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Modeste Mignon

By: Honoré de Balzac

... no refreshment except “eau sucree,” and consequently had no civilities to return. This apparent devotion to the Mignon family allowed it to be suppos... ...o have saved his wife and daughters from the general wreck, Charles Mignon returned to Paris, where the Emperor made him lieutenant-colonel in the cui... ...ations among the merchants, he foresaw the means of for- tune, and without loss of time he set about making himself the owner of landed property, a ba... ...educed prices. He sent Dumay on the ship as his agent; and when the latter returned, after making a double profit by the sale of the silks and the pur... ...rtain about the fate of her husband, a terrible blow. The joy of Charles’s return came near killing the tender German flower. After that the second fa... ...d by her husband, his absolute affection, giving her an unrivalled love in return for her single-minded love for him,—all these things brought the wom... ... about Modeste, now the only daughter of the father who was unaware of his loss. Madame Dumay, idoliz- ing Modeste, like other women deprived of their... ...” he whispered in Modeste’s ear, “write to your father and tell him of his loss and also the terrible results on your mother’s health and eyesight; pr... ...e is a fortune that we secure to our chil- dren without the possibility of loss.” “How is it, then,” said Canalis, displeased at his tete-a-tete being...

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Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...my trousseau when I fled from France, and there I found it untouched on my return. The manufactory had saved the chateau, and the manufacturers had sp... ...ch toward render- ing that dear child respectable and well clad, since our return.” I thought the slight color which usually adorned the fair oval che... ...ser. At all events, it was determined no one should see us until this lady returned to town, she being at the moment at Rosny, with madame, whence she... ... the blood of their kind, why the deed has been done! The duchesse had not returned to Paris, neither had she emi- grated. Like most of the high nobil... ...g it. The cost had materially exceeded her expectations, and she could not return home without disposing of some article she had in her reticule, to s... ...curiosity and from his abrupt manner of asking questions; still I was at a loss to know the meaning of the word boss, my clairvoyance being totally at... ...ch happier, hadst thou kept the money paid for me, sold the lace even at a loss, and spared thyself so many, many hours of painful and anxious toil! B... .... The reader may wish to see how closely Eudosia’s ac- count of profit and loss came to the fact, and I shall, conse- quently, make up the statement f... ...hole amount of the interest. Well, when you come to deduct taxes, charges, losses and other things, the best invested estate of $3,500 per an- num, wi...

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The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens

...ations on the Theory of Tittlebats;” and that this Association does hereby return its warmest thanks to the said Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M. P.C., ... ...), and to whom he proceeded, when his friends had exhausted themselves, to return in chosen terms his warmest thanks for his recent assistance. ‘Never... ...blican. The barmaid had positively refused to draw him any more liquor; in return for which he had (merely in playfulness) drawn his bayonet, and woun... ...g you wore it to the ball, and took it off when we The Pickwick Papers 20 returned, I could replace it without troubling him at all about the matter.... ...curtsey—a few words of conversation. The stranger walked boldly up to, and returned with, the master of the ceremonies; a little introductory pantomim... ...o gunpowder, and he determined to essay the effect of an explosion without loss of time. Full of reflections upon this important decision, he crept fr... ...easant position— very much so. We must be content to suffer some pecuniary loss.’ ‘I’ll suffer any, rather than submit to this disgrace, and let her, ... ...s twelve—com pensation, a hundred—hundred and twelve—breach of honour—and loss of the lady—’ ‘Yes, my dear Sir, yes,’ said the little man, with a kno... ...ons which that great man could not but be sensible of, and was wholly at a loss to account for. There was a mysterious air about them both, as unusual...

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An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids

By: Anthony Trollope

... all smiles and courtesy; and here also are to be found they who have just returned from this journey, and who are often in a frame of mind towards th... ...roceed further than the Pyramids, and we shall be able to go with them and return in one and the same day. It consisted chiefly of an English family, ... ...uite right. It would be a thousand pities to be in these countries, and to return without going over such ground as that. I shall certainly go to Jeru... ...from a sugar-bowl; but it was easy to see that, like the flies, they would return at the first vacant moment. And now they had reached the very foot o... ...ontempt around her as she ejacu- lated the last word, “dirt.” And then the return home! “I know I shall never get there,” said Mrs. Damer, looking pit... ...vaded and pleasure destroyed by, by, by—” And Mr. Damer paused, being at a loss for an appropriate name for Miss Dawkins. “By an unprotected female,” ...

