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posted by VED
Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: All books
Topic: Driving - coureous and polite
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Driving - coureous and polite

Driving - coureous and polite
posted by VED
Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:33 am
Forum: Books
Topic: Books - PDF
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posted by VED
Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: Books - PDF
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Books - PDF

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posted by VED
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:21 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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15. ഭൗതിക ശാസ്ത്രത്തിന് അതീതമായുള്ള ഒരു വേദി

ഇനി മനുഷ്യമനസ്സിനെ ബാധിക്കാൻ സാധ്യതയുള്ള അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സംവിധാനങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയാം. ഈ കാര്യം വിശദ്ധമാക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നതിന് മുൻപായി സോഫ്ട്വേർ എന്ന വേദിയെക്കുറിച്ച് ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ പറയാം. ഇന്ന് പലവിധ ഡിജിറ്റൽ ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ മനുഷ്യർ എന്ന് പൊതുവായി നിർവ്വചിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന പലവിധ ജീവജാലങ്ങൾ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. അവ ന...
posted by VED
Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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14. Virtual design view

Virtual design view എന്താണ് എന്ന് ചെറുതായി ഒന്ന് വിശദ്ധീകരിക്കാം. ഇതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് കുറേ വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് എഴുതിയ കാര്യങ്ങൾ ഈ ലിങ്കിൽ കാണാൻ പറ്റുന്നതാണ്. Victoria Institutionsൻ്റെ കുറേ വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന വെബ് സൈറ്റിൻറെ Home page ഈ രീതിയിൽ ആയിരുന്നു. https://victoria.org.in/img/...
posted by VED
Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:43 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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13. പീഠത്തിന് ബലവും ബലക്കുറവും നൽകുന്നവർ

മനുഷ്യൻ്റെ സാമൂഹികവും കുടുബപരവും തൊഴിൽപരവും മറ്റുമായ ജീവിതത്തിൽ പ്ളാറ്റ്ഫോം എന്ന ഒരു കാര്യം പിന്നണിയിൽ അദൃശ്യമായോ ചെറുതായി അനുഭവബോധ്യമായോ നിൽക്കും. ഈ പ്ളാറ്റ്ഫോമിന് ഭൗതിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തിൽ പലപ്പോഴും വാക്കുകളാണ് രൂപകൽപ്പന ചെയ്തതായി കാണുക. ഈ പ്ളാറ്റ്ഫോമിനെ മനസ്സിലാക്കിത്തരാനായി ഒരു ചെറിയ ഉദാഹരണം നൽകാം....
posted by VED
Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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12. സ്വപ്നവും മറ്റും

നേരത്തെ പ്രസ്താവിച്ച കാര്യം കുറച്ചുകൂടി വ്യക്തമായി പറയാം. മനസ്സും, ശരീരവും, ഇന്ദ്രിയാനുഭൂതികളും, വികാരങ്ങളും, ചിന്തകളും, ഭാവനയും, സ്വപ്നങ്ങളും എല്ലാം ഏതോ അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാനത്തിൻ്റേയോ സംവിധാനങ്ങളുടേയോ സൃഷ്ടിയാണ്. അതോടൊപ്പം തന്നെ ഭൗതിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യവും അതേ പോലുള്ള ഏതോ അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവി...
posted by VED
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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11. കയറിവരുന്ന അക്കമൂല്യങ്ങൾ

മനസ്സിൻ്റേയും മസ്തിക്ഷ പ്രവർത്തനത്തിൻ്റേയും വൈകാരിക ഭാവങ്ങളുടേയും സോഫ്ട്വറിലേക്ക് പുറത്ത് നിന്നുമുള്ള സ്വരരൂപത്തിലുള്ള വാക്കുകളിലെ ഡാറ്റകൾ എത്തിച്ചുകൊടുക്കുന്നത് കാതുകൾ ആണ്. ഇത് എഴുത്ത് രൂപത്തിൽ ആവമ്പോൾ, അവയെ എത്തിച്ചുകൊടുക്കുന്നത് കണ്ണുകളും ആവാം. ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷയിലെ വാക്കുകളുടെ ഉയരത്താഴ്ചയും മറ്റും ഈ വ...
posted by VED
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:28 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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10. അദൃശ്യമായ അറകളും ഘടനകളും

വ്യക്തികൾക്ക് കുടുംബത്തിലും സമൂഹത്തിലും തൊഴിൽ വേദികളിലും വ്യത്യസ്ത ഉയരങ്ങളിലും താഴ്ചയിലും ഉള്ള സ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ ലഭിച്ചേക്കാം. ഇത് ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ വ്യക്തിത്വത്തിൽ വൻ പിടിവലികൾ തന്നെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചേക്കാം. ഉദാഹരണത്തിന്, വ്യക്തി ഒരു വേദിയിൽ ചേട്ടനും അദ്ദേഹവും ഓരും മറ്റുമായിരിക്കാം. മറ്റൊരു വേദിയിൽ അതേ വ്യക്തി വെറും...
posted by VED
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:10 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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9. നേത്രങ്ങളിലൂടെയുള്ള അഭൗതിക കിരണങ്ങൾ

ഇനി നേത്രങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യം നോക്കാം. നേരത്തെ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ, നേത്രങ്ങൾ എന്നത് ഒരു നിർജ്ജീവമായ ഒരു cameraയോ lensസോ അല്ല. മറിച്ച്, പുറത്തുള്ള ഭൗതിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തെ സോഫ്ട്വേർ കോഡുകളിലൂടെ ഒപ്പിയെടുത്ത്, അവ തലച്ചോറിലുള്ള സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാനത്തിൽ എത്തിച്ച്, ഭൗതിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തെ ഒരു 3-D ചിത്രമായി മാറ്റുന്ന ഒരു സംവി...
posted by VED
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:08 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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8. വലക്കെട്ടിനുള്ളിലെ സ്ഥാനീകരണത്തിൽ ഇടിച്ചിൽ വന്നാൽ

ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിലെ വാക്കുകൾക്ക് വൻ പ്രകോപന ശക്തിയുണ്ട്. എന്നാൽ, ഇത് മറ്റൊരു കാര്യത്തേയും ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കാം. ഇങ്ങൾ👆 - ഇഞ്ഞി👇ഏണിപ്പടിലെ കീഴ്സ്ഥാനക്കാരൻ ഉന്നത സ്ഥാനക്കാരനെ വളരെ ലഭിതമായ സ്വരത്തിൽ ഇഞ്ഞി, നീ, അവൻ, അവള്, തുടങ്ങിയ വാക്കുകളിൽ നിർവ്വചിച്ചാൽ ഉന്നത സ്ഥാനക്കാരനിൽ / സ്ഥാനക്കാരിയിൽ മാനസിക സമനിലതെറ്റ...
posted by VED
Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:05 pm
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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7. മറ്റുള്ളവർ വാക്കുകളിൽ തരംതാഴ്ത്തിയാൽ

https://victoria.org.in/img/a/161.png ഒരു വ്യക്തിയിൽ പെട്ടെന്ന് ചില രീതിയിലുള്ള വ്യതിചലിച്ച പരുമാറ്റം പ്രകടമായാൽ ആദ്യം അന്വേഷിച്ചു കണ്ടെത്തേണ്ടത്, ഇതിന് പ്രേരണനൽകിയതോ പ്രകോപനം നൽകിയതോ ആയ സംഭവം, രംഗവേദി, വ്യക്തി, വാക്കുകൾ തുടങ്ങിയവയേയാണ്. ഇതിന് പുറമേ താമസ സ്ഥലം, താമസ സ്ഥലമുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട മറ്റ് ചില...
posted by VED
Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:05 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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6.മാനസിക ഏറ്റുമുട്ടലുകളുടെ പരിസമാപ്തി

ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിലെ ചെറിയതും കേൾക്കാൻ പോലും സ്വര ദൈർഘ്യം ഇല്ലാത്തതുമായ ചില വാക്കുകൾക്ക് വൻ പ്രഹര ശക്തിയുണ്ട് എന്ന് മനസ്സിലാക്കുക. എല്ലാരും സാർ എന്ന് സംബോധന ചെയ്യുന്ന വ്യക്തിയെ, ആനുപാതികമായി ഇങ്ങൾ👆 - ഇഞ്ഞി👇 ഏണിപ്പടിയിൽ താഴെ നിൽക്കുന്ന ആൾ ഒന്ന് നീ എന്നോ ഇഞ്ഞി എന്നെ സംബോധന ചെയ്താൽ, ഉന്നത വ്യക്തിയിൽ വരുന്ന...
posted by VED
Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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5. ഇങ്ങൾ👆 - ഇഞ്ഞി👇 ഏണിപ്പടിയിലെ സ്ഥാനീകരണം

https://victoria.org.in/img/a/159.png ഇനി മനുഷ്യമനസ്സിന് സമ്മർദ്ദം നൽകുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങളിലേക്ക് പോകാം. ആദ്യത്തേത് അലോസരകരമായ സംഭവങ്ങൾ ആണ്. ഇവ മനസ്സിന് വേദനയും വെപ്രാളവും നൽകാം. ഇത് ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷയിലും നിലവിലുള്ള കാര്യം തന്നെയാണ്. എന്നാൽ ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ പലപ്പോഴും ഇതിൻ്റെ ആഘാതം വളരെ വലുതായിരിക്കും. ഇത്രയും...
posted by VED
Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: മാനസികാരോഗ്യം
Topic: മാനസിക അസ്വാസ്ഥ്യങ്ങളുടെ അദൃശ്യ ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ
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4. നേത്രങ്ങൾ എന്ന സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാനം

https://victoria.org.in/img/a/158.png ഇവിടെ മനസ്സിലാക്കേണ്ടത്, മനുഷ്യ മനസ്സ് എന്ന സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാത്തിലേക്ക് പുറമെ നിന്നുമുള്ള ഡാറ്റകൾ കയറ്റിവിടാനുള്ള പലവിധ സംവിധാനങ്ങൾ ആണ് പഞ്ചേന്ദ്ര്യങ്ങൾ എന്നതാണ്. ഉദാഹരണത്തിന് കണ്ണ് എന്നത് പലവിധ കാഴ്ചകളും തലച്ചോറിലേക്ക് കടത്തിവിടും. തലച്ചോറിൻ്റെ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാ...
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3. പഴയ എഴുത്തുകൾ

https://victoria.org.in/img/a/157.gif മനുഷ്യൻ്റെ മനസ്സും മസ്തിക്ഷവും ശരീര പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളും അനുഭൂതികളും വൈകാരിക ഭാവങ്ങളും മറ്റും സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതും നിലനിർത്തപ്പടുന്നതും നിയന്ത്രിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതും ഈ പറഞ്ഞ അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധനം തന്നെയാണ്. ഈ കാര്യങ്ങളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് ചില അറിവുകൾ കിട്ടണമെ...
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2. ഭൗതിക ശാസ്ത്രത്തിന് അതീതമായ വേദി

മനുഷ്യമനസ്സിനെ പല കാര്യങ്ങൾക്കും ബാധിക്കാനാവും. അതിൽ പലതും ഭൗതിക കാര്യങ്ങൾ ആയിരിക്കേണം എന്നില്ല. ഇങ്ങിനെ പറയുമ്പോൾ, ആദ്യം ഈ ഭൗതിക യാഥാർത്ഥ്യം എന്താണ് എന്ന് ഒന്ന് പറയേണ്ടിയിരിക്കുന്നു. നമ്മൾ കാണുന്ന ഈ ഭൗതിക പ്രപഞ്ചം ഒരു അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാനത്തിൻ്റെ സൃഷ്ടിയാണ്. സോഫ്ട്വേർ എന്നത് ഭൗതിക ശാസ്ത്രത...
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1. ആമുഖം

ആളുകൾ തിങ്ങി നിറഞ്ഞു നിൽക്കുന്ന ഈ ലോകത്തിലും, പോരാത്തതിന്, വ്യക്തികൾ തമ്മിൽ പലവിധ വ്യക്തി ബന്ധങ്ങളിൽ കുടുങ്ങിക്കിടക്കുന്ന പല വീടുകളിലും തൊഴിൽ സ്ഥലങ്ങളിലും പലരും പലവിധ മാനസിക സമ്മർദ്ദൾക്ക് വിധേയമാകാം. https://victoria.org.in/img/a/155.png ഇതിൽ തമ്മിൽ സംസാരിക്കുന്ന ഭാഷകളുടേയും മറ്റുള്ളവർ അടുത്ത് നിന്...
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93. Nair females

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92. Irulas collecting honey.

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91. Nair females pounding paddy!

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90. Kusavans

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89. Odde hut

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88. Lingayat

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87. Paliyan

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86. Irula, Nilgris

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85. Paniyans making fire

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84. Malayan devil-dancer

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83.Oddes

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82. Linga Banajiga

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81. Cabin boat

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70. Mala Vedan

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69. Palli Pu Karagam

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68. Jain Basti at Karkal

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67. Patnulkaran Marriage procession

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66. Mala-Vedan with filed teeth

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65. Parava Devil-dancer

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64. Mappilla Mosque

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63. Paliyan

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62. Kambla Buffalo Race

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61. Parava Devil-dancer

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10. THE NATIVE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA

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60. Mar Dionysius

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59. Paraiyan

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58. Chenchu Tree-climbing

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57. Paraiyans

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56. Linga Banajiga

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55. Padmanabha Swami

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54. Musu Kamma woman

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53. Velichchapad

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52. Meriah sacrifice post

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51. Fuel stack at Udipi Matt

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11. A legend of Montrose by Sir. Walter Scott

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V. NOTES.

Note I.—FIDES ET FIDUCIA SUNT RELATIVA. The military men of the times agreed upon dependencies of honour, as they called them, with all the metaphysical argumentation of civilians, or school divines. The English officer, to whom Sir James Turner was prisoner after the rout at Uttoxeter, demanded hi...
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IV. APPENDIX.

No. I The scarcity of my late friend’s poem may be an excuse for adding the spirited conclusion of Clan Alpin’s vow. The Clan Gregor has met in the ancient church of Balquidder. The head of Drummond-Ernoch is placed on the altar, covered for a time with the banner of the tribe. The Chief of the tri...
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CHAPTER XXIII.

My maid—my blue-eyed maid, he bore away, Due to the toils of many a bloody day.—ILLIAD. It was necessary, for many reasons, that Angus M’Aulay, so long the kind protector of Annot Lyle, should be made acquainted with the change in the fortunes of his late protege; and Montrose, as he had undertaken...
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CHAPTER XXII.

I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran. —CONQUEST OF GRANADA The Earl of Menteith, as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate more closely the story told by Ranald of the Mist, which was corroborated by the exam...
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CHAPTER XXI.

—After you’re gone, I grew acquainted with my heart, and search’d, What stirr’d it so.—Alas! I found it love. Yet far from lust, for could I but have lived In presence of you, I had had my end.—PHILASTER. Annot Lyle had now to contemplate the terrible gulf which Allan M’Aulay’s declaration of love ...
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CHAPTER XX.

Faint the din of battle bray’d, Distant down the hollow wind; War and terror fled before, Wounds and death remain’d behind.—PENROSE. Montrose’s splendid success over his powerful rival was not attained without some loss, though not amounting to the tenth of what he inflicted. The obstinate valour o...
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CHAPTER XIX.

As meets a rock a thousand waves, so Inisfail met Lochlin. —OSSIAN. The trumpets and bagpipes, those clamorous harbingers of blood and death, at once united in the signal for onset, which was replied to by the cry of more than two thousand warriors, and the echoes of the mountain glens behind them....
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Piobracht au Donuil-dhu, Piobrachet au Donuil, Piobrachet agus S’breittach Feacht an Innerlochy. The war-tune of Donald the Black, The war-tune of Black Donald, The pipes and the banner Are up in the rendezvous of Inverlochy. The military road connecting the chains of forts, as it is called, and ru...
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CHAPTER XVII.

The march begins in military state, And nations on his eyes suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost. He comes,—nor want, nor cold, his course delay. —VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. By break of day Montrose received in his cabin old MacEagh, and que...
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CHAPTER XVI.

Such mountains steep, such craggy hills, His army on one side enclose: The other side, great griesly gills Did fence with fenny mire and moss. Which when the Earl understood, He council craved of captains all, Who bade set forth with mournful mood, And take such fortune as would fall. —FLODDEN FIEL...
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CHAPTER XV.

But if no faithless action stain Thy true and constant word, I’ll make thee famous by my pen, And glorious by my sword. I’ll serve thee in such noble ways As ne’er were known before; I’ll deck and crown thy head with bays, And love thee more and more.—MONTROSE’S LINES. We must now leave, with whate...
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CHAPTER XIV.

This was the entry then, these stairs—but whither after? Yet he that’s sure to perish on the land May quit the nicety of card and compass, And trust the open sea without a pilot.—TRAGEDY OF BENNOVALT. “Look out for the private way through the chapel, Ranald,” said the Captain, “while I give a hasty...
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CHAPTER XIII.

Whatever stranger visits here, We pity his sad case, Unless to worship he draw near The King of Kings—his Grace. —BURNS’S EPIGRAM ON A VISIT TO INVERARY. The Captain, finding himself deprived of light in the manner we have described, and placed in a very uncertain situation, proceeded to descend th...
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CHAPTER XII.

For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfix’d in principle and place, In power unpleased, impatient in disgrace. —ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. The village of Inverary, now a neat country town, then partook of the rudeness of the seventeenth century,...
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CHAPTER XI.

