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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...w she listened at first to the sonorous lamenta- 33 Flaubert tions of its romantic melancholies reechoing through the world and eternity! If her chil... ...dress wearing an alms-bag at her belt; or there were nameless portraits of English ladies with fair curls, who looked at you from under their round st... ...reats, novenas, and sermons, they had so often preached the respect due to saints and martyrs, and given so much good advice as to the modesty of the ... ...s; all were pale; all got up at four o’clock; the women, poor angels, wore English point on their petticoats; and the men, unappreciated geniuses unde... ...r Leon sang a barcarolle, and Madame Bovary , senior, who was godmother, a romance of the time of the Empire; finally, 79 Flaubert M. Bovary , senior... ...f bond was established between them, a con- stant commerce of books and of romances. Monsieur Bovary , little given to jealousy, did not trouble himse... ...there known poor mothers of families, virtu- ous women, I assure you, real saints, who wanted even bread.” “But those,” replied Emma, and the corners ... ...olume slipped from her hands, she fancied herself seized with the fin- est Catholic melancholy that an ethereal soul could conceive. As for the memory...

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...LIAM DEAN HOWELLS ............................................................................................................................... 148 ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ............................................................................................................................ 156 A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET.....................................................

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and ... .................................................... .................... 148 ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ..................................................... ...tunate. I have examined many fine and apparently self sacrificing deeds in romances and biographies, but— O.M. Under searching analysis the ostensible... ...alists? And why were the Congregationalists not Baptists, and the Baptists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quake... ...? And why were the Congregationalists not Baptists, and the Baptists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quakers, an... ... can come within a split hair of guessing the complexion of his religion: English—Protestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italia... ...; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so on. And wh... ...i can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so on. And when you... ...m. Both of these men have been Presbyterians, Uni versalists, Methodists, Catholics—then Presbyterians again, What Is Man and Other Essays 74 then M...

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...rawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost be described in Portia?s son...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...eenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessari... ...nger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth’ wil... ... education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth’ will show... ...ike most of the other nobles of Picardy—and had thus been brought into the English camp, where, regarding Henry V. as lawfully appointed to the succes... ... ing him and his brother Nedford, he had become an ardent supporter of the English claim. He had married an English lady, and had received the grant i... ... decorated with the glorious paintings collected by Francois I., Greek and Roman statues clustered at the angles, and cabinets with gems and antiques ... ...lizabeth’s court, and such an atmosphere as that of Paris, where the Roman Catholic system was at that time showing more corruption than it has ever d... ...ed by the need felt by the Queen-mother of the support of that great Roman Catholic power against the Huguenots; whom Walsingham believed her to dread...

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... but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to the best of my ability...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...nts of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Pros... ...oquent than myself, who, kindled with generous ardour, have endeavoured by Roman eloquence to smooth the jarring elements of their tongue, if they hav... ...t I have got together all that I could find as well from the annals of the Romans as from the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Hieronymus, Eusebius, ... ... miles; i.e. from Penguaul, which village is called in Scottish Cenail, in English Peneltun, to the mouth of the river Cluth and Cairpentaloch, where ... ...e, bishop of Milan, was then eminent for his skill in the dog- mata of the Catholics. V alentinianus and Theodosius reigned eight years. At that time ... ...m of the Oghgul 1 race, demanded for his daughter the province, called in English, Centland, in British, Ceint, (Kent.) This cession was made without... ...ote three hundred and sixty-five canonical and other books relating to the catholic faith. He founded as many churches, and consecrated the same numbe... ...from this world to the Lord, and changing this life for a better, with the saints and elect of God he rejoices for evermore. 55. Saint Patrick resembl...

