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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ...re in Paris in 1912, forgers passed 6 replicas as the original, selling them for a fortune. The painting was rediscovered in 1915. Henri Matis... ...es as best they could. There followed a string of successful - even brilliant - battles and coalitions with local warlords and politicians which... ...d then she survived a Caesarean section by one, Dr. James Barlow. The baby was less fortunate. In the meantime, the French obstetrician Baudeloq... ...of 200 francs. Chauvin was born in Rochefort, France around 1780 or 1790. His 17 battle wounds resulted in disfigurement and mental instability. ... ...nia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas - joined them only after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. Two - Kentucky and Missouri - secede... ... the few survivors as "often gaunt, with grotesquely humped backs, hooked jaws, and battle-torn fins. The females are swollen with a pound or more o...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...1 A COURAGEOUS BATTLE A Courageous Battle Susan Bracken 2 SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All r... ...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excluding the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imag... ...ces, London, ON; www.ardith.ca Printed and bound in Canada 3 A COURAGEOUS BATTLE CHAPTER 1 LACEY WILSON had given up trying to make friends. No one l... ...ore going in. Lacey applauded and they all looked her way. 5 A COURAGEOUS BATTLE “Can I play?” she asked tentatively. “Get lost, you little shit,” Ro... ... as if a weight she had carried for years was suddenly gone. I am not even forty yet. A lot of life is still ahead of me – maybe forty more good years... ...ey’s heart sank. “How much money can I have now?” She didn’t like to be so forthright, especially as this woman made her feel so untutored, but worry ... ... COURAGEOUS BATTLE Something drew him to Lacey. He could sense her discom- fort, and felt an urge to help her, to protect her. He pulled out a chair a...

... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ... allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus;... ...I felt that the war was forever between us and I hated those years, those battles, the lines on his face. My hate was there, between us. Then, then,... ...ne or in knots of two or three, feeling separate. How does one forget the battlefield? I heard the burr of ancient Egyptian. Persian was spoken by me... ... even as it happened. We tossed our blankets on the sand, dashed back and forth to the water’s edge, splashed each other, then arranged ourselves in... ...ushing, our hair streaming around us—a gull on the shore padding back and forth, scolding. Atthis won, but Anaktoria had the loveliest breasts, so r... ... and he changed the subject as quickly as a man might draw a sword during battle. “I never thought I’d be blind. I never memorized any faces. My hom... ...as under attack for opposing the aristocrats.” Round and round, back and forth, we talked: what might have been, what should have been: “If he had...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...e Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam... ...of double standards, irks and grates. I firmly believe that it is better to face a forthright villain than a masquerading saint. It is easy to conf... ...t kaleidoscopically. Pakistan and Libya were transmuted from foes to allies in the fortnight prior to the Afghan campaign. Milosevic has metamorpho... ...ght. Consequently, as the reification of goodness, the United States is in constant battle with evil and its ever-changing demonic emissaries - from... ...l expansion spirit (combined with the) the puritan's 'concept of mission' (are its fortes)", gushes the anonymous author. The paper distinguishes ... ...ou see any difference between terrorists who murder civilians and regular armies in battle? Both regulars and irregulars slaughter civilians as a ma... ...nd deplorable, whoever the perpetrator. But what about the killing of combatants in battle? How should we judge the slaying of soldiers by terrorist...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ... true faile it V. Whether the Captaine of a Place Besieged ought to sallie forth to Parlie VI. That the Houre of Parlies is dangerous VII. That our ... ...ne's Essays XXXII. To avoid Voluptuousnesse in regard of Life XXXIII. That Fortune is oftentimes met withall in pursuit of Reason XXXIV. Of a Defect i... ... tongue (though many-times with a jerke of the French Iargon) wouldset it forth to the best service I might; and to better I might not, then You tha... ...t them to manage Armies? to levie Armies, to marshall men, and to deliver battles? And that which strict-searching Philosophie could never perswade t... ..., saith to have certainly knowne, that in Domitians time the newes of the battle lost by Antonius in Germany many daies journeies thence, was publis... ...t alwaies bareheaded. The like is reported of the Emperor Severus. In the battles that past betweene the Ægyptians and the Persians, Herodotus saith...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

.../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ...8 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial... ...the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2... ...e things should be sacred.” This book is an attempt to tell the story of the battles over intellectual property, the range wars of the information age... ...ries of the new property scheme run news stories about those who were not so fortunate, the commoners of the genetic enclosure. Law students across Am... ... movement. Once again, the critics and proponents of enclosure are locked in battle, hurling at each other incommensurable claims about innovation, ef... ...eal world of secondhand threats, third-party leaks, and a hilarious back-and-forth in the letters page). 10 Things were not completely one-sided. An u... ... Their assumption? Cheaper copying demands stronger rights. Having lost that battle, the movie studios tried to have the manufacturers of the recordin... ... illegal. The judges interrupted, as they often do, and there was a back-and-forth de- bate about the likely reach of any ruling that would shut down ...

