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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

... Ten Years Later– Volume ... ...by Alexandre Duma [Pere], the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Porta... ... Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his residence, and he his court in the ancient castle of its states. But it was the destiny of this gr... ...He had passed the whole time in the household of M. le Prince. In fact, after all the commotions of the Fronde, of the early period of which we former... ...h he had hidden a thousand ten-franc pieces, and then expired. Cropoli the younger, like a man of good heart, supported the loss with resignation, and... ...r yonder, and with my forty men, I shall carry him off, pack him up, and bring him into France, where two modes of proceeding present them- selves to ... ..., I accept it.” “Do you desire we should take any people with us?” asked Monk. “General, I believe that would be useless, if you yourself do not see t... ..., smiling in his turn, but with a very different expression from Monk. “Let us terminate this, monsieur le comte, — that is your desire, is it not?” A... ... vault. “Y ou see,” said Monk, “that gentleman yonder?” “Y es, general.” “And you see these two casks?” “Perfectly.” “They are two casks, one containi...

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Our Mutual Friend

By: Charles Dickens

...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the P... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... Payer-off of the National Debt, a Poem on Shakespeare, a Grievance, and a Public Office, who all seem to be utter strangers to V eneering. And yet im... ...-off of the National Debt, the Poem on Shakespeare, the Grievance, and the Public Office, and, dining, discovered that all of them were the most intim... ... tablespoon, and a dyed Long W alk up the top of her head, as a convenient public approach to the bunch of false hair behind, pleased to patronize Mrs... ... when you can’t pay, and then I won’t pay the money for you, and you’ll be transported for life. How should you like to be transported for life?’ ‘Sho... .... Mrs Lammle flew to embrace her darling little Georgy, and when the first transports were over, presented Mr Fledgeby. Mr Lammle came on the scene la... ...ys, enabling the little fellow to comprehend that his treasures were to be transported with him; and had all things prepared so easily that they were ... ... money?’ ‘Money,’ said Mr Boffin. ‘ Ah! And papers.’ Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, ma...

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Don Juan

By: George Byron

... Don Juan by George Byron 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 English, t... ...ived to spoil a charming cause; A thousand pities also with respect To public feeling, which on this occasion Was manifested in a great sensat... ...ed in a great sensation. But, ah! he died; and buried with him lay The public feeling and the lawyers’ fees: His house was sold, his servants ... ...with a haram for a grot. ‘Oh Love! in such a wilderness as this, Where transport and security entwine, Here is the empire of thy perfect bliss... ...g amiss, With the exception of the second line, For that same twining ‘transport and security’ Are twisted to a phrase of some obscurity. Th... ...be disturb’d at meals Or love. — I won’t say more about ‘entwined’ Or ‘transport,’ as we knew all that before, But beg ‘Security’ will bolt th... ...e; but whether I shall proceed with his adventures is Dependent on the public altogether; We ‘ll see, however, what they say to this: Thei... ...ony Of pleasure and of pain — even while I kiss Thy garment’s hem with transport, can it be That doubt should mingle with my filial joy? Dea...

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Dead Souls

By: D. J. Hogarth

...garth Introduction by John Cournos A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, trans. D. J. Hogarth,... ...ich Gogol, trans. D. J. Hogarth, with an introduction by John Cournos 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 ... ... who was Governor of the town, who President of the Local Council, and who Public Prosecutor. In short, he omitted no single official of note, while a... ...er less for the purpose of eating than for that of show- ing themselves in public, of parading up and down the sugar loaf, of rubbing both their hindq... ...t word of encouragement from Alexander Petrovitch could throw a lad into a transport of tremulous joy, and arouse in him an honourable emulation of hi...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a pub... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, t... ...of what they feed on. Now, Italy hith- erto has not yet been worked out in public lectures. No one will ever give me credit for my literary honesty. M... ...a wound received in 1797, and made a small private venture in the military transport service, an opening he owed to the favor of Hulot d’Ervy, who was... ...usin Betty culty of procuring food, and the dangers to which every form of transport is exposed. That is Algiers from the army contractor’s point of v... ...o, in spite of the Baron’s cruel lack of money, noth- ing was lacking that public opinion could require, not even the trumpeting of the newspapers ove... ... he could stay on indefinitely; and Marneffe, since the suppression of the public tables, was quite satisfied with the more limited opportunities of p...