Is this thy castle, Baldwin? Melancholy Displays her sable banner from the donjon, Darkening the foam of the whole surge beneath. Were I a habitant, to see this gloom Pollute the face of nature, and to hear The ceaseless sound of wave, and seabird’s scream, I’d wish me in the hut that poorest peasa...
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CHAPTER X.

Dark on their journey lour’d the gloomy day, Wild were the hills, and doubtful grew the way; More dark, more gloomy, and more doubtful, show’d The mansion, which received them from the road. —THE TRAVELLERS, A ROMANCE. Angus M’Aulay was charged with a message which he seemed to find some difficulty...
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CHAPTER IX.

. . . . In a rebellion, When what’s not meet, but what must be, was law, Then were they chosen, in a better hour, Let what is meet be said it must be meet, And throw their power i’ the dust.—CORIOLANUS. In a small apartment, remote from the rest of the guests assembled at the castle, Sir Duncan Cam...
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CHAPTER VIII.

Our plot is a good plot as ever was laid; our friends true and constant: a good plot, good friends, and full of expectation: an excellent plot, very good friends.—HENRY IV Part I. No sooner had the general acclamation of joyful surprise subsided, than silence was eagerly demanded for reading the ro...
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CHAPTER VII.

When Albin her claymore indignantly draws, When her bonneted chieftains around her shall crowd, Clan-Ranald the dauntless, and Moray the proud, All plaided and plumed in their tartan array—LOCHEIL’S WARNING. Whoever saw that morning, the Castle of Darnlinvarach, beheld a busy and a gallant sight. T...
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CHAPTER VI.

Coming events cast their shadows before.—CAMPBELL. At an early hour in the morning the guests of the castle sprung from their repose; and, after a moment’s private conversation with his attendants, Lord Menteith addressed the soldier, who was seated in a corner burnishing his corslet with rot-stone...
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CHAPTER V.

Thareby so fearlesse and so fell he grew, That his own syre and maister of his guise Did often tremble at his horrid view; And if for dread of hurt would him advise, The angry beastes not rashly to despise, Nor too much to provoke; for he would learne The lion stoup to him in lowly wise, (A lesson ...
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CHAPTER IV.

Once on a time, no matter when, Some Glunimies met in a glen; As deft and tight as ever wore A durk, a targe, and a claymore, Short hose, and belted plaid or trews, In Uist, Lochaber, Skye, or Lewes, Or cover’d hard head with his bonnet; Had you but known them, you would own it.—MESTON. A hill was ...
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CHAPTER III.

For pleas of right let statesmen vex their head, Battle’s my business, and my guerdon bread; And, with the sworded Switzer, I can say, The best of causes is the best of pay.—DONNE. The difficulty and narrowness of the road had by this time become such as to interrupt the conversation of the travell...
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CHAPTER II.

His mother could for him as cradle set Her husband’s rusty iron corselet; Whose jangling sound could hush her babe to rest, That never plain’d of his uneasy nest; Then did he dream of dreary wars at hand, And woke, and fought, and won, ere he could stand.—HALL’S SATIRES It was towards the close of ...
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CHAPTER I.

Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun, Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks.—BUTLER. It was during the period of that great and bloody Civil War which agitated Britain during the seventeenth cent...
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II. INTRODUCTION (Supplement)

Sergeant More M’Alpin was, during his residence among us, one of the most honoured inhabitants of Gandercleugh. No one thought of disputing his title to the great leathern chair on the “cosiest side of the chimney,” in the common room of the Wallace Arms, on a Saturday evening. No less would our se...
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I. INTRODUCTION TO A LEGEND OF MONTROSE

The Legend of Montrose was written chiefly with a view to place before the reader the melancholy fate of John Lord Kilpont, eldest son of William Earl of Airth and Menteith, and the singular circumstances attending the birth and history of James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, by whose hand the unfortunate...
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A LEGEND OF MONTROSE

Sir Walter Scott https://victoria.org.in/img/button/front.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/button/all.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/montrose.gif I. INTRODUCTION TO A LEGEND OF MONTROSE. II. INTRODUCTION (Supplement). III. A LEGEND OF MONTROSE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV...
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13.

The Confessions of Medium.—Spiritualistic Phenomena Explained on Theory of Telepathy.—Interesting Statement of Mrs. Piper, the Famous Medium of the Psychical Research Society. The subject of spiritualism has been very thoroughly investigated by the Society for Psychical Research, both in England an...
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11.

Telepathy and Clairvoyance.—Peculiar Power in Hypnotic State.—Experiments.—“Phantasms of the Living” Explained by Telepathy It has already been noticed that persons in the hypnotic state seem to have certain of their senses greatly heightened in power. They can remember, see and hear things that or...
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11.

A Scientific Explanation of Hypnotism.—Dr. Hart’s Theory. In the introduction to this book the reader will find a summary of the theories of hypnotism. There is no doubt that hypnotism is a complex state which cannot be explained in an offhand way in a sentence or two. There are, however, certain a...
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10.

Hypnotism of Animals.—Snake Charming. We are all familiar with the snake charmer, and the charming of birds by snakes. How much hypnotism there is in these performances it would be hard to say. It is probable that a bird is fascinated to some extent by the steady gaze of a serpent’s eyes, but fear ...
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9.

Hypnotism in Medicine.—Anesthesia.—Restoring the Use of Muscles.—Hallucination.—Bad Habits. Anaesthesia—It is well known that hypnotism may be used to render subjects insensible to pain. Thus numerous startling experiments are performed in public, such as running hatpins through the cheeks or arms,...
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8.

Dangers in Being Hypnotized.—Condemnation of Public Performances.—A. Common Sense View.—Evidence Furnished by Lafontaine.—By Dr. Courmelles.—By. Dr. Hart.—By Dr. Cocke.—No Danger in Hypnotism if Rightly Used by Physicians or Scientists. Having considered the dangers to society through criminal hypn...
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7.

Criminal Suggestion.—Laboratory Crimes.—Dr. Cocke’s Experiments Showing Criminal Suggestion Is not Possible.—Dr. William James’ Theory.—A Bad Man Cannot Be Made Good, Why Expect to Make a Good Man Bad? One of the most interesting phases of hypnotism is that of post-hypnotic suggestion, to which ref...
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6.

Simulation.—Deception in Hypnotism Very Common.—Examples of Neuropathic Deceit.—Detecting Simulation.—Professional Subjects.—How Dr. Luys of the Charity Hospital at Paris Was Deceived.—Impossibility of Detecting Deception in All Cases.—Confessions of a Professional Hypnotic Subject. It has already ...
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5.

Self-Hypnotization.—How It may Be Done.—An Experience.—Accountable for Children’s Crusade.—Oriental Prophets Self-Hypnotized. If self-hypnotism is possible (and it is true that a person can deliberately hypnotize himself when he wishes to till he has become accustomed to it and is expert in it, so ...
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4.

How the Subject Feels Under Hypnotization.—Dr. Cooper’s Experience.—Effect of Music.—Dr. Alfred Marthieu’s Experiments. The sensations produced during a state of hypnosis are very interesting. As may be supposed, they differ greatly in different persons. One of the most interesting accounts ever gi...
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3. THE STAGES OF HYPNOTISM

Lethargy—Catalepsy—The Somnambulistic Stage—Fascination. We have just given some of the amusing experiments that may be performed with subjects in one of the minor stages of hypnotism. But there are other stages which give entirely different manifestations. For a scientific classification of these ...
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2. AMUSING EXPERIMENTS

Hypnotizing on the Stage—“You Can’t Pull Your Hands Apart”—Post Hypnotic Suggestion—The News boy, the Hunter, and the Young Man with the Rag Doll—A Whip Becomes Hot Iron—Courting a Broomstick—The Side Show. Let us now describe some of the manifestations of hypnotism, to see just how it operates and...
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1. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE

Dr. Cocke’s Method—Dr. Flint’s Method—The French Method at Paris—at Nancy—The Hindoo Silent Method—How to Wake a Subject from Hypnotic Sleep—Frauds of Public Hypnotic Entertainers. First let us quote what is said of hypnotism in Foster’s Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary. The dictionary states the de...
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0. INTRODUCTION

There is no doubt that hypnotism is a very old subject, though the name was not invented till 1850. In it was wrapped up the “mysteries of Isis” in Egypt thousands of years ago, and probably it was one of the weapons, if not the chief instrument of operation, of the magi mentioned in the Bible and ...
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Complete Hypnotism Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/hypnotise.gif How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by A. Alpheus 1903 INTRODUCTION History of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theo...
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10. Treasure Island by R.L Stevenson

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34. And Last

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/75.jpg THE next morning we fell early to work, for the transportation of this great mass of gold near a mile by land to the beach, and thence three miles by boat to the Hispaniola, was a considerable task for so small a number of workmen. The three fellows still ...
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33. The Fall of a Chieftain