...e ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinat...

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The Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...on Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millenniu... ...lished under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with tex... ...ations, and new index, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. T... ...Unfortunately the earliest of them appear to date back only some twenty to forty thousand years, a brief period if we 7. From Mary Webb, Precious Bane... ... in Cyril Aldred, Thames and Hudson, London, 1968; Henri Frank- fort, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1948; A.H. Ga... ...opment of ancient Hebrew religion see Helmer Ringgren, Israelite Religion, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1966. German original, 1963. 14. For a detail... ...vely called the Devil, who coexists with God in an uneasy state of eternal battle. To understand the background of this doctrine and the way it develo... ...e to be spelled Zoroaster. Zarathustra’s revelations focused on an eternal battle between two Gods, Ahura Mazda (the God of Light, the Good God) and A... ...tion with their land, shown when they recently fought and won a long court battle against the state government to prevent commercial development of a ...

...Most readers of this book will have had some type of religious instruction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live...

...What Is Religion? 1Buddhism 16Christianity 59Mysticism 118A Chorus Of Powers: American Indian Belief 176The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238Conclusion 277References 293The Collected Works Of Carl Jung 299...

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When Serpents Die

By: Gerrie Ferris

...ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gai... ...opyright by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by a... ...ng, recording or by any information retrieval and storage system without permission of the publisher. Names, characters and incidents depicted in... ...l do fine.” “Oh, I’m not worried about that. I’m concerned why a man goes back and forth between two women for years, until one day he ups and shoo... ...‘xactly.” “How?” “Mr. Rhodes,” a voice called out. He looked toward the Queen Anne’s wide front porch where Mather Morris stood on the top ste... ...He threatened to do away with himself at least once a year.” “I knew Royce almost forty years. He may’ve threatened, but he’d never do it.” “I ... ...ost forty years. He may’ve threatened, but he’d never do it.” “I didn’t know him forty years, but I saw him go crazy a couple of times. Did Hann... ... all over,” Mather said. Jack followed Mather down a path that separated the Queen Anne from the pharmacy next door. At the back steps, Mather aske... ...minds as they slammed drawers, rifled files and cursed. Jack assumed the role of battle commander, which suited her and apparently Olin, too, beca...

...Laura Kate O'Connell left her life of excitement as an overseas news correspondent to return to her Georgia hometown to raise her two young cousins. When Royce Lee, Laura Kate's attorney, supposedly commits suicide, too many pieces of evidence tell a different...

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Jockeys and Jewels

By: Bev Pettersen

...k may not be resold or uploaded for distribution to others. This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people and horses... ...d fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events, loca... ...safe—no holes, no ruts, no reason for a horse to break a leg—but Kurt’s sense of foreboding grew. He yanked up the collar of his oilskin, hoping the ... ...ks was so long it curled in the straw. Only his ears moved, flicking back and forth as he appraised his visitors. Sandra chuckled. “You can always ... ...saddle. She played with the reins, asking him to relax, desperate to avoid a battle of strength he was sure to win. However, the wind shoved her so... ...y. Julie pulled her gaze from Joe and Otto. Ace seemed to be fine, but it was fortunate Kurt’s request had distracted the starter and given Otto a c... ...over for the sixth race. The handlers’ faces were taut, as though headed into battle, a stark contrast to the relaxed expressions of trainers leadin... ... lungs no longer desperate for air, and she looked to be rallying for another battle. Kurt quickly buckled the halter, afraid he would have a tiger... ...is dread. The horses were fine. Just fine. “So many people chugging back and forth. Don’t understand how those overpriced animals get any sleep. Wh...

...ird-string Thoroughbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive. Julie West, a dedicated but struggling jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, never suspecting she’s a person of interest—and not because of her riding skills.Kurt didn’t expect his contrary colt to flourish under Julie’s feminine touch nor for his own rust...