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Two Penniless Princesses

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...s Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publicatio... ...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 ... ...with her stick, and, when out of sight, a hand on Annaple’s shoul- der. In public, nothing would have made her presume so far. The hall was a huge, va... ... a table and several chairs and stools, all capable of being folded up for transport. The young King occupied a large chair of state, in which he twis... ...ifferent tone and spirit in Eleanor. David, urged by his father, who still publicly ignored the young Douglas, persuaded him to write to his father no... ...g from the cathedral, where they had heard mass, not exactly in state, but publicly. ‘Ha! ha! good daughter,’ laughed the King, ‘I took thee for a slu... ...f provisions as could be the besieged garrison. Villages were distant, and transport not easy to find. Money was never abundant with Duke Sigismund, a...

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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories

By: H. G. Wells

...d And Other Stories by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells is a... ...ublication The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...-lit window, or the yel- low glare of some late-working factory or crowded public- house. Out of the masses, clear and slender against the evening sky... ... drunk in the horse-troughs, and by 29 H.G . Wells unwary children in the public fountains. He would soak into the soil, to reappear in springs and w... ...he pas- sage. “He can see his thumb!” the old gentleman said, in a perfect transport. He was struggling into his overcoat. “He can see his thumb, Bell...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

...HE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations... ...iry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...18202 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, t... .............................................. 579 PART III Of the Expense of public Works and public Institutions.......................................... ............................ 667 CHAPTER II OF THE SOURCES OF THE GENERAL OR PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE SOCIETY ................................................ ...ious as to be able to support this expense, with what safety could they be transported through the territories of so many barbarous nations? Those two... ..., and the wages of his ser- vants; and in the price of both, the labour of transporting the corn from the house of the farmer to that of the miller, a... ... Such a difference of prices, which, it seems, is not always sufficient to transport a man from one parish to another, would necessarily occasion so g... ...rt a man from one parish to another, would necessarily occasion so great a transportation of the most bulky commodities, not only from one parish to a...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...ica Volume One by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication... ...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 ... ...t we should not discuss foreign politics in our press, our parliament, our public meetings, or our private houses. 9 Trollope No man could be mad eno... ...ust be evident that our government cannot take official measures without a public avowal of such mea- sures. France can do so. Russia can do so. The g... ...elt themselves from time to time more or less hampered by the necessity of publicity. Our states- men have been forced to fight their battles with the... ...rairie, would be a hopeless task even to an American settler. Some mode of transport for his produce must be found before his produce would be of valu... ... grows it, but on the power and cheapness of the modes which may exist for transporting it. I have not been able to obtain the exact prices with refer... ...erica V ol. 1 ures may be taken as representing not quite the whole amount transported for the year. It may be presumed the 52,000,000 of bushels, as ...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Three

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...N POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume Three A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Three is ... ...blication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Three is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document ... ...-1291 is a Por- table Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my narrative to the public. I had several reasons, however, for declining to do so, some of whi... ..., through life, to put faith in my veracity-the probability being that the public at large would regard what I should put forth as merely an impudent ... ...h encompassed me in my dreary prison, can form any idea of the unutterable transports which that one long draught of the richest of all physical luxur... ...ations of the head. It is useless, of course, to dwell upon my joy—upon my transport-upon my illimitable ecstasy of heart. If ever man was mad with ex... ...—but would shortly return. He begged me not to be impatient—to moderate my transports— to read soothing books—to drink nothing stronger than Hock—and ...