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/73.jpg THERE never was such an overturn in this world. Each of these six men was as though he had been struck. But with Silver the blow passed almost instantly. Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on that money; well, he was brought...
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32. The Treasure-hunt—The Voice Among the Trees

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/71.jpg PARTLY from the damping influence of this alarm, partly to rest Silver and the sick folk, the whole party sat down as soon as they had gained the brow of the ascent. The plateau being somewhat tilted towards the west, this spot on which we had paused comma...
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31. The Treasure-hunt—Flint’s Pointer

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/69.jpg IM,” said Silver when we were alone, “if I saved your life, you saved mine; and I’ll not forget it. I seen the doctor waving you to run for it—with the tail of my eye, I did; and I seen you say no, as plain as hearing. Jim, that’s one to you. This is the f...
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30. On Parole

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/67.jpg WAS wakened—indeed, we were all wakened, for I could see even the sentinel shake himself together from where he had fallen against the door-post—by a clear, hearty voice hailing us from the margin of the wood: “Block house, ahoy!” it cried. “Here’s the doc...
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29. The Black Spot Again

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/65.jpg HE council of buccaneers had lasted some time, when one of them re-entered the house, and with a repetition of the same salute, which had in my eyes an ironical air, begged for a moment’s loan of the torch. Silver briefly agreed, and this emissary retired ...
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28. In the Enemy’s Camp

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/63.jpg THE red glare of the torch, lighting up the interior of the block house, showed me the worst of my apprehensions realized. The pirates were in possession of the house and stores: there was the cask of cognac, there were the pork and bread, as before, and w...
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PART SIX—Captain Silver

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27. “Pieces of Eight”

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/60.jpg OWING to the cant of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay. Hands, who was not so far up, was in consequence nearer to the ship and fell between me and the ...
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26. Israel Hands

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/58.jpg THE wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west. We could run so much the easier from the north-east corner of the island to the mouth of the North Inlet. Only, as we had no power to anchor and dared not beach her till the tide had flowed a good...
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25. I Strike the Jolly Roger

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/56.jpg I HAD scarce gained a position on the bowsprit when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun. The schooner trembled to her keel under the reverse, but next moment, the other sails still drawing, the jib flapped back a...
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24. The Cruise of the Coracle

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/54.jpg IT was broad day when I awoke and found myself tossing at the south-west end of Treasure Island. The sun was up but was still hid from me behind the great bulk of the Spy-glass, which on this side descended almost to the sea in formidable cliffs. Haulbowli...
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23. The Ebb-tide Runs

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/51.jpg HE coracle—as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her—was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage. Do as you pleased, she always...
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22. How My Sea Adventure Began

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/49.jpg THERE was no return of the mutineers—not so much as another shot out of the woods. They had “got their rations for that day,” as the captain put it, and we had the place to ourselves and a quiet time to overhaul the wounded and get dinner. Squire and I coo...
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PART FIVE—My Sea Adventure

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22. How My Sea Adventure Began

23. The Ebb-tide Runs

24. The Cruise of the Coracle

25. I Strike the Jolly Roger

26. Israel Hands

27. “Pieces of Eight”

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21. The Attack

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/46.jpg AS soon as Silver disappeared, the captain, who had been closely watching him, turned towards the interior of the house and found not a man of us at his post but Gray. It was the first time we had ever seen him angry. “Quarters!” he roared. And then, as we...
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20. Silver’s Embassy

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/45.jpg SURE enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth, the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by. It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in—a chill ...
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19. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/43.jpg AS soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down. “Now,” said he, “there’s your friends, sure enough.” “Far more likely it’s the mutineers,” I answered. “That!” he cried. “Why, in a place like this, where nobody pu...
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18. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/41.jpg WE made our best speed across the strip of wood that now divided us from the stockade, and at every step we took the voices of the buccaneers rang nearer. Soon we could hear their footfalls as they ran and the cracking of the branches as they breasted acro...
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17. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/39.jpg HIS fifth trip was quite different from any of the others. In the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded. Five grown men, and three of them—Trelawney, Redruth, and the captain—over six feet high, was already more ...
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16. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/37.jpg IT was about half past one—three bells in the sea phrase—that the two boats went ashore from the Hispaniola. The captain, the squire, and I were talking matters over in the cabin. Had there been a breath of wind, we should have fallen on the six mutineers ...
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PART FOUR—The Stockade

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15. The Man of the Island

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/34.jpg FROM the side of the hill, which was here steep and stony, a spout of gravel was dislodged and fell rattling and bounding through the trees. My eyes turned instinctively in that direction, and I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a p...
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14. The First Blow

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/31.jpg WAS so pleased at having given the slip to Long John that I began to enjoy myself and look around me with some interest on the strange land that I was in. I had crossed a marshy tract full of willows, bulrushes, and odd, outlandish, swampy trees; and I had...
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13. How My Shore Adventure Began

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/29.jpg THE appearance of the island when I came on deck next morning was altogether changed. Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low ea...
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PART THREE—My Shore Adventure

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13. How My Shore Adventure Began

14. The First Blow

15. The Man of the Island


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12. Council of War

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/27.jpg HERE was a great rush of feet across the deck. I could hear people tumbling up from the cabin and the forecastle, and slipping in an instant outside my barrel, I dived behind the fore-sail, made a double towards the stern, and came out upon the open deck i...
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11. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/25.jpg "NO, not I,” said Silver. “Flint was cap’n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg. The same broadside I lost my leg, old Pew lost his deadlights. It was a master surgeon, him that ampytated me—out of college and all—Latin by the bucket, and what...
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10. The Voyage

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/23.jpg ALL that night we were in a great bustle getting things stowed in their place, and boatfuls of the squire’s friends, Mr. Blandly and the like, coming off to wish him a good voyage and a safe return. We never had a night at the Admiral Benbow when I had hal...
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9. Powder and Arms

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/21.jpg THE Hispaniola lay some way out, and we went under the figureheads and round the sterns of many other ships, and their cables sometimes grated underneath our keel, and sometimes swung above us. At last, however, we got alongside, and were met and saluted a...
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8. At the Sign of the Spy-glass

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/19.jpg THEN I had done breakfasting the squire gave me a note addressed to John Silver, at the sign of the Spy-glass, and told me I should easily find the place by following the line of the docks and keeping a bright lookout for a little tavern with a large brass...
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7. I Go to Bristol

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/17.jpg https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/78.jpg IT was longer than the squire imagined ere we were ready for the sea, and none of our first plans—not even Dr. Livesey’s, of keeping me beside him—could be carried out as we intended. The doctor had to go to Londo...
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PART TWO—The Sea-cook

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7. I Go to Bristol

8. At the Sign of the Spy-glass

9. Powder and Arms

10. The Voyage

11. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel

12. Council of War

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6. The Captain’s Papers

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/15.jpg WE rode hard all the way till we drew up before Dr. Livesey’s door. The house was all dark to the front. Mr. Dance told me to jump down and knock, and Dogger gave me a stirrup to descend by. The door was opened almost at once by the maid. “Is Dr. Livesey i...
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5. The Last of the Blind Man

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/13.jpg MY curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than my fear, for I could not remain where I was, but crept back to the bank again, whence, sheltering my head behind a bush of broom, I might command the road before our door. I was scarcely in position ere my enemie...
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4. The Sea-chest

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/11.jpg LOST no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew, and perhaps should have told her long before, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and dangerous position. Some of the man’s money—if he had any—was certainly due to us, but it was not l...
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3. The Black Spot

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/9.jpg ABOUT noon I stopped at the captain’s door with some cooling drinks and medicines. He was lying very much as we had left him, only a little higher, and he seemed both weak and excited. “Jim,” he said, “you’re the only one here that’s worth anything, and you...
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2. Black Dog Appears and Disappears

https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/7.jpg IT was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain, though not, as you will see, of his affairs. It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and it was plain fro...
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1. The Old Sea-dog at the “Admiral Benbow”

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pe...
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PART ONE—The Old Buccaneer

1. The Old Sea-dog at the “Admiral Benbow”

2. Black Dog Appears and Disappears

3. The Black Spot

4. The Sea-chest

5. The Last of the Blind Man

6. The Captain’s Papers



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Treasure Island by R L Stevenson

https://victoria.org.in/img/button/front.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/button/all.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/cover/Tisland.png TREASURE ISLAND PART ONE —The Old Buccaneer 1. The Old Sea-dog at the “Admiral Benbow” 2. Black Dog Appears and Disappears 3. The Black Spot 4. The Sea-chest 5. The ...
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9. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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57. IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED, AND EVERYTHING CONCLUDED

