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...on itself wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the ... ...tunate that we have scarcely any light this even ing; the old moon and the new must be hiding behind Jesup But, fortunately, Diogenes Hughes has promi... ...pt Dompsoy's 'pep- per mill.' The senior committee has provided, as in New York theaters, safe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illus... ...fe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower classes. Ijet me introduce to you the sophomore orator, Mr. ... ...he Geography of France and Its Influence on the Cnlture and History of the People. ' ' Clark Hall. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 7.30p. m.—Y. M, C. A. elections. ... ...here to thank the various alumni who, unsolicit- ed, have contributed news from time to time. The same prinoiplo obtains in the collection of under- g... ...s one of the three land appraisers of the Laiul Cffioo of the State of New York. Mr. Hoover is an editor of the Union-Sun, a daily paper of Look- port... ...s Ready-to-Wear Tailor-Hade Barnard & Co. North Adams Williamstown LOTS OF PEOPLE NEVER WORRY ABOUT STYLE, JUST BUY Fownes AND HIT IT RICH New Members... ...al company at Chicago, 111. Weeks is with the Hackensack Water company, at Milford, N. J. Wells is with the Western Elec- tric company in New York cit...

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...Field; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus. Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: And all the clouds that lowr?d upon our house In the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes, Our bruised armes hung up for Monuments; Our sterne Alarums chang?d to merry Mee...

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...the Winter of our Discontent, 4 Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: 5 And all the clouds that lowr’d vpon our house 6 In t... ...3 O belike, his Maiesty hath some intent, 54 That you should be new Christned in the Tower, 55 But what’s the matter Clarence, may I... ...an learne, 58 He hearkens after Prophesies and Dreames, 59 And from the Crosse- row pluckes the letter G: 60 And sayes, a Wizard tol... ...r there, 72 That made him send Lord Hastings to the Tower? 73 From whence this present day he is deliuered? 74 We are not safe Cla... ...auen will take the present at our hands. 128 But who comes heere? the new deliuered Hastings? 129 Enter Lord Hastings. 130 Hast. ... ...hese eyes, which neuer shed remorsefull teare, 347 No, when my Father Yorke, and Edward wept, 348 To heare the pittious moane that Rutland ... ...d the Maior, what meant this wilfull silence? 2242 His answer was, the people were not vsed 2243 To be spoke to, but by the Recorder. 2244 ... ...hat the Earle of Richmond [s6v 3341 Is with a mighty power Landed at Milford, - 74 - The Tragedie of Richard the Third Shakespeare: First Folio...

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...n Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

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...nsas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills. Main Street is the climax of civilizat... ...isters. What Ole Jenson the grocer says to Ezra Stowbody the banker is the new law for London, Prague, and the unprofitable isles of the sea; whatsoev... ...els run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears. A breeze which had crossed a thousan... ...d to drink life. The eternal aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering,... ...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...them by clenching his hands behind him, and he stammered: “I know. You get people. Most of these darn co-eds— Say, Carol, you could do a lot for peopl... ...dmit I fall down in sympathy sometimes. I get so dog-gone impa- tient with people that can’t stand the gaff. You’d be good for a fellow that was too s... ...“dressing-up parties” spontaneous and joyously ab- surd. The beasts in the Milford hearth-mythology were not the obscene Night Animals who jump out of...

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...e met the call of that particular transient occasion in which they arose; and others, it may be thought on review, might as well have been suppressed from the very first....

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...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION ..............

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... S K E T C H E S AUTOBIOGRAPHIC S K E T C H E S Selections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE E... ...nia State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORK... ...r of mine, that paper I should wish to cancel. So that, upon the whole, my new and revised edition is likely to differ by very consid- erable changes ... ...at quadrata rotundis,) it is my purpose to enlarge this edition by as many new papers as I find available for such a station. These I am anxious to pu... ...shed in a journal dedicated to purposes of politi- cal change such as many people thought revolutionary. I thought so myself, and did not go along wit... ...ular—but many of my readers will know it for a truth— that vast numbers of people, though liberated from all rea- sonable motives to self-restraint, c... ...tances (schoolboys) on each of those lines of transit. Neither Bristol nor Milford Haven was entirely cloudless in reputation. But from Holyhead only ... ...Lord Auckland’s (Sir Frederic Eden’s) large work on the poor laws. That to York, for example, (two hundred miles,) took a fort- night in the journey, ... ...(as it is still called by way of distinction,) lying through Doncaster and York, between the northern and southern capitals of the island. But roads l...

