... Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication ... ...Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...g about him proclaimed the habits of refined life. In obedience to a fatal law of the time we live in, there is not much difference, physical or moral... ...ch are part of everything?” “He is right,” said Lousteau, who had hitherto listened without speaking; “La Torpille can laugh and make others laugh. Th... ... it is the fantastic world of Hoffmann of Berlin. The most mathematical of clerks never thinks of it as real, after returning through the straits that... ...of grace and salvation,” said the Abbe. In Spain the religious question is supreme, above all politi- cal, civil, or vital considerations; so the phys... ...owers of the huge machine of government. You will speak of the police as a statesman should, admiring everything, the Prefet included. The very best m... ...o us, on seeing two 324 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life handsome creatures united and happy, always did honor to Madame de Stael, in spite of her ‘rom...

Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is... ...s by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ased solely on the power of wealth shudder as it sees the impotence of the law in dealing with the workings of a system which deifies success, and par... ...as, he shared the magnanimity of his wife, certain it is that he would not listen to Roguin, his notary, who advised him to take advantage of his mini... ...re to all. She had, moreover, a Parisian quality which charmed the retired clerks and elderly merchants of her circle,—she could take and give a jest.... ... rue Mazarin; then he ran downstairs and slipped fur- tively into the long courtyard of the Institute, full of statues, busts, half-finished marbles, ... ...After this discussion, which was like all discussions, the widow’s friends united in giving her one and the same ad- vice; which advice did not in the... ...ppe took up the daz- zling idea of joining General Lallemand in the United States, and helping him to found what was called the Champ d’Asile, one of ... ...r. 102 The Two Brothers joy of the other victims. After this, Max reigned supreme in his hulk, thanks to the wonderful ease and address with which he...

Excerpt: The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

...y George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ... Publication One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...gh our readings in journals, of the wicked overblown Prince Regent and his Court, together with the view taken of honest labour in the mind of super- ... ...ave ever to do. They dispossess him of his greedy gettings. And how of the Law? But the Law is always, and must ever be, the Law of the stronger. —Ay,... ...of his youth, the sole bad step chargeable upon his antecedents. But do we listen to them? Shall we not have them turned out? He gives the sign for it... .... Even the best of women, even the most beautiful, and in their moments of supremest beauty, have this gross ravenousness for facts. You must not expe... ...tence, haunted him, each swelling to possession of him in turn; until they united to head a plunge into retro- spects; which led to his reviewing the ... ...large wall-maps of au- riferous regions, was inspected; and another, where clerks were busy over miscellaneous Continents. Dudley Sowerby hoped he mig... ...t American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of expo- sit...

Excerpt: One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith.

...ssics Series Publication Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...cs Series Publication Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ... his dignity, went, awkwardly enough, away. Doctor Parker Peps, one of the Court Physicians, and a man of immense reputation for assisting at the incr... ...the very pink of general propitiation and politeness. From a long habit of listening admiringly to everything that was said in her presence, and looki... ...her good. Not that she had anything particular to forgive in her sister-in-law, nor indeed anything at all, except her having married her brother—in i... ...his pocket, as if unwilling to trust them even to the chances of being re- united and deciphered; and instead of ringing, as usual, for little Paul, h... ...ide as possible, and hold it open, with his hat off, while he entered. The clerks within were not a whit behind-hand in their demonstrations of respec... ... suppose? We have nobody of that sort here.’ Mr Dombey shook his head with supreme indifference. ‘It’s no very precious appointment,’ observed Mr Cark... ... dead body was to be seen upon the floating fragments. Log of the Defiance states, that a breeze springing up in the night, the wreck was seen no more...

...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his con...

...HE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career o... ...LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of t... ...E AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY consulted authorities learned in the law , as to his having good grounds on which to rest an action for libel; a... ...his comparison would hold good; for, as the adventurous pair of the Fives’ Court will afterwards send round a hat, and trust to the bounty of the look... ...tty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was ever started. “United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muf- fin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual D... ...on stone walls and bars of iron! Dear sisters, let us live and die, if you list, in this green garden’s compass; only shun the gloom and sadness of a ... ...real military men, you know.’ ‘No!’ ‘Bless your heart, of course not; only clerks and that, who hire a uniform coat to be painted in, and send it here... ...s might be; but per- haps this was occasioned by senatorial gravity, and a states- manlike habit of keeping his feelings under control. He was a tough... ...eps, to the temple of fashion where Madame Mantalini reigned paramount and supreme. The ill-will of Miss Knag had lost nothing of its virulence in the...