For a whole week after the happy arrival of Mr. Winkle from Birmingham, Mr. Pickwick and Sam Weller were from home all day long, only returning just in time for dinner, and then wearing an air of mystery and importance quite foreign to their natures. It was evident that very grave and eventful proc...
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56. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MR. PICKWICK AND SAMUEL WELLER

Mr. Pickwick was sitting alone, musing over many things, and thinking among other considerations how he could best provide for the young couple whose present unsettled condition was matter of constant regret and anxiety to him, when Mary stepped lightly into the room, and, advancing to the table, s...
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55. MR. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE OF COACHMEN, ARRANGES THE AFFAIRS OF THE ELDER MR. WELLER

Samivel,’ said Mr. Weller, accosting his son on the morning after the funeral, ‘I’ve found it, Sammy. I thought it wos there.’ ‘Thought wot wos there?’ inquired Sam. ‘Your mother-in-law’s vill, Sammy,’ replied Mr. Weller. ‘In wirtue o’ vich, them arrangements is to be made as I told you on, last ni...
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54. CONTAINING SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DOUBLE KNOCK, AND OTHER MATTERS

The object that presented itself to the eyes of the astonished clerk, was a boy—a wonderfully fat boy—habited as a serving lad, standing upright on the mat, with his eyes closed as if in sleep. He had never seen such a fat boy, in or out of a travelling caravan; and this, coupled with the calmness ...
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53. COMPRISING THE FINAL EXIT OF MR. JINGLE AND JOB TROTTER, WITH A GREAT MORNING OF BUSINESS IN GRAY’S INN SQUARE

When Arabella, after some gentle preparation and many assurances that there was not the least occasion for being low-spirited, was at length made acquainted by Mr. Pickwick with the unsatisfactory result of his visit to Birmingham, she burst into tears, and sobbing aloud, lamented in moving terms t...
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52. INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY, AND THE UNTIMELY DOWNFALL OF MR. STIGGINS

Considering it a matter of delicacy to abstain from introducing either Bob Sawyer or Ben Allen to the young couple, until they were fully prepared to expect them, and wishing to spare Arabella’s feelings as much as possible, Mr. Pickwick proposed that he and Sam should alight in the neighbourhood o...
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51. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE

The morning which broke upon Mr. Pickwick’s sight at eight o’clock, was not at all calculated to elevate his spirits, or to lessen the depression which the unlooked-for result of his embassy inspired. The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke ...
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50. HOW MR. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION

The horses were put to, punctually at a quarter before nine next morning, and Mr. Pickwick and Sam Weller having each taken his seat, the one inside and the other out, the postillion was duly directed to repair in the first instance to Mr. Bob Sawyer’s house, for the purpose of taking up Mr. Benjam...
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49. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN’S UNCLE

My uncle, gentlemen,’ said the bagman, ‘was one of the merriest, pleasantest, cleverest fellows, that ever lived. I wish you had known him, gentlemen. On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don’t wish you had known him, for if you had, you would have been all, by this time, in the ordinary course of natu...
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48. RELATES HOW MR. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAMUEL WELLER, ESSAYED TO SOFTEN THE HEART OF MR. BENJAMIN ALLEN

Mr. Ben Allen and Mr. Bob Sawyer sat together in the little surgery behind the shop, discussing minced veal and future prospects, when the discourse, not unnaturally, turned upon the practice acquired by Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honour...
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47. IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS, AND THE TEMPORAL ADVANTAGE OF DODSON AND FOGG

Job Trotter, abating nothing of his speed, ran up Holborn, sometimes in the middle of the road, sometimes on the pavement, sometimes in the gutter, as the chances of getting along varied with the press of men, women, children, and coaches, in each division of the thoroughfare, and, regardless of al...
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46. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING, NOT UNMIXED WITH PLEASANTRY

It was within a week of the close of the month of July, that a hackney cabriolet, number unrecorded, was seen to proceed at a rapid pace up Goswell Street; three people were squeezed into it besides the driver, who sat in his own particular little dickey at the side; over the apron were hung two sh...
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45. DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR. SAMUEL WELLER AND A FAMILY PARTY. MR. PICKWICK MAKES A TOUR

Afew mornings after his incarceration, Mr. Samuel Weller, having arranged his master’s room with all possible care, and seen him comfortably seated over his books and papers, withdrew to employ himself for an hour or two to come, as he best could. It was a fine morning, and it occurred to Sam that ...
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44. TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE FLEET, AND OF MR. WINKLE’S MYSTERIOUS BEHAVIOUR;

Mr. Pickwick felt a great deal too much touched by the warmth of Sam’s attachment, to be able to exhibit any manifestation of anger or displeasure at the precipitate course he had adopted, in voluntarily consigning himself to a debtor’s prison for an indefinite period. The only point on which he pe...
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43. SHOWING HOW MR. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES

In a lofty room, ill-lighted and worse ventilated, situated in Portugal Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, there sit nearly the whole year round, one, two, three, or four gentlemen in wigs, as the case may be, with little writing-desks before them, constructed after the fashion of those used by the judg...
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42. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB, THAT ADVERSITY BRINGS A MAN ACQUAINTED WITH STRANGE BEDFEL

When Mr. Pickwick opened his eyes next morning, the first object upon which they rested was Samuel Weller, seated upon a small black portmanteau, intently regarding, apparently in a condition of profound abstraction, the stately figure of the dashing Mr. Smangle; while Mr. Smangle himself, who was ...
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41. WHAT BEFELL MR. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET;

Mr. Tom Roker, the gentleman who had accompanied Mr. Pickwick into the prison, turned sharp round to the right when he got to the bottom of the little flight of steps, and led the way, through an iron gate which stood open, and up another short flight of steps, into a long narrow gallery, dirty and...
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40. INTRODUCES MR. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENE IN THE GREAT DRAMA OF LIFE

The remainder of the period which Mr. Pickwick had assigned as the duration of the stay at Bath passed over without the occurrence of anything material. Trinity term commenced. On the expiration of its first week, Mr. Pickwick and his friends returned to London; and the former gentleman, attended o...
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39. MR. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION OF LOVE, PROCEEDS TO EXECUTE IT;

During the whole of next day, Sam kept Mr. Winkle steadily in sight, fully determined not to take his eyes off him for one instant, until he should receive express instructions from the fountain-head. However disagreeable Sam’s very close watch and great vigilance were to Mr. Winkle, he thought it ...
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50. Gamallas

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49. Tottiyan male

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48. Irula, Nilgiris

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47. Yerukalas

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46. Chenchu dance

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45. Toda

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44. Chenchus

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43. Viramusthi

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42. Ganiga bride and bridegroom

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41. Toda woman

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40. Kambla Racing buffaloes

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39. Thiyyans

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38. Madhva Brahman

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37. St. Thomas Cross, Kottayam

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36. Kanikar

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35. Thiyya woman

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34. Malayan Devil-dancer

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32. Sholaga

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31. Irula, Chingleput

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38. HOW MR. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN, WALKED GENTLY AND COMFORTABLY INTO THE FIRE

The ill-starred gentleman who had been the unfortunate cause of the unusual noise and disturbance which alarmed the inhabitants of the Royal Crescent in manner and form already described, after passing a night of great confusion and anxiety, left the roof beneath which his friends still slumbered, ...
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37. HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR MR. WELLER’S ABSENCE, BY DESCRIBING A SOIREE TO WHICH HE WAS INVITED

Mr. Weller,’ said Mrs. Craddock, upon the morning of this very eventful day, ‘here’s a letter for you.’ ‘Wery odd that,’ said Sam; ‘I’m afeerd there must be somethin’ the matter, for I don’t recollect any gen’l’m’n in my circle of acquaintance as is capable o’ writin’ one.’ ‘Perhaps something uncom...
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36. THE CHIEF FEATURES OF WHICH WILL BE FOUND TO BE AN AUTHENTIC VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF PRINCE BLADUD

As Mr. Pickwick contemplated a stay of at least two months in Bath, he deemed it advisable to take private lodgings for himself and friends for that period; and as a favourable opportunity offered for their securing, on moderate terms, the upper portion of a house in the Royal Crescent, which was l...
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35. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH; AND GOES ACCORDINGLY

But surely, my dear sir,’ said little Perker, as he stood in Mr. Pickwick’s apartment on the morning after the trial, ‘surely you don’t really mean—really and seriously now, and irritation apart—that you won’t pay these costs and damages?’ ‘Not one halfpenny,’ said Mr. Pickwick firmly; ‘not one hal...
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34. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THE MEMORABLE TRIAL OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK

Iwonder what the foreman of the jury, whoever he’ll be, has got for breakfast,’ said Mr. Snodgrass, by way of keeping up a conversation on the eventful morning of the fourteenth of February. ‘Ah!’ said Perker, ‘I hope he’s got a good one.’ Why so?’ inquired Mr. Pickwick. ‘Highly important—very impo...
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33. MR. WELLER THE ELDER DELIVERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTS RESPECTING LITERARY COMPOSITION; AND, ASSISTED BY HIS SON SA

