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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ... as "Her Royal Highness". Additionally, the King was not allowed by the British government to address the British people and the Empire through ... ...h government to address the British people and the Empire through the BBC. The government's constitutional experts wrote: "If the King disregar... ... return, triumphant, after the establishment of modern Turkey in 1923. The Turkish government today denies that an organized, premeditated genocide... ...the west of the known world (the Western Ocean), near the Pillars of Hercules (the Gibraltar Straits?). It was not, therefore, a part of the known ...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Sarmiento Y la Patagonia

By: Francisco M. Goyogana

...an Republics” to justify the Argentine claims for the boundary in the summits of the Cordillera de los Andes, according to the Treaties of 1881 & 18... ... et al., op. cit, P. I, t. IV, p. 71; ver también Robert D. Talbott, A History of Chilean Boundaries, (Ph.D. dissertation), University of IIlinois, U... ...rt.... op. cit, vol. I, p. 150; Appendix to the Statement Presented on Behalf of Chile in Reply to the Argentine Report submitted to the Tribunal Co... ...the Argentine Report submitted to the Tribunal Constituted by H. B. Majesty's Government acting as Arbitrator in pursuant of the Agreement dated Apr... ...ritorio continental, y hasta creación de un enclave en Puerto Madryn del tipo Gibraltar. En 1872 el gobierno británico hizo un llamado para alertar ... ...f the United States Diplomatic Papers (F.R.U.S.), T.O.O. to Evarts, 5-3-1878, Government Printing Press, Washington, 1878, 9, cit. en D. E. Willet, ...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly ... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...40-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 ... ... State Washington, D.C. 20520 Tel: (202) 647-9673. Requesters outside the US Government may purchase copies from: Superintendent of Documents US Gover... ... Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Tel: (202) 783-3238 Requesters outside the US Government may obtain a subscription from: National Technical Information... ...c (East Germany) 88 Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany) 90 Ghana 91_ Gibraltar 93^ Greece 9 Greenland 95 Grenada 96 Guadeloupe 98 Guatemala 99... ...year ending 30 June 1984, $64.4 million; 8% of central government budget 92 Gibraltar Mediterranean Sea Strait of Gibraltar See regional map V Lighth... ...ural rock) collect rain water Special notes: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Population: 29,...

...comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and special notes. In the Government section, a new entry on dependent areas has also been added....

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ... bold -- Costa Rica adopted as a base for operations -- Objection to Buccaneer government -- Henry Morgan the sea bandit -- His first service, when a ... ...corded in history (which however he neglects to name) that near the Straits of Gibraltar there was formerly an island called Aphrodisias, thickly inha... ...hat King Menelaus, after the destruction of Troy, sailed out of the Straits of Gibraltar, coasted Guinea and Africa, and proceeded thence eastward to ... ...he cape, passing up the westward coast, and again entered the Mediterranean at Gibraltar. Thus was Africa circumnavigated by two fleets, sailing in op... ...conquered China he annexed that country, and his successors made their seat of government at Cambaluc -- the modern Pekin -- which Kubia Khan enlarged... ...Sir Thomas More obtained from this account of Polo's the ideas for his Utopian Government. Marco mentions a very curious thing which he had not seen e...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...ty of Chicago Manual Style by University of Chicago Classic Literature Collection World Public Library.org... ...World Public Library.org Title: Chicago Style Manal Author: University of Chicago Language: English Subject: NonFiction, Reference Publisher: W... ...ww.WorldLibrary.net is an effort to preserve and disseminate classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and... ... names : Atlantic Ocean, Dead Sea, Baffin's Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Strait of Gibraltar, Straits Settlements, Mississippi River, Three Rivers, Laughin... ...trend of thought, attitude of mind, or mode of action : republican form of government, a true democrat and a con- servative statesman, socialism as... ...iciary, and administra- Manual of Style: Ca@italization 7 tive bodies and governmental departments, and their branches, when specifically applied ... .... of feast-&p, 18; of geographj- cal 'des, a, 3; of geological e@sl 11. of governmental departments, 10, of historical epochs 12; of important eve...

...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book--the first edition of the Manual of Sty...

...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had i...

...Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofr...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ...vices make their first habit in us from our infancie, and that our chiefe government and education lieth in our nurses hands. Some mothers thinke it... ...point them certaine ancicnt grave men to undertake and weald the Kingdoms government, which sometimes is also committed to the communaltie. Where bo... ... it; and that this merchandize hath so great credit, that in a politicall government there should be set up a fourth estate of Lawyers, breath- selle... ... was a great land called Atlantis, situated at the mouth of the strait of Gibraltar, which contained more firme land than Affrike and Asia together. ... ...thaginians having sailed athwart the Atlantike Sea, without the strait of Gibraltar, after long time, they at last discovered a great fertill Iland,...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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Considerations on Representative Government

By: John Stuart Mill

...Considerations on Representative Government By JOHN STUART MILL A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES... ...LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...ations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill 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... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...to be governed. It is unnecessary to discuss the case of small posts, like Gibraltar, Aden, or Heligoland, which are held only as naval or military po...

...Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of my life, and most of the p...

....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice ............................................................. 5 Chapter II The Criterion of a Good Form of Government .........................................................................

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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

... Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...pers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested... ... Assistant Professor in the Museum of Natural History in Paris, the French Government had attached me to that expedition. After six months in Nebraska... ...built? and how could its construction have been kept secret? Cer- tainly a Government might possess such a destructive 9 Jules Verne machine. And in ... ...ory which a narrow isth- mus joins to the mainland, a kind of inaccessible Gibraltar, the fortifications of which were rebuilt by the English after ta... ... 16th of February from the shores of Greece, we had crossed the Straits of Gibraltar by sunrise on the 18th. It was plain to me that this Mediterranea... ...Conseil. “I will add,” I continued, “that a similar barrier exists between Gibraltar and Ceuta, which in geological times formed the entire Mediterran...

...h 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 Governments of several States on the two c...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ... Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...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... ...nd, and a very full and thorough book; and Hobson’s “Towards International Government” is a very sympathetic contribution from the English liberal lef... ...e.” We western allies know to-day what is involved in making bargains with governments that do not stand for their peoples; we have had all our Russia... ...liens in any part of the union outside the district of Columbia. The state governments still see to that. The federal government has the legal right p... ...al of the German Chancellor that we should give up (presumably to Germany) Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, and suchlike key possessions. It seemed to excite ... ...ndignation about that, we should first ask ourselves what we were doing in Gibraltar, etc., etc. That is a different thing altogether. And it is an ar... ...egnable fastness, that great naval station, that Key to the Mediterranean, Gibraltar. British boys are brought up on Gibraltar and the Gibraltar idea....

...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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The War in the Air

By: H. G. Wells

...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells 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... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...!” He was always going on like that. What in particular he wanted from the Government for his secret did not appear, nor what beyond a money pay- ment... ...at the same time sustaining a vigorous agitation and canvass to induce the Government to purchase his invention. One fact, however, remained permanent... ...it seemed a small and unimportant thing to them that as they clattered the governments of half the world and more were drifting into war. About midday... ...l seize, and zen 87 H G Wells we shall establish a depot—a sort of inland Gibraltar. It will be—what will it be?—an eagle’s nest. Zere our airships w...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS By THOMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V... ... Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Quincey 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... ...at all periods fearfully shaken by intestine wars, and by instability in a government. The actual dura- tion of war in England was not indeed longer t... ...ged to mere insulated and discontinu- ous war. But the insecurity of every government between 1638 and 1702, kept the popular mind in a state of ferme... ... and indirectly of extending their secular power, were countenanced by the Government. Jealousy had been disarmed by the upright conduct of the Scotti... ...ome. Nei- ther the Acropolis of Athens, nor the Larissa of Argos, nor even Gibraltar, can enter into the remotest competition with this gigantic citad...

...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE...................

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ...sia began and ended before breakfast, and we went on board and steamed for Gibraltar, looking, as we passed, at Joinville’s black squadron, and the wh... ...g to play stirring marches as we puffed out of the bay. THE NEXT STAGE was Gibraltar, where we were to change horses. Before sunset we skirted along ... ...n, across Channel, Biscay Bay, and the Atlantic, from Southampton Water to Gibraltar Straits. CHAPTER IV: GIBRALTAR SUPPOSE ALL THE NA TIONS of the ea... ...is done for children in the spelling-books; else I would tell you that the government of the Ottoman Porte seems to be as rotten, as wrinkled, and as ... ... in. This worthy man, I thought, must doubt- less be very well paid by our Government for making such sacrifices; but it appears that he does not get ... ...e all together for protection from the other thieves their neighbours. The government (which we restored to them) has no power to protect them, and is...

...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal....

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...ote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed.) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ... it saying, “May it please your worship, Señor Don Quixote, to give me the government of that island which has been won in this hard fight, for be it ... ..., and that he would not touch at any Spanish port, but pass the Straits of Gibraltar by night, or as best he could, and make for La Rochelle, from whi... ...igniories, paying so much a year, and they themselves taking charge of the government, while the lord, with his legs stretched out, enjoys the revenue... ...ersation they fell to discussing what they call State-craft and systems of government, cor- recting this abuse and condemning that, reforming one prac...