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Beechcroft at Rockstone

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...otherwise Mrs. Mount— a Beechcroft native, who, on being left a widow, had returned to her former mistresses, bringing with her a daughter, who had gr... ...ginally come, also to deliver various messages and notes. By the time they returned, Colonel Mohun was met in the hall by his sister. ‘Oh, Reggie, it ... ...t—some great and excellent achievement to be laid before her mother on her return. There was a tale begun in imitation of Bessie Merrifield, called “H... ...gus, with their aunt, changed into a train for Rockstone, and Harry was to return to his theo- logical college, after seeing Mysie and Primrose off wi... ...he Sofy, and gazing at the gray cloud over the gray sea. ‘You are not at a loss for something to do,’ she said, ‘you said you meant to write to your m... ... she did not fancy it. When the girls were left together, while Mrs. Giles returned to her ironing, Gillian was the shyer of the two, and began rather... ...ed Miss Adeline, as the two entered the drawing-room. ‘You have had such a loss; Rotherwood has been here waiting to see you for an hour, and such an ... ...ally at present; but I do not know what they are to do in future, with the loss of the salaries those two have had,’ said Adeline, exceedingly anxious... ...bout that; it was one of those lapses that teach women without any serious loss. She did not know what she was about, and she told no false- hoods; in...

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The Children of the Night

By: Edwin Arlington Robinson

...nineteen hundred years the shame Still clings, and we have not made good the loss That outraged faith has entered in his name. Ah, when shall come lov... ...herein redress reveals itself divine, T ransitional, transcendent. Grief and loss, Disease and desolation, are the dreams Of wasted excellence; and ev... ...e with less concern The crumbling realm awaiting us Than his that was beyond return, A dawning on the dust of years Had shaped with an elusive light M... ...isure while I wait, A few leagues out of Rome. Men go to Rome, Not always to return — but not that now. Meanwhile, I seem to think you look at me With... ...left, Fading behind me like familiar lights That are to shine no more for my returning, Home, friends, and honors, — I that have lost all else For wis... ...lesiastes For divers works,” I told him. “Is there one For saying nothing in return for nothing? If not, there should be.” I could feel his eyes, And ... ...guson, yet I could not have mourned In honesty for once around the clock The loss of him, for my sake or for his, T ry as I might; nor would his ghost... ...d what he gave said nothing of who gave it. He would have given it all if in return There might have been a more sufficient face To greet him when he ... ...ever was; And she, the unforgiving, hates him More for her lack than for her loss. He feeds with pride his indecision, And shrinks from what will not ...

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The Brotherhood of Consolation

By: Honoré de Balzac

...rection of the street from which the dreamer came, and to which he was now return- ing, led by the faults of his life. This dreamer was named Godefroi... ...rnment was to maintain the statu 8 The Brotherhood of Consolation quo. He returned to Paris almost poor, but faithful still to the doctrines of the O... ...and with the cer- tainty that never in his future life could he repair any loss whatsoever; for he felt himself incapable of the effort ex- pressed in... ...l existence is like the soil,” his comrade had said to him; “it makes us a return in proportion to our efforts.” Godefroid was in debt. As a first tes... ...uld be fixed, where he might have the solitude a man wants when he makes a return upon him- self, examines himself, and endeavors to give himself a vo... ... far from religious, his sensibilities were touched by those words, and he returned to the rue Chanoinesse, al- though he had almost made up his mind ... ...pay former debts (which he had not acknowl- edged to his father) and fresh losses at play. Then the Na- tional Assembly decreed the dissolution of the... ...ums that we lend them. Such restitutions recoup us in the long run for the losses we occa- sionally incur through impostors, shiftless creatures, or t... ...certainly not lacking to her, in conquering the difficulty produced by the loss of her teeth. 148 The Brotherhood of Consolation “I have much to make...

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New York

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...cceeding census diminished these proportions, until that of l830, when the return for the State of New York gave 1,372,812, and for New England 1,954,... ... England. In the next decade, this pro- portion was exceeded; and the late returns show that New Y ork, singly, has passed ahead of all her enterprisi... ... reasons justifying these anticipations. Seventeen years since, the writer returned home from a long residence in Europe, during which he had dwelt fo... ...peration, and his principles, if he have any , may be preserved; while the losses or risks of an investment involving more than the mer- chant really ... ...ible solutions of the ten- dencies of the present time—viz. the bayonet, a return to the true principles of the original govern- ment, or the sway of ... ...eat practical benefit, from the utilitarian spirit of the whole North. To return to the Electronics Classics Series site, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu...

