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Arthurian Chronicles : Roman de Brut

By: Eugene Mason

...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. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mas... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...utes and his character as otherworld adventurer. The above facts have been established and discussed by 15 Wace Professor A.C.L. Brown in his article... ...8610 ff.) THE BELIEF THAT Arthur would return to earth, which was firmly established among the Britons by the beginning of the twelfth century, does... ...rom the woodlands and the mountain, and came before the host in troops and companies. To make short a long matter, these marched so far and wrought su... ...e that the earth should be digged, and the pool was revealed as Merlin had established. “Masters and great magicians,” cried Merlin, “hearken once mor... ...y vassals, who had come with him from Armorica. The Welsh he made into two companies. The one part he set upon the hills, so that the Paynim might not... ...ssing sharp and grievous, for the pagans advanced once more in rank and by companies. Each heartened his fellow, so that great damage and loss were su...

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The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc

By: Thomas de Quincey

...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 English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc By Thomas de Quincey, th... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ach appeared in 1849 in Blackwood. Joan of Arc had already been published (1847) in T ait. De Quincey continued to drink laudanum throughout his life,... ... break up this old traditional usage required, 1, a conflict with powerful established interests, 2, a large system of new arrangements, and 3, a new ... ... not the less inevi- *It is true that, according to the law of the case as established by legal precedents, all carriages were required to give way be... ...n is there for taking up this subject of Joanna precisely in the spring of 1847? Might it not have been left till the spring of 1947, or, perhaps, lef... ... sluggish and irregular stage-coaches, the property of private persons and companies, by a new system of government coaches, in connexion with the Pos... ...e., 89 5 A WRETCHED DOMINICAN: a member of the or- der of mendicant friars established in France by Domingo de Guzman in 1216. Their official name was...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...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 Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, t... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ul woman or man come to the door now, a full quarter of an hour before the established time of closing, in that case suspicion would arise too pow- er... ...lish Opium-Eater populous; as one consequence of which, a benefit club had established its weekly rendezvous in this inn, and left the peculiar accumu... ...lightest root amongst ourselves, from Addison’s day to this very summer of 1847. Boileau was essentially, and in two senses, viz., both as to 78 The ... ...ou must have heard him; whereas, for forty years he has been silent. We of 1847, that can only read him, hearing Fox de- scribed as forcible, are disp... ...sed upon the national history by the irritated spirit of the clergy of the established church: to the religious zealotry of those times— the church wa... ...sisted in living’ too long for the peace of an annuity office. So fare all companies East and West, and all annuity offices, that stand opposed in int...

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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 Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...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... ...at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies cavalry, putting General Banks in some peril. The enemy’s forces ... ...er this date until further order, and directs that the respective railroad companies, their offic- ers and servants, shall hold themselves in readines... ..., the enemy can threaten us on the Potomac and elsewhere. Until we have re-established the national authority, all these places must be held, and we m... ... as a favor because they have marched from Cumberland Gap. The pre- cedent established by it would evidently break up the whole army. Buell’s old troo... ...ce as be- fore mentioned and such rules and regulations as may be made and established by said judge. These appointments are to con- tinue during the ... ...o raise, and have enlisted into the United States service, for the various companies and regiments in the field from their respective States, the quot...

...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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Dynevor Terrace

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...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. Dynevor Terrace: or The Clue of Life, Volume One by Charlotte M... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...wer of investi- gating estimates on a large scale. Mines were set on foot, companies established, and buildings commenced, and the results were only t... ...esti- gating estimates on a large scale. Mines were set on foot, companies established, and buildings commenced, and the results were only to be paral... ...hwold baths. The close of the war brought a com- mercial crisis that their companies could not stand; and Mr. Dynevor’s death spared him from the sigh... ...s sums had been sunk with- out tangible return, and the liabilities of the companies far surpassed anything that they had realized. Lord Ormersfield w... ...ube, in a life of perpetual assault and battery. Last Saturday, March 3rd, 1847, one Benjamin Hodgekin, aged fifteen, had the misfortune to wash his f... ...en the request was made to see Miss Conway, her superi- ority was so fully established that there was no demur, and the favour seemed to be on her sid...

...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slender white arms, and her ti...