The morning of the thirteenth of February, which the readers of this authentic narrative know, as well as we do, to have been the day immediately preceding that which was appointed for the trial of Mrs. Bardell’s action, was a busy time for Mr. Samuel Weller, who was perpetually engaged in travelli...
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32. DESCRIBES, FAR MORE FULLY THAN THE COURT NEWSMAN EVER DID, A BACHELOR’S PARTY, GIVEN BY MR. BOB SAWYER AT HIS LODGIN

There is a repose about Lant Street, in the Borough, which sheds a gentle melancholy upon the soul. There are always a good many houses to let in the street: it is a by-street too, and its dulness is soothing. A house in Lant Street would not come within the denomination of a first-rate residence, ...
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31. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES LEARNED THEREIN

Scattered about, in various holes and corners of the Temple, are certain dark and dirty chambers, in and out of which, all the morning in vacation, and half the evening too in term time, there may be seen constantly hurrying with bundles of papers under their arms, and protruding from their pockets...
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30. HOW THE PICKWICKIANS MADE AND CULTIVATED THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A COUPLE OF NICE YOUNG MEN BELONGING TO ONE OF THE LIB

Well, Sam,’ said Mr. Pickwick, as that favoured servitor entered his bed-chamber, with his warm water, on the morning of Christmas Day, ‘still frosty?’ ‘Water in the wash-hand basin’s a mask o’ ice, Sir,’ responded Sam. ‘Severe weather, Sam,’ observed Mr. Pickwick. ‘Fine time for them as is well wr...
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29. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON

’ In an old abbey town, down in this part of the country, a long, long while ago—so long, that the story must be a true one, because our great-grandfathers implicitly believed it—there officiated as sexton and grave-digger in the churchyard, one Gabriel Grub. It by no means follows that because a m...
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28. A GOOD-HUMOURED CHRISTMAS CHAPTER, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF A WEDDING, AND SOME OTHER SPORTS BESIDE: WHICH ALTHOUGH

As brisk as bees, if not altogether as light as fairies, did the four Pickwickians assemble on the morning of the twenty-second day of December, in the year of grace in which these, their faithfully-recorded adventures, were undertaken and accomplished. Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff...
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27. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING, AND BEHOLDS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW

There still remaining an interval of two days before the time agreed upon for the departure of the Pickwickians to Dingley Dell, Mr. Weller sat himself down in a back room at the George and Vulture, after eating an early dinner, to muse on the best way of disposing of his time. It was a remarkably ...
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26. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ACTION OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK

Having accomplished the main end and object of his journey, by the exposure of Jingle, Mr. Pickwick resolved on immediately returning to London, with the view of becoming acquainted with the proceedings which had been taken against him, in the meantime, by Messrs. Dodson and Fogg. Acting upon this ...
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25. SHOWING, AMONG A VARIETY OF PLEASANT MATTERS, HOW MAJESTIC AND IMPARTIAL MR. NUPKINS WAS;

Violent was Mr. Weller’s indignation as he was borne along; numerous were the allusions to the personal appearance and demeanour of Mr. Grummer and his companion; and valorous were the defiances to any six of the gentlemen present, in which he vented his dissatisfaction. Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Winkl...
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24. WHEREIN MR. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS, AND THE MIDDLE-AGED LADY APPREHENSIVE, WHICH BRINGS THE PICKWICKIANS WITHIN

When Mr. Pickwick descended to the room in which he and Mr. Peter Magnus had spent the preceding evening, he found that gentleman with the major part of the contents of the two bags, the leathern hat-box, and the brown-paper parcel, displaying to all possible advantage on his person, while he himse...
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23. IN WHICH MR. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES TO THE RETURN MATCH BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MR. TROTTER

In a small room in the vicinity of the stableyard, betimes in the morning, which was ushered in by Mr. Pickwick’s adventure with the middle—aged lady in the yellow curl-papers, sat Mr. Weller, senior, preparing himself for his journey to London. He was sitting in an excellent attitude for having hi...
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22. MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE WITH A MIDDLE-AGED LADY IN YELLOW CURL-PAPERS

That ‘ere your governor’s luggage, Sammy?’ inquired Mr. Weller of his affectionate son, as he entered the yard of the Bull Inn, Whitechapel, with a travelling-bag and a small portmanteau. ‘You might ha’ made a worser guess than that, old feller,’ replied Mr. Weller the younger, setting down his bur...
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21. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT

’ Aha!’ said the old man, a brief description of whose manner and appearance concluded the last chapter, ‘aha! who was talking about the inns?’ ‘I was, Sir,’ replied Mr. Pickwick—‘I was observing what singular old places they are.’ ‘You!’ said the old man contemptuously. ‘What do you know of the ti...
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20. SHOWING HOW DODSON AND FOGG WERE MEN OF BUSINESS, AND THEIR CLERKS MEN OF PLEASURE

In the ground-floor front of a dingy house, at the very farthest end of Freeman’s Court, Cornhill, sat the four clerks of Messrs. Dodson & Fogg, two of his Majesty’s attorneys of the courts of King’s Bench and Common Pleas at Westminster, and solicitors of the High Court of Chancery—the aforesa...
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19. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION

The birds, who, happily for their own peace of mind and personal comfort, were in blissful ignorance of the preparations which had been making to astonish them, on the first of September, hailed it, no doubt, as one of the pleasantest mornings they had seen that season. Many a young partridge who s...
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18. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS; FIRST, THE POWER OF HYSTERICS, AND, SECONDLY, THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES

For two days after the dejeune at Mrs. Hunter’s, the Pickwickians remained at Eatanswill, anxiously awaiting the arrival of some intelligence from their revered leader. Mr. Tupman and Mr. Snodgrass were once again left to their own means of amusement; for Mr. Winkle, in compliance with a most press...
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17. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM, IN SOME CASES, ACTS AS A QUICKENER TO INVENTIVE GENIUS

The constitution of Mr. Pickwick, though able to sustain a very considerable amount of exertion and fatigue, was not proof against such a combination of attacks as he had undergone on the memorable night, recorded in the last chapter. The process of being washed in the night air, and rough-dried in...
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16. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED

There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. August has no such advantage...
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15. IN WHICH IS GIVEN A FAITHFUL PORTRAITURE OF TWO DISTINGUISHED PERSONS; AND AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF A PUBLIC BREAK

Mr. Pickwick’s conscience had been somewhat reproaching him for his recent neglect of his friends at the Peacock; and he was just on the point of walking forth in quest of them, on the third morning after the election had terminated, when his faithful valet put into his hand a card, on which was en...
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14. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AT THE PEACOCK ASSEMBLED; AND A TALE TOLD BY A BAGMAN

It is pleasant to turn from contemplating the strife and turmoil of political existence, to the peaceful repose of private life. Although in reality no great partisan of either side, Mr. Pickwick was sufficiently fired with Mr. Pott’s enthusiasm, to apply his whole time and attention to the proceed...
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13. SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIES THEREIN; AND OF THE ELECTION OF A MEMBER TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT

We will frankly acknowledge that, up to the period of our being first immersed in the voluminous papers of the Pickwick Club, we had never heard of Eatanswill; we will with equal candour admit that we have in vain searched for proof of the actual existence of such a place at the present day. Knowin...
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12. DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING ON THE PART OF MR. PICKWICK; NO LESS AN EPOCH IN HIS LIFE, THAN IN THIS H

Mr. Pickwick’s apartments in Goswell Street, although on a limited scale, were not only of a very neat and comfortable description, but peculiarly adapted for the residence of a man of his genius and observation. His sitting-room was the first-floor front, his bedroom the second-floor front; and th...
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11. INVOLVING ANOTHER JOURNEY, AND AN ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY; RECORDING MR. PICKWICK’S DETERMINATION TO BE PRESENT AT AN

Anight of quiet and repose in the profound silence of Dingley Dell, and an hour’s breathing of its fresh and fragrant air on the ensuing morning, completely recovered Mr. Pickwick from the effects of his late fatigue of body and anxiety of mind. That illustrious man had been separated from his frie...
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30. Yerukala settlement

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29. Mannarswami in front of shrine

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28. Mulk Raj Anand

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27. Sorcery figure Malabar

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26. Lambadis

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25. Vanadis making fire

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24. Kanikars making fire

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10. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED) OF THE DISINTERESTEDNESS OF MR. A. JINGLE’S CHARACTER

There are in London several old inns, once the headquarters of celebrated coaches in the days when coaches performed their journeys in a graver and more solemn manner than they do in these times; but which have now degenerated into little more than the abiding and booking-places of country wagons. ...
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9. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE