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...By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsy... ...e document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... opens at the depopulation of Italy by the aggressive great estates of the Roman Empire, at the impoverishment of the French peas- antry by a too cent... ...; the rhythm is a little altered. As between the Gallic peasant before the Roman conquest, the peasant of the Gallic province, the Carlovingian peasan... ...y the cultivation of the land, world-wide in its interests and outlook and catholic in its tolerance and sympathy, a system of great individual freedo... ... chose to deal with them as they should be dealt with, as out of date as a Roman legion or a Zulu impi. Now, first, as to the impossibility of getting... ...ndeed, so hard as to be almost, to our sense, savage. You might be a Roman Catholic, and in that case you did not want to hear about Protestants, T ur... ...reeds with an equal fury—merely interpolating _nots_. People of every sort—Catholic, Protestant, Infidel, or what not—were equally clear that good was...

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...hen the So- cialist asks him what particular variety of marriage he means: English civil marriage, sacramental marriage, indissoluble Roman Catholic m... ...riage he means: English civil marriage, sacramental marriage, indissoluble Roman Catholic marriage, marriage of divorced persons, Scotch marriage, Iri... ...he means: English civil marriage, sacramental marriage, indissoluble Roman Catholic marriage, marriage of divorced persons, Scotch marriage, Irish mar... ... really in favor of maintaining marriage as it exists in England to-day. A Roman Catholic may obey his Church by assenting ver- bally to the doctrine ... ...y in favor of maintaining marriage as it exists in England to-day. A Roman Catholic may obey his Church by assenting ver- bally to the doctrine of ind... ...ot be tolerated. As a matter of fact it is not tolerated fully even by the Roman Catholic Church; for Roman Catholic marriages can be dissolved, if no... ...tolerated. As a matter of fact it is not tolerated fully even by the Roman Catholic Church; for Roman Catholic marriages can be dissolved, if not by t... ... it is really founded on is the morality of the tenth command- ment, which English women will one day succeed in obliter- ating from the walls of our ... ...t is no use talking of honor, virtue, purity, and wholesome, sweet, clean, English home lives when what is meant is simply the habits I have described...

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...ind was pursuing some other and more general design than to set one or two Englishmen of the nineteenth century be- yond the reach of needs and duties... ...n minis- ters, the government physicians, and so forth, but never with the Catholic idea of meriting eternal life.– Yours, etc., ‘C. M. HYDE.’* To dea... ...ginally laid it out’ [intended to lay it out] ‘entirely for the benefit of Catholics, and even so not wisely; but after a long, plain talk, he admit- ... ...u have done me a service; it would have been a theft.’ There are many (not Catholics merely) who require their heroes and saints to be infallible; to ... ...Revenge,’ ‘Duells,’ ‘Cruelty,’ ‘A Defence of some of the Ceremonies of the English Liturgie– to wit– Bowing at the Name of Jesus, The frequent repetit... ...alist Jericho– but to the stealthy change that has come over the spirit of Englishmen and English legislation. A little while ago, and we were still f... ...ue elixir for all vital spir- its, these are what they seek alike in their romantic enter- prises and their unromantic dissipations. When they are tak... ...nightmares– is often found astride of a somnolent sederunt. The Greeks and Romans, too, are reserved as sort of general- utility men, to do all the di... ...mself would defend the lines in which we are told how Laocoon ‘Revealed to Roman crowds, now Christian grown, 114 Robert Louis Stevenson That Pagan a...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ...ortunity University. MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY By Karl Marx From the English edition of 1888, edited by Friedrich Engels A spectre is haunting... ...d in London, and sketched the following Mani festo, to be published in the English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish languages. I. BOURG... ...n bring about. It has accomplished wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals; it has conducted expeditions that... ...amely, by transla tion. It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the clas sical works of a... ... transla tion. It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the clas sical works of ancient he...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e to my Plays for Puritans I explained the predicament of our contemporary English drama, forced to deal almost exclusively with cases of sexual attra... ...illicit love affairs are at once vicious and delightful, we have no modern English plays in which the natural attraction of the sexes for one another ... ...s not allowed to discuss the elemental relations of men and women: all her romantic twaddle about novelet-made love, all her purely legal dilemmas as ... ... is not a true Don Juan at all; for he is no more an enemy of God than any romantic and ad- venturous young sower of wild oats. Had you and I been in ... ...ou. I do not adulterate the product with aph- rodisiacs nor dilute it with romance and water; for I am merely executing your commission, not producing... ...r very hearths and homes; but when we, too, fought for that mighty idea, a Catholic Church, we swept them back to Africa. THE DEVIL. [ironically] What... ... Church, we swept them back to Africa. THE DEVIL. [ironically] What! you a Catholic, Senor Don Juan! A devotee! My congratulations. THE STATUE. [serio... ...hing against the Church. DON JUAN. Have no fear, Commander: this idea of a Catholic Church will survive Islam, will survive the Cross, will survive ev...