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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...HER STORIES by COUNT LEO TOLSTOI A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Kreutzer Sonata and other stories by Leo Tolstoy is a publ... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ... the finest water. I, too, fell in love, as everybody does, and there were transports, emotions, poesy; but really all this passion was prepared by ma... ...ng the body as our companions do were allowed. As well set traps along our public streets, or worse than that. CHAPTER X T HAT, THEN, WAS the way in w... ...n object of sensual desire, and thus they bring her up from infancy and in public opinion. “She is always the humiliated and corrupt serf, and man rem... ...f, and man remains always the debauched Master. Yes, to abolish sla- very, public opinion must admit that it is shameful to exploit one’s neighbor, an... ...ating way. How shall I say it? Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of musi... ...yawn; with no reason to laugh, I laugh when I hear others laugh. And music transports me immediately into the condition of soul in which he who wrote ... ...ces, and among them HE and my wife, I saw in a different light. This music transported me 72 Tolstoy into an unknown world, where there was no room f...

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Two Poets

By: Honoré de Balzac

...alzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publ... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, t... ... oath succeeded the Comte de Maucombe as soon as the First Consul restored public wor- ship. The Abbe became a Bishop at the Restoration, and in after... ...miles away. Carriers, wheelwrights, posthouses, and inns, every agency for public conveyance, every industry that lives by road or river, was crowded ... ...e French jour- nalist, who furnishes a daily supply of the commodity for a public that daily performs the difficult feat of swallowing it. She squande... ...way to win Eve. The mute delights of this love of theirs differed from the transports of stormy passion, as wildflow- ers in the fields from the brill... ...m, lost in delicious dreaming; for the first time in her life she had been transported to the sphere which was hers by right of nature. Judge, therefo... ...a sub- lime poem might be made of the story of some daughter of the desert transported to some cold, western clime, calling for her beloved sun, dying...

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Measure for Measure Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

... Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. This Portable Docume... ...8201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, t... ...ke— Whether it be the fault and glimpse of newness, Or whether that the body public be A horse whereon the governor doth ride, Who, newly in the seat,... ...ple have we: Besides, upon the very siege of justice Lord Angelo hath to the public ear Profess’d the contrary. [Enter a Messenger .] ... ... prisoner? DUKE VINCENTIO : A creature unprepared, unmeet for death; And to transport him in the mind he is Were damnable. Provost: Her... ...o him I am near at home, And that, by great injunctions, I am bound To enter publicly: him I’ll desire To meet me at the consecrated fount A league b...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume One

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...LAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES Volume One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume One is a ... ...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 ... ...odily illness, drops him immediately to a level with the common objects of public charity. There is no intermediate stopping-place, no respectful shel... ...fied sense of independence.” And this was the tribute paid by the American public to the master who had given to it such tales of conjuring charm, of ... ...o his own. For a while Griswold’s malignant misrepresentations colored the public estimate of Poe as man and as writer. But, thanks to J. H. Ingram, W... ...nite form—a cer- tain tendency—to my inquiries in the chamber. “Let us now transport ourselves, in fancy, to this chamber. What shall we first seek he...

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The Long Vacation

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ONG VACATION BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of th... ...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 ... ...s since the death of Felix, when kind old Mr. Grinstead died suddenly at a public meet- ing, leaving his widow well endowed, and the possessor of her ... ...he head, and the tone is improved throughout. Till my boys are ready for a public school I had rather they were among our own people. No, Cherry, I ca... ...us year, when Lord Rotherwood and his son came 41 Yo n g e down to open a public park or garden on the top of the cliffs, where Lord Rotherwood’s acc... ... girl. When he found I could accompany my sister on piano or violin he was transported. Moreover, he could endure to be enlightened by a Britisher on ... ...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, That bloom their hour and fade. —J. H. Newman...

