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...ticed the chevalier’s high-bred indifference to its shabbiness. He did not go so far as to scrape the seams with glass,—a refinement invented by the P... ... year. The worthy gentleman dined out every day, returning only in time to go to bed. His sole expense therefore was for breakfast, invariably compose... ...ures apparently dead, who have passions for lepidoptera or for conchology, let us say,—beings who will give themselves infinite pains about moths, but... ...s re- spect women have the instinct of dogs, who in a mixed com- pany will go straight to the man to whom animals are sacred. The poor Chevalier de Va... ...s wrapped in bank-bills, he gallantly presented paper-bags full of toffee. Let us say to the glory of Alencon that the toffee was accepted with more j... ... of the Venus de’ Medici, Apollo’s graceful consort. “Well, my child, tell me your great or your little adven- ture, whatever it is.” The particular p... ...ted no longer. “Monsieur le chevalier,” replied Suzanne, drolly, “seems to me I needn’t tell you anything; you’ve only to look.” And Suzanne presented... ...t that presently. 16 An Old Maid But you are rather previous, it seems to me.” “Why, Monsieur le chevalier, ought I to wait until my mother beats me ... ...he magnificent Suzanne before him, holding her legs between his knees. She let him do as he liked, although in the street she was offish enough to oth...

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...through the open pane of the window against which he was leaning. The pel- let, well aimed, rebounded almost as high as the window, after hitting the ... ...a note of admiration and six stops. They are pious enough at the Courts to let us put six)—and his first thought, as is proved by the date of the orde... ...id Godeschal to the three copying clerks, “that rascally sen- tence brings me to the end of my page.—Well,” he went on, wetting the back fold of the s... ...is the ‘Shoulder arms!’ of the law.” “Given in—in?” asked Godeschal.—”Tell me when, Boucard.” “June 1814,” replied the head clerk, without looking up ... ... great ambitions. “Where is my penknife?” “I am eating my breakfast.” “You go and be hanged! here is a blot on the copy.” “Silence, gentlemen!” These ... ...and frayed as that old body’s. And did you see his trodden-down boots that let the water in, and his stock which serves for a shirt? He has slept in a... ...ng upstairs again. “What can we say to him?” cried Godeschal. “Leave it to me,” replied Boucard. The poor man came in nervously, his eyes cast down, p... ...atopeia of the language would fail to rep- resent. “Which theatre shall we go to?” “T o the opera,” cried the head clerk. “In the first place,” said G... ...itting of the Fourth Chamber, judgment is to be given to-day. Come, on you go!” “If he really were Colonel Chabert, would not that impu- dent rascal S...

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...hall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom ... ...capable Secretary, Miss McIlvaine, to Major Henry S. Burrage, of Portland, Me., and to General Tho- mas J. Henderson, of Illinois. For various courtes... ...d feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an un- restricted right to act upon that judgment and feeling. It was in... ...stood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me practically to indulge my private abstract judgment on the moral questio... ...peak to him in good faith and with patriotic purpose. No good advice would go unheeded. No candid criticism would offend him. No honest opposition, wh... ...resident was really caring for them as a father would, and that they could go to him, every one of them, as they would go to a father, and talk to him... ...rity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds;... ...n from bondage; honored by mankind as Statesman, President, and Liberator. Let us glance now at the first half of the brief life of which this was the... ...as ren- dered forever impossible—V ox populi, vox Dei. Revolu- tions never go backward, and when founded on a great moral sentiment stirring the heart...