The supper was ready laid, the chairs were drawn round the table, bottles, jugs, and glasses were arranged upon the sideboard, and everything betokened the approach of the most convivial period in the whole four-and-twenty hours. ‘Where’s Rachael?’ said Mr. Wardle. ‘Ay, and Jingle?’ added Mr. Pickw...
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8. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE IS NOT A RAILWAY STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PO

The quiet seclusion of Dingley Dell, the presence of so many of the gentler sex, and the solicitude and anxiety they evinced in his behalf, were all favourable to the growth and development of those softer feelings which nature had implanted deep in the bosom of Mr. Tracy Tupman, and which now appe...
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7. HOW MR. WINKLE, INSTEAD OF SHOOTING AT THE PIGEON AND KILLING THE CROW, SHOT AT THE CROW AND WOUNDED THE PIGEON; HOW

The fatiguing adventures of the day or the somniferous influence of the clergyman’s tale operated so strongly on the drowsy tendencies of Mr. Pickwick, that in less than five minutes after he had been shown to his comfortable bedroom he fell into a sound and dreamless sleep, from which he was only ...
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6. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY—THE CLERGYMAN’S VERSES—THE STORY OF THE CONVICT’S RETURN

Several guests who were assembled in the old parlour rose to greet Mr. Pickwick and his friends upon their entrance; and during the performance of the ceremony of introduction, with all due formalities, Mr. Pickwick had leisure to observe the appearance, and speculate upon the characters and pursui...
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5. A SHORT ONE—SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, HOW Mr. PICKWICK UNDERTOOK TO DRIVE, AND MR. WINKLE TO RIDE, AND HOW THEY B

Bright and pleasant was the sky, balmy the air, and beautiful the appearance of every object around, as Mr. Pickwick leaned over the balustrades of Rochester Bridge, contemplating nature, and waiting for breakfast. The scene was indeed one which might well have charmed a far less reflective mind, t...
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4. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC—MORE NEW FRIENDS—AN INVITATION TO THE COUNTRY

Many authors entertain, not only a foolish, but a really dishonest objection to acknowledge the sources whence they derive much valuable information. We have no such feeling. We are merely endeavouring to discharge, in an upright manner, the responsible duties of our editorial functions; and whatev...
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3. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE—THE STROLLER’S TALE—A DISAGREEABLE INTERRUPTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER

Mr. Pickwick had felt some apprehensions in consequence of the unusual absence of his two friends, which their mysterious behaviour during the whole morning had by no means tended to diminish. It was, therefore, with more than ordinary pleasure that he rose to greet them when they again entered; an...
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2. THE FIRST DAY’S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING’S ADVENTURES; WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES

That punctual servant of all work, the sun, had just risen, and begun to strike a light on the morning of the thirteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, when Mr. Samuel Pickwick burst like another sun from his slumbers, threw open his chamber window, and looked out upon the wor...
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1. THE PICKWICKIANS

The first ray of light which illumines the gloom, and converts into a dazzling brilliancy that obscurity in which the earlier history of the public career of the immortal Pickwick would appear to be involved, is derived from the perusal of the following entry in the Transactions of the Pickwick Clu...
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THE PICKWICK PAPERS

https://victoria.org.in/img/button/front.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/button/all.gif https://victoria.org.in/img/books/b/Pickwick.gif THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB THE PICKWICK PAPERS By Charles Dickens 1. The Pickwickians 2. The first day’s journey 3. A new acquaintance—the strolle...
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23. Toda buffaloes at Kraal

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22. Statue of Gummata at Karkal

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21. Vettuvans

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17. മൂർത്തീ സങ്കൽപ്പത്തിലൂടെ മൂർത്തിക്ക് അസ്തിത്വം വരുന്ന കാര്യം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/41.webp എൻ്റെ ഈ എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ സൃഷ്ടിയും അതിനെ നടത്തിപ്പു ചെയ്യുന്നതുമായ അതീന്ദ്ര്യ സോഫ്ട്വേർ സംവിധാനത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് തന്നെ പലതും പറയാനുണ്ട്. അതിലേക്ക് ഇപ്പോൾ പോകുന്നില്ല. എന്നാൽ ചെറുതായി ഒന്ന് സൂചിപ്പിക്കാവുന്ന കാര്യം, ഈ എഴുത്തിനെ മുന്നോട്ട് നയിക്കുന്നത്, രണ്ട് വ്യത്യസ്...
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16. ചുഴിമണലിൽ കയറിനിന്ന അവസ്ഥ

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/39.webp ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ വ്യക്തികൾക്കുള്ള സ്ഥാനീകരണത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയാനുള്ളതിൽ കുറച്ചുകൂടി കാര്യങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞതിന് ശേഷം, ഇന്ത്യൻ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ ആകാശം മുട്ടുമാറുള്ള മാസ വരുമാനത്തിൻ്റെ കാര്യത്തിലേക്ക് എഴുത്ത് നീക്കാം. ഏതാണ്ട് പരന്ന് വാക്ക് കോഡ് സ്വഭാവമുള്ള അറബിയും ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷും...
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15. ഭാഷമാറുമ്പോൾ അകന്നുനിന്നവർ അടുക്കുന്ന പ്രതിഭാസം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/32.webp ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ, ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷിൽ കാണാൻ പറ്റാത്തതരത്തിലുള്ള അദൃശ്യ മാർഗ്ഗരേഖകളും മറ്റും ഉണ്ട് എന്ന കാര്യം സൂചിപ്പിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഇപ്പോൾ ഓർമ്മവന്ന ഒരു കാര്യം പറയാം. മലയാളത്തിൽ She എന്ന വാക്കിന് സാധാരണയായി മൂന്ന് നിലവാരങ്ങൾ ആണ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നത്. അതായത്, അവര്, അയാൾ, അവൾ....
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14. അഴുക്ക് ഭാഷകളെ അടിച്ചേൽപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച്

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/24.webp ഇന്ത്യൻ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാനം മുട്ടിനിൽക്കുന്ന സർക്കാരിൽ നിന്നും ലഭിക്കുന്ന മാസ വരുമാനത്തിൻ്റെ കാര്യത്തിലൂടെയാണ് എഴുത്ത് ഇനി നീങ്ങേണ്ടത് എന്നത് വാസ്തവം. എന്നാൽ കഴിഞ്ഞ എഴുത്തിൽ പ്രതിപാദിച്ച കാര്യങ്ങളുടെ തൊട്ടുമുന്നിൽ നിൽക്കുന്ന ചിലകാര്യങ്ങൾ കൂടി എഴുതേണ്ടിയിരിക്ക...
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13. വ്യക്തികളിലെ സ്ഥാനീകരണവും മറ്റും

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/23.webp ഇന്ന് വ്യക്തികളിലെ സ്ഥാനീകരണം എന്ന കാര്യത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് എഴുതാം എന്നുവിചാരിക്കുന്നു. ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷയിലും വ്യക്തികളിൽ പലതരം സ്ഥാനീകരണങ്ങളും ഉണ്ടാവാം. എന്നാൽ ആ വിഷയത്തിലേക്കല്ല ഈ എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ ഇപ്പോഴുള്ള പാത. ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ വ്യക്തികളിൽ, ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷിൽ വിഭാവനം ചെയ്യാനാവ...
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12. പത്ര ധർമ്മവും മറ്റ് തൊഴിൽ ധർമ്മങ്ങളും

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/22.webp ഇന്ത്യൻ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ ശമ്പളത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയുന്നതിന് മുൻപായി, പ്രാദേശിക ഭാഷയിൽ വ്യക്തികൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള ആശയവിനിമയത്തിൽ ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷയുടെ സ്വാധീനം വരുത്തുന്ന ഒരു പ്രധാന വ്യതിയാനത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയാം എന്നു കരുതുന്നു. ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടിലെ പാരമ്പര്യ ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷിൽ ഔപചാരിക സംഭാഷ...
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11. അസുര ലോകത്തിൽ നിന്നും ഗന്ധർവ്വ ലോകത്തിലേക്ക് നോക്കിയാൽ

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/21.webp വ്യക്തി വൻ ശമ്പളം വാങ്ങിക്കുന്ന സർക്കാർ ജീവനക്കാരൻ ആയാൽ, അയാളിൽ പ്രാദേശിക ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷ വരുത്തുന്ന ചില മാനസിക വ്യതിചലനങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചാണ് കഴിഞ്ഞ എഴുത്തിൽ പ്രതിപാദിച്ചത്. ഇനി മറ്റൊരു അനുബന്ധിത കാര്യം നോക്കാം. സാധാരണ വ്യക്തി പ്രാദേശിക ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷാ സാമൂഹികാന്തരീക്ഷത്...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
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10. bank ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥനും പീടിക തൊഴിലാളിയും