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Celt and Saxon

By: George Meredith

...Celt and Sax on By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by George Meredith 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 ... ... Saxon or others, that when we have submitted our persons to the charge of public companies, immediately, as if the renouncing of our independence int... ...a marble effigy seated upright, requiring but to be laid at her length for transport to the cover of the tomb. Now Captain Con was by nature ruddy as ... ...g her to suffer cru- elly and feel humiliated. She knew the pangs of it in public, and in private as well. And she had not conquered it yet. She was a... ...ates, how mightily he was one had not entered into the calculations of the public until the will of the late Ezra Mattock, cited in our prints, receiv...

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Robinson Crusoe

By: Daniel Defoe

...Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a publication of the Pennsy... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ..., or permission of the kings of Spain and Portu- gal, and engrossed in the public stock: so that few negroes were bought, and these excessively dear. ... ...hat as it was a trade that could not be carried on, because they could not publicly sell the negroes when they came home, so they desired to make but ... ...I believe it is impossible to express, to the life, what the ecstasies and transports of the soul are, when it is so saved, as I may say , out of the ... ...rowned and myself spared, I was surprised with a kind of ecstasy, and some transports of soul, which, had the grace of God assisted, might have come u... ...ish- ments, to make a just retribution for national offences, and to bring public judgments upon those who offend in a public manner, by such ways as ...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

...AT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the ... ...-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...reby, a money-box was kept on the kitchen mantel-shelf, in to which it was publicly made known that all my earnings were dropped. I have an impres- si... ...he told me what it was, to be a design for a buckle. Of course there was a public-house in the village, and of course Joe liked sometimes to smoke his... ...to it, and running out from it, as if some circumstances of the great- est public importance had just transpired in the spider com- munity. I heard th... ...rt was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubt- less been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be verita... ...e fear which I had lost in the night, of his being found out as a returned transport. W aking, I never lost that fear. He came round at the appointed ... ...ed on the abyss between Estella in her pride and beauty , and the returned transport whom I harboured? The road would be none the smoother for it, the... ...; put the case that he habitually knew of their being imprisoned, whipped, transported, neglected, cast out, qualified in all ways for the hangman, an...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...uction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an ... ... abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment ... ...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 ... ...e to keep him at home; for, young as he was, he believed he had caught the publick spirit and zeal for Sacheverel, and would have staid for ever in th... ...of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of na- tions, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure.’ In these families he passed much time ... .... Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey the... ...o excellent a man!—I pray GOD most sincerely to bless you with the highest transports—the infelt satisfac- tion of humane and benevolent exertions!—An... ...e, to the realms of bliss before you, I shall hail your arrival there with transports, and rejoice to acknowledge that you was my Comforter, my Advoca... ...ery willing to have him pardoned, that is, to have the sentence changed to transportation: but, when he was once hanged, I did not wish he should be m...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

... a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wel... ...ion In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells 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 ... ... 1914, very Utopian. Against them was an unbroken mass of mental habit and public tradition. While we talked of this “war to end war,” the diplomatist... ...head of the world, and there will be shortages of supply at the source and transport in food and all raw materials for some years to come. The Peace C... ...edented courses. This preliminary discussion of war aims by means of great public speeches, that has been getting more and more explicit now for many ... ...al treaties, through an international control of inter- State shipping and transport rates. Unless the Allied states- men fail to understand the impli... ...mbs, is continually becoming more practicable. But the air routes that air transport will follow must go over a certain amount of land, for this reaso... ...erranean Allies in one Air League, the splendid peace possibilities of air transport—and they are indeed splendid—must remain very largely a forbidden...

