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Excerpt: The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris.

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...ssics Series Publication enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the... ...on enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e and without any charge 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... ...r to the west and north, he saw Bonneville very plain, and the dome of the courthouse, a purple silhouette against the glare of the sky. Other points ... ... had been his ambition to represent his native State—North Carolina—in the United States Senate. Calhoun was his “great man,” but in two succes- sive ... ...en his ambition to represent his native State—North Carolina—in the United States Senate. Calhoun was his “great man,” but in two succes- sive campaig... ...curred. It was vague, intangible, appealing only to some strange, nameless sixth sense, but none the less percep- tible. His mind, his imagination, se... ...hers lost. The test cases were immediately carried up to the United States Circuit Court in San Francisco. At the moment the decision of this court wa... ...r wheat to China, hey, boy?” “It is certainly worth thinking of, sir.” “It appeals to me, boy; it appeals to me. It’s big and there’s a fortune in it....

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...n ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ii Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ... and without any charge 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... ...ieve that she dwells rather oftener in alleys and by ways than she does in courts and palaces, and that it is good, and pleasant, and profitable to tr... ...still would be to exchange congratulations with you, as the members of one united fam ily, on the thriving vigour of this strongest child of a strong... ...efore are not disproportionate to its means. Such is the Institution which appeals to you through me, as a most unworthy advocate, for sympathy and su... ...d with all conditions of men, and all periods of time. The scholar and the statesman, men of peace and men of war, have agreed in all ages to delight ... ...inerating Libraries.” I learned that these books are constantly making the circuit of hundreds upon hundreds of miles, and are constantly being read w... ...egantly putten round the town’s arms.” SPEECH: LONDON, APRIL 14, 1851. The Sixth Annual Dinner of the General Theatrical Fund was held at the London T...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of th...

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... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e and without any charge 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... ...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...ion to the duties of good citizenship are ignored in the laws, because the courts can seldom deal with such questions in a uniform and satis- factory ... ...ess influ- ence, through the islands of the seas to other lands, where the appeals of De T ocqueville for human rights and liberties have already insp... ...ion of the inhabit- *Jefferson, in 1801, was not elected until the thirty- sixth time of balloting. *General Grant is now (1874) the eighteenth Presid... ...ses upon the spot; the court presided over by this magistrate is styled a “Circuit Court.” Lastly, all the most serious cases of litigation are brough...