...th A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ... is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith BEAUCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith 1897 BOOK 1 CHAPTER I THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY WHEN Y... ...HAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith 1897 BOOK 1 CHAPTER I THE CHAMPION OF HIS COUNTRY WHEN YOUNG Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman’s jacket... ...e. Things were not so bad. Panic, however, sent up a plaintive whine. What country had anything like our treasures to defend? countless riches, beauti... ...had been at work all the time, and were at work now. They could assure the country, that though they flourished no trumpets, they positively guarantee... ...xistence of heroes: but this, very likely, is noth- ing more than a fit of Republicanism in the nursery, and a deposition of the leading doll for lack... ...t for it still at these meetings of yours. A naval officer preaching about Republicanism and parcelling out the Land!’ Beauchamp replied quietly, ‘The... ...u with my own hands, for the disloyal scoundrel you are, with your pimping Republicanism and capsizing every- thing in a country like Old England. It’...

...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations ...

...American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series Ameri... ... PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...ectronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ... themselves whether there has been any thing in the public career of that country during these past eight years, or whether there is anything in its ... ... No. I have many friends in America, and feel a grateful in terest in the country. To represent me as viewing it with ill nature, animosity, or parti... ... them selves whether there has been anything in the public career of that country since, at home or abroad, which suggests that those influences and ... ...ich cannot bear a superior, and cannot brook an equal; of that class whose Republicanism means, ‘I will not tolerate a man above me: and of those belo...

...st in America, have any existence not in my imagination. They can examine for themselves whether there has been anything in the public career of that country during these past eight years, or whether there is anything in its present position, at home or abroad, which suggests that those influences and tendencies really do exist....

...re Cooper A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES PUBLICATION New York by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. New York by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 James Fenimore Cooper New Y ork by James Fenimore Cooper T HE INCREASE OF THE TOWNS of Manhattan, as, for t... ... attract attention for their magnitude and magnificence. The policy of the country , which separates religion from the state, precludes this, by confi... ... ornaments suited to the resources of a branch of the church that, in this country, is by no means affluent. The manner in which the Americans are sub... ...to them as extraordinary, or out of rule. There is not a port in the whole country that is less indebted to art and the fostering hand of Gov- ernment... ... political power, aristocracy being, in truth, more closely assimilated to republicanism than democracy. Republicanism means the sover- eignty of publ...

...Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac T T T T Translated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Cl... ...ated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others ranslated by Clara Bell and others A Penn State El... ... and others A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Z. Marcas by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and others is a publication of the P... ...X. than the present Court, if Court it may be called? What a hatred of the country may be seen in the naturalization of vulgar foreigners, devoid of t... ...t singular form of government, which has no analogy with that of any other country; for there is no more resemblance between the English and the Frenc... ...annot be foretold. At this moment the youth of France is being driven into Republicanism, because it believes that the Republic would bring it emancip... ...ything. For us he cast his eye over the whole civilized world, seeking the country where openings would be at once the most abundant and the most favo...

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...The Bedford-Row Conspiracy by William Makepeace Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Bedford-Row Conspiracy by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State... ...le as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electr... ...lities you may fancy that he was gener- ally admired in society and by his country. So he was: and I never knew a man so endowed whose way through lif... ... Dissenters—a manoeuvre which, I need not say, is repeated in almost every country town in England, where a solicitor’s house has this kind of power a... ...r Ladyship give me the distinguished honour and pleasure of going down the country-dance with your Ladyship?” An immense heave of her Ladyship’s ample... ..., and then too angry. “Person!” said he: his soul swelled with a desperate republicanism: he went back to his patron more of a Radical than ever. He f...

...h as I learn, talking largely about it. If they do so, it can only be done by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they seem t... ....... 992 162 686 —— —— —— 3050 1426 3003 By this you will see, if you go through the calculation, that if they get o... ...00 of the Fillmore votes, and their opponents the re- mainder, 658, we win by just two votes. This shows the whole field, on the basis of the election... ...hem. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN P . S.—Give full notice to all surrounding country. A.L. FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT PARIS, ILL., SEPT. 8, 1858. Let us inqu... ...ge Douglas, the passage of the Nebraska bill would tran- quilize the whole country—there would be no more slavery agitation in or out of Congress, and... ...able man can hear one of Mr. Lincoln’s speeches without being converted to Republicanism is something that we can’t account for. Ed.) Slavery, continu... ...r a political wrong; and the action of each, as respects the growth of the country and the expansion of our population, is squared to meet these views... ...h one another, each of you deems an unconditional condemna- tion of “Black Republicanism” as the first thing to be attended to. Indeed, such condemnat... ...lack Republi- canism; and then, to give point to the charge, defines Black Republicanism to simply be insurrection, blood, and thunder among the slave...