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Actions and Reactions

By: Rudyard Kipling

...s and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Actions and Reactions 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... ... driven seas ham- mer the coast. A big S.A.T.A. liner (Societe Anonyme des Transports Aeriens) is diving and lifting half a mile below us in search of... ...al and takes the air of us humming. Her underbody colloid is open land her transporter-slings hang down like tentacles. We shut off our beam as she ad... ...nated body of a few score of persons of both sexes, controls this planet. “Transportation is Civilisation,” our motto runs. Theoretically, we do what ... ..., humorous, lazy little planet only too ready to shift the whole burden of public administra- tion on its shoulders. I discuss this with Tim, sipping ... ...f heart, bless ye the Lord! Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.” “She’s a public lunger or she wouldn’t have been singing the Benedicite; and she’s a... ...udges and starters have been conveniently blind to this absurdity, but the public demonstration off St. Catherine’s Light at the Autumn Regattas has b... ...- level work only, but must understand heavy-weight digs. MOSSAMEDES TRANSPORT ASSOC. 84 Palestine Buildings, E. C. MAN WANTED-DIG ...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...OIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publicatio... ...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 ... ...te my mem- oirs I had determined never to do so, nor to write anything for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fal... ...or good or evil; I hope for the former. In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing... ...o such work. I would have more hope of satis- fying the expectation of the public if I could have allowed myself more time. I have used my best effort... ...ER IV CORPUS CHRISTI—MEXICAN SMUG- GLING—SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO— SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION EARLY IN SEPTEMBER the regiment left New Orleans for Cor- pu... ...w and tedious. There was, if my memory serves me, but one small steamer to transport troops and baggage when the 4th infantry arrived. Others were pro... .... It was necessary, therefore, to have a wagon train sufficiently large to transport the camp and garrison equipage, officers’ baggage, rations for th... ... their forage furnished them. The army was but indifferently supplied with transportation. Wagons and harness could easily be supplied from the north ...

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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...y the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Tra... ... by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...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 ... ...slated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions ... ... popular ex- positions of the periods of which they treat. Since the first publication of this edition many corrections and improvements have been mad... ...61 Friedrich Schiller increased to their full complement, new ones raised, transports provided, a fleet fitted out, provisions, military stores, and m... ...the Elector, charmed at his friendly reception, promised him, in the first transports of joy, the Roman crown. Gustavus set out next day for Merseburg... ...sheim surrendered after a short siege; he was in command of the Maine; and transports were preparing with all speed at Hoechst to carry his troops acr... ...- iards, under Don Philip de Sylva. To prevent the approach of the Swedish transports, he endeavoured to close the mouth of the Maine by driving piles...

...h is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the other hand a large proportion of the co...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...lassics onic Classics onic Classics Ser Ser Ser Ser Series ies ies ies ies Publication Publication Publication Publication Publication War and Peace ... ...ion Publication Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document ... ...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 ... ...rre. “At the present time it is difficult to know the real state of French public opin- ion. “Bonaparte has said so,” remarked Prince Andrew with a sa... ...e conceit prevents your apologizing, and you wish to make the whole affair public. Y ou are offended at being put on duty a bit, but why not apologize... ...overtook a convoy of Russian wounded. The Russian officer in charge of the transport lolled back in the front cart, shouting and scold- ing a soldier ... ...e desperate shrieks of the woman in the vehicle. An of- ficer in charge of transport was beating the soldier who was driving the woman’s vehicle for t... ...rench who had crossed the Vienna bridge, and encumbered by his baggage and transport, having to accept battle on the march against an enemy three time... ...nch he was to delay them as long as possible. Kutuzov himself with all his transport took the road to Znaim. Marching thirty miles that stormy night a...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...y in Human Nature by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature... ...ies of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James 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 classi- cal works of literature, in English, t... ...us Experience objective interests still remain accessible. He can fol- low public news, and sympathize with other people’s affairs. He can cultivate c... ...nary in- conveniences and ailments of life. These general tonic effects on public opinion would be good even if the more striking results were non-exi... ...of Days for his free and unbounded grace. After I had been so long in this transport and heavenly frame that my nature seemed to require sleep, I thou... ... a mighty fascination over him. ‘At any time the word hermit was enough to transport him.’ The words woods and forests would produce the most powerful... ...st exclu- sively to their method is just what no study can grasp, but only transport, ecstasy, and the transformation of the soul. How great, for exam... ... of the prophets. They hear their voices and obtain their favors. Then the transport rises from the perception of forms and figures to a degree which ...

