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...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

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... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...

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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... bold -- Costa Rica adopted as a base for operations -- Objection to Buccaneer government -- Henry Morgan the sea bandit -- His first service, when a ... ...py the huts of the natives for a time. Hanno, at the expiration of five years, completed a circumnavigation; of Africa, and made report of all the ast... ...re. This was the first white child born in the New World. The colonization was completed, notwithstanding the hostility of the Skraellings, whose atta... ...at the people there planted corn and made beer, that they lived in pretentious buildings having walls of stone, and that many towns and villages were ... ...conquered China he annexed that country, and his successors made their seat of government at Cambaluc -- the modern Pekin -- which Kubia Khan enlarged... ...stoms, but whose principal ambition was to glorify themselves with magnificent buildings and rich ornamentation. The people of Camul applied themselve... ...In the conflict in which de Grasse was defeated by Admiral Rodney, April 12th, 1782, the ship commanded by Bougainville, named The Augusta, suffered m...

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...worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themse...

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...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...em with concrete We got electricity in our village in 1967. In addition to government aid, the villagers collected 5,000 baht altogether, to get the e... ... collected 5,000 baht altogether, to get the electricity. Usually, getting government aid takes years. You have to ask and ask, before finally anythin... ...and fruit can't be grown, because everyone just wants to build great brick buildings. Beautiful trees and beautiful nature is being destroyed all the ... ... it is an urban style environment with its terraced housing and commercial buildings; just the old tobacco factory has ceased to exist. In 1997, drivi... ...ally moved from river banks to roadsides, and after the canal network was completed, villagers no longer needed their traditional pillar houses and d... ..., she is still alive, too, and has many children. The boy must have either completed elementary school or be 12-13 years old. The ceremony of ordainin... ...a, Akin 1969. The Organization of Thai Society in the Early Bangkok Period 1782–1873. Data Paper 74. Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. — 1...

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...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expressly to disown any one thing that I have ever published; but some t...

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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 ... ...so as to be remembered at this day, were two, and both before I could have completed my second year; namely, 1st, a remarkable dream of terrific grand... ...long roll of martial services in the great war with Napoleon compelled our government greatly to widen the basis of the Bath. This promise was never f... ...into heresy—and all in consequence of your majesty’s sacred laziness.” Our governments were less remissly administered; since each of us, by continued... ...ver saw him again; and, at Mr. De L.’s house in Hammersmith, before he had completed his sixteenth year, he died of typhus fever. And thus it happened... ... lay waiting as it were for life through the west of Christendom. The year 1782 brought that war to its winding up; and the same year it was that call... ...that they should take a walk out together, by way of looking at the public buildings and the docks. It seems the man had noticed my brother’s beauty, ...

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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. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ...succeeded in vanquishing the whole of France, and trained Louis XIV ., who completed Richelieu’s work by strangling the nobility with gilded cords in ... ... police, and looked upon him as a great man. Since the suppression of this Government department, he had devoted his energies to the tracking of comme... ... of olive- brown with metal buttons, and a shirt with a flat-pleated frill completed his costume. In the middle of the shirt-frill twinkled a small go... ... to gratify their passions. It is enough to say of Peyrade’s youth that in 1782 he was in the confidence of chiefs of the police and the hero of the d... ...n enough, was called public spirit. The Directorate, a rather more regular government than that of the Committee of Public Safety, was obliged to reor... ...wn most of our great criminals. But if it is the most in- teresting of the buildings of Paris, it is also the least known— least known to persons of t... ... now again is aimed at. This block, this island of residences and official buildings, in their midst the Sainte-Chapelle—that priceless jewel of Saint...

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...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, a...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son 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. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...orthy of his English origin, and ‘not to have acted up to his name’ in his government of the Roman people. With the death of this personage, Mr Wegg t... ...’ More serious of face, and more slow of action, than he had been, the boy completed his dressing, and came and sat down at the little breakfast-table... ...more slowly. ‘Now,’ said Lightwood, for the third time, ‘if you have quite completed your various preparations, my friend, and have fully ascertained ... ...answered in a single word: ‘Hages!’ ‘When all that stir was made, when the Government re- ward was offered, when the police were on the alert, when th... ...et, and altered to the eye by white patches of hail and sleet, the huddled buildings looked lower than usual, as if they were cowering, and had shrunk... ...ch chace to Mrs Boffin’s fancies, they pursued them into the yard and out- buildings, and under the Mounds. And setting the lantern, when all was done... ...yborough assizes in Ireland. It was briefly this. Robert Baldwin, in March 1782, made his will, in which he devised the lands now in question, to the ...

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...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

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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. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...the ma- terials of their work, and their wages and maintenance, till it be completed. He shares in the produce of their labour, or in the value which ... ... to purchase the materials of his work, and to maintain himself till it be completed. He is both master and workman, and enjoys the whole produce of h... ...ave been rather above than below the market rate. Before the late war, the government bor- rowed at three per cent.; and people of good credit in the ... ...ritory and the number of its people, is a richer country than England. The government there borrow at two per cent. and private people of good credit ... ...de, which facilitate and abridge labour. Secondly, of all those profitable buildings which are the means of procuring a revenue, not only to the propr... ... as shops, warehouses, work-houses, farm- houses, with all their necessary buildings, stables, granaries, etc. These are very different from mere dwel... ...rpose but the curing of fish. But from the 5th April 1771 to the 5th April 1782, the quantity of foreign salt imported amounted to 936,974 bushels, at...

