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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI re...

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...ER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art work by Suzie Kl... ... Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ......................................................... ......................................................................... 42 WATER CONSERVATION ........................................................... .................. 72 3 THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING From one of the two most advanced countries of ... ...on. But what impressed me most was the cleanliness of the place. I swear by the gods of Tide and Tidy Bowl that I never saw a single piece of litt... ...Indians to develop one of the top economies in the world. Without natural resources it was a seemingly impossible task requiring insightful leadersh... ...than is Kino‟s. They lead the world in photovoltaic solar power and fresh water nanotechnology. We are still into telecommunications and computers, ... ... a modern industrial power. Singapore should not exist. It has no natural resources, only a stalwart work ethic and a workable vision. “As Lee... ... decision makers, like legislators and high level government and business management, are women. In the U.S. it is 45%. In Sweden it is only 29%. In ...

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...of messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called Tales of Space and Time, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this ...

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...The Country of the Blind And Other Stories by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Cou... ...es 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 publication of t... ...c Classics Series Publication The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells, the Pennsylvania Sta... ... wife looked it up in Enquire Within and Mrs. Motherly’s Book of Household Management, and found no prohibition. So Jane remained with this hap- pines... ...r shabby young man of the ready- made black coat school of costume. He had watery gray eyes, and a complexion appropriate to the brother of one in a H... ...tle there. I tell you, for real florid quality——But you shall see. Boiling water …” 24 The Country of the Blind As they came out of the labyrinth of ... ...oney,” said the clergyman, and, diving into his pocket, began counting his resources. He had little more than thirty shillings, and he appealed to his...

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...Excerpt: PART I. It rose for them--their honey-moon--over the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting of their own. ?It required a total lack of humour, or as great a gift for it as our...

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...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ... Moon by Edith Wharton PART I I IT ROSE FOR THEM—their honey-moon—over the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were ... ...balustrade and watched their tutelary orb roll its magic carpet across the waters to their feet. “Y es—or the loan of Strefford’s villa,” her husband ... ...he thought he had started. A year—yes, she was sure now that with a little management they could have a whole year of it! “It” was their marriage, the... ...ere dull, and her disappearance had made it suddenly clear to him that his resources were growing more and more limited. Much that had once amused him... ...ce to do better he or she should be immediately released? The law of their country fa- cilitated such exchanges, and society was beginning to view the... ...rs without picturing herself in them, and wondering by what new miracle of management she could give herself the air of being dressed by the same cons... ...ents gave me such a grand educa- tion? Because, you see, art’s a wonderful resource.” (She pro- nounced it re-source.) He continued to look at her kin...

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...rk rocks, and the distance becoming more and more hazy, in spite of the bright sun which made a broken path of glory along the tossing, white-crested waters....

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...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...ght sun which made a broken path of glory along the tossing, white-crested waters. The wind was a keen north-east breeze, and might have been thought ... ... with the Scottish snood, sat on the battle- ment, gazing far out over the waters, with eyes of the same tint as the hair. Even the sea-breeze failed ... ...arted men in Scotland, and imbued with the spirit of the late King. By his management Hepburn was induced to make submis- sion and deliver up Dunbar C... ...d remained beside her through all the troubles of the stormy and barbarous country, and, though crippled by a fall and racked with rheumatism, was the... ...s in order to cast the expense upon the rich abbeys, and to muster all the resources of Lorraine and Provence to cover the poverty of the many- titled... ...re was a great exchange the next day, when the mass was as splendid as the resources of the Abbey could furnish, and all were full of joy and congratu... ...ed; Jean had a night of fever, and when that passed, under the experienced management of Dame Elspie, as the sisters called her more and more, she was...

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Excerpt: Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling.

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... Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ....................................................... 106 THE FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY ...................................................................... .... “I apologize,” said he. “I apologize unreservedly—to you, and to the Old Country. Now, will you be good enough to tell me your story?” “We were in ... ..., being jawed.” “Oh, my soul!” said Stalky with a yell, disappearing under water. “The—the glass was nothing. Manders minor’s head’s cut open. La—la—l... ...sir,” said Beetle hotly. King scowled. “One of you was that thing called a water- funk. Yes, a water-funk. So now you wish to wash? It is well. Clean... ...y is as ignorant as the savage he so admires; but he has also the savage’s resource. “I see,” said Stalky. “I shoved my hand there. An’ then?” “An’ th... ...because he knew by bitter—by most bitter— Stalky & Co experience that the management of the college was slack, dilatory, and inefficient. He might ev... ... the Head’s return, he chanced to come across Stalky & Co., gated but ever resourceful, play- ing marbles in the corridor, he said that he was not sur...

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...Excerpt: Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching...