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...of Wales, (PRINCE EDWARD:) afterwards King Edward V., and RICHARD: Duke of York, (YORK:) sons to the King. GEORGE: Duke of Clarence, (CLARENCE:) an... ... : Archbishop of Canterbury. (CAR DINAL:) THOMAS ROTHERHAM: Archbishop of York. (ARCH BISHOP OF YORK:) JOHN MORTON : Bishop of Ely. (BISHOP OF EL... ...it your godfathers: O, belike his majesty hath some intent That you shall be new christen’d in the Tower. But what’s the matter, Clarence? may I know... ...I do not: but, as I can learn, He hearkens after prophecies and dreams; And from the cross row plucks the letter G. And says a wizard told him that b... ...Woodville, her brother there, That made him send Lord Hastings to the Tower, From whence this present day he is deliver’d? We are not safe, Clarence; ... ...eaven, If heaven will take the present at our hands. But who comes here? the new deliver’d Hastings? [Enter HASTINGS .] HASTINGS: Good time of day un... ...hem; And ask’d the mayor what meant this wilful silence: His answer was, the people were not wont To be spoke to but by the recorder. Then he was urge... ...is the best news: that the Earl of Richmond Is with a mighty power landed at Milford, Is colder tidings, yet they must be told. KING RICHARD III : Aw...

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...ea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...hose white cliffs across the water, which you can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ te... ...ace, after this, for sev enty years. A Child’s Histroy of England 16 Then new enemies arose. They were the Sax ons, a fierce, sea faring people from... ...the first time, called the country over which he ruled, England. And now, new enemies arose, who, for a long time, troubled England sorely. These wer... ...ght in which the English were commanded by two nobles; and then be sieged York. Harold, who was waiting for the Normans on the coast at Hastings, wit... ...s missal, were left dead upon the field. The victo rious army marched to York. As King Harold sat there at the feast, in the midst of all his compan... ...presented on his shield. Henry of Richmond landed with six thousand men at Milford Haven, and came on against King Richard, then encamped at Leicester...

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...Excerpt: There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colon...

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...HAMP Y CHAMP Y CHAMP Y CHAMPION ION ION ION ION THERE WAS ONCE a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those ... ...a single characteristic of tyranny: a Governor and Council, holding office from the King, and wholly indepen- dent of the country; laws made and taxes... ...nt of the country; laws made and taxes levied without con- currence of the people immediate or by their representatives; the rights of private citizen... ...ch would be the triumph of civil and religious rights and the salvation of New England. It was but a doubtful whisper: it might be false, or the attem... ... would lose his head. Still the intelligence produced a marked effect. The people smiled mysteriously in the streets, and threw bold glances at their ... ...tation, as if the slightest signal would rouse the whole 5 Hawthorne land from its sluggish despondency. Aware of their danger, the rulers resolved t... ...L WEDDING KNELL WEDDING KNELL THERE IS A CERTAIN CHURCH in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest, on account of a m... ...BLE ARABLE ARABLE ARABLE ARABLE 1 1 1 1 1 THE SEXTON stood in the porch of Milford meeting-house, pulling busily at the bell-rope. The old people of t... ... at the same moment,” said the other. That night, the handsomest couple in Milford village were to be joined in wedlock. Though reckoned a melancholy ...

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...y a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log-hut, I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highe...