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............................................................................................................................ 28 Chapter 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. ...................................................................................................................... 34 Chapter 1.2.III. Questionable. ...........................................................

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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 French Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle... ...ave ever met with in History, previous to great Changes and Revolutions in government, now exist and daily in- 19 Thomas Carlyle crease in France.’ (... ...est driven back to their dens,—for a time. Clearly a difficult ‘point’ for Government, that of dealing with these masses;—if indeed it be not rather t... ...as his new ‘manoeuvre of breaking the enemy’s line. ’ (9th and 12th April, 1782.) It seems as if, according to Louis XV., ‘France were never to have a... ...mas Carlyle nual Register (Dodsley’s), xxv. 258-267. September, Octo- ber, 1782.) And so, with this loud explosion, the noise of War has ceased; an Ag... ...dy withered; with its withered air of prema- ture vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in various emergencies. The name jokei (jockey) ... ...ay. “La Politique,” said he to Dumont, “Polity is a science I think I have completed (achevee).” (Dumont, Souvenirs sur Mirabeau, p. 64.) What things,... ...eeder. Times and generations roll on, in their confused Gulf-current; and buildings like builders have their destiny. Till one o’clock, then, there w...

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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 French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsyl... ...ave ever met with in History, previous to great Changes and Revolutions in government, now exist and daily increase in France.’ (Chesterfield’s Letter... ...est driven back to their dens,—for a time. Clearly a difficult ‘point’ for Government, that of dealing with these masses;—if indeed it be not rather t... ...was his new ‘manoeuvre of breaking the enemy’s line.’ (9th and 12th April, 1782.) It seems as if, according to Louis XV., ‘France were never to have a... ...eady withered; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in various emer- gencies. The name jokei (jockey... ...ay. “La Politique,” said he to Dumont, “Polity is a science I think I have completed (achevee).” (Dumont, Sou- venirs sur Mirabeau, p. 64.) What thing... ...eeder. Times and generations roll on, in their confused Gulf-current; and buildings like builders have their destiny. Till one o’clock, then, there w... ...uis XV., not Admiral, 567 Thomas Carlyle wealth, debauchery, Palais-Royal buildings, in Notables (Duke d’Orleans now), looks of, Bed-of-Justice, 1787...

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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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. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ... by appearance, impulses, dreams or in any other manner agree- able to thy Government. Forgive my presump- tion, enlighten my ignorance, and however m... ... viewed them with indignation!” We had then a long conversation on Gothick buildings; and in talking of the form of old halls, he said, “In these hall... ...ribe to Johnson, to desert his avowed principles, and become the tool of a government which he held to be founded in usurpation. I have taken care to ... ... innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded t... ...r inclination to see him again.’ 1781: AETAT. 72.]—In 1781 Johnson at last completed his Lives of the Poets, of which he gives this account: ‘Some tim... ... I hope to shew a good example by frequent attendance on publick worship.’ 1782: AETAT. 73.]—In 1782, his complaints in- creased, and the history of h... ...ful and very blameless man. I am, Sir, your most humble servant, ‘Jan. 17, 1782.’ ‘SAM. JOHNSON.’ 562 Boswell’s Life of Johnson In one of his memoran...

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...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and gl...

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...Contents NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS ...................................................................................................... 4 NOONDAY IN CHEPE ....................................................................................................................... 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL............................................................................

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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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania Sta... ... bores me after a while. It is too hot for Florence; besides they have not completed the picture- gallery, and my place smells of putty. Y ou wouldn’t... ...that the original hue of the charming little papoosh disappeared entirely) completed her costume. She had three necklaces on, each of which would have... ...t fur, I say, from Lester Squarr, is a rainje of bildings called Pipping’s Buildings, leading to Blue Lion Court, leading to St. Martin’s Lane. Y ou k... ...ding to Blue Lion Court, leading to St. Martin’s Lane. Y ou know Pipping’s Buildings by its greatest ornament, an am and beefouce (where Jools has oft... ... notions of even American temerity. But upon the memo- rable 26th of June, 1782, the “Repudiator” sailed out of Havre Roads in a thick fog, under cove... ...me with the greatest distinction. Fancy my surprise, on going to a ball at Government House, to meet my old friend Jowler; my trembling, blushing, thr... ...r as it appeared that they had any strength to fight a battle, the British Government, ever anxious to see its en- emies by the ears, by no means inte...

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...The Varieties of Religious Experience A Study in Human Nature by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...be equally important to religion. If we should inquire for the essence of “government,” for example, one man might tell us it was authority, another s... ...ther a system of laws; yet all the while it would be true that no concrete government can exist without all these things, one of which is more importa... ...ul, an expression of God’s Perfect Thought. That was to me the perfect and completed separation between what 108 The V arieties of Religious Experien... ...ties. These speculations must, it seems to me, be classed as over-beliefs, buildings- out performed by the intellect into directions of which feeling ... ...he sight of God.” Apologia, 1897, pp. 48, 50. 443 William James Among the buildings-out of religion which the mind spontaneously indulges in, the aes... ...k. Not only are the other sciences and the philosophy still far from being completed, but in their present state we find them full of conflicts. The s... ...had no sun.” Vernunftige Gedanken von den Absichter der naturlichen Dinge, 1782. pp.74-84. Or read the account of God’s beneficence in the in- stituti...