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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...d, impressive, highly pictorial.” JOE KNOEFLER in the L.A. Times: “...an American writer gifted with...perception and sensitivity.” FRANK TANNENBA... ...dence have now been established at V VOICES FROM THE PAST xiv the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming, the Nettie Lee Bens... ...had a kinder messenger—it was Pittakos who brought me the news. “The mob killed him for causing trouble in Adelphi,” he said, his eyes cruelly cold... ...he town buzzed with shouts and whistles: a drum throbbed: the raiders had killed two and injured several and plundered a winery and mill, removing f... ...n took me to his apartment in his carriage and bragged about his Hol- land duels and the men he had pinked. As I lay in bed, feverish, during the days... ...f some questions this evening: must civilization be influ- enced by greedy politicians, connivers, self-promoters, toadies? Is there such a thing as ... ...ith a nod or lifted hand. They are masters of military deception, just as politicians are masters of ambiguity. The colonels have their lingo; the m...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the ... ...he was wont to say in jest, “I am one of the men who gave themselves to be killed on the steps of the throne.” And the pleasantry had some truth in it... ...en gusts of legislation, whose unexpected efforts then startled the oldest politicians, might carry him up to the rank of peer. One of his most rigid ... ...anat, the Re- ceiver-General’s wife, spoke with some enthusiasm of a young American owning an immense fortune, who had fallen pas- sionately in love w... ... as I look at your white hairs, that you still amuse yourself by provoking duels——” “White hairs!” cried the sailor, interrupting him. “You lie in you... ... good times of my youth, when ad- ventures were not lacking, any more than duels. We were gay dogs then! Nowadays you think and worry over every- thin... ...der the influence of her disastrous education, Emile for the sec- ond time killed her budding happiness, and destroyed its prospects of life. Maximili...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania ... ...iversity. Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ............................................... ...secondly, in having made me a participator in the pecuniary profits of the American edition, without solicita- tion or the shadow of any expectation o... ...omas de Quincey nally, in a state of utter exhaustion, he was run into and killed, somewhere in Cheshire. Of the two horses whom he had bitten, both t... ... finally ejected from their lairs until after one of their chiefs had been killed in a night skirmish by a young man defending his house, and the othe... ... with fortitude. On the other hand, Bagenal Harvey, who had fought several duels with coolness, exhibited con- siderable trepidation in his last momen... ...mountains for the winter. Rigor, therefore, there was; for the most humane politicians, erroneously, as one must believe, fancied it necessary for the...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Make... ...re of agreeable legends regarding the bulls, men, and horses that had been killed with unbounded profusion in the late en- tertainments which have tak... ...- men—gone to their wine-butts, and their red-legged partridges, and their duels at Oporto. It appears that these gallant Britons fight every morning ... ...e moored everywhere, showing their flags, Rus- sian and English, Austrian, American, and Greek; and along the quays country ships from the Black Sea o... ...ed. The same accursed hand tore this infant out of its mother’s bosom, and killed it. The poor woman’s heart broke outright at this second calamity, ... ...r travellers. I, with them, could see (perhaps it was the preaching of the politicians that warned me of the fact) that we are looking on at the last ... ...issaries, with silver maces shining in the sun. ’Twas the party of the new American Consul-General of Syria and Jerusalem, hastening to that city, wit...