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... on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bang... ...ce, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log hut, I ... ... proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the ... ...n the sunlight, — think how it stands with it now, — sold, perchance, to the New England Friction Match Company! There were in 1837, as I read, two hu... ...ner tortured at the stake, would be more respectable than this. We landed in Milford, and rode along on the east side of the Penobscot, having a more ... ...ill in the towns and cities; cannot the emigrant who can pay his fare to New York or Boston pay five dollars more to get here, — I paid three, all told... ...rprising neighbors that he did n’t know enough to put a question to them. No people can long continue provincial in character who have the propensity ... ...ain. Here were thousands of cords, enough to keep the poor of Boston and New York amply warm for a winter, which only cumbered the ground and were in ... ... among the parents, than which nothing can be more acceptable to a backwoods people. It was really an important item in our outfit, and, at times, the ...

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... door marked Private, next the clerks? office, is their domestic sitting room as well as their reception room for clients. Let me describe it briefly from the point of view of a sparrow on the window sill. The outer door is in the opposite wall, close to the right hand corner. Between this door and the left hand corner is a hatstand and a table consisting of large drawing ...

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...om as well as their reception room for clients. Let me describe it briefly from the point of view of a sparrow on the window sill. The outer door is i... ...you lunched? TIM. Divil a lunch! BROADBENT . I’m sorry I couldn’t get back from Brighton in time to offer you some; but— TIM. Not a word, sir, not a w... ...rry a Union Jack handkerchief and a penny trumpet, and tax the food of the people to support the Navy League, and clamor for the destruction of the la... ...iend who lives with me here: my part- ner, Mr Doyle. [T o Doyle] This is a new Irish friend of mine, Mr Tim Haffigan. TIM [rising with effusion]. Sure... ... BROADBENT . But how soon? Can you start tonight—from Paddington? We go by Milford Haven. TIM [hesitating]. Well—I’m afreed—I [Doyle goes abruptly int... ...h me to Ireland to break the ice for me. He can gain the confidence of the people there, and make them friendly to me. Eh? [He seats himself on the of... ...glish. They don’t be- long to the dear old island, but to their confounded new empire; and by George! they’re worthy of it; and I wish them joy of it.... ...een; and I want to bring Galway within 3 hours of Colchester and 24 of New York. I want Ireland to be the brains and imagination of a big Commonwealth...

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...esar. The sol diers he led to battle were very strong, and con- quered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gunpowder then; but they had ... ...gunpowder then; but they had swords and spears, and, to prevent themselves from being hurt, they had helmets or brazen caps on their heads, with long ... ...le way off there was a country nobody knew anything about, except that the people were very fierce and savage, and that a sort of pearl was found in t... ...strong places in the woods, with trunks of trees, cut down to shut them in from the enemy, with all their flocks and cattle; but Caesar did not get in... ...s. The only glass there was at all had been brought from Italy to put into York Ca- thedral, and it was thought a great wonder. So the windows had shu... ...me one going off as a Sea-King, with all his friends, and trying to gain a new home in some fresh country. One great party of Northmen under a very ta... ...e died, stranger though he was. A great many Danes had made their homes in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, ever since Alfred’s time, and some of their cus... ...st any one killing his game. The place he thus cleared is still called the New Forest, though it is a thousand years old. An old Norman law that the E... ...mind to try his fortune. At last he sailed in a French ship, and landed at Milford Haven—for he knew the Welsh would be delighted to see him; and, as ...

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...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ...ng they will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERIC... ...hey will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERICAN, ... ...ountered a ferocious dog that frightened the horses and made them run. The new animal kicked at every jump he made. I got the horses stopped, however,... ...and but few east; and above all, there were no reporters prying into other people’s private affairs. Consequently it did not become generally known th... ...s in imitation of mine. The joke was a huge one in the mind of many of the people, and was much enjoyed by them; but I did not appreciate it so highly... ...ion, on the Fredericksburg Railroad, thence southerly to Bowling Green and Milford. He was at Milford by the night of the 21st. Here he met a detachme... ... during the 22d. But Warren was pushed to Harris’s Store, directly west of Milford, and connected with it by a good road, and Burnside was sent to New...