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The C‘Sars

By: Thomas de Quincey

...SSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...for sustaining the first collision with the regular forces of the existing government. He relied, it seems, on his own personal superiority for rais- ... ...ich we have derived our modern one of emperor, proclaims the nature of the government, and the tenure of that office. It was purely a government by th... ...questrated in his favor. There were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the Stratocracy, and the Au- tocracy... ...f Asia Minor and of Greece, plundered Syracuse, steered for the Straits of Gibraltar, sailed along the shores of Spain and Gaul, passing finally throu...

...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many...

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Autobiographic Sketches Selections, Grave and Gay

By: Thomas de Quincey

...PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ... Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...long roll of martial services in the great war with Napoleon compelled our government greatly to widen the basis of the Bath. This promise was never f... ...into heresy—and all in consequence of your majesty’s sacred laziness.” Our governments were less remissly administered; since each of us, by continued... ...nel fleet; Major Gen. X. L., on re- signing the lieutenant governorship of Gibraltar; Hon. G. F ., on going out as secretary to the governor of Malta,... ...s of the Irish and the British Parlia- ments. In Dublin, as in London, the government must lay its account with being occasionally outvoted; this woul...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expressly to di...

...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION .............................................................................

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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...e Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells 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... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... are well known to all English students of military matters, showed me the Gibraltar he is making of a great mountain system east of the Adige. “Let m... ...egardless of their profit, in the interests of herself and her allies, her government has permitted so much of it as military and naval needs have not... ...n- ister—I found afterwards he was one of the members of the late Giolotti government—who had been talking very loudly and scornfully of the bargain I... ...nto vast trusts into which not only the British but the French and Italian governments may en- ter as partners, the so-called socialist press of Great...

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American Notes for General Circulation

By: Charles Dickens

...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation... ...rican Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens 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 ... ...t has not, until within these later days, been a very popular fashion with governments to display any ex traordinary regard for the great mass of the... ... an incalculable amount of good among the destitute and afflicted. But the government of the country, having neither act nor part in them, is not in t... ...s, these words are painted on the walls: ‘Worthy of notice of notice. Self government, quietude, and peace, are blessings.’ It is not assumed and tak... ...d by its interest and beauty. The impression made upon the visitor by this Gibraltar of America: its giddy heights; its citadel suspended, as it were,...

...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existence not in my imagination. The...

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

By: The Duke of Saint Simon

...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...f Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is... ...d His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... great, but, as he could obtain no redress, he re- tired once again to his Government of Blaye. Notwithstand- ing the manner in which he had been trea... ...order to evade a promise he had made to his brother, that the first vacant government should be given to the Duc de Chartres) forced M. de Chaulnes to... ...ould be given to the Duc de Chartres) forced M. de Chaulnes to give up the government of Brittany, which he had long held, and conferred it upon the C... ...ing it again on the morrow, and showed that if the attack were successful, Gibraltar would be the first result of the victory. That fa- mous place, wh... ...what would have become of the enemy’s fleet had it been attacked, and that Gibraltar would have been found in exactly the same state as when abandoned... ...hat might be offered him. He was ordered at the same time to join Tesse at Gibraltar. He had already done so at the instance of Tesse himself; so the ...

Excerpt: Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon.

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...fe on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ...Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit... ... the recent exploration of the river Amazon by an expedition sent out by our government. It was said that the expedition, ow ing to difficulties, had... ...but one—the United States mail service. It was the letter bag lock, a sacred governmental thing. By dint of much beseeching the government had been pe... ...hould be wise enough not to carry the thing too far and provoke the national government into amending the licensing system, steamboat owners would hav... ...Helena. Steel plates, T rumbull’s Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Sally from Gibraltar. Copper plates, Moses Smiting the Rock, and Re turn of the Pro...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,00...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other ... ...Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) 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 ... ...hat the tract distributor does. It is what the missionary does. It is what governments ought to do. Y.M. Don’t they? What Is Man and Other Essays 34 ... ...be instinct, too. O.M. We will look still further. The ant has a system of government; it is well planned, elaborate, and is well car ried on. Y.M. I... ...pricious chase to agriculture and stored food; from nomadic life to stable government and concentrated au Mark T wain 61 thority; from incoherent ho... ...cupation is gathering Austrich feathers. What Is Man and Other Essays 162 Gibraltar is an island built on a rock. Russia is very cold and tyrannical....

............................................................................................................................................ 4 THE DEATH OF JEAN ............................................................................................................................................ 75 THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE ...............................................

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