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Reprinted Pieces

By: Charles Dickens

...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 ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...to his honour, has done much for education both in time and money, and has established excellent schools, is a sound, shrewd, healthy gentleman, who h... ... jealousy exists, through the rivalry of each other. Several bill sticking companies have started, but have failed. The first party that started a com... ... hired of Messrs. Grissell and Peto the hoarding of T rafalgar Square, and established a bill sticking office in Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, and e... ...at the list of charges, choose your floor, name your figure—there you are, established in your castle, by the day, week, month, or year, innocent of a... ...med the false Butcher at the Setting Moon. Sergeant Dornton proceeded. ‘In 1847, I was despatched to Chatham, in search of one 128 Reprinted Pieces M...

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The Brotherhood of Consolation

By: Honoré de Balzac

...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. The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Kath... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...h about them as their banking interests demanded. The house of Mongenod is established in a fine old man- sion in the rue de la Victoire, where Madame... ...expected to receive a ticket from Mongenod for the first representation; I established in my own mind a sort of claim on him. It seemed to me that by ... ...When the Thermidorian reaction began, after the fall of Robespierre, other companies of royalists, chiefly young nobles who had not emigrated, were fo... ...aen, ap- pointed to fulfil his functions before the Special Criminal Court established by imperial decree under date Septem- ber, 1809, and sitting at... ...s and cyclopedias. But as the book was written at Wierschovnia, Poland, in 1847, when he was attended by a celebrated Polish physician, and as, moreov...

...Excerpt: The malady of the age. On a fine evening in the month of September, 1836, a man about thirty years of age was leaning on the parapet of that quay from which a spectator can look up the Seine from the Jardin des Plantes to Notre-Dame, and down, along the vast perspec...

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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

By: Frederick Douglas

...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 electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvani... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... The result of this visit was, that on his return to the United States, he established a newspaper. This proceeding was sorely against the wishes and ... ...phatically such, being but a boy seven or eight years old. He was too well established in his profession to per- mit questions as to his native skill,... ...ry are incompat- ible with each other. When this conviction was thoroughly established, I was most narrowly watched in all my move- ments. If I remain... ...ing to leave England, and turning my face toward America, in the spring of 1847, I was met, on the threshold, with something which painfully reminded ... ...n of the people, and the threatened enactment of a law compelling railroad companies to respect the rights of travel- ers. Hon. Charles Francis Adams ...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...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 docu- ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles C... ...o- ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...o. He arrived at the beginning of May 1581, at Bagno della Villa, where he established himself, order to try the waters. There, we find in the Journal... ...ship he 42 Essays: Book the First would have been so happy to see himself established, as in your own. But if any man is offended by the freedom whic... ...alled in question; but wrongly, in our opin- ion. See ‘Documents inedits’, 1847, p. 12.”—Note in ‘Essais’, ed. Paris, 1854, iv. 381. It does not appea... ...alleys ready to descend on Brouage is confirmed as certain; they carry two companies of foot. M. de Mercure is at Nantes. The Sieur de la Courbe said ... ...ich, by necessity, all the rules and whole duty of mankind are founded and established: therefore Count Egmont, conceiving his soul and will indebted ... ... let a young man, in God’s name, be ren- dered fit for all nations and all companies, even to debauch- ery and excess, if need be; that is, where he s...

...NY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES ..................................................... 104 CHAPTER XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .......................................................................... 105 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE .............................................

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A Treatise on Government Translated from the Greek of Aristotle

By: William Ellis A. M.

...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. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle, trans. William Ellis, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ns. Nicomachean Ethics, 1819; mainly from text of Bekker, by D. P . Chase, 1847; revised 1861, and later edi- tions/with an introductory essay by G. H... ...HAPTER I AS WE SEE that every city is a society, and every society Ed. is established for some good purpose; for an apparent [Bekker 1252a] good is t... ... always an ox before a household slave. That society then which nature has established for daily sup- port is the domestic, and those who compose it a... ...ble of weighing, which stamp expressed its value. [1257b] Money then being established as the necessary medium of exchange, another species of money-g... ... distinction, or they may elect by a certain division of tribes, wards, or companies, till they have gone through the whole community: and some magist... ...ER XII AS THE CITIZENS IN GENERAL are to eat at public tables in cer- tain companies, and it is necessary that the walls should have bulwarks and towe...