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...ads To Freedom by Bertrand Russell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell is a publication... ...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 ... ...uish most po- litical idealists, and are much misunderstood by the general public for other reasons besides mere prejudice. I wish to do full justice ... ... necessity of completeness in the acquisition of land and capi- tal by the public, while others would be content to see linger- ing islands of private... ...ries of the Continent, except Russia, a revolution followed quickly on the publication of the Com- munist Manifesto, but the revolution was not econom... ...o- nopoly;” and again, “Centralization of the means of commu- nication and transport in the hands of the State.” But the Manifesto goes on to say: Whe...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

...Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad 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 ... ...d intro- ductory remarks) is as near as I shall ever come to deshabille in public; and perhaps it will do something to help towards a better vision of... ... are reported as having been uttered in our midst not a hundred years ago, publicly, from the seat of justice, by a civic magistrate. The words of our... ...owned love, by fortune, by a broken leg or a sudden death. Why the reading public which, as a body, has never laid upon a story-teller the command to ... ...ltar, the misty glimpse in the Bay of Biscay of an outward-bound convoy of transports, in the presence of British submarines in the Channel. Innumerab... ...pardonable stretching of the truth to say that the British Empire rests on transportation. I am speaking now naturally of the sea, as a man who has li... ...their own railroads, of which one can’t say whether they are mere means of transportation or a sort of gambling game for the use of American plu- tocr... ...s not feel indignation. This was not an accident of a very boastful marine transporta- tion; this was a real casualty of the sea. The indigna- tion of...

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The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

... The Sonnets of William Shakespeare 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 English, t... ... see, know not the heart. 25 Let those who are in favour with their stars Of public honour and proud titles boast, Whilst I, whom fortune of such triu... ...acknowledge thee, Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame, Nor thou with public kindness honour me, Unless thou take that honour from thy name: ... ...ty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name re... ... dear purchased right That I have hoisted sail to all the winds Which should transport me farthest from your sight. Book both my wilfulness and errors...

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Man and Superman a Comedy and a Philosophy

By: George Bernard Shaw

...hilosophy by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard ... ...n Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document f... ...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 ... ...n. No doubt that literary knack of mine which happens to amuse the British public distracts attention from my character; but the character is there no... ...ndescend to pa- rade is the force of your wit: the only demand you make in public is the demand of your artistic temperament for sym- metry, elegance,... ...in- stinct was set on me.” It was not always so; and then, heav- ens! what transports of virtuous indignation! what over- whelming defiance to the das...

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Paradise Lost

By: John Milton

... Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton 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 English, t... ...’d in hue, as when the force Paradise Lost Milton 8 Of subterranean wind transports a Hill Torn from PELORUS, or the shatter’d side Of thundring A... ...ng seem’d A Pillar of State; deep on his Front engraven Deliberation sat and publick care; And Princely counsel in his face yet shon, Majestick though... ...ty, adorn’d With splendor, arm’d with power, if aught propos’d And judg’d of public moment, in the shape Paradise Lost Milton 28 Of difficulty or ... ...o his onely Son foreseeing spake. Onely begotten Son, seest thou what rage Transports our adversarie, whom no bounds Prescrib’d, no barrs of Hell, n... ... him who wrongd. And should I at your harmless innocence Melt, as I doe, yet public reason just, Honour and Empire with revenge enlarg’d, By conquerin... ... Fruits, & Flours, Walks, and the melodie of Birds; but here Farr otherwise, transported I behold, Transported touch; here passion first I felt, Commo... ...gs Less excellent, as thou thy self perceav’st. For what admir’st thou, what transports thee so, An outside? fair no doubt, and worthy well Thy cheris...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...: 1 : 18 8 8 8 81 1 1 1 12 2 2 2 2 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication War and Peace – Book Eleven by Leo Tolstoy 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 ... ...lt that this was really a council of war. The conversations all dealt with public ques- tions. If anyone gave or asked for personal news, it was done ... ... added, taking Pierre’s hand in a friendly manner, “We are on the eve of a public disaster and I haven’t time to be polite to every- body who has busi... ... Moscow would be surrendered, and then dispersed all about the town to the public houses and cookshops. Prices too that day indicated the state of aff... ... toward Pierre. “V oyons, Pas de betises!”* he cried. Pierre was in such a transport of rage that he remembered nothing and his strength increased ten...

