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...JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Notes on a Journey from Cornh... ...airo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and withou... ...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... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Make... ...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... ...lete, and which, if perfect, might outvie the Tower of Babel. The mines of Brazil must have been productive of gold and silver indeed when the founder... ...alls of hewn stone stop all of a sudden with a lath-and-plaster hitch; and capitals, and hewn stones for columns, still lying about on the deserted te...

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...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...rk Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 67 Cutting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 68 The Bla... ...ore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy piggledy whale statements, how ever authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel ce... ...Islands. “By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State — (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.” Opening sentenc... ...have a sea of oil swimming in them.” Extracts 7 Fuller’s Profane and Holy State. “So close behind some promontory lie The huge Leviathans to attend t... ...s whose exported furs give robes to Tartar Emperors; they mirror the paved capitals of Buffalo and Cleveland, as well as Winnebago villages; they float... ...iting of this Leviathan? Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard capitals. Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius’ crater for an inkstan... ... scowled with their thunder clotted brows upon the sites of populous river capitals, where now the polite broker sells you land at a dollar an inch; i...

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................ 61 SYNDICALISM OR CITIZENSHIP............................................................................................. 66 THE GREAT STATE ...................................................................................................................... 72 THE COMMON SENSE OF WARFARE ........................................................................

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...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

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