...Excerpt: The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

... ... ... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Thr... ... honor of being son of Henry IV . It was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gast... ...t was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his ... ...ce to excite the attention and admiration of the public in a very modified degree wherever he might be. Monsieur had fallen into this situation by hab... ... the only person that reaps the advantages of them with- out incurring the trouble, — you, who are really more one of Madame’s maids of honor than I a... ...royal household, gabbling, scampering shopboys, chariots in motion, hair-dressers on the run, and pages toiling along, this tumult and bustle had surp... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ...er?” “Monsieur, I beg you to believe that in that case I should be so much afflicted at your death, that I should not think about the money.” “Thank y...

...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 ...

...rs by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ries Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...the likenesses of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Richelieu, Mazarin, and the courtiers of the period, less faithful than in the history of M. Anquetil. ... ...gh of rather a stern countenance, talking with two persons who appeared to listen to him with respect. D’Artagnan fancied quite natu- rally, according... ...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...he choice made, it must be persisted in. To fight, that was to disobey the law, that was to risk his head, that was to make at one blow an enemy of a ... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...ign to her women to resume their cush- ions and stools, and with an air of supreme hauteur, said, “What do you desire, monsieur, and with what object ... ...me of the holy archangels 263 Alexandre Dumas and angels. The most humble clerks such as our deacons and sacristans, bless with holy water sprinklers...

...Preface: In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names? ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them....

... This publication of The Divine Comedy of Dante , Translated by H.F. Cary , is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...he Divine Comedy of Dante , Translated by H.F. Cary , is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Thou shalt be left: for that Almighty King, Who reigns above, a rebel to his law, Adjudges me, and therefore hath decreed, That to his city none throu... ...nd she with gentle voice and soft Angelically tun’d her speech address’d: “O courteous shade of Mantua! thou whose fame Yet lives, and shall live lon... ...ice the founder of my fabric mov’d: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, s... ...ted me, Honouring they greet me thus, and well they judge.” So I beheld united the bright school Of him the monarch of sublimest song, That o’er ... ...om his which newly they had worn, And inwardly restrain’d it. He, as one Who listens, stood attentive: for his eye Not far could lead him through the... ...d not serve us for report so long. In brief I tell thee, that all these were clerks, Men of great learning and no less renown, By one same sin pollute... ...mong the inhabitants of that city, and among the leaders of the neighbouring states. v. 70. The pleasant land.] Lombardy. v. 72. The twain.] Guido d...

...Excerpt: CANTO I. In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e?en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, m...

...Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ...from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Republic; thinking of the one continuous great problem that generations of statesmen had wrangled over, and a million men fought about, and that had s... ...oks that I have read a second time or ever care again to read in the whole list (most of them by tiresome and unbalanced “reformers”) are “Uncle Remus... ...n- nection with the scene was that some man who seemed to be a stranger (a United States officer, I presume) made a little speech and then read a rath... ...d individual and race should get much con- solation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin ... ... taught any one who wanted to learn anything that I could teach him. I was supremely happy in the opportu- nity of being able to assist somebody else.... ...e of the young men that I sent to Hampton in this way is now Dr. Samuel E. Courtney, a successful physician in Boston, and a mem- ber of the School Bo... ...f any one individual. The whole executive force, including instructors and clerks, now numbers eighty-six. This force is so organized and subdi- vided...

...ward Estlin Cummings) A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Enormous Room by E.(Edward) E.(Estlin) Cummings is a publication of the... ...tion The Enormous Room by E.(Edward) E.(Estlin) Cummings is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...nd impris- onment of her son. My boy’s mother had a right to be spared the supreme agony caused by a blundering cable from Paris saying that he had be... ... would appear that the authorities had not even conde- scended to tell the United States Embassy where this innocent American citizen was confined; so... ...appear that the authorities had not even conde- scended to tell the United States Embassy where this innocent American citizen was confined; so that a... ...ou understand? I am their marraine. I love them and look after them. Well, listen: I will be your marraine, too.” I bowed and looked around for someth... ..., and readjusted his slumbers. There was no one moving about in the little court. I lin- gered somewhat on the way upstairs. The stairs were abnor- ma... ...veral empty cabs had gone by during the peroration of 39 e e cummings the law, and no more seemed to offer themselves. After some minutes, however, o... ... of that extremely thin black ma- terial which occasionally is affected by clerks and dentists and more often by librarians. If ever I looked upon an ...