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Speeches: Literary and Social

By: Charles Dickens

...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... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... .......................... ................... 150 SPEECH: LEEDS, DECEMBER 1, 1847.......................................................................... ........................... ............... 153 SPEECH: GLASGOW, DECEMBER 28, 1847. ........................................................................ ...ness than we are for our public folly and failure, I take to be as clearly established as the sun, moon, and stars. T o set this right, and to clear t... ...much delight to honour. Elsewhere, through the agency of the great railway companies, some of which are bestirring themselves in this matter with a ga... ...ted, and half recognized profession, than when there is a public opin ion established in it, by the union of all classes of its mem bers for the com... ...ntial and benevolent considerations, there came Charles Dickens 118 to be established among railway officers and servants, nine years ago, the Railwa...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...CC to request a fighter escort. 111 The Herndon Command Center immediately established a teleconfer- ence between Boston, New York, and Cleveland Cent... ...ing pattern and set a course direct for Manhattan.They arrived at 9:25 and established a combat air patrol (CAP) over the city. 136 Because the Otis f... ...acking had reached FAA headquarters. 160 FAA headquarters had by this time established an open line of communi- cation with the Command Center at Hern... ...ss and terrorist enterprises. In time, the former would encompass numerous companies and a global network of bank accounts and nongovernmental institu... ...strains in the world economy, hurt Sudan’s cur- rency. Some of Bin Ladin’s companies ran short of funds. As Sudanese authorities became less obliging,... ...ttalions. Each battalion contained typically between three and four engine companies and two to four ladder companies. In total, the FDNY had 205 engi...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...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... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ainted with the Academy know that the corps of cadets is divided into four companies for the purpose of military exercises. These companies are office... ...t military post in the country at that time, be- ing garrisoned by sixteen companies of infantry, eight of the 3d regiment, the remainder of the 4th. ... ...her it consisted of seven com- panies of the 2d regiment of dragoons, four companies of light artillery, five regiments of infantry —the 3d, 4th, 5th,... ...n standing in it from the fire from the fort, was selected and the battery established on the crest nearest the enemy. The 4th infantry, then consisti... ...ove elements of weakness rather than strength. After the invading army had established their camps out of range of the fire from the city, batteries w... ...blished their camps out of range of the fire from the city, batteries were established, under cover of night, far to the front of the line where the t...

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...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. Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...entions the English Socialists with praise in “The Poverty of Philosophy” (1847). They, like him, tend to base their arguments upon a Ricardian theory... ...e became known to the German Communist League in Paris, who, at the end of 1847, invited him and Engels to draw up for them a manifesto, which appeare... ...de the revolutionaries masters of the town. They held it for five days and established a revolutionary govern- ment. Bakunin was the soul of the defen... ...unciating this doctrine,[“Marx, as a thinker, is on the right road. He has established as a principle that all the evolutions, political, reli- gious,... ... that the State will disappear after the Socialist society has been firmly established. In 1882 the Socialists split between the followers of Guesde, ... ... co- operation generally. He points out that in such cases the dif- ferent companies or authorities concerned each appoint a del- egate, and that the ...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

...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. Biographical Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...dent, it is notorious that mere legal necessity and usage would compel all companies of actors, upon coming into any town, to seek, in the first place... ...manners, and of whom, amidst our general ignorance, thus much is perfectly established, that the term gentle was al- most as generally and by prescrip... ... enough, considering the popery of his descendants) was a clergyman of the established church in Hampshire. This grandfather had two sons. Of the elde... ...erature of the land; and in the most worthless of all his poems, Walsh, an established authority, and whom Dryden pronounced the ablest critic of the ... ...li- cation from the Paris press during the currency of last year. First in 1847, about four hundred and sixteen years after her ashes had been dispers... ... of ‘diddle,’ I apprehend that he was too well acquainted with joint-stock companies!” Com. “And your opinion is, that he may have diddled Mr. Lamb?” ...

...pt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Ma...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...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. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...r ignorant of the art of walking. We hired them from an Englishman who had established himself at New York as a riding-mas- ter for ladies, and who ha... ...d Rhode Island. Roger Williams was the first founder of the colony, and he established himself on the mainland at a spot which he called Providence. H... ...ass. Two reasons for this are given. The first is that the finances of the companies will not admit of a divided accommodation; and the second is that... ...g the whole length of Canada in its route. It was originally made by three companies. The Atlantic and St. Lawrence constructed it from Port- land to ... ...ts in the undoubted fact that a migratory government would never have been established for such a reason. It was so established because Montreal, the ... ...s height, land was becoming a scarce article in the market. Individuals or companies bought it up with the object of reselling it at a profit; and man...

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