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...It is not, however, of his victories that we are here to speak, but of his return march from the banks of the Indus, in BC 326, when he had newly reco... ...ascal,’ he cried, ‘I would have befriended you, and you would murder me in return! Now I will punish you. I would have given you the whole bottle; but... ...after the kings had been expelled from Rome, when they were endeavoring to return by the aid of the Etruscans. Lars Porsena, one of the great Etruscan... ... his best troops to be signally defeated upon the coast of Attica; but the losses at Marathon had but stimulated the Persian lust of conquest, and the... ...he ivory staff. All reverence was dispelled by that stroke; it was at once returned by a death thrust, and the fury of the savages wakening in pro- po... ...ives, of a thousand pounds’ weight of gold. T o this Sulpitius agreed, and returning to the Capitol, the gold was collected from the treasury, and car... ... who escaped to the camp of Vercingetorix. He was not disconcerted by this loss, which he had always ex- pected, but sheltered and clothed the fugitiv... ...nors were heaped upon Alonso de Guzman, and they were not a mockery of his loss, for he had other sons to inherit them. He was the staunch friend of S... ...ctly impenetrable either to arrows or any cut- ting weapon; and the severe loss that encounters with him had cost the Order, convinced the Grand Maste...

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The History of Tom Jones

By: Henry Fielding

...duced, either to the great impoverishing of book sellers, or to the great loss of time and depravation of morals in the reader; nay, often to the spr... ...f the Man of the Hill, and, desiring him to direct Partridge the same way, returned hastily to the wood. Our heroe, at his departure to make this en... ...Besides, he knew he should not be beyond the reach of her voice, and could return soon enough to prevent any mischief. He had moreover declared to the... ...ve herself any concern or trouble to prevent it. Jones therefore, at his return, found the woman alone. He would have spent some time in searching f... ... question whether the landlord or the landlady was the most expeditious in returning this blow. My landlord, whose hands were empty, fell to with his ... ...pleased with that part of the combat which fell to his share; he therefore returned my landlady’s blows as soon as he received them: and now the fight... ...y overpowered, and deliv ered her from the ruffian’s hands, with no other loss than that of her cloaths, which were torn from her back, and of the di... ...nd what signifies the manner how? besides, perhaps I may come off with the loss only of an arm or a leg. I assure you, sir, I was never less afraid in... ...ance he is alarmed with the news of a fire, turns pale and trembles at his loss; but when he finds the beautiful palaces only are burnt, and his own c...

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The Heir of Redclyffe

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... compassionate words— ’Poor child!’ ‘How old is he?’ asked Mr. Edmonstone, returning to the former subject. ‘He is of the same age as Laura—seventeen ... ...aiden aunt.’ ‘Very well, Amy, you shall be the maiden, aunt.’ And as Laura returned at that moment, he announced to her that they had been agreeing th... ...onscious of having wasted a good deal of time, sat down to practise. Laura returned to her drawing, and Charles, with a yawn, listlessly turned over a... ...of observation, leaving her brother delighted at having mystified her. She returned on tip-toe. ‘Papa and Sir Guy are come, but not Philip; I can’t se... ...t give to have those restraints restored!’ ‘It is what we all feel in such losses,’ said Mrs. Edmonstone. ‘There is always much to wish otherwise; but... ...ying for her daughter, ‘it seemed to give him pain by reminding him of his loss, and he was so strange and forlorn just at first, that we were glad to... ..., waving his hand, with a provoking mock politeness, ‘have the goodness to return to your friends. Tea over, Laura proposed the game of definitions. ‘... ...ies respecting the deadly feud, and she had now to make up her mind to the loss of her playfellow, who was to go to Oxford at Easter, when he would be... ... sorry you are going. If you were an Ethio- pian serenader, you would be a loss to me. It is something to see anything beyond this old drawing-room, a...