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...are you talking! The man’s come back to his home— where would you have him go? And has he been to blame, I should like to know!” “The husband is alway... ...om her place. “And now, my good sir, you may attack any one you like, even me if you choose; I’m going. I will not hinder you.” And Marfa Timofyevna w... ...ide. But when I look at you, dear lady—your character is so truly angelic; let me kiss your little snow-white hand!” Marya Dmitrievna with a faint smi... ... But when I look at you, dear lady—your character is so truly angelic; let me kiss your little snow-white hand!” Marya Dmitrievna with a faint smile h... ...do you think?” “One would suppose so; though, they say, he is intending to go home to his country place.” Mary Dmitrievna lifted her eyes to heaven. “... ... continued the little girl. “He was at the gate just now, he told Lisa and me he would dismount at the steps.” The sound of hoofs was heard; and a gra... ...ievna kept re- peating. “Lenotchka, pat him,” said the young man, “I won’t let him be perverse.” The little girl again stretched out her hand and timi... ...After the words “and longing vain,” he sighed softly, dropped his eyes and let his voice gradually die away, morendo. When he had finished, Lisa prais... ... not Lisaveta Mihalovna, but Elena Mihalovna.” “Oh! very well. Lenotchka, go up-stairs with Mr. Lemm.” The old man was about to follow the little gir...

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...land, very much at your service if—if you care to have anything to do with me. If you don’t, of course you’ve only to say so, and I’ll go.’ He looked ... ...ing to do with me. If you don’t, of course you’ve only to say so, and I’ll go.’ He looked at the children, and the children looked at him 8 Puck of P... ...as the beginning of a good smile on his lips. Una put out her hand. ‘Don’t go,’ she said. ‘We like you.’ ‘Have a Bath Oliver,’ said Dan, and he passed... ...’s the verse about the rings,’ said Dan. ‘When I was little it always made me feel unhappy in my inside.’ “‘Witness those rings and roundelays”, do yo... ...f the Hills have all left. I saw them come into Old England and I saw them go. Giants, trolls, kelpies, brownies, goblins, imps; wood, tree, mound, an... ...wfully old?’ said Una. ‘Not old—fairly long-lived, as folk say hereabouts. Let me see—my friends used to set my dish of cream for me o’ nights when St... ...ly old?’ said Una. ‘Not old—fairly long-lived, as folk say hereabouts. Let me see—my friends used to set my dish of cream for me o’ nights when Stoneh... ...‘One of my little magics,’ he answered, and cut another. ‘You see, I can’t let you into the Hills because the People of the Hills have gone; but if yo... ...‘You don’t grow an oak in a year—and Old England’s older than twenty oaks. Let’s sit down again and think. I can do that for a century at a time.’ ‘Ah...

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...emselves, but evinced no inclination to stray off into the darkness. “Seems to me, Henry, they’re stayin’ remarkable close to camp,” Bill com mented.... ...ent on. “Henry, I was a thinkin’ what a blame sight luckier he is than you an’ me’ll ever be.” He indicated the third person by a downward thrust of t... ...erson by a downward thrust of the thumb to the box on which they sat. “You an’ me, Henry, when we die, we’ll be lucky if we get enough stones over our... ...he sleepy response. “You was never like this before. You jes’ shut up now, an’ go to sleep, an’ you’ll be all hunkydory in the mornin’. Your stomach’s... ...always was a fool dog,” said Bill. “But no fool dog ought to be fool enough to go off an’ commit suicide that way.” He looked over the remainder of th... ...ogs back in the traces, Bill said: “I wisht they’d strike game somewheres, an’ go away an’ leave us alone.” “They do get on the nerves horrible,” Henr... ... eye saw a young spruce sapling bending down above him to strike him. His jaws let go their grip, and he leaped backward to escape this strange danger... ...d upon Mars. The cub had broken through the wall of the world, the unknown had let go its hold of him, and here he was without hurt. But the first man ... ... himself an explorer in a totally new world. Now that the terrible unknown had let go of him, he forgot that the unknown had any terrors. He was aware...

