne... ..., and make their appearance on the ‘‘off shore ground.’’ We saw some fine ‘‘schools’’ of sperm whales, which are easily distinguished by their spout... ...nta Barbara and San Francisco; thus divid- ing the country into four large districts, each with its presidio, and governed by the commandant. The s... ...nd was a good sailor for his years, and two Boston boys just from the public schools. The carpenter sometimes mustered in the starboard watch, and ... ...e young, to the care of his mother, by whose exertions he received a common school education, passing his winters at school and his summers in the ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Manhattan ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...tsubishi Steel and Arms Works and six bombs landed at the Nagasaki Medical School and Hospital, with three direct hits on buildings there. While the d... ...eated considerable concern in Nagasaki and a number of people, principally school children, were evacuated to rural areas for safety, thus reducing th... ...nd fire was moderate here, but in some sections (portions of main business districts) many secondary fires started and spread rapidly, resulting in ab... ...i Ordnance Works (Torpedo Works), and numerous factories, factory training schools, and other industrial establishments, with a minimum destruction of... ...d not have been so severely damaged, but the main business and residential districts of Nagasaki would have sustained much greater damage casualties. ... ...almost the entire city was destroyed at a single blow. Only small outlying districts in the southern and eastern parts of the town escaped complete de...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...a doctrine. As regards our parliament, that is probably the best Brit- ish school of foreign politics, seeing that the subject is not there often take... ...had they held in their hands vast commercial cities and great agricultural districts; had they owned ships and been masters of a wide-spread trade, Am... ...ed as the Territories are now treated.” (The Territories are vast outlying districts belonging to the Union, but not as yet endowed with State govern-... ...d Illinois, than which perhaps the sur- face of the globe affords no finer districts for purposes of agriculture. The produce of the two Canadas must ... ...own with their hands in their pockets—had they done as second-rate boys at school will do, declare that they had been licked, and then feel that all t... ... of its scenery. It is the Sandhurst of the States. Here is their military school, from which officers are drafted to their regiments, and the tuition...

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... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...istration’s Approach 203 7. THE ATTACK LOOMS 215 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembl... ..., the presidential motorcade was arriving at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School, where President Bush was to read to a class and talk about educatio... ...I Director Robert Mueller. He decided to make a brief state- ment from the school before leaving for the airport.The Secret Service told us they were ... ...ordering the Persian Gulf in donating money to build mosques and religious schools that could preach and teach their interpretation of Islamic doctrin... ...or Afghanistan’s warring factions in a project by the Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) to build a pipeline across the country. While there was... ...representatives will work to protect the interests of their home states or districts. But this issue is too important for politics as usual to prevail...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...atever learning they obtained. I have often heard him say that his time at school was limited to six months, when he was very young, too young, indeed... ...ch, or to appreciate the advan- tages of an education, and to a “quarter’s schooling” after- wards, probably while living with judge Tod. But his thir... ...my home, until at the age of seventeen, in 1839, I went to West Point. The schools, at the time of which I write, were very indif- ferent. There were ... ...nts were spreading it. Soon after his graduation, Slaughter was ordered to California and took passage by a sailing vessel going around Cape Horn. The... ...e lying at an- chor after reaching his place of destination. On landing in California he found orders which had come by the Isthmus, notifying him of ... ... at the most convenient railroad centres in their respective congressional districts. I detailed officers to muster in a portion of them, but mustered...

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...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...ience and letters and a wish to patronize every rational effort to encourage schools, colleges, universities, academies, and every institution for pro... ...mprove the organization and discipline of the Army; to provide and sustain a school of military science; to ex tend equal protection to all the great... ...tion of efficiency, and in furtherance of that object the military and naval schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the speci... ...tes] against invasion.” Now, how is it possible to afford this protection to California and our Pacific possessions except by means of a military road... ...e it should remain unused upon occasion. The people of all the Congressional districts have an INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STA... ...lec tions are not local, and the insistence of electors resid ing in other districts that they shall be pure and free does not savor at all of imper...

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...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, the Pennsylvania St... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...etitions, I will extract those parts of my journal which refer to the same districts without al- ways attending to the order in which we visited them.... ..., but that they subsequently followed the in- habitants from more northern districts.At the present day they are numerous in the valley of the Colorad... ...es of richly manured land serving as channels of communication across wide districts. Near the Guardia we find the southern limit of two European plan... ... I had the good fortune to find living here Mr. Rich- ard Corfield, an old schoolfellow and friend, to whose hospitality and kindness I was greatly in... ... told me that, though quite a young man, he remembers when he was a boy at school at Coquimbo, a holiday being given to see the captain of an English ... ...o the governor. He believes that nothing would have induced any boy in the school, himself included, to have gone close to the English- man; so deeply...