...Introduction: ?For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found.? He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps. He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation....

...Series Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ies Publication Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ob Joe, for I never thought of any of the house- keeping property as his – united to the necessity of always keeping one hand on my bread-and-butter a... ...at the mist all round us, and often stopping – even stopping his jaws – to listen. Some real or fancied sound, some clink upon the river or breathing ... ...red over to her, to be dealt with according to the outraged majesty of the law. I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposi- ti... ...mained, all the lower 51 Charles Dickens were rustily barred. There was a court-yard in front, and that was barred; so, we had to wait, after ringing... ...I think she is very insulting.” (She was looking at me then with a look of supreme aversion.) “ Anything else?” “I think I should like to go home.” “ ... ...ugh be- fore, I complicated its confusion fifty thousand-fold, by hav- ing states and seasons when I was clear that Biddy was im- measurably better th... ...n- 151 Charles Dickens tage, as his master had. I wondered how many other clerks there were up-stairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same ...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. My father?s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip....

...ations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ons on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... limited and qualified freedom who will not co oper ate actively with the law and the public authorities in the repression of evil doers. A people wh... ...equisites of civilized life have nothing else to rest on. These deplorable states of feel ing, in any people who have emerged from savage life, are, ... ...organization, it may choose; but the essence of the whole, the seat of the supreme power, is determined for it by social circumstances. That there is ... ... and convictions of those whose personal position is different, and by the united authority of the instructed. When, therefore, the instructed in gene... ...it is sometimes quite as near; and in any case it ought to be respectfully listened to, in stead of being, as it is, not merely turned away from, but... ...ich they called fiscal arrangements, and in the secrecy of their frightful courts of justice. It must be acknowledged that the benefits of freedom, so... ...age conveyance at the cost of the state or of the locality. Hustings, poll clerks, and all the necessary machinery of elections, should be at the publ...

...Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of my life, and mos...

....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice ............................................................. 5 Chapter II The Criterion of a Good Form of Government .........................................................................

...AUTOBIOGRAPHY A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION of John Stuart Mill Autobiography by John Stuart Mill is a publication of... ...f John Stuart Mill Autobiography by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ect, is that of committing to memory what my father termed vocables, being lists of common Greek words, with their signification in English, which he ... ...most un 17 John Stuart Mill usual, the English Constitution, the English law, and all par ties and classes who possessed any considerable influence... ...hrow into his drafts of despatches, and to carry through the ordeal of the Court of Directors and Board of Control, without having their force much we... ...ub lished, they would, I am convinced, place his character as a practical statesman fully on a level with his eminence as a speculative writer. 18 A... ...himself. I was appointed in the usual manner, at the bottom of the list of clerks, to rise, at least in the first instance, by seniority; but with the... ...d speak 73 John Stuart Mill ers of the Cambridge Union and of the Oxford United De bating Society. It is curiously illustrative of the tendencies o... ...ded by an organized body of spiri tual teachers and rulers, would be made supreme over every action, and as far as is in human possibility, every tho...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Childhood and early education it seems proper that I should prefix to the following biographical sketch some mention of the reasons which have made me think it desirable that I should leave behind me such a memorial of so uneventful a life as mine. I do not for a moment imagine that any part of...

...T wo With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, B B B B By the y the y the y the y the RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . G... ...AN A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... .................................................... 125 ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT......................................................................... ...ham, “who would have made a capital Chancellor if he had had only a little law;” so Pope was very well qualified to have translated Homer, barring his... ...g than of that thorough and genial insight which sympathy produces. He has listened at the keyhole, not by any “Open Sesame” entered the chamber. He h... ...rdest things, 42 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 Can pocket states, can fetch or carry kings; A single leaf shall waft an army o’er, Or... ... shall approach my bed; Those are too wise for bachelors to wed. As subtle clerks by many schools are made, T wice-married dames are mistresses o’ th’... ...e Solomon! A wiser monarch never saw the sun: All wealth, all honours, the supreme degree Of earthly bliss, was well bestow’d on thee! For sagely hast... ...d for wit! See under Ripley rise a new Whitehall, While Jones’ and Boyle’s united labours fall; 379 While Wren with sorrow to the grave descends, 229...

Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two.

...Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE........................................................................................ 7 MORAL ESSAYS ...............................................................................................