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

By: Anne Brontë

...The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Tenant... ...nne Brontë A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This P... ...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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...received some rather pointed at- tentions, and upon whose heart, name, and fortune, it was whispered, she had serious designs. This was Mr. Lawrence, ... ...onished or displeased; ‘he was tum- bling off the wall there; and I was so fortunate as to catch him, while he hung suspended headlong from that tree,... ...e some slight exertion to render my company agreeable; and what little ef- fort I made, was apparently pretty successful, for Miss Eliza was never in ... ...that maintain that a boy should not be shielded from evil, but sent out to battle against it, alone and unas- sisted—not taught to avoid the snares of...

Excerpt: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.

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The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces

By: Jonathan Swift

...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a public... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a publication o... ...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... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift , the Pennsyl... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift , the Pennsylvania S... ...e Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Battle of the Books And Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift The Battle of ... ... citizen against every citizen, till some one of more courage, conduct, or fortune than the rest seizes and enjoys the prize: upon which naturally ari... ... were guarded with turnpikes and palisadoes, all af ter the modern way of fortification. After you had passed several courts you came to the centre, ... ... above, or to his palace by brooms from below; when it was the pleasure of fortune to conduct thither a wandering bee, to whose curi osity a broken p...

...Excerpt: Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody?s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happe...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself : Book Three

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE ... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...itten by Himself: Book Two by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... and suddenly had grief, anger, and misfortune appeared to change her. But fortune, good or ill, as I take it, does not change men and women. It but d... ...s lay within him, latent and unsus- pected, until the occasion called them forth? With the death of her lord, a change seemed to come over the whole c... ...vity; a good nature and a friendly disposition towards all who were in ill-fortune no doubt prompting him to make his visits, and good- fellowship and... ... the Boyne, told the truth to a French priest, who was in hiding after the battle, as well as to the priest there, at whose house he died. This gentle... ...n the gentlemen of Sussex and the gentlemen of Hampshire, at ten pound the battle, and fifty pound the odd battle to show one-and-twenty cocks.” “And ... ...imself when the Hampshire cocks won the match; and he saw every one of the battles, and crowed properly over the conquered Sussex gentlemen. As Esmond...

...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship whi...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself : Book Two

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEAC... ...THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, ... ...ten by Himself: Book Three by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ND OF MR. ESMOND’S ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER I I COME TO AN END OF MY BATTLES AND BRUISES. T HAT FEVERISH DESIRE to gain a little reputation whic... ... captain next in rank to him, who happened to be a young gentleman of good fortune, who eagerly paid Mr. Esmond a thousand guin- eas for his majority ... ... in those dreadful days, when every Gazette brought accounts of deaths and battles, and when the present anxiety over, and the beloved person escaped,... ...iety over, and the beloved person escaped, the doubt still remained that a battle might be fought, possibly, of which the next Flanders letter would b... ...s a reparation for the wrong done to him;” ’twas writ in her will. But her fortune was not much, for it never had been large, and the honest viscounte... ...s no stroke this great and resolute player would not venture to recall his fortune when it seemed desperate. Frank Castlewood was with Colonel Esmond;...

...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship whi...

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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...e fabulous Dragon of W antley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in anc... ...tent; despising the feeble interference of the En- glish Council of State, fortifying their castles, increasing the number of their dependants, reduci... ...completely placed in the hands of the Norman nobility, by the event of the battle of Hastings, and it had been used, as our histories assure us, with ... ...ers of the cavalcade. The companion of the church dignitary was a man past forty , thin, strong, tall, and muscular; an athletic figure, which long fa... ...save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully accoutred for battle, with a chamfrom or plaited head-piece upon his bead, having a short... ...is deportment and language, with the high tone which he exerted in setting forth the authority of the church and of the priesthood, impressed them no ...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William ... ... First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...R XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .................................... ... PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE .......... 285 CHAPTER XXXIII THAT FORTUNE IS OFTENTIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REA- SON ................ ...................................................... 364 CHAPTER XLV OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX .............................................................. ...and all other attacks, again and again repeated, they had been favoured by fortune to be some slight evidence of that infinite grandeur which nothing ... ...ther choosing to make his way by force of arms, and to run the hazard of a battle, saying it was by no means fit that he who in his life was never afr... ... in the wars against them. In like manner certain of the Indians, in their battles with the Spaniards, carried with them the bones of one of their cap...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE .....................................................

