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...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the ho...

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... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...02 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means... ...re, when she was fifteen years old. Gavin had completed his final year at Addiscombe College near Croydon, the prestigious military academy of the E... ... be with her husband when the child is born. If you do not mind, I shall personally supervise her health during this voyage.’ ‘As you like, Doctor. ... ...st villager would offer her a cup of tea or some sweetmeat and when she restored a sick child to health, a little present of silk or handcrafted ear... ...HE CURSE OF KALI 325 powder and ointments to the skin, soon brought the little patients back to health. It was the fourth week of the siege when t...

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...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy,...

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...the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen wh... ...great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before. A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...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... ... sharp though moderate winds, the bills decreased again, and the city grew healthy , and everybody began to look upon the danger as good as over; only... ...ple had still some hopes. That which encouraged them was that the city was healthy: the whole ninety-seven parishes buried but fifty-four, and we bega... ...re were such pressing and crowding there to get passes and certificates of health for such as travelled abroad, for without these there was no being a... ...Greenwich 231 “ Eltham and Lusum 85 “ Kingston 122 “ Croydon 61 “ Stanes 82 “ Brentwood ...

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...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have approached the task with the sam...

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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. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...nephew’ s company, who, after exchange of salutations, and drinking to the health of their new com- panion, pursued the conversation in which he found... ... his jest; Then, though hours be late and weather foul, We’ll drink to the health of the bonny, bonny owl. 24 Kenilworth “The lark is but a bumpkin f... ...en each; For, though hours be late and weather be foul, We’ll drink to the health of the bonny, bonny owl.” “There is savour in this, my hearts,” said... ...her fellow-traveller first, the good dame, who was to play Rare Gillian of Croydon in one of the interludes, took care that silence did not again sett...

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...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The ...

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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When I edited some of Gray?s poems several years ago, I found that they ...

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...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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 War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...overing a balloon somewhere. And then one bright day Bert, motoring toward Croydon, was arrested by the insurgence of a huge, bolster-shaped monster f... ... how he and a “gentle- man friend” had been visiting the seaside for their health, how a “chep” came along in a balloon and fell out as he fell in, ho... ...the people had carried an exem- plary ducking ten minutes or so beyond its healthy limits.) 241 H G Wells This little community had returned from its...

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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... ...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... ...ents of the brandy-flask into a silver flagon, and quaffed it gayly to the health of the company assembled. ’Twas the third he had taken during the si... ...Y ou should have seen the astonishment of Lauda Latymer, the Archbishop of Croydon’s daughter, as she was passing St. Bennet’s, Knightsbridge, and as ... ...ust dressed, eagerly grasped at the prof- fered cup, and drained it with a health to the donors. How strange are the chances of war! But half an hour ... ...on— “Dear Jack, this white mug that with Guinness I fill, And drink to the health of sweet Nan of the hill, Was once Tommy Tosspot’s, as jovial a sot,... ... the galloping, and never so much as getting a tumble. There was a chap at Croydon very well known as the “Spicy Dustman,” who, when he could get no h... ...Lon- don and his lady; two magistrates of the county, and the very pink of Croydon; several Polish noblemen; two Italian counts (besides our Count); o...