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...47 -- BOOK II 55 -- CHAPTER I ?GENESIS, 55 -- CHAPTER II ?IDYLLIC, 61 -- CHAPTER III ?PEDAGOGY, 68 -- CHAPTER IV? GETTING UNDER WAY, 79 -- CHAPTER V? ROMANCE, 88 -- CHAPTER VI? SORROWS OF TEUFELSDRO? CKH, 97 -- CHAPTER VII? THE EVERLASTING NO, 104 -- CHAPTER VIII? CENTRE OF INDIFFERENCE, 110 -- CHAPTER IX? THE EVERLASTING YEA, 118 -- CHAPTER X? PAUSE, 126 -- BOOK III 133 -...

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... CHAPTER IV — GETTING UNDER WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 CHAPTER V — ROMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 CHAPTER VI — SOR... ...re abstract Thought can still take shelter; that while the din and frenzy of Catholic Emancipations, and Rot ten Boroughs, and Revolts of Paris, deaf... ..., and Rot ten Boroughs, and Revolts of Paris, deafen every French and every English ear, the German can stand peaceful on his scientific watch tower; ... ...on in which pure Science, especially pure moral Science, languishes among us English; and how our mercantile great ness, and invaluable Constitution,... ...ution, impressing a political or other immediately practical tendency on all English culture and endeavor, cramps the free flight of Thought,—that this... ...churn boots, and other riding and fighting gear have been bepainted in modern Romance, till the whole has acquired somewhat of a sign post character,—I... ...h which picture of a State of Nature, affecting by its singularity, and Old Roman contempt of the superfluous, we shall quit this part of our subject.... ...e,” says he, “is the universally arrogated Virtue, almost the sole remaining Catholic Virtue, of these days? For some half century, it has been the th... ...ossed legs, wearing thy ankle joints to horn; like some sacred Anchorite, or Catholic Fakir, doing penance, drawing down Heaven’s richest blessings, f...

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...from their great resolve. That child-pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa?s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what were many-volumed romances of chivalry and the social conquests of a brilliant girl to her? Her flame quickly burned up that light fuel; and, fed from within, soared after some illimitable satisfaction, some object which would never justify we...

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...from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa?s passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what were many-volumed romances of chivalry and the social conquests of a brilliant girl to her? Her flame quickly burned up that light fuel; and, fed from within, soared after some illimitable satisfaction, some object which would never justify we...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... September; … Where we must leave her till the resurrection. ‘Tis then the Saints enjoy their full perfection. Mr. Symson also poured forth his elegia... ...nded on misrepresentation. “Description,” he said, “was to the author of a romance exactly what draw- ing and tinting were to a painter: words were hi... ... taste and feelings, Lucy Ashton was peculiarly acces- sible to those of a romantic cast. her secret delight was in the old legendary tales of ardent ... ...efend the forest ground which arose behind it in shaggy majesty. Into this romantic region the father and daughter proceeded, arm in arm, by a noble a... ... originally?” said the Lord Keeper, in continuation. “No; I am by birth an Englishwoman.” “Yet you seem at- 48 Bride of Lammermoor tached to this cou... ..., when old Lady Girnington dies.” “Did you ever hear the expression of the English divine?” said Ravenswood—”’Hell is paved with good intentions,’— as... ...d enthusiastic as it certainly is, or from the recollection of the ancient Catholic opinions, when the funeral rites were always considered as a perio... ...e hands of whose fathers had been dyed to the wrists in the blood of God’s saints. This resembled, in the divine’s opinion, the union of a Moabitish s...