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...HARTON A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...ly September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had ap... ...ging Miss Bart, he had always made use of the “argument from design.” “The resources of New Y ork are rather meagre,” he said; 5 Edith Wharton “but I... ...hinery in motion. She had refrained from touching it because it was a last resource, and she had relied on other arts to stimulate other sensations; b... ...t office where a batch of pale men on small salaries had grown grey in the management of the Gryce estate, and where he was initiated with becoming re... ...bull. To guard against such contingencies she frequented the more populous water- ing-places, where she installed herself impersonally in a hired hous... ...ontingencies, hampered her in the decisive moments of life. She was like a water-plant in the flux 50 House of Mirth of the tides, and today the whol... ...hucked her at dinner last night, and she thinks it was my fault—my want of management. The worst of it is, the message—just a mere word by telephone—c...

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...st in America, have any existence not in my imagination. They can examine for themselves whether there has been anything in the public career of that country during these past eight years, or whether there is anything in its present position, at home or abroad, which suggests that those influences and tendencies really do exist....

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...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series Ameri... ... PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ... themselves whether there has been any thing in the public career of that country during these past eight years, or whether there is anything in its ... ...ing slowly up and down, and every little boat was splashing noisily in the water; and knots of people stood upon the wharf, gazing with a kind of ‘dre... ...yage. This, with the bright cold sun, the bracing air, the crisply curling water, the thin white crust of morning ice upon the decks which crackled wi... ...els, are kept; nor is it prob able that, so long as its present excellent management continues, any weapon, offensive or defensive, will ever be requ... ... met at the station at Lowell by a gentleman intimately connected with the management of the fac tories there; and gladly putting myself under his gu... ...attended upon, or fed, or driven, or caught, but are thrown upon their own resources in early life, and become preter naturally knowing in consequenc... ...more in a few years to impair the public credit, and to cripple the public resources, than dull honesty, however rash, could have effected in a centur...

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... Apuleius availed himself of an early form of one of these. They are to be found from India to Scandinavia, adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are the most familiar forms of the tale, and it seemed to me one of those legends of such universal property that it was quite fair to put it into 18th cent...

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...LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... .... YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Love and Life by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...found from India to Scandinavia, adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are th... ...ster?” said Harriet. “It was through the dancing of three minuets, and the country dance had long been begun.” “I was too busy to heed the time,” said... ... gal meal of bread, butter, cheese, and lettuce; a jug of milk, another of water, and a bottle of cowslip wine; for the habits of the family were more... ...med to have forgotten my father’s of- 17 Yo n g e fence, and gave him the management of the estate, with this old house to live in, showing himself g... ...Wayland, he knew it. ‘She has a good nurse, dame,’ says he to me, with the water in his eyes, before he went to foreign parts. But my Lady! When the l... ...than they are to per- sons of an age to resent inquiry , and who have more resources of conversation. In truth, Aurelia was in the eyes of the T refor... ...the Delavie estates.” “Can no one hinder it, sir? Cannot you?” “ As a last resource the poor youth came hither to see whether the guardian whose wards...

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...s of polished oak --there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race. The shepherd?s dog barked fiercely when one of these alien-looking men appeared on the upland, dark against the early winter sunset; for...

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...es, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country folk, looked like the remnants of a disin... ...f the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race. The shepherd... ... beyond such a matter as knowing the signs of the weather; and the process by which rapidity and dexterity of any kind were acquired was so wholly hid... ...de, had to provide his own breakfast, dinner, and supper, to fetch his own water from the well, and put his own kettle on the fire; and all these immed... ...er, who came from nobody knew where, worked wonders with a bottle of brown waters, the occult character of the process was evident. Such a sort of thi... ...g the money on the excellent security of the young Squire’s prospects? The resource occurred to him now as so easy and agreeable, especially as Marner... ...king the bad news to Godfrey, for he had to offer him at the same time the resource of Marner’s money; and if Godfrey kicked, as he always did, at the... ... help me keep things together.” “Well, sir, I’ve often offered to take the management of things, but you know you’ve taken it ill always, and seemed t... ...the women of her generation — unless, like Priscilla, they took to outdoor management — were not given to much walking beyond their own house and gard...

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...20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 ... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. Thi... ...bank; he even prepared to determine its exact position when two columns of water, projected by the mysterious object, shot with a hissing noise a hund... ...c mammal, unknown till then, which threw up from its blow-holes columns of water mixed with air and vapour. Similar facts were observed on the 23rd of... ...ary and longing for repose. I aspired to nothing more than again seeing my country, my friends, my little lodging by the Jardin des Plantes, my dear a... ...of a journey, never make an objection to pack his portmanteau for whatever country it might be, or how- ever far away, whether China or Congo. Besides... ...derstood my story. When I finished, he said not a word. There remained one resource, to speak English. Perhaps they would know this almost universal l... ... France. Very much embarrassed, after having vainly exhausted our speaking resources, I knew not what part to take, when Conseil said: “If master will... ... vessel, sixteen feet long. But the door was shut, and I could not see the management of it, which might have given me an idea of the number of men em...