...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In... ...ics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...ansmission, in any way. In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...e- thing more effective, Italy, France, the United States, Japan, and this country will send separate groups of representatives, with separate instruc... ...of the time is the evident desire of the Labour movement in every European country to take part in a collateral conference of Labour that shall meet w... ...n eventualities with- out a loss of your sovereign freedom. People in this country and in France do not seem to be sitting up manfully to these necess... ...ngs march irresistibly towards a permanent world peace based on democratic republicanism. The question of the fu- ture of monarchy is not whether it w...

...My Bondage and My Freedom By Frederick Douglas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication M... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...ile as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...you, that this system is now at the bar of public opinion—not only of this country, but of the whole civilized world—for judgment. Its friends have ma... ...cal and social rank, but they have also illustrated and adorned our common country by their genius, learning and eloquence. The characteristics whereb... ...an orator and thinker, his position is equally high, in the opinion of his countrymen. If a stranger in the United States would seek its most distingu... ...- cans, and with this decided advantage over the latter—they are lovers of republicanism for all men, for black men as well * See Appendix to this vol... ...he did a true man’s work in relighting the rapidly dying- out fire of true republicanism in the American heart, and be ashamed of the treatment he met... ...can liberty, American democracy, Ameri- 276 My Bondage and My Freedom can republicanism, there are two slave prisons. When going across a bridge, lea...

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... close of the Republican State Convention held at that time and place, and by which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for Unite... ...The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congress... ...rst point gained. But, so far, Congress only had acted, and an indorsement by the people, real or apparent, was indispensable to save the point alread... ...s, to be sovereign in their own affairs while they were squatted down in a country not their own, while they had squatted on a Territory that did not ... ...tleman in the crowd who asks an intelligent question. Now, who in all this country has ever found any of our friends of Judge Douglas’s way of thinkin... ... free. I know that. I am tolerably well acquainted with the history of the country, and I know that it has endured eighty-two years half slave and hal... ...r inclination to marry with and hug negroes; all his declarations of Black Republicanism,—by the way, we are improving, the black has got rubbed off,—...

...A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ... to museums, theatres, restaurants, or, during the summer season, into the country. Except on the solemn days of some family festival, such as the cou... ...n careers, their own advancement, occupied, perhaps, about the good of the country; the sisters are engrossed in a round of other inter- 12 A Daughte... ...l of others. At this particular time he was going from Saint-Simonism into republicanism, to return, very likely, to ministerialism. He looked for a b... ...ine me- teor. Fashion accepted his ways and his appearance. His bor- rowed republicanism gave him, for the time being, that Jansenist harshness assume... ...y. Sometimes Florine, seized with a bour- geois desire to get out into the country and gather flowers, pretends to the manager that she is ill. But ev...

...Excerpt: If you remember, madame, the pleasure your conversation gave to a traveler by recalling Paris to his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it wit...

...rge Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vittoria by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith VITTORIA By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I FROM MONTE MOTTERONE you survey the Lom... ...cally hear. That young fellow, in whom you confide so much, speaks for his country. We poor units must not be discordant. No! Individual opinion, my C... ...eart of the man! and a heart with a mill-stone about it—a heart to breed a country from! There stands the man who has faith in Italy, though she has b... ...s and trillets! Who ever knew a singer that cared an inch of flesh for her country? Money, flowers, flattery, vivas! but, money! money! and Austrian a... ...ason for a desire to change mas- ters, positively though they might detest Republicanism, and dread the shadow of anarchy. These looked hopefully to C... ... Meredith will be cured in time of those little roughnesses of his adopted Republicanism. Y ou must help to cure him. Women are never so foolish as me... ... his extreme re- publicanism. By arguments? By influence, perhaps. Carlo’s republicanism was preternatural in her sight, and she pre- sumed that Viole...