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

...lter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ................................................................. 210 Note 8.—BATTLE BETWIXT THE ARMIES OF THE BRUCE AND MACDOUGAL OF LORN. ................ ... by myself, as by the rest of the world, in the safe possession of an easy fortune. My riches, however, like the other riches of this world, were liab... ...meet the demands of creditors upon commercial establishments with which my fortunes had long been bound up, to the extent of no less a sum than one hu... ... the personal narrative prefixed to the first work of fiction which he put forth after the paternity of the “Waverley Nov- els” had come to be publicl... ...rs—had been engaged actively in the troubles of 1745. As he charged at the battle of Preston with his clan, the Stewarts of Appin, he saw an officer o... ...t thinking on either side of the civil war which was then raging. When the battle of Culloden put an end to the hopes of Charles Edward, Invernahyle, ...

...Excerpt: Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the wri...

...Contents INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. .......................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................

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The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thac... ...the Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- ... ...y. This Portable Document file is fur- nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... at the Lord Lieutenant’s balls and elsewhere. He wore it, he said, at the battle of Vinegar Hill, when his club pigtail saved his head from being tak... ... for establishing companies of all sorts; by which many people made pretty fortunes. I was at this period, as the truth must be known, thirteenth cler... ...Jane, timidly. “Oh no! Pray, madam, don’t stir! I’m comfortable, very com- fortable; and so I hope is this Mr.—this gentleman.” “Perfectly, I assure y... ...me how much Lord Drum had a year; whether I thought he had twenty, thirty, forty, or a hundred and fifty thousand a year; whether I was invited to Dru... ...ich I come.’ “The object for which I came, sir, was to establish a regular battle-royal between the two ladies; at the end of which I in- tended to ap... ...with the members of which she had such unhappy differences. Well, sir, the battle-royal was fought,—Miss Belinda opening the fire, by saying she under...

...Excerpt: When I came up to town for my second year, my aunt Hoggarty made me a present of a diamond pin; that is to say, it was not a diamond-pin then, but a large old-fashioned locket, of Dublin manufacture in the year 1795, which the late Mr. Hoggarty used to sport at the Lord Lieutenant?s balls and elsewhere...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Thr... ... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere], the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA... ...straight towards the wing of the castle in which is the window of Mary de Medici, so that Madame never fails to say: ‘Could one believe it possible th... ...s to me as if you likewise were rather negligent of your duties!” Louise assumed a serious air, leant her chin upon her hand, and, in a tone full of c... ...scribed on his list of services, and not one defeat from which his bravery or conscience had to suffer. Raoul, therefore, had, in compliance with the ... ...o go out which agitated him, — he perceived he must render the king a service without his commanding it, — almost in spite of himself. Boldly, therefo... ...ubt the prize of the race would have been mine; but he overtook me at Worcester. “The genius of England was no longer with us, but with him. On the 5t... ...But tell me,” continued Louis XIV ., “how, after being so roughly received in England, you can still hope for any- 67 Dumas thing from that unhappy c...

...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men a...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...ces and gallantry displayed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of v... ...he squadron commanded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of r... ...ing force upon General McDowell. He will move with between thirty-five and forty thousand men. A copy of the instructions to General McDowell are with... ... with them, beating them into Winchester yesterday evening. This morning a battle ensued between the two forces, in which Banks was beaten back into f... ...ch just received from Saxton at Harper’s Ferry: “The rebels are in line of battle in front of our lines. They have nine pieces of artillery, and in po... ...l Six Virginia. Many thanks to yourself, officers, and men for the gallant battle of last Sunday. A. L. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHI...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to det...

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The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...RNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 ... ...m New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne 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... ...iron too. Still, however, he spoke kindly to the lady, and then has tened forth to till his cornfield and set out fruit trees, or to bargain with the... ...rgain with the Indians for furs, or perchance to oversee the building of a fort. Also, being a magistrate, he had often to punish some idler or evil d... ...wer; but when Grandfather ceased to speak, the sunshine of her smile broke forth again. “Oh, the lady must have been so glad to get to heaven!” exclai... ... “I do wish, Grandfather,” cried Charley, “you would tell us all about the battles in King Philip’s War.” “Oh no!” exclaimed Clara. “Who wants to hear... ..., Charley,” replied Grandfather, “I have no time to spare in talking about battles. You must be content with knowing that it was the bloodiest war tha... ...e renowned Duke of Marlborough’s army, and had fought in some of the great battles in Flanders.” “Now I hope,” said Charley, “we shall hear of his doi...

...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbrok...

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