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...nic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsy... ...tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...re fully equal to his task. He began with the physical ge- ography of this country, and examined the characteristics of 6 Democracy in America the pe... ...g themselves by their great enterprises, and the nobles ex- hausting their resources by private wars, the lower orders were enriching themselves by co... ...the villein and the noble on the field of battle; printing opened the same resources to the minds of all classes; the post was organized so as to brin... ...t of methodical order seems to have regulated the separa- tion of land and water, mountains and valleys. A simple, but grand, arrangement is discovera... ...orm vast marshes, losing all trace of their chan- nels in the labyrinth of waters they have themselves created; and thus, at length, after innumerable... ... the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they entrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complai... ...; it must almost compulsorily concentrate the direction of all men and the management of all things in the hands of the adminis- tration. If it lead n...

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...spects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that of the Amazon. The valley of the frozen Obi approaches it in extent; that of La Plata comes next in space, and probably in habitable capacity, having about eight-ninths of its area; then comes that of the Yenisei, wit...

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...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, J... ...tate University is an equal opportunity University. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] THE BODY OF THE NA... ...fly over in six hundred and seventy five. It discharges three times as much water as the St. Lawrence, twenty five times as much as the Rhine, and th... ...uch as the Thames. No other river has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, ... ...nd T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and from all the country between that and Idaho on the Pacific slope—a spread of forty fiv... ... and the Gulf was built by the river. This gives us the age of that piece of country, without any trouble at all—one hundred and twenty thousand years... ... him. The widow and orphan list grew, but so did the association’s financial resources. The association attended its own funer als in state, and paid... ...ions well fortified with capital; and by able and thor oughly business like management and system, these make a sufficiency of money out of what is l... ...ral York. Here, as below, the remarkable skill of the women and girls in the management of the smaller pirogues was noticed. Children were paddling ab...

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Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...ey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...n named Sauviat, a hawker or peddler who, from 1786 to 1793, travelled the country over a radius of a hundred and fifty miles around Auvergne, exchang... ...d read to them, by the light of a lamp placed behind a glass globe full of water, the “Vie des Saints,” the “Lettres Edifiantes,” and other books lent... ..., it shone with the mysterious brilliancy of a flower blooming beneath the water of the sea when the sun is pen- etrating it. Veronique was changed fo... ...ainted water-colors and made sepia sketches, turning ardently to all those resources which women employ to bear the weariness of their solitude. She g... ...tremity the Abbe Dutheil took upon himself to propose to the bishop a last resource, the adop- tion of which caused the introduction into this judicia... ...ng is- sues; where old men are jealous of young ones, and all the posts of management are used to shelve old officers or men who have blundered. This ... ...p feeling, which, however, did not preclude the sternness necessary in the management of youth. In him re- ligion did not in any way hamper knowledge;...

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Excerpt: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicatio... ...Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...operly speaking, among all the numerous tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficu... ... and the French, all gave appellations to the tribes that dwelt within the country which is the scene of this story, and that the Indians not only gav... ...whole limits of the United States. There are fashionable and well-attended watering-places at and near the spring where Hawkeye halted to drink, and r... ...ans” by the French, existed in the neighborhood of this beautiful sheet of water. As every word uttered by Natty Bumppo was not to be received as rigi... ... excellency has been deceived as to the strength of William Henry, and the resources of its garrison!” “I have not sat down before Quebec, but an eart... ...iracles, he eschewed the belief of any direct su- pernatural agency in the management of modern morality. In other words, while he had implicit faith ... ...ling hands he disposed of his auxiliary eyes, and sought his never-failing resource in trouble, the gifted version of the psalms; “I know not your nat...

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Excerpt: The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer-... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ...he precise vessels mentioned in these pages may never have existed on that water or anywhere else, others so nearly resembling them are known to have ... ... the scene of important naval evolutions. Fleets have manoeuvered on those waters, which, half a century ago, were as deserted as waters well can be; ... ... view of the objects that surrounded them. It is still the practice of the country to call these spots wind-rows. By let- ting in the light of heaven ... ...e encountered the admir- ing gaze of the young man in the stern. As a last resource, her spirited but soft blue eyes sought refuge in the water. Just ... ... speaking unless addressed, and con- stantly exhibiting a weariness in the management of his own 39 James Fenimore Cooper boat, which might have been... ...Eau- douce, in the movement, but yer not philosophic nor scientific in yer management of the weepon. Now, Sergeant Dunham, I’ll thank you to request t... ...etray his uneasiness, and those under his care relied on his knowledge and resources, with the implicit and blind confidence that the ignorant are apt...