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...ge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the docu ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens... ...ed all other values to get it. Y.M. Some noble souls have refused to fight duels, and have manfully braved the public contempt. O.M. They acted accor... ...cted to kill a certain man —a man whom he had never seen. The stranger had killed this man’s friend in a fight, this man’s Kentucky training made it a... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...ns, the Russians, the Germans, the French, the English, the Spaniards, the Americans, the South Americans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Hindus, the ... ...0,000 Frenchmen there; and English historians say that the French loss, in killed and wounded, was 60,000. Henry VI.; thirty nine red squares. ( Imag... ...ised up prize fighters, and poets, and villages mayors, and little and big politicians, and big and little charity founders, and bicycle champions, an... ...ege presidents and professors, architects, engineers, painters, sculptors, politicians, agitators, rebels, revolution ists, patriots, demagogues, clo...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State... ... , and his almond eyes almost closed as he did so. There were two or three American men, in black coats, rather yellow and dry of skin: they were theo... ...d talk to Philip of the university , the quarrels between rival corps, the duels, and the merits of this and that professor . Philip learnt more of li... ... tall and slim. He held himself with a deliberate grace. Weeks, one of the American students, seeing him alone, went up and began to talk to him. The ... ...eve your sister to have been perfectly virtuous,” he answered acidly. “She killed her- self because she was starving.” “ Well, it’s very ‘ard on her f... ...red had left him and that his unhappiness had been so great that he almost killed himself. He told her of all that had happened between them, of the b... ... wives who dined with us, and the literary stock- brokers, and the budding politicians; oh, she was a charming woman. She made me go to church in a si...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott... ...- dren, born three years apart, and the death of Bridau, who died in 1808, killed by overwork at the very moment when the Emperor was about to appoint... ...ph will be a man of genius.” “Yes; and see what genius did for his father,—killed him with overwork at forty!” At the close of autumn, just as Joseph ... ...ery day be- yond the round tower built by Francois I., to look out for the American packet, enduring the keenest anxieties. Moth- ers alone know how s... ...hy of a civilized people, the handsome young captain killed in a duel (for duels were fought on those hulks in a space scarcely six feet square) seven... ...which a single fact gives rise. The provinces insist—as in former days the politicians of the little Provence at the T uileries insisted—on full expla... ...bedience and induces them to grasp at power. In their eyes, as in those of politicians, all means to an end are justifiable. Between Flore Brazier and... ...im, Philippe,” said the terrified old man. “Maxence has killed nine men in duels.” 221 Balzac “Yes; but ninety thousand francs a year didn’t depend o...

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...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...egor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERICAN, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and col... ...nglish army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed that year. My grandfather, also named Noah, was then but nine years ... ...here. Major Bailey was the cadet who had preceded me at West Point. He was killed in West Virginia, in his first engagement. As far as I know, ev- ery... ...empire in territory, it had but a very sparse population, until settled by Americans who had re- ceived authority from Mexico to colonize. These colon... ...to duelling on higher grounds than here stated. No doubt a majority of the duels 29 U. S. Grant fought have been for want of moral courage on the par... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye...

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...ge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens , the Pennsyl... ...ften that I could wish there were a closer parallel between myself and the American aloe. It is particularly agreeable and ap propriate to know that ... ...of that good blacksmith, as it was written of another of his trade, by the American poet: “Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes;... ...te of society in which the professional bully was rampant, and when deadly duels were daily fought for the most absurd and dis graceful causes. All t... ... ures, that whereas one railway traveller in 8,000,000 of pas sengers is killed, one railway servant in every 2,000 is killed. Hence, from general, ... ...imid politician, with a marvellously weak sight, say (as I have heard such politicians say), “because knowledge is power, and be cause it won’t do to...

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............................................................... 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL ..................................... 14 CHAPTER II RELATES H...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKE... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Mak... ...astlewood and joined the Pre- tender at Paris, pursued him, and would have killed him, Prince as he was, had not the Prince managed to make his escape... ...and take a part in Worcester fight. On that fatal field Eustace Esmond was killed, and Castlewood fled from it once more into exile, and henceforward,... ... them into revolt and enmity against the natural law of love. I have heard politicians and coffee-house wiseacres talking over the newspaper, and rail... ...ng the commandments con- stantly, Westbury said, and had fought one or two duels al- ready. And, in a lower tone, Westbury besought young Mr. Esmond t... ... are all like that. When I was a young woman, I’m positive that a thousand duels were fought about me. And when poor Mon- sieur de Souchy drowned hims... ... is independent in all but the name, (for that 350 Henry Esmond the North American colonies shall remain dependants on yon- der little island for twe...

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...TER TER, ET , ET , ET , ET , ETC. ET C. ET C. ET C. ET C. ETC. C. C. C. C. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...that the burning of a wood, or even of a forest, which happens in our vast American *‘Integrity of the metaphor.’—One of the best notes ever writ- ten... ...‘Re- bellion was as the sin of witchcraft.’ This was a jewel of a text; it killed two birds with one stone. Broomsticks were proved out of it most cle... ...y withdraw from the mission with which God had charged him, far less could politicians and magistrates under any allegation of public inconveniences p... ...y. A general rule, or major proposition, was laid down—suppose that he who killed any human being, except under the palliations X, Y, Z, was a murdere... ...versal blunder about the Romans and Greeks. They, it is alleged, fought no duels; and occasion is thence taken to make very disadvantageous reflection... ...men of this Christian era, who, in defiance of our greater light, do fight duels. Lord Bacon himself is duped by this enormous blun- der, and founds u...