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Excerpt: The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird?s Jock by Sir Walter Scott.

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...The T apestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Th... ...s Series Publication The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...smission, in any way. The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...fearful and wonderful part. It was with such ad- vantages that the present writer heard the following events related, more than twenty years since, by...

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...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Holiday Romance by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Class... ...roduced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...lvania State University is an equal opportunity University. Holiday Romance by Charles Dickens HOLIDAY ROMANCE IN FOUR PARTS PART I INTRODUCTORY ... ...reason on that point than the other. My blooming bride appeared, accompanied by the colonel’s bride, at the dancing school next day. What? Was her fac... ...turned his bride. ‘Then do you no longer love me, Nettie?’ asked the present writer. ‘Tinkling! I am ever thine,’ returned my bride. We all four embra... ...omance; you, I, and Nettie. William Tinkling being the plainest and quickest writer, shall copy out. Is it agreed?’ The colonel answered sulkily, ‘I d...

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Excerpt: The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.

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Excerpt: The Real Thing by Henry James.

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...ords in the postscript in which he had added: ?If you?ll come in and see me, I?ll show you what I mean.? This communication had reached Jersey Villas by the first post, and Peter Baron had scarcely swallowed his leathery muffin before he got into motion to obey the editorial behest. He knew that such precipitation looked eager, and he had no desire to look eager--it was no...

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...ty is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James “There are several objections to it, but I’ll take it if you... ...—I mean of the historical kind.” “Certainly; that would be the task of the writer intro- ducing them to the public.” Again Mr. Locket considered; then... ...stitute evidence of uneasiness, in some instances of painful alarm, on the writer’s part, in relation to expo- sure—the exposure in the one case, as I... ...d availed himself of official opportunities to promote enterprises (public works and that sort of thing) in which he had a pecuniary stake. The dread ... ...m for the amiability of his visit, to express regret at any appearance the writer might have had of meddling with what didn’t concern her, and to let ...

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...at actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being farther imposed on by vulgar almanack- makers....

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Excerpt: Z. Marcas by Honore de Balzac, translated by Clara Bell and others.

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...Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac T T T T Translated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Cl... ...ated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others A Penn State El... ... and others A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and others is a publication of the P... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ... men waste, in the struggle to make way, the energy needed for the noblest works. Follow my example, friends; I am going where a man steers his destin... ... life of Z. Marcas. He did copying, at so much a sheet no doubt, for a law-writer who lived in the courtyard of the Sainte-Chapelle. He worked half th...

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Excerpt: Unconsious Comedians by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Unconscious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unconsious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Unconsious Comedians by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylva- nia... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...on- sent to wear upon their heads a bit of stove-pipe?—as one of our great writers has called it. Here are some of the infec- tions I have been able t... ...st delicious edifices— which ought to be engraved and perpetuated; for our works, monsieur, last unfortunately but a few hours. A great hair- dresser,... ...er. “T o choose such a man as that! I don’t wish to say ill of him, but he works at a trade. Where are you dragging the first of arts,—the art those w...

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Excerpt: Pandora by Henry James.

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...h as I learn, talking largely about it. If they do so, it can only be done by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they seem t... ....... 992 162 686 —— —— —— 3050 1426 3003 By this you will see, if you go through the calculation, that if they get o... ...00 of the Fillmore votes, and their opponents the re- mainder, 658, we win by just two votes. This shows the whole field, on the basis of the election... ...within it the whole of the labor of the community. They assume that nobody works unless capital excites them to work. They begin next to con- sider wh... ...received, for which please accept my thanks. I have another letter, from a writer unknown to me, saying the officers of the army at Fort Kearny have d... ...aced in his hands. This letter expressed the professional opin- ion of the writer that reinforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the ti... ...ish you with copies of letters in my possession without the consent of the writers. No impression has been made on my mind against the honor or integr...

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Excerpt: The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells.

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Excerpt: The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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

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Excerpt: Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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Excerpt: Mudfog and Other Sketches by Charles Dickens.

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