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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...redith LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I LOVE AT A SCHOOL A PROCESSION of schoolboys having to meet a procession of schoo... ...and there was a question or two about names, which belonged to verses, for people caring to read poems. To the joy of the school he displayed a greate... ...n, the answer became important. Ici was twenty miles to the north- west of London. How long would it take Matey to reach Donvres? Or at which of the c... ...judgement on him. According to Mr. Shalders, the opinion of all thoughtful people in England was with John Company and the better part of the Press to... ... ev- ery form of noble pride, gets cajoled like a twenty-year-old yahoo at college! Do you imagine it? To suppose of a man cherishing the name of Ormo... ...rgely, Lady Charlotte. Opportunity has been want- ing at French and German colleges.” “It’s only a large and a close and a pretty long study of them t... ...took the latter step, the single step of an unaccustomed foot, which women educated simply to feet, will, upon extreme impulsion, take; and it held a ... ...tience to endure. He surprised Weyburn in speaking of Lady Char- lotte as ‘educated and accomplished.’ She was rather more so than Weyburn knew, and m...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ... anity Fair Volume Two by William Makepeace Thackeray CHAPTER XXVI Between London and Chatham ON QUITTING BRIGHTON, our friend George, as became a per... ...lia, for the first time, and with exceeding shyness and timidity, presided at what George called her own table. George pooh-poohed the wine and bullie... ... to take measures for the preparing of a mag- nificent ornamented tea. All people have their ways of express- ing kindness, and it seemed to Mrs. Sedl... ...ith men of fashion and ladies of note, on their way to Brussels and Ghent. People were going not so much to a war as to a fash- ionable tour. The news... ...ever endure them, because they are not pretty!” Those unfortunate and well-educated women made themselves heard from the neighbouring drawing-room, wh... ... the inestimable polish which is gained by living in a fast set at a small college, and contracting debts, and being rusticated, and being plucked. He... ...usness. He said “he had come down for a couple of days to see a man of his college, and—and to pay my respects to you, Ma’am, and my father’s and moth... ...as an edifying one to strangers. They were so cheerful, so loving, so well-educated, so simple! Martha painted flowers exquisitely and furnished half ...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...e Autumn of 1844. Most faithfully yours, My dear Lewis, W. M. Thackeray. London:December 24, 1845. PREFACE ON THE 20TH OF AUGUST, 1844, the writer o... ...E ON THE 20TH OF AUGUST, 1844, the writer of this little book went to dine at the—Club, quite unconscious of the wonderful events which Fate had in st... ...acation idlers to extend their travels and pursue it:above all, young well-educated men entering life, to take this course, we will say, after that at... ...ducated men entering life, to take this course, we will say, after that at college; and, having their book-learn- ing fresh in their minds, see the li... ...ge; and, having their book-learn- ing fresh in their minds, see the living people and their cities, and the actual aspect of Nature, along the famous ... ...s shores of the Mediterranean. CHAPTER I:VIGO THE SUN BROUGHT ALL the sick people out of their berths this morning, and the indescribable moans and no... ...ville, and other command- ers who need not be mentioned. He is a very well-educated man, and reads prodigiously,—travels, histories, lives of emi- nen... ...ave translated Jack and Jill into Greek iambics, and been a credit to your college. ”I turned testily away from her. “Madam,” says I, “because an eagl...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...DIVISION. October 27, 1863. In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Win- chester, V a. At the time, it was under General Milroy as ... ...not comprehend the object of your dispatch. I do not often decline seeing people who call upon me, and probably will see you if you call. A. LINCOLN.... ...n, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 21... .... In order that the country should not be deprived of the proper quota of educated officers, for which legal provision has been made at the naval sch... ...twentieth of December, conveying the announcement that the Trustees of the College of New Jersey had conferred upon me the degree of Doctor of Laws. T... ... conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the na- tional cause. 249 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V o... ...envoy extraordinary and min- ister plenipotentiary of the United States at London, and which is the only correspondence found in this department touch...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...f your own composition might be less satisfactory to her than is Kendal.’ ‘At least he should be minus the children!’ ‘I fancy the children are one gr... ...r Albinia!’ ‘T wo years, my dear.’ ‘Pray explain to me, Maurice, why, when people become widowed in any unusually lamentable way, they always are 7 T... ... half century, and the lun- cheon-tray in the middle of all, ready for six people, for the two girls were there, and though Mr. Kendal stood up by the... ...arried Mr. Durant, a dancing-master— she was French teacher in a school in London where he taught, and Madame Belmarche did not approve, for she and h... ...r view of his character. Na- ture must have designed him for a fellow of a college, where, apart from all cares, he might have collected fragments of ... ... perpetually polished poems, by a fair amount of modern literature, select college friendships, and methodical habits, Edmund Kendal would have been i... ...these girls wanting right teaching; but she, poor child, has been but half educated herself, and has not time to im- prove herself. If she does good, ... ...e picked up at a bookstall at Galway. It must have belonged to some priest educated in Spain. He says any Latin book was invaluable to him. He is infi...

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...Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...nic Classics Series Publication Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania ... ...nt and sympathetic ears. And then came the impulse to literature for young people given by the example of that memorable book the Fairy Bower, and fol... ...But what good will your coming of age do us?’ said Lilias, ‘you will be in London or Brighton, or some such stupid place.’ ‘Do not be senseless, Lily,... ...be like the old days, when every birthday of yours was a happy day for the people at Hetherington,’ said Emily. ‘ Ah! those were happy old days,’ said... ... I do not even know what has become of the Aylmers.’ ‘They went to live in London,’ said Emily, ‘Aunt Robert used to write to them there.’ ‘I know, I ... ...ty reading, and very useful read- ing, and you can hardly be called a well-educated person if you do not know them; but read them only after the dutie... ...the Oxford vacation Claude ac- companied Lord Rotherwood on visits to some college friends, and only came home the same day as the younger ones. Mauri... ... cousin was not yet well enough to leave the room; but just at this time a college friend of the Rector’s, hearing of his illness, wrote to propose to...

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