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The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

..., Say I am dancing; if in mirth, report That I am sudden sick: quick, and return. [Exit ALEXAS.] CHARMIAN: Madam, methinks, if ... ...er s love for the instant, you may, when you hear no more words of Pompey, return it again: you shall have time to wrangle in when you have noth- ing... ...ain s captain: and ambition, The soldier s virtue, rather makes choice of loss, Than gain which darkens him. I could do more to do Antonius good, But... ...or war, acquainted My grieved ear withal; whereon, I begg d His pardon for return. OCTAVIUS CAESAR: Which soon he granted, Being an obstruct tw... ...opposed, he being The meered question: twas a shame no less Than was his loss, to course your flying flags, And leave his navy gazing. CLEOPATRA: ... ... hast thou been, my heart? Dost thou hear, lady? If from the field I shall return once more T o kiss these lips, I will appear in blood; I and my swor... ...eir post.] First Soldier: If we be not relieved within this hour, We must return to the court of guard: the night Is shiny; and they say we shall em... ...e a right gipsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. What, Eros, Eros! [Enter CLEOPATRA.] ... ...adows quite. DOLABELLA: Hear me, good madam. Your loss is as yourself, great; and you bear it As answering to the weight: wo...

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The Volsunga Saga with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic Mythologies

By: William Morris

...f Awing by the T arn- cap — the former with no gain, the latter with great loss. The curse of Andvari, which in the saga is grimly real, working itsel... ...or be, Nor lack meat in the morning, For who can rule The eve’s returning, And base to fall before fate grovelling.” (2) “Disir”, sing. ... ... From men come from the heath. Out then went Gudrun, ‘Gainst Atli returning, With a cup gilded over, T o greet the land’s ruler; “Co... ...at was not lulled to sleep by Gunnar’s harp-playing, and who slew him. To return to the Electronic Classics Series Page, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu/...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...aner morality. And that is often con- tested; but there is no doubt of the loss of the leg. Well, footmen and courtiers and Scottish Highlanders, and ... ...t wooer you behold when a man has bro- ken loose from an unhappy tangle to return to the lady of his first and strongest affections. Some months of ho... ...ll prove annoying. Heaven forefend a collision between cousins! Willoughby returned to his England after an absence of three years. On a fair April mo... ...non had offended his family pride by some extravagant act. But after their return he acknowledged V ernon’ s talents, and seemed unable to do without ... ...ghtful. Nature was very strong in him. 29 George Meredith He had, on each return of the hour for instruction, to be plucked out of the earth, rank of... ...“Italy! But I shall never see a day in Italy to compare with the day of my return to England, or know a pleasure so exquisite as your welcome of me. W... ... his mother’s health. Lady Patterne was fast failing. Her son spoke of the loss she would be to him; he spoke of the dreadfulness of death. He alluded... ...ossjay for solic- 73 George Meredith iting the aid of Miss Dale, was at a loss to name the tree. “It is a gardener’s improvement on the Vestal of the... ...centric cousin, and let him rest. In addition, Sir Willoughby abhorred the loss of a familiar face in his domestic circle. He thought ill of servants ...

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How He Lied to Her Husband

By: George Bernard Shaw

...nary natural current of our lives. We were going to the the- atre when the loss of the poems compelled us to take action at once. We shall go to the t... ...the only Aurora in the world. And [lifting his clasped fists with a sudden return of his emotion] oh God! you were the only Aurora in the world to me.... ...john. I think you understand pretty well. HE. I assure you I am quite at a loss. Can you not be a little more explicit? HER HUSBAND. Don’t overdo it, ... ...thing like that, eh? HE. I should call it How He Lied to Her Husband. T o return to the Electronic Classics Series site, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu/... ...cs Series site, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/jimspdf.htm T o return to the George Bernard Shaw site, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu/faculty...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...e been so pierced, in order that the whole space might be utilized without loss of light; and the effect is very mean. The windows are small, and with... ... McDowell, the general to whom is attributed—I believe most wrongfully—the loss of the battle of Bull’s Run. The whole place was then one camp. The fe... ...tates. They vote for no political officer, not even for the President, and return no member to Congress, either as a senator or as a Representative. M... ...y acknowledged that society in Washington had been almost destroyed by the loss of the Southern half of the usual sojourners in the city. The Senators... ...ers is 173, and there are 63 vacancies occa- sioned by secession. New York returns 33 members; Penn- sylvania, 25; Ohio, 21; Virginia, 13; Massachuset... ...ucky, 10; South Carolina, 6; and so on, till Delaware, Kansas, and Florida return only 1 each. When the Constitution was framed, Pennsylvania returned... ...population of the free- soil States and the slave States. All these States return two Senators each to the other House—Kansas sending as many as New Y... ...felt certain that there would be war, and was preparing myself for a quick return to England; but from the moment that the first whisper of England’s ... ...ave Law, it should be explained that the grievance has not arisen from the loss of slaves. I have heard it stated that South Carolina, up to the time ...

