.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Book First Chapter 1 O live will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that. About ten; that is ex... ...very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don’t know what to make of them all. Well, I am very glad to... ...by a fair, plump, smiling woman who entered a narrow drawing room in which a visitor, kept waiting for a few moments, was already absorbed in a book. ... ..., she does really hope it. She is willing to risk that.’ ‘Just as I am?’ the visitor inquired, presenting himself with rather a work a day aspect. Mr... ...hink much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, n... ... much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, not d... ...s dishonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired... ...shonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired. ‘W... ...y visited the animals in the little zoological garden which forms one of the attractions of the Central Park; they observed the swans in the ornamenta...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1; Olive will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that. About ten; that is exactly like Olive. Neither five nor fifteen, and yet not ten exactly, but either nine or eleven. She didn?t tell me to say she was glad to see you, becau...

...harge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania... ...CHAPTER I ACROSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five ... ...TER I ACROSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’cl... ... present at the Ferry Depot of the railroad. An emigrant ship had arrived at New York on the Saturday night, another on the Sunday morning, our own on... ...sent at the Ferry Depot of the railroad. An emigrant ship had arrived at New York on the Saturday night, another on the Sunday morning, our own on Sun... ... been in any place that seemed so dreamlike. Pompeii is all in a bustle with visitors, and its antiquity and strangeness de- ceive the imagination; bu... ...n, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotchman: we had for common visitors an American from Illinois, a nearly pure blood Indian woman, and... ...bit. The course of its pellucid river, whether up or down, is full of gentle attractions for the navigator: islanded reed-mazes where, in autumn, the ...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The American by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...ard the cock crow without a yawn. But Raphael and Titian and Rubens were a new kind of arithmetic, and they inspired our friend, for the first time in... ...ple of months ago, something very curious happened to me. I had come on to New York on some important business; it was rather a long story—a question ... ...of months ago, something very curious happened to me. I had come on to New York on some important business; it was rather a long story—a question of g... ... rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps a... ...pted; a servant stepped out upon the balcony and announced that there were visitors in the drawing-room. When Newman’s host- ess had gone in to receiv... ...tablish- ment which called itself an American Agency, and at which the New York illustrated papers were also to be procured, and he had carried it abo... ...color, she is upon my honor, extremely entertaining.” “It’s a fine list of attractions,” said Newman; “they would serve as a police-detective’s descri...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentle man was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been rem...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...evealed. But how shall this be conveyed and made palpable? In order that a new world may step in, this world must for a time disappear. The murderers,... ...hence the Christian Latinity of the middle ages was obliged to introduce a new word, such as the feebleness of classic conceptions never as- cended to... ...ut who was L.M.? It surely never could be Lindley Murray; for I saw him at York in 1825; and besides, I do not think he Would do such a thing; at leas... ...eived so bold an idea as that of a noon-day murder in the heart of a great city. It was no obscure baker, gentlemen, or anonymous chimney-sweeper, be ... ...s rapid. Another thought to entrap her by asking what language the angelic visitors of her solitude had talked: as though heavenly counsels could want... ...tre, it cannot be pretended that the inferior situations have any separate attractions, unless the pit suits the purpose of the dramatic reporter. But... ...r, or upon the evidence of a result, as that actually we find ourselves in York four hours after leav- ing London. Apart from such an assertion, or su...

...Excerpt: From my boyish days I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar a...

...Contents On the Knocking at the Gate, in Macbeth....................................................4 On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts .........................................9 LECTURE....................................................................

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylv... ...the rustic bystanders were quite convinced of the good intentions of their new friend, and accompanied him back to the “Bugle,” to re- gale upon the p... ...d desired husbands; but Hayes was, for a wonder, quite proof against their attractions; and, though quite ready to acknowledge the absurdity of his lo... ...ght use, if he liked, the Galgenstein arms with a bar-sinister; and in her new cares and duties had not so many opportunities as usual of quarrelling ... ...ared last night, in the hearing of several witnesses, that he was going to York; says he is a man of independent property, and has large estates in Ir... ...s a boiled lobster, and as unwieldy as a porpoise; and although her mental attractions did by no means make up for her personal deficiencies,—for she ... ...he fortunes of both. For, as it has often happened to the traveller in the York or the Exeter coach to fall snugly asleep in his corner, and on awakin... ...tailleur, Chevalier de Galgenstein.” Mr. Billings was, in fact, a frequent visitor at the Ambassador’s house; to whose presence he, by a general or- d...

...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, a...