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...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists...

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...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship whi...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE ... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...itten by Himself: Book Two by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Esmond – Book Two nized his mistress’s well-known cipher and viscountess’s crown. “The lady had bound it round his arm when he fainted, and before she... ...ks back at the history of the Stuart family to think how they kicked their crowns away from them; how they flung away chances after chances; what trea... ...which he inherited from his fathers along with their claims to the English crown, King James the Third might have worn it. But he neither knew how to ... ...nd visit me; and you will, sometimes, Henry—yes, sometimes, as now, in the Holy Advent season, when I have seen and blessed you once more.” “I would l... ...with sixty-five Louis in it, and a bundle of love- letters, and a flask of Hungary-water. Vive la guerre! there are the ten pieces you lent me. I shou... ...ur- sued him and faced him once more, as the officer, helping him- self to holy water, turned mechanically towards the altar, to bow to it ere he quit...

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...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERI... ...N STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...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... ...g before Europe was familiar with the engaging person- ality of the German Crown Prince, he represented great air- ships sailing over England (which c... ...urkey. In those countries he will be told he may yet repeat the miracle of Hungary. And there may be also an- other Hungary in Poland. It will be whis... ...f constitutionalism, and of 75 H G Wells the balance of power against the holy alliance. In the figure of such a gentleman as Sir Edward Grey the old... ... throughout Europe for some years. It is in America if any- where that the holy fires of smartness and the fashion will be kept alive…. And so we come... ...any to check this decline; German mothers are being urged not to leave the Crown Prince of 1930 or 1940 without the necessary material for glory at so... ...rd such a develop- ment, and Great Britain is never sure whether she is a “Crowned Republic” or a Germanic monarchy. Hitherto in the Balkans she has l...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The countryside and the man on a lovely spring morning in the year 1829, a man of fifty or thereabouts was wending his way on horseback along the mountain road that leads to a large village near the Grande Chartreuse. This village is the market town of a populous canton that lies within the limits of a ...

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............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE .....................................................

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

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...hapter 1. I was returning home by the fields. It was midsummer, the hay harvest was over and they were just beginning to reap the rye. At that season of the year there is a delightful variety of flowers --red, white, and pink scented tufty clover; milk-white ox-eye daisies with their bright yellow centers and pleasant spicy smell;...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. We will now relate what was passing in the house of the king?s attorney after the departure of Madame Danglars and her daughter, and during the time of the conversation between Maximilian and Valentine, which we have just detailed. M. de Villefort entered his father?s room,...

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...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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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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... can descrive what ye bear, ye are worthy to bear the arms. As for that, said Sir Tristram, I will answer you; this shield was given me, not desired, of Queen Morgan le Fay; and as for me, I can not descrive these arms, for it is no point of my charge, and yet I trust to God to bear them with worship....

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...In May when every lusty heart flourisheth and bourgeoneth, for as the season is lusty to behold and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and gladden of summer coming with his fresh flowers: for winter with his rough winds and blasts cause a lusty man and woman to cower and sit fast by the fire. So in this season, as in the month of May, it befell a great anger and unhap t...

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... Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith 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... ...hemselves, Beppo was seen struggling to secure the arms of a man in a high-crowned green Swiss hat, who was apparently disposed to give the signorina’... ... way would be to Genoa. “So, you are resolved to give another trial to our crowned ex-Carbonaro,” said Agostino. “Without leaving him an initiative th... ...s.” Up in the light of day Luigi had a turn for careless thinking on these holy subjects. Barto Rizzo stood before him in a square of cellarage that w... ...y, and must needs have a dry tongue. Will you drink?” “Dry!” quoth Luigi. “Holy San Carlo is a mash in a wine- press compared with me.” Barto Rizzo ha... ...o had bent and doubled. In the patriotic cause, perfect arrange- ments are crowned with perfect success, unless there is an imperfection of the instru... ...er head and interrogate the coachman and chasseur. She drew back, saying, ‘Holy Virgin! they are Germans. We are to stop in half-an-hour.’ With that s...