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The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner : Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years All Alone in an Un-Inhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, Wherein All the Men Perished but Himself, With an Account How He Was at Last as Strangely Deliver'D by Pyrates

By: Daniel Defoe

...t Conduct, and all my Resolutions for my future. In a word, as the Sea was returned to its Smoothness, of Surface and Daniel Defoe 7 settled Calmness... ...llow’d up by the Sea being forgotten, and the Current of my former Desires return’d, I entirely forgot the V ows and Promises that I made in my Distre... ...ervals of Reflection, and the serious Thoughts did, as it were endeavour to return again sometimes, but I shook them off, and rouz’d my self from them ... ...m a Distemper and applying my self to Drink and Company, soon master’d the Return of those Fits, for so I call’d them, and I had in five or six Days go... ... more Horror of Mind upon Account of my former Convictions, and the having returned from them to the Resolutions I had wickedly taken at first, than I ... ...d, an Excursion of his Spirits which were yet agitated by the Sense of his Loss, and was farther than he could have Authority to go. However he afterw... ...out of her for my Relief; so on the other hand, it renew’d my Grief at the Loss of my Comrades, who I imagin’d if we had all staid on board might have... ... hold Water, so I gave that also over. In the next Place, I was at a great Loss for Candle; so that as soon as ever it was dark, which was generally b... ...o consider of Means to put this Resolve in Execution, but I was at a great loss about my Tools; I had three large Axes and abundance of Hatchets, (for...

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A Journal of the Plague Year

By: Daniel Defoe

...he rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particul... ... of the plague. Whereupon it was given in to the parish clerk, and he also returned them to the Hall; and it was printed in the weekly bill of mortali... ... the plague, and but four of the spotted- fever. But the following week it returned again, and the distem- per was spread into two or three other pari... ...rts appeared, and spare horses with ser- vants, who, it was apparent, were returning or sent from the countries to fetch more people; besides innumera... ...ny overseer or person fit to be trusted with them), had been to hazard the loss not only of my trade, but of my goods, and indeed of all I had in the ... ...her, being a merchant, was a few years before, as I have already observed, returned from abroad, coming last from Lisbon), and how, presuming upon the... ...ys before their eyes, that they did not so much concern themselves for the loss of their friends, expecting that themselves should be summoned the nex... ...d so few people to be seen in them, that if I had been a stranger and at a loss for my way , I might sometimes have gone the length of a whole street ... ...t came upon -them they were more surprised, more unprovided, and more at a loss what to do than they were in other places; for when it came among them...

...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods w...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

... she received the compliment as a compli- ment, and smiled and simpered in return. The poor thing had never before seen anybody so hand- some, or so f... ...o be induced to accept a guinea from his purse also; and found himself, on returning to reason and sobriety, a soldier of Queen Anne’s. But oh! fancy ... ...etreated to the street-door immediately on hearing the above conversation, returned to the Captain’s lodgings and paid his respects to Mrs. Catherine,... ...at—not I!” And he went his way, immersed in deep thought. When the Captain returned at night, she did not speak to him; and when he swore at her for b... ...ion in her appear- ance; and she was enabled to receive the Captain at his return from shooting in such a manner as made him remark that she had got r... ...tice, seemed very grave as, sum by sum, the Squire scored down the Count’s losses on the paper before him. Most of the company had taken their hats an... ...little speech, and the request contained at the end of it, showed that his losses vexed him, and that he was anxious to forget them temporarily. “Oh, ... ...st to play with his children whom he loved, and who doubtless deplored his loss. CHAPTER VI. ADVENTURES OF THE AMBASSADOR, MR. MACSHANE. IF WE HAD NOT... ...issed him with a burst of hysterical tears; of which Mr. Billings was at a loss to understand the meaning. The Count joined them, looking not a little...