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...Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cap... ...assics Series Publication Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...sight,” the Philadelphian yawned. “Y ou’ll blos- som into a credit to your country if you don’t take care.” “I know it. I’m an American-first, last, a... ...et and clammy chills ran down his back, and he was helplessly full of salt water. When 7 Rudyard Kipling he opened his eyes, he perceived that he was... ..., again, were all hooped together by one encircling smell of ship and salt water. Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. ... ...fly by people who took their horses there in the summer and entertained in country-houses with hardwood floors and Vantine portires. He laughed at the... ...n’ above that, I say ,-cud ha’ discoorsed wid her quite intelligent on the management av steers an’ such at sea? Forgit ut! Av coorse they will not. ’... ...querque flung it the whole length of the Atchinson, To- peka, and Santa Fe management, even into Chicago. An engine, combination-car with crew, and th... ...ere talking to himself, on his very great 133 Rudyard Kipling courage and resource at all times. The thing was so evi- dent in the man’ s mind that h...

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Excerpt: Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville.

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...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omo... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...d I could scarcely be- lieve that the same sun now setting over a waste of waters, had that very morning risen above the mountains and peered in upon ... ... more annoying causes of inquietude; and every once in a while a splash of water came down the open scuttle, and flung the spray in my face. At last, ... ...ur harpooners, only one was left, a wild New Zealander, or “Mowree” as his countrymen are more com- monly called in the Pacific. But this was not all.... ...f agreeable. His books, though sadly torn and tattered, were an invaluable resource. I read them through again and again, including a learned treatise... ...t spirit among the crew; im- pressing upon them that a little patience and management would, in the end, accomplish all that their violence could; and... ... but, at other times, the demands of the shipping exhaust the uncultivated resources of the island; and the lands being mostly owned by the chiefs, th... ...ciates beneath, never ventured to interfere—leav- ing everything to native management. With South Sea is- landers, assembled in any numbers, there is ...

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...Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell and James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...aring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of... ... a survivor of Imperial and Christian Rome which had flung itself into the waters to escape the Barbarians, was already powerful and il- lustrious, an... ...e this useless Palazzo, and fifteen hun- dred francs a year derived from a country house on the Brenta, the last plot of the lands his family had form... ... Massimilla’s gondola, navigated by men in livery, and cutting through the water a few yards in front, poor Emilio, with only an old gondolier who had... ...ncy worked upon this kiss, as a composer develops a subject by the endless resources of mu- sic, and it produced in them such tumultuous and vibrating... ...e a rich man will not endure a cloud. A man of rank cares little about the management of his fortune; he leaves the details to his stewards (ragionati... ... not to be seen in the theatre. Was this a clever trick on the part of the management, to secure two full houses by bringing out Genovese and Tinti se... ...ast. And not merely is the artifice fine in its place; note how fertile in resource is genius. Rossini has derived fresh beauty 50 Massimilla Doni fr...

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Excerpt: Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith.

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...LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lor... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity.... ...luxury to live like a Spartan when under arms, with a passion to serve his country and sustain the glory of our military an- nals. He revived respect ... ... good an authority on horseflesh as any Englishman alive; the best for the management of cav- alry: there never was a better cavalry leader. The boys ... ...the game was to clear the bank and drive the enemy on to the frozen ditch- water. Miss Vincent heard in the morning from the sister of little Collett ... ...rts, reminiscences of prowlings and trappings in the woods, gropings along water-banks, enjoyment of racy gos- sip. He spoke wrathfully of “one of the... ...e, and he is, you know, skilful in the use of arms, and Captain May has no resources whatever: penury! no one cares to speculate how they contrive! —b... ...e can’t, unless she repents and relents; and prayers for that are our only resource. Now, start, man, do!’ The postillion had his foot in position to ... ...he shattering bell of a city’s insurrection in her breast. ‘In time, under management; catching and grouping them young. A boy who sees a girl do what...

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...art and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called Written by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson with a preface by Mr. Stevenson...

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...PPED Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicati... ...s Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...Estate of Ardfhiel. My husband was always interested in this period of his country’s history, and had already the intention of writing a story that sh... ...nd’s own family, who should travel in Scotland as though it were a foreign country, meeting with various ad- ventures and misadventures by the way. Fr... ... what I wanted!” he exclaimed; and the receipt for the “Lily of the Valley Water” was instantly incorporated into Kidnapped. F . V. DE G. S. Dedicatio... ...ease ye best at the first off-go; but, O Davie, laddie, it’s but a drop of water in the sea; it’ll help you but a step, and vanish like the morn- ing.... ...is: Ardshiel’s half-brother. He it is that gets the money in, and does the management.” This was the first time I heard the name of that James Stewart... ...or we lacked the means of writing in that desert. But he was a man of more resources than I knew; searched the wood until he found the quill of a cush...