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/60.webp പ്രാദേശിക ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ കാലാകാലങ്ങളായി പ്രാദേശിക രാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ നടന്നിരുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് അൽപം കൂടി ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ പറയാം. ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭാഷയിലൂടെ നടത്തപ്പെടുന്ന ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾക്ക് വിഭാവനം ചെയ്യാനാവാത്ത തരത്തിലുള്ള അനുസരണവും അച്ചടക്കവ...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
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9. ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭരണ സംവിധാനം മലയാളത്തിൽ

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/51.webp സർക്കാർ ഓഫിസുകളിൽ തൊഴിൽ ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക് യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ മാസ ശമ്പളത്തിൻ്റെ ആവശ്യമേയുള്ളു. കാരണം, ഇന്ന് ഇന്ത്യൻ സർക്കാർ സേവനത്തിലേക്ക് ആളുകളെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുന്നത്, ഈ രാജ്യത്ത് ഏറ്റവും കുറഞ്ഞ മാനസിക നിലവാരത്തിൽ ചിന്തിക്കാനും പെരുമാറാനും കഴിയുന്നവരെയാണ്. ഇത...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
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8. സാമ്പത്തിക കോഡിങ്ങിനെക്കുറിച്ച്

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/52.webp സാധാരണ ജനങ്ങൾ തന്നെയാണ് ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർ അധവാ സർക്കാർ ഓഫിസുകളിൽ തൊഴിൽ ചെയ്യുന്നവർ എന്ന ഒരു കാര്യം ഇന്ത്യൻ ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ സങ്കൽപ്പിക്കാൻ പ്രയാസം തന്നെയാണ്. ഭാഷാകോഡുകളുടെ വളരെ ആഴത്തിലുള്ള ഉള്ളറകളിൽ ആണ് ഈ ഒരു കാര്യത്തിൻ്റെ കാതൽ ഒളിഞ്ഞു നിൽക്കുന്നത്. അതിങ്ങിനെയാണ്: ഉന...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
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7. വിഡ്ഢിക്കഥകളിലൂടെയുള്ള സാമൂഹിക പരിഷ്ക്കരണം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/53.webp ജീവിക്കാൻ പര്യാപ്തമായ മാസ ശമ്പളം എന്ന, 1947ന് മുൻപ് നിലനിന്നിരുന്ന ഇന്ത്യയിലെ, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ ശമ്പള നയത്തെ വിശദ്ധീകരിക്കാനായി ഏതാണ്ട് ഒരു പതിറ്റാണ്ടിന് മുൻപ് നിലനിന്നിരുന്ന ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടിലെ സാമൂഹിക വ്യക്തി ബന്ധങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് പ്രതിപാദിക്കേണ്ടിവരും. അതിലേക്ക് വാക്...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
Views: 524

6. ജീവിക്കാൻ പര്യാപ്തമായ മാസ ശമ്പളം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/54.webp ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭരണം നിലനിന്നിരുന്ന ലോകത്തിലെ എല്ലായിടത്തും, ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് ഭരണത്തിൻ്റെ പൊതുവായുള്ള നയം അവിടവിടങ്ങളിലെ പ്രാദേശിക ജനങ്ങളെ സ്വയം ഭരണത്തിന് പ്രാപ്തരാക്കുക എന്നതായിരുന്നു. ഇത് ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടിലെ ഇടതുപക്ഷക്കാരുടെ വിഡ്ഢി വിവരത്തിൻ്റെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ വളർന്നുവന്ന ഒരു ന...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
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5. ക്ഷാമ ബത്തയും മറ്റും

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/55.webp ഇന്ത്യയിൽ ഒരാൾക്ക് 30,000 മുതൽ 40,000 രൂപ വരെ മാസ വരുമാനമുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, കുടുംബ സമേതം, വളരെ സുഖകരമായി ജീവിക്കാൻ ആവേണ്ടതാണ്. കാരണം, സർക്കാർ വക ആശുപത്രികളും സ്കൂളുകളും കോളെജുകളും റോഡുകളും ബസ്സുകളും മറ്റും എല്ലായിടത്തും ഉണ്ട്. ആകെ സ്വകാര്യ ചിലവ് എന്നത് വസ്ത്രം വാങ്...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
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4. കൈക്കൂലിപ്പണം ചെയ്യുന്ന സാമൂഹിക നന്മകൾ

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/56.webp ഇനി സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസ വരുമാനത്തിൻ്റെ കാര്യത്തിലേക്ക് പോകാം. ഇതിന് മുൻപായി ചില സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മറ്റ് വരുമാനവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ ഓർമ്മയിൽ നിന്നും വാരിയെടുത്ത് പറയാം. ആദ്യത്തേത്, 2000ത്തിന് തൊട്ടുമുൻപുള്ള ഏതോ വർഷത്തിൽ ഒരു സർക്കാ...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
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3. പ്രാദേശിക ഭാഷയുടെ കുരുട്ട് പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/57.webp കഴിഞ്ഞ എഴുത്തിൽ respect എന്നതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് പറയാൻ വിട്ടുപോയ ഒരു കാര്യം ഉണ്ട്. ഉന്നതൻ്റെ മുന്നിൽ നിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ, സ്ത്രീകൾ അവരുടെ ബഹുമാനം എന്ന വിധേയത്വം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കേണ്ടത് അവരുടെ മാറ് മറയ്ക്കാനായി വെച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന തുണി തുറന്നുകാട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടാണ് എന്ന് Nat...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
Views: 524

2. പിശാചിൻ്റെ നാട്ടിലെ കാര്യം

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/58.webp എഴുത്തിൻ്റെ പാതയിൽ തൊട്ടുമുന്നിലായി ചില ഇങ്ഗ്ളിഷ് വാക്കുകളുടെ കാര്യം വന്നുപോയി. അതും മറ്റൊരു കാര്യവും കൂടി എഴുതിച്ചേർത്തുകൊണ്ട് എഴുത്ത് മുന്നോട്ട് നീക്കാം എന്നു വിചാരിക്കുന്നു. ഫ്യൂഡൽ ഭാഷകളിൽ നിന്നും ഒരു പരന്ന വാക്ക് കോഡുകൾ ഉള്ള ഭാഷയിലേക്ക് വാക്കുകളേയും വാക്...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
Views: 524

1. ലോഹ വിഗ്രഹത്തിൽ ദിവ്യത്വം ചേർക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച്

https://victoria.org.in/stickers/59.webp ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടിൽ സർക്കാർ തൊഴിലുകാർക്ക്, സ്വകാര്യ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളിലെ തൊഴിലുകാരേക്കാൾ കുറഞ്ഞ വേതനമാണ് നൽകപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നത്. ഇനി അങ്ങോട്ട് ഈ അനുപാതം നിലനിർത്താൻ ആവുമോ എന്ന് തീർച്ചയില്ല. കാരണം, ഇങ്ഗ്ളണ്ടിൽ ഇന്ന് അന്യ ഭാഷക്കാർ വന്നു നിറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയാണ്. ഇതുമായി ബന...
posted by VED
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: ദക്ഷിണേഷ്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡ ചരിത്രം
Topic: 18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും
Replies: 17
Views: 524

18. സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുടെ മാസവരുമാനവും മറ്റും

https://victoria.org.in/img/cover/sa18.png 1. ലോഹ വിഗ്രഹത്തിൽ ദിവ്യത്വം ചേർക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് 2. പിശാചിൻ്റെ നാട്ടിലെ കാര്യം 3. പ്രാദേശിക ഭാഷയുടെ കുരുട്ട് പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രം 4. കൈക്കൂലിപ്പണം ചെയ്യുന്ന സാമൂഹിക നന്മകൾ 5. ക്ഷാമ ബത്തയും മറ്റും 6. ജീവിക്കാൻ പര്യാപ്തമായ മാസ ശമ്പളം 7. വിഡ്ഢിക്കഥകളിലൂടെയുള്...
posted by VED
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: VED from VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS
Replies: 32
Views: 5260

PRISTINE-ENGLISH! What is different about it?

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posted by VED
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: All books
Topic: PRISTINE-ENGLISH! What is different about it?
Replies: 15
Views: 544

14. Codes of incessant belligerence

Codes of incessant belligerence In one of my earlier posts, I had depicted the social communication structure in a feudal language society thus: https://victoria.org.in/img/books/a/p43.jpg This would give a picture of a regimentation as encoded in a military manner; with each dot representing one i...
posted by VED
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: All books
Topic: PRISTINE-ENGLISH! What is different about it?
Replies: 15
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13. Inserting codes of control & subordination in individuals

The words ‘language’, ‘word’, ‘expression’, ‘usage’, ‘colloquial’, ‘vernacular’ and some others do switch on certain buttons in my mind. It is like what a computer code is for a software mechanic. He or she can immediately visualise where the codes would create, what effects. A few days back, I cam...