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...Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostr... ...E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics ... ...f a revolution, it was only then that I had the first vision of a twilight country which was to become the province of Sulaco, with its high shadowy S... ...ning be- fore me as I progressed deeper in my knowledge of 6 Nostromo the country. Often, also, when I had thought myself to a standstill over the ta... ...terwards, grown older as the famous Cap- tain Fidanza, with a stake in the country, going about his many affairs followed by respectful glances in the... ...luence of the old Garibaldino upon his countrymen. His austere, old- world Republicanism had a severe, soldier-like stan- dard of faithfulness and dut... ...no. A remarkable chap enough. A rugged and dreamy character, living in the republicanism of his young days as if in a cloud. He has encour- aged much ... ...nd each other thoroughly, Don Carlos!” he cried in a tone of fel- lowship. Republicanism had done its work. Impe- rial democracy was the power of the ...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ... an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith ONE OF OUR CONQUERORS By George Meredith 1897 BOOK 1 CHAPTER I ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE A GENTLEMAN, ... ...s he wished it warmly well; all that was good for it; plentiful din- ners, country excursions, stout menagerie bars, music, a dance, and to bed: he wa... ... due to the calling on himself for the rescue of an an- cient and glorious country; nor altogether to the spectacle of the shipping, over the parapet,... ...he voyageing forest, your London citizen of good estate has reproached his country’ s poets for not pouring out, succinctly and melodiously, his multi... ... withstands them? on his, a troop of mercenaries! And that lands me in Red Republicanism, a hop and a skip from Socialism! said Mr. Radnor, and chuckl...

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...PRINCE OTTO A Romance 1905 edition by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicati... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Prince Otto – A Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905 Edition) is a publication of the Penn- sylv... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Prince Otto – A Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905 Edition), the Pennsylvania State Uni- versi... ...; and the very memory of her boundaries has faded. It was a patch of hilly country covered with thick wood. Many streams took their beginning in the g... ...steeply, here and there breaking into crags; and this shaggy and trackless country stands in a bold contrast to the cultivated plain below. It was tra... ...dark, brass- mounted cabinets and cupboards; dark shelves carrying ancient country crockery; guns and antlers and broadside ballads on the wall; a tal... ...s too small to be ambitious. But the body poli- tic is seriously diseased; republicanism, socialism, many disintegrating ideas are abroad; circle with...

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...An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Historical Mystery by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylva- nia... ...nd and grassy places of an immense rond-point, such as we often see in the country where land is cheap enough to be sacrificed to ornament. The air 4... ...h brown spots, growled. “Hah!” said Michu, talking to himself, “spies! the country swarms with them.” Madame Michu looked appealingly to heaven. A bea... ...ever on the qui-vive. The mouth, half-open, as the custom usually is among country-people, showed teeth that were strong and white as almonds, but irr... ...ed that general agitation which then arose all over France and revived the republicanism of 1793. As it is neces- sary that I should explain this obsc...

...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicatio... ...ation The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...y way. The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ... the Susquehanna, is of necessity among its highest lands. The face of the country , the climate as it was found by the whites, and the manners of the... ...bout a hundred miles west of Otsego, on the banks of the Cayuga. The whole country was then a wilder- ness, and it was necessary to transport the bag ... ...facilities for opening a com- munication by water with other points of the country. He stayed but a few hours. In 1785 the author’s father, who had an... ...dge.” 185 James Fenimore Cooper “Well, ‘Duke, I call this democracy , not republicanism; but I say nothing; only let him keep within the law, or I sh...

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...The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ... Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...men, all dragged, like many others, from important studies to defend their country, and in whom war had not yet smothered the senti- ment of art, were... ... Thinking that the poor recruits must be leaving, with re- gret, their own country and their beloved customs, to die, perhaps, in foreign lands, they ... ... expression in which a peasant when doing nothing wraps himself. “From the country of the Gars,” replied the man, without showing any uneasiness. “You... ...etween the manners of the guests and the topics of their conversation. The republicanism of some was quite as exag- gerated as the aristocratic bearin...