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The Aeneid of Virgil

By: Virgil

...blood distain. For the sev’n ships he made an equal share, And to the port return’d, triumphant from the war. The jars of gen’rous wine (Acestes’ gift... ...the stern age be soften’d into peace: Then banish’d Faith shall once again return, And V estal fires in hallow’d temples burn; And Remus with Quirinus... ...y team, They skim the ground, and seek the quiet stream. As they, with joy returning, clap their wings, And ride the circuit of the skies in rings; No... ...re, Dismiss our navy from your friendly shore, That we to good Acestes may return, And with our friends our common losses mourn.” Thus spoke Ilioneus:... ...shore, That we to good Acestes may return, And with our friends our common losses mourn.” Thus spoke Ilioneus: the Trojan crew With cries and clamors ... ...And strangers in your palace entertain: What thanks can wretched fugitives return, Who, scatter’d thro’ the world, in exile mourn? The gods, if gods t... ...by fame), My kinsman fell. Then I, without support, In private mourn’d his loss, and left the court. Mad as I was, I could not bear his fate With sile... ...that pain’d me more Than all I felt from ruin’d Troy before. Stung with my loss, and raving with despair, Abandoning my now forgotten care, Of counsel... ...th enjoy, Sav’d from the ruins of unhappy Troy? O tell me how his mother’s loss he bears, What hopes are promis’d from his blooming years, How much of...

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You Never Can Tell

By: George Bernard Shaw

...father, and that you probably know who he was. MRS. CLANDON (her agitation returning). Stop, Phil. Your father is nothing to you, nor to me (vehementl... ...f the books in the bookcase. Mrs. Clandon sits down on the sofa. Valentine returns.). VALENTINE. I hope I’ve not kept you waiting. That land- lord of ... ...atching one another all round, they all look at nothing and are quite at a loss. Crampton looks about him, waiting for them to begin. The silence beco... ... of his mother; and he hates his daughter; and— (She is interrupted by the return of Valentine.) VALENTINE. Miss Clandon has gone on. PHILIP . Don’t f... ...l, Mr. Crampton; but we are not yet strong in the filial line. (The waiter returns from the hotel with the drinks.) William: come and restore good fee... ...nk you, waiter: thank you. WAITER (sotto voce). Don’t mention it, sir. (He returns to the service table.) CRAMPTON (to Phil). Have you thought of choo... ... as a waiter ought to be treated, he’d have held his tongue. DOLLY. What a loss that would have been! Perhaps he’ll give us an introduction to his son... ... at her; then round at Mrs. Clandon; then at Gloria again, completely at a loss.) GLORIA (white, and controlling herself with difficulty). Mother: is ...

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Lay Morals

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...towards those extreme points where it steps valiantly beyond tradition and returns with some covert hint of things outside. Then only can you be certa... ...right. But the accidental superior duty being thus fulfilled, they at once return in allegiance to the common duty of all citizens; and hasten to deno... ...tter, he felt justified in spending more freely, to speed and brighten his return to health, and trusted in the future to lend a help to mankind, as m... ...e he should not prove unserviceable, and that this mass of treasure should return in benefits upon the race. If he had twenty, or thirty, or a hundred... ...and cruel to squan- der money when I am pushed by no appetite and enjoy no return of genuine satisfaction. My philanthropy is wide enough in scope to ... ...he aid of newspa- pers, filter slowly into popular consciousness; national losses are so unequally shared, that one part of the population will be cou... ...t can expose twenty-six shillings’ worth of property to so many chances of loss and theft. So strongly do we feel on this point, indeed, that we are a... ...inia- ture dimensions, to be resumed in any succinct formula with- out the loss of all that is deepest and most suggestive in it. Now it is in this wi... ...my lord,’ said Mr. Archer, ‘these good people will have as keen a sense of loss as you or I; keener, perhaps, since they have done nothing to deserve ...