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Thus Spake Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

... Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. Thomas Common is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...201- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, t... ... original MS. of which contains this note: “Only for my friends, not for the public”) is written in a particularly personal spirit, and those few to w... ...secrecy concerning its contents. He often thought of making this fourth part public also, but doubted whether he would ever be able to do so without c... ...! Beyond the sphere of their body and this earth they now fancied themselves transported, these ungrateful ones. But to what did they owe the convulsi... ...ngrateful ones. But to what did they owe the convulsion and rapture of their transport? To their body and this earth. Gentle is Zarathustra to the sic... ...d, and seek coolness from frozen spirits; they are all sick and sore through public opinion. All lusts and vices are here at home; but here there are ...

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Twenty Three Tales

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...LSTOY Leo TOLSTOY Leo TOLSTOY Leo TOLSTOY A PSU Electronic Classics Series Publication PREFACE....3 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS ....5 A PRISONER IN... ...e Tales by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude is a publication of the Pennsyl vania State University. This Portable Document ... ...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 ... ...into the village. He heard that there was a horse and cart for sale at the public house, and he struck a bargain with the owner, and bought them. Then... ...hree Tales by Tolstoy : “Two Old Men” 97 a horse and cart for them at the publican’s, only this morning! There are not many such men in the world. It... ...ng them together,’ thought God. ‘They cannot make their tools, prepare and transport their timber, build their houses, sow and gather their harvests, ...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...n Garth W ermter Senior IT Consultant Serena B.Wille Counsel Peter Y erkes Public Affairs Assistant xiv COMMISSION STAFF xiv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:... ...eated the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Public Law 107-306, November 27, 2002). Our mandate was sweeping.The law di... ...ith the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony from 160 witnesses. PREFACE xv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26... ...fice and W.W. Norton & Company for helping to get this report to the broad public. We conclude this list of thanks by coming full circle:We thank the ... ...st their message over the air traffic control channel instead of the cabin public-address channel. Also at 8:25, and again at 8:29, Amy Sweeney got th... ...of some dispute.The 10:03:11 impact time is supported by previous National Transportation Safety Board analysis and by evidence from the Commission st... ... of the cells rented residences, and purchased bomb-mak- ing materials and transport vehicles.At least one additional explosives expert was brought in... ...eady occurred. Responsible individuals had to be located, apprehended, and transported back to a U.S. court for prosecution.As FBI agents emphasized t... ...ry.The FAA had a security mission to pro- tect the users of commercial air transportation against terrorism and other criminal acts. In the years befo...

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Best of Four

By: Carol Ann Ellis

...Best of Four V olume 5 Student V oices A Commonwealth College Publication Faculty Editors Jim Manis & Carol Ann Ellis Student Editor Patt... ...im Manis & Carol Ann Ellis Student Editor Patty Haggerty Best of Four is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. The Pennsylvania State Un... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. Best of Four: Student Voices is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. All the student essays c... ...sity, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291, is a non- profit publication of the Pennsylvania State University Copyright © 2000 The Penns... ...earn that they too have permission to state what is important to them in a public voice. In addition to inspiring our students, we also hope the maga-... ...close attention and makes sure there will be a cart ready in Pittsburgh to transport him and my grandmother to the concourse where they will take the ...

... and powerful voices to be heard. The students who read these essays will learn that they too have permission to state what is important to them in a public voice....

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