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...Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner and Fragmenta Regalia by Sir Robert Nau... ...een Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner and Fragmenta Regalia by Sir Robert Naunton A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Travels in England D... ...LECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner, and Fragmenta Rega- lia by Sir Robert ... ...izabeth by Paul Hentzner, and Fragmenta Rega- lia by Sir Robert Naunton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Docume... ...inus, Lundinium; by foreigners, Londra, and Londres; it is the seat of the British Empire, and the chamber of the English kings. This most ancient cit... ...e first time he sees and considers them. Fitz-Stephen, a writer of English history, reckoned in his time in London one hundred and twenty-seven parish... ...ned with tapestry of gold, silver, and velvet, in some of which were woven history pieces; in others, Turkish and American dresses, all extremely natu... ...out water one round the other like a pyramid, upon which are perched small birds that stream water out of their bills. In the Grove of Diana is a very... ...as built by Julius Caesar; it is likely it might by the Romans, from those British bricks in the chapel which they made use of 46 in their foundation...

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...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Fema...

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...Contents LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 T...

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...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, as if he were tracking ...

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...Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Pons by Honoré ... ...ies Publication Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...n Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage 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... ...tand god- mother. The Quartier de l’Europe was a revival of the same idea; history repeats itself everywhere in the world, and even in the world of sp... ...is wizened youth was the work of a stepmother. Herewith begins the curious history of a prodigal son of Frankfort-on-the-Main—the most extraordinary a... ...day she dressed Cecile herself, taking as much pains as the admiral of the British fleet takes over the dressing of the pleasure yacht for Her Majesty... ... Cibot had doubled the dose. Fraisier, Remonencq, and Magus, three gallows-birds, were examin- ing the seventeen hundred different objects which forme... ...e if he is sound asleep,” replied La Cibot. She made a sign, and the three birds of prey came in. “There are masterpieces yonder!” said Magus, indicat...

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...Excerpt: It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visibl...

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...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens Volume Three BOOK THE THIRD A LONG LANE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual... ...s Series Publication Our Mutual Friend Volume Three by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document... ...cation Our Mutual Friend Volume Three by Charles Dickens 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... ... the fog, and was lost to the eyes of Saint Mary Axe. But the eyes of this history can follow him westward, by Cornhill, Cheapside, Fleet Street, and ... ...ut its destruction, Mr Boffin next appeared in a cab with Rollin’s Ancient History, which valuable work being found to possess lethargic proper- ties,... ...e splendour dazzles in vain, O give you your lowly Preparations again, The birds stuffed so sweetly that can’t be expected to come at your call, Give ... ...jog his attention: ‘You could hardly have been out parrot-shooting, in the British climate, sir?’ ‘No, no, no,’ said V enus fretfully. ‘I was down at ... ...ne with the calmest indifference; ‘but I dare say he was there. Come! Be a British sportsman and enjoy the pleasures of the chase. It will do you good...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; PRELIMINARY -- CONSIDERING our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more...

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...Table of Contents: Book I ?Miss Brooke, 1 -- Prelude, 1 -- Chapter I., 3 -- Chapter II., 10 -- Chapter III., 16 -- Chapter IV., 25 -- Chapter V., 31 -- Chapter VI., 38 -- Chapter VII., 47 -- Chapter VIII., 51 -- Chapter IX., 55 -- ...

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...liot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents Book I — Miss Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Middlemarch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying ex... ...arch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiment... ...d helpless looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, an... ... and turned them back from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa’s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: w... ...derstood for many years to be engaged on a great work concerning religious history; also as a man of wealth enough to give lustre to his piety, and ha... ...till allowed to grow in bushy beauty and to spread out coral fruit for the birds. Little details gave each field a particular physiognomy, dear to the ... ... and Young. must trust a little to Providence and be generous. It’s a good British feeling to try and raise your family a little: in my opinion, it’s ... ...ay stay a long while there in spite of professional accomplishment. In the British climate there is no incompatibility between scientific insight and f...

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...Introduction: Francois Marie Arouet, who called himself Voltaire, was the son of Francois Arouet of Poitou, who lived in Paris, had given up his office of notary two years before the birth of this his third son, and obtained some years afterwards a treasurer?s office in the Chambre des Comptes. Voltair...

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...Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Letters on England by ... ...ies Publication Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...n Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) 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... ... that Voltaire planned the writing of what be- came his Henriade, and his “History of the Age of Louis XIV .,” who died on the 1st of September, 1715.... ...George II. became king. He published here his Henriade. He wrote here his “History of Charles XII.” He read “Gulliver’s T ravels” as a new book, and m... ...ontested with their sovereigns for the spoils of whole nations. These were birds of prey fighting with an eagle for doves whose blood the victorious w... ...ius, and endued with as great a strength of mind, as any of her sex in the British Kingdoms, being with her husband, who was ambassador at the Porte, ... ...ore esteemed after his death than in his lifetime. His enemies were in the British Court, and his admirers were foreigners. When the Marquis d’Effiat ...