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Getting Married and Preface to Getting Married

By: George Bernard Shaw

...ort of blasphemy to attempt to turn it to ac- count by exacting a personal return for its gratification, whether by process of law or not. By all mean... ... play. The customary division into acts and scenes has been disused, and a return made to unity of time and place, as observed in the ancient Greek dr... ... who any one is or isnt. [He goes out through the tower, and imme- diately returns for a moment to announce] The General, maam. Mrs Bridgenorth rises ... ...I go into the garden and smoke it off? MRS BRIDGENORTH. Do, Boxer. Collins returns with the wedding cake. MRS BRIDGENORTH. Oh, heres the cake. I belie... ...Oh well, if you refuse, you refuse. I shall not ask you again. I’m sorry I returned to the subject. [He retires to the hearth and plants himself there... ...d when you talk like that, I dont feel convinced: I only feel utterly at a loss. LESBIA. Well, you know our family rule. When at a loss consult the gr... ...prosecuted, to ten years’ penal servi- tude, two years hard labor, and the loss of all civil rights. Not counting that I’m a private trustee, and, lik... ...st clause in an agreement, usu- ally? You know, Mr Alderman. COLLINS [at a loss] Well, Sir, the T own Clerk always sees to that. Ive got out of the ha...

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Boyhood

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...th all those other objects which recalled to me so vividly our irreparable loss, and forced me to abstain from any manifestation of merri- ment lest I... ...tter still, to im- merse it in water; after which she adjusted her cap and returned proudly to the drawing-room, murmuring as she went, “At least I ca... ...ed the woman in an undertone. Here the doctor winked at her again, but she returned his gaze so firmly and wrathfully that he soon lowered it and went... ...ma, I will cut you some snuff myself,” replied Papa, though evidently at a loss how to proceed now that he had made this rash promise. “No, no, I than... ...ted a new crime —one which would be discovered to-day as soon as ever Papa returned to his study! First of all, Mimi’s accusation on the staircase, an... ...ingly, in pursuance of this amiable resolution, I waited un- til my victim returned, and then began to gallop madly round her, until a favourable mome... ...t, continues to plunge on unlucky cards—not because he hopes to regain his losses, but because it will not do for him to stop and consider. So, I mere... ...hem and wound another—then a third,—then a fourth. At last, exhausted with loss of blood and fatigue, I fall to the ground and cry, “Victory!” The gen... ...d say to her, “show yourself more distinctly, so that I may embrace you in return.” And her voice would answer me, “Do you not feel happy thus?” and I...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...ounds that rang from Homer’s lyre, as with the strains which celebrate the loss of Belinda’s lovely locks”—(Mr. Pope blushed and bowed, highly delight... ...d struck all the wits of London with admiration? His galloping charger had returned to the City; his splendid court-suit was doffed for the citizen’s ... ...ly at the head of the river. High words arose regarding the dispute. After returning from Granchester, when the boats pulled back to Christchurch mead... ...o re-illumine the extinguished chibouk of Lord Codlingsby. IV WHEN MIRIAM, returning to the mother-of-pearl music-stool, at a signal from her brother,... ...k off his hat as he mentioned the name darling to France. “When our troops returned from the sally in which your gallant storming party was driven bac... ...ad you brought into the City. Y our reason had left you, however, when you returned to life; but, unwilling to desert the son of my old friend, Philip... ... ground cursing most frightfully. We went up to him: he was blind with the loss of blood, and my ball had carried off the bridge of his nose. He recov... ...ith the two little dawling Cherrybins above dixcribed, in whomb, after the loss of that angle his wife, the disconslit widderer found his only jy on h... ...gins who delivered the note which in- formed the bereaved Mr. Plush of his loss. “Samuel Buttons, page to the Right honorable the Earl of Bareacres, w...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...w, and much sorrow fell to her lot just then. The time for Prince Andrew’s return and marriage was approaching, but his re- quest to her to prepare hi... ...he room. Then, as if afraid she might find some means of conso- lation, he returned and trying to appear calm added: “And don’t imagine I have said th... ... our five hundred thousand troops it should be easy to have a good style,” returned Count 15 Tolstoy Rostopchin. Pierre now understood the count’s di... ...rrying an heiress.” “Y ou have observed that?” said Princess Mary. “Y es,” returned Pierre with a smile, “and this young man now manages matters so th... ...s so afraid of Marya Dmitrievna that she always let her have costumes at a loss merely to get rid of her. Marya Dmitrievna ordered almost the whole tr... ... to say, the greater grew their antipa- thy to one another. When the count returned, Natasha was impolitely pleased and hastened to get away: at that ...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...as not even looking at what they were doing. When the aide-de-camp, having returned and choosing an opportune moment, ventured to draw the Emperor’s a... ...o the door opening into the garden, where, seeing Balashev and the Emperor returning to the veranda, he stood still. They were moving toward the door.... ...pleased him, fully expressed his feelings, and has since become famous. On returning home at two o’clock that night he sent for his secretary, Shishko... ... by the subjects he was abandoning, latterly, after he had been ordered to return to military ser- vice—and especially since his last interview with N... ...s there anything like that,” said Napoleon. “I beg your Majesty’s pardon,” returned Balashev, “besides Russia there is Spain, where there are also man... ...d pedantic preceptor. The old prince had changed in appearance only by the loss of a tooth, which left a notice- able gap on one side of his mouth; in...