...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY Volume Three by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The ... ...ASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ... transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ... his course there (termine sa carriere), if he had loved the honour of his country.” (Ibid. xix. 300.) Chapter 3.1.II. Danton. But better than raising... ...aurepaire stretches out his hands, and pleads passionately, in the name of country, honour, of Heaven and of Earth: to no purpose. The Municipals have... ...nces, from stage to stage: who shall now stay him,—covering forty miles of country? For- agers fly far; the villages of the North-East are harried; yo... ...end. Royalism is extinct, ‘sunk, ’ as they say, ‘in the mud of the Loire;’ Republicanism dominates without and within: what, therefore, on the 15th da...

...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...eley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania S... ...eciated, more clearly than other men, the havoc wrought in the mind of our country by the existence of four distinct political sys- tems. I cannot, th... ... to Paris to organize fresh troops, and to ask further sacrifices from the country. The poor mother was then plunged into very different anxi- eties. ... ... whether Philippe gambled. Once restored to his rank under the flag of his country, he would perhaps abandon a vice only taken up from idleness. Agath... ...isie. The others, and particularly the artil- lery, perhaps because of its republicanism, never adopted the doctrine of a military France and a civil ...

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...te University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The... ...esign: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Dumas The... ..., were pushing on to the Buytenhof, a terrible prison, the grated windows of which are still shown, where, on the charge of attempted murder preferred... .... This young man was, in 1672, twenty-two years of age. John de Witt, who was his tutor, had brought him up with the view of making him a good citizen... ... brought against his brother, had resigned his office of Grand Pen- sionary. He too received a noble recompense for his de- votedness to the best inte... ...risoner, who stretched out his broken limbs and his hands tied up in bandages towards that glorious brother, whom he now excelled, not in services ren... ...burghers of Dort, however, he did not appear in the light of a criminal who deserved to be hung. It is true, they did not particularly like his somewh...

...g on to the Buytenhof, a terrible prison, the grated windows of which are still shown, where, on the charge of attempted murder preferred against him by the surgeon Tyckelaer, Cornelius de Witt, the brother of the Grand Pensionary of Holland was confined....

...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. Thi... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Seri... ... is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT by H. G. Wells (1915) (1915) (1915) (1915) (1915) ON FEAR AND ARIST ON FEAR... ...with Benham. And we have died like Horatius, slaying our thousands for our country, or we have perished at the stake or faced the levelled muskets of ... ...chool, and Benham, after some self-examination, professed an atheisti- cal republicanism rather in the manner of Shelley. This brought him into open c... ...n of his general pluck. But on one occasion he was lost in rocky waterless country in Somaliland. He strayed out in the early morning while his camels... ...ence, God the immortal adven- turer in me, God who calls men from home and country, 26 The Research Magnificent God scourged and crowned with thorns,...

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...First and Last Things A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life By H.G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication First an... ...Publication First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ... in any way. First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life by H.G. Wells, the Pennsyl- vania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...es systematically and enduringly, but dimly he loves also his city and his country, his creed and his race; he loves it may be less intensely but over... ...ossible development of thought and concerted action which I called the New Republicanism, and afterwards I redrew the thing rather more elaborately in... ...central organization. I admit it becomes a very confusing riddle in such a country as England to deter- mine which is the Catholic Church; whether it ... ...st as obstructed and embar- rassed ministers of State can best serve their country at times by resigning office and appealing to the public judgment b...

...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication... ...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...fe of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ... his letters have been preserved in an unbroken series, begin- ning from a country visit in 1834, after a slight attack of scarlet fever, written in t... ...and scholar. Thus it is that there are few more influential persons in the country than leading University men, for the impress they leave is on the f... ...o the playing-fields of Eton, or forward to the more congenial sphere of a country parish.’ So it was his prime plea- sure and glory that he thus deni... ...hese men did. ‘ And what will be the result? Will it check the tendency to Republicanism? Will Governments unite to put down the many-headed monster? ... ...ster? Will they take a lesson from the fate of Paris and France? Of course Republicanism is not the same thing as Communism. But where are we to look ... ... same thing as Communism. But where are we to look for the good effects of Republicanism? ‘August 22nd.—The seventh anniversary of dear Fisher’s death...

...DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. THE CÆSARS By Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thomas de Quincey THE CÆSARS BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS... ...le competitor; and there is no doubt whatsoever, that even amongst his own countrymen, and his own contempo- raries, the same verdict would have been ... ...es, &c., and all concerned in the law courts, came up to Rome from villas, country towns, &c. But no ordinary call existed to summon travellers in the... ...ssarily diminished their available amount. Being now liable to serve their country usefully in the field of battle, whilst the con- current limitation... ...nd a mere titular honor, which had co-ex- isted with the severest forms of republicanism. Imperator, then, he was saluted and proclaimed; and doubtles...

...eciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivaled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many--if we except the cities of Greece, none at all--in the grandeur of ar...

...C H E S Selections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A... ...PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versit... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...un- day. Our situation in respect to the enemy was as follows: Greenhay, a country house newly built by my father, at that time was a clear mile from ... ...n the right side of the bridge for retreat, i.e., on the town side, or the country side, accordingly as we were going out in the morning, or returning... ...ting—though the heart should dis- own—the enmities of one’s own family, or country, or reli- gious sect. In forms how afflicting must that necessity h... ... c , whose brutality recalled the impression, so disadvantageous to French republicanism, which else had been partially effaced by the manners and con...

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

... ... ...vania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any... ...f those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is a... ...rned them that they were coming to the end of their course. The pages, valets and officers, assembled in the office which led up to the refectory, wel... ...“Shall I tell the envoy to wait?” asked M. de Saint-Remy. A glance from Madame emboldened Gaston, who re- plied: “No, no! let him come in at once, on ... ...al, on the contrary never failed, with an admirable memory and presence of mind, to talk to ev- ery one about his estates, his ancestors, or his child... ...as able to 167 Dumas go out, and only one, Peter Wentworth, had been able to get in. Lambert and Monk — everything was summed up in these two men; th...

...ens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express, in the purest French then spoken ...

...A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Se... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells MANKIND IN THE MAKING BY H. G. WELLS PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE IT MAY SAVE ... ...d my book Anticipations this doctrine will be spoken of throughout as “New Republicanism,” the doc- trine of the New Republic. The central conception ... ...m,” the doc- trine of the New Republic. The central conception of this New Republicanism as it has shaped itself in my mind, lies in attaching pre-emi... ... it was a mere formality, a curious survival of mediævalism cherished by a country that makes no breaks with its past. The spirit and idea of the whol... ...nd invincible kingdom of Kent in which I write and that extremely inferior country, England, which was con- quered by the Normans and brought under th... ...istent, more intellectualized and less intense physical de- sires than the countryside. Moral qualities that were a disad- vantage in the dispersed st... ...to reopen the discussion now. All these papers, the very conception of New Republicanism, rests on the assumption—presumptuous and offensive though it...

...T HE VOY AGE OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of th... ...s Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...pical sun, have in most places rendered the soil unfit for vegetation. The country rises in successive steps of table-land, interspersed with some tru... ... eastward of Porto Praya. Until we reached the valley of St. Mar- tin, the country presented its usual dull brown ap- pearance; but here, a very small... ...y vied with each other in splendour. After passing through some cultivated country, we entered a forest, which in the grandeur of all its parts could ... ...al habits; for tyranny seems as yet better adapted to these countries than republicanism. The governor’s favourite occupation is hunting Indians: a sh...

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...ne to think there may be some reality in it. What day does Butler appoint? By the way, how do “events” of the same sort come on in your family? Are yo... ...eping house, but boarding at the Globe Tavern, which is very well kept now by a widow lady of the name of Beck. Our room (the same that Dr. Wallace oc... ... a week. Ann Todd was married something more than a year since to a fellow by the name of Campbell, and who, Mary says, is pretty much of a “dunce,” t... ...l yourself, a Liberty man, though I well knew there were many such in your country. I was glad to hear that you intended to attempt to bring about, at... ... too much, I wish you would write me, telling the aspect of things in your country, or rather your district; and also, send the names of some of your ... ...tage of me. My reliance for a fair shake (and I want nothing more) in your country is chiefly on you, because of your position and standing, and becau... ...onsent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet- anchor of American republicanism. Our Declaration of In- dependence says: “We hold these truth...

