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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...itings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania 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... ...all. He has in no form announced anything recently in regard to troops in New York, except in his letter to Governor Seymour of October 21, which has... ...ve again to be subject to similar taxation or suffer the operations of the new conscription, nor it is probable that the like of them ever will be ann... ...GTON CITY , November 3, 1863. HON. W . H. SEW ARD, Auburn, N. Y .: Nothing new. Dispatches up to 12 last night from Chatta- nooga show all quiet and ... ...R OF TROOPS, APRIL 23, 1864. TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: 1. The Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wis- consin offer to the Pr... ...is- consin (Indorsement.) April 23, 1864. The foregoing proposition of the governors is accepted, and the Secretary of War is directed to carry it int... ...Con- stitution and the laws of the United States, in which cases mi- litia-governors will be appointed with directions to proceed according to the bil...

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...lication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...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... ...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... .... In addition to the old conundrum, “Who is the king?” they had supplied a new one, “What is the vice-king?” Two royal lines; some cloudy idea of alte... ...11 Robert Louis Stevenson came to him upon a visit and took a fancy to his new posses- sion. “We have long been wanting a boat,” said they. “Give us t... ... can see, on the line of the main coast of the island, the British and the new Ameri- can consulates. The course of his walk will have been enlivened ... ...ly to send it from the land and sell it. A man at home who should turn all Yorkshire into one wheatfield, and annually burn his harvest on the altar o... ...were the Messrs. MacArthur; and it seems be- yond question that provincial governors more than once is- sued orders forbidding Samoans to take money f... ...y are both few and obscure. I believe he was as straight as his sword. The governors doubtless issued these orders, but there were plenty besides Bran...

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...ublication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope 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... ...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... ...makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great a... ... by one might, 7 Trollope perhaps, have done for the skeleton sketch of a new city. Less than half that would contain much more than the present popu... ...y the names of the respective States. At the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Delaware Avenue, and Maryland Av- enue converge. They co... ...n have hardly been ambitious to govern, but they have coveted the wages of governors. Corruption has crept into high places—into places that should ha... ...tes? From whence are to come the senators and the members of Congress; the governors and attor- ney-generals? From whence is to come the national spir... ...it were, at a single sitting, of a sufficient code of instructions for the governors of a great nation, had not hitherto in the world’s history been f...

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...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...lotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by ... ...ry Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... year that the Rev. George Augustus Selwyn was appointed to the diocese of New Zealand. Mrs. Selwyn’s parents had always been inti- mate with the Patt... ...and since Bishop of Oxford and of Win- chester, preached in the morning at New Windsor parish church, and the newly-made Bishop of New Zealand in the ... ... things than the Vicarage of Feniton. Indeed, the subject was not entirely new to him, for Edward Coleridge was always deeply interested in mis- sions... ...yet we are proud and self-justified and vain- glorious! ‘The Archbishop of York, in “Aids to Faith,” on the Death of Christ, has some most solemn and ... ...ork, &c. These colonies, unfortunate in many ways, are fortunate in having governors and others in high position who are good men, and the class of pe... ...thedral has been beautifully restored, has it not? Then, I think of you in York Minster on November 20, with that good text from Psalm xcvi. I read yo...

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...Contents. I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. II. Tom?s early life. III. Tom?s meeting with the Prince. IV. The Prince?s troubles begin. V. Tom as a patrician. VI. Tom receives instructions. VII. Tom?s first royal dinner. VIII. The question ...

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