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On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

...refore obliged to conclude that all its consequences must be beneficial. The loss of so im portant an aid to the intelligent and living appre hensio... ... indulge the illusion that religious persecu- tion has passed away, never to return? CHAPTER III: CHAPTER III: CHAPTER III: CHAPTER III: CHAPTER III: ... ...rs said, by machinery—by automatons in human form—it would be a considerable loss to exchange for these automatons even the men and women who at prese... ...obligations from it, every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit, and the fact of living in society renders it indi... ...fferent treatment. En croachment on their rights; infliction on them of any loss or damage not justified by his own rights; falsehood or duplicity in... ...f man kind that he be held accountable to them. The distinction between the loss of consideration which a person may rightly incur by defect of pru ... ... work more smoothly , it has preferred to banish. End. On Liberty — Mill To return to the John Stuart Mill page, go to http://www2.hn.psu.edu/facult... ...Stuart Mill page, go to http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/ jmanis/jsmill.htm To return to the Electronics Classics Series site, go to http://www2.hn.psu... ...ics Series site, go to http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/ jmanis/jimspdf.htm To return to Palimpsest onLine! go to http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/ jmani...

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Best of Four

By: Carol Ann Ellis

.......................................................................... 16 Loss Jamie Kim................................................................ ...blems as they come and not push them away, because in the future they will return and just turn into bigger, more complicated problems. IGNORING PROBL... ...e’s attendance at the service, but in a way were even more saddened by the loss of their son and his bright future. It made them happy to see all the ... ...lmost ten years since my father passing away , I realized life does go on. LOSS Jamie Kim Courage Writing personal essays often requires courage. As c...

............. 14 Put Your Foot in It Heather Green .................................................................................................. 16 Loss Jamie Kim.............................................................................................................................. 17 Huckleberries and Cranberries No More Jeff Bloss ...................................

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with Introduction and Notes Edited

By: Charles W. Eliot

... named Denman, who gave him a position in his business. On Denman’s death he returned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of hi... ...n the people and the ministry of En gland as to Colonial conditions. On his return to America he played an honorable part in the Paxton affair, throu... ... 1767 he crossed to France, where he was received with honor; but before his return home in 1775 he lost his position as postmaster through his share ... ... such success did he conduct the affairs of his country that when he finally returned he received a place only second to that of Washington as the cha... ...s for private company as for a public ball. ’Tis perhaps only negligence. To return: I continued thus employed in my father’s busi ness for two years... ...ever, was not then of much consequence, as he was totally unable; and in the loss of his friendship I found myself relieved from a burthen. I now bega... ...to greater play; and it is the more useful, as perhaps more persons are at a loss for the means of improving their minds and characters, than they are... ...ch I set apart an hour or two each day, and thus repair’d in some degree the loss of the learned education my father once intended for me. Reading was... ... in case of widowhood, than either music or dancing, by preserving them from losses by imposition of crafty men, and enabling them to continue, perhap...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...eeling is scotched, but I doubt whether it is ever killed. Rather it keeps returning, ever the more rarely and strangely, and even in scenes to which ... ...you should actually feel an interest in John Bull, and desire and invite a return of interest from him, may argue something more awake and lively in y... ...lous, unhomely land. When the Black Watch, after years of foreign service, returned to Scotland, veterans leaped out and kissed the earth at Port Patr... ...cated on the continent of Europe. They went abroad speak- ing Gaelic; they returned speaking, not English, but the broad dialect of Scotland. Now, wha... ... troubled him but the memory of what had passed, and an abject fear of its return. “Gallo canente, spes redit, Aegris salus refunditur, Lapsis fides r... ... shift the speeches round from one to another, there would be the greatest loss in significance and perspicuity. It is for this reason that talk depen...

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