...so much confidence in the judgment of Butler on such a subject that I incline to think there may be some reality in it. What day does Butler appoint? By the way, how do ?events? of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing houses and lands, and oxen and asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, and begetting sons and daughters? We are not keeping house, but...

...T wo Poets by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two ... ...en Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...of thought, he went through the list of odds and ends of plant needed by a country business, drawing David now to a hot-press, now to a cutting-press,... ...e as an empty market cart could take it out on the return journey into the country; and David entered into possession of three bare, unfurnished rooms... ...asked what the treasure might be. “Marion!” said his father. Marion, a big country girl, was an indispensable part of the establishment. It was Marion... ...d a patronizing tone that stirred his gall and confirmed him in his bitter Republicanism, a phase of opinion through which many a would-be patrician p...

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...e A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...s an equal opportunity university. 3 Anthony Trollope The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER 1 When The Duchess Was Dead No one, probably, e... ...inisters, had a majority in the House of Commons lost its influence in the country,—the utter prostration of the bereft husband could not have been mo... ... habituated himself to devote his mind and his heart to the service of his country, that he had almost risen above or sunk below humanity. But she, wh... ...as said to be double the value. Being a prudent man, he lived at home as a country gentleman, and thus was able in his county to hold his head as high... ...e and her father would often converse together. Mr Boncassen would discuss republicanism gen- erally, and the Duke would explain that theory of monar-...

...en they had gone abroad, taking with them their three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, had been at Oxford, but had his career there cut short by some more than ordinary youthful folly, which had induced his father to agree with the college authorities that his name had better be taken off the college books,--all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke...

...EVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF THE OXFORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn S... ......................................................................... 205 BY MRS. SHELLEY. ............................................................. ......................................................... 220 ORIGINAL POETRY BY VICTOR AND CAZIRE ......................................................... ...LENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: Hail thou, O Stranger! tell thy country and thy race. UL UL UL UL ULYSSES: YSSES: YSSES: YSSES: YSSES: The ... ...n a day Of such festivity, you can be content T o come forth to a solitary country With three or four old books, and turn your back _25 On all... ... study. DAEMON: DAEMON: DAEMON: DAEMON: DAEMON: And with truth. For in the country whence I come the sciences _95 Require no le... ...acy of wealth is built upon the ruins of all that is good in chiv- alry or republicanism; and luxury is the forerunner of a bar- 201 Shelley barism s...

...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The ... ...E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Th... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics... ...ing! What a course was thine: from that first trucklebed (in Joan of Arc’s country) where thy mother bore thee, with tears, to an unnamed father: forw... ...t devoured. There too an unruly Linguet, still unguillotined, when his own country has become too hot for him, and his brother Advocates have cast him... ...; for he professes to have some Anglo- mania, of a sort. Why, in that free country, does one Minister, driven out by Parliament, vanish from his King’... ... end. Royalism is extinct, ‘sunk,’ as they say, ‘in the mud of the Loire;’ Republicanism dominates without and within: what, therefore, on the 15th da...

...The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The... ...e Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Egoist by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ...tion. You may as well know him out of hand, as a gentleman of our time and country, of wealth and station; a not flexile figure, do what we may with h... ...s the hope of 8 The Egoist his county. A Patterne was in the Marines. The country and the chief of this family were simulta- neously informed of the ... ...e gentlemen then—worth perishing for! There is this dream in the En- glish country; and it must be an aspiration after some form of melodious gentlema... ...good temper. We go on in our way; they theirs, in the apparent belief that Republicanism operates remarkable changes in human nature. Vernon tries har...

...The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The... ...y university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad FIRST NOTE THE PAGES WHICH FOLLOW have been extracted from... ...The locality had a definite importance. As to the time, it is easily fixed by the events at about the middle years of the seventies, when Don Carlos d... ... by the general reaction of all Europe against the excesses of communistic Republicanism, made his attempt for the throne of Spain, arms in hand, amon... ...ssion ends at this rock.’ And she said: ‘I know this rock well. This is my country.’ “Then she thanked me for bringing her there and presently three p... ...cle the Cura. “It was a peaceful scene, the morning light, the bit of open country framed in steep stony slopes, a high peak or two in the distance, t... ...rtaining to the mentalities, prejudices, and prob- lems of an undiscovered country -of a country of which he had not even had one single clear glimpse...