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...deluge, as if from Lethe, which has swept away so entirely the traditional me- morials of one so illustrious? Such is the fatality of error which over... ...ude unpolished style, and his antiquated phrase and wit.” What if he does? Let the whole truth be told, and then we shall see how much stress is to be... ...rviceable no less when offered hypocritically than in full sincerity. Next let us consider, at the very moment of Shakspeare’s death, who were the lea... ...akspeare were preferred to the authentic dramas. As to the first argument, let it be remembered, that if the saints of the chapel are always in the sa... ...e local genius, and to the very reasons for having a the- atre at all. Men go thither for amusement. This is the para- mount purpose, and even acknowl... ...h to rouse a re- action of bitterness in the mind of Lord Clarendon, would go far to account for the wreck of many memorials relating to Shakspeare, a... ...njust amongst debtors. It was the wise and beautiful prayer of Agar, “Give me neither poverty nor riches;” and, doubtless, for quiet, for peace, and t... ...rtitude, it might be a more salutary prayer, 26 Biographical Essays “Give me riches and poverty, and afterwards neither.” For the transitional state ... ...eal type of the pastoral style, the quotation from Gay, beginning, “Rager, go vetch tha kee, or else tha zun Will quite bego before ch’ ‘avs half a do...

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...sion of a Kingdom--army, law-courts, revenue, and policy all complete. But, to-day, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go hunt it for myself....

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... to-day, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go hunt it for myself. The beginning of everything was in a railway-train u... ... his life for a few days’ food. “If India was filled with men like you and me, not know- ing more than the crows where they’d get their next day’s ra-... ... wire on tick,” said my friend, “but that’d mean inquiries for you and for me, and I’ve got my hands full these days. Did you say you were travelling ... ...my friend here. I must give him a word o’ mouth to tell him what’s come to me, or else he won’t know where to go. I would take it more than kind of yo... ...ord o’ mouth to tell him what’s come to me, or else he won’t know where to go. I would take it more than kind of you if you was to come out of Central... ...the night Mail set me down at Marwar Junction, where a funny little, happy-go-lucky, na- tive-managed railway runs to Jodhpore. The Bombay Mail from D... ...tch there for coolness, and I said to my friend here, ‘The office is open. Let’s come along and speak to him as turned us back from Degumber State,’ “... ... something like,” said he. “This was the proper shop to come to. Now, Sir, let me introduce you to Brother Peachey Carnehan, that’s him, and Brother D... ...ood,” said Carnehan of the eyebrows, wiping the froth from his moustache. “Let me talk now, Dan. We have been all over India, mostly on foot. We have ...

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...but the very best and ripest. So Mowgli laughed and said, “What is that to me?” “Not much now,” said Ikki, rattling his quills in a stiff, uncomfortab... ... of the Jungle People put together. “That is thy loss. A small crack might let in some wis- dom.” Ikki ducked quickly to prevent Mowgli from pulling h... ...ere is but one source of supply, all hunting stops while the Jungle People go there for their needs. In good seasons, when water was plentiful, those ... ...iet, for Bagheera was his adviser in this time of trouble, and told him to go quietly, hunt slowly, and never, on any account, to lose his temper. 8 ... ...evil time,” said the Black Panther, one furnace- hot evening, “but it will go if we can live till the end. Is thy stomach full, Man-cub?” “There is st... ...ling: “The jungle has become a whelping-ground for naked cubs now. Look at me, Man-cub!” Mowgli looked—stared, rather—as insolently as he knew how, an... ...direction. “For choice,” Shere Khan drawled. “Now come I to drink and make me clean again. Is there any to forbid?” Bagheera’s back began to curve lik... ...es and the creepers on his path, remembering the order that Tha had given, let down their branches and marked him as he ran, drawing their fingers acr... ...hat this comes to me?’ Tha said, ‘Thou hast killed the buck, and thou hast let Death loose in the Jungle, and with Death has come Fear, so that the pe...

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... club, on the memorable night of Manuel’s treach ery. No one saw him and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll. A... ...eeper demanded. “A hundred,” was the reply. “Wouldn’t take a sou less, so help me.” “That makes a hundred and fifty,” the saloon keeper calculated; “an... ...It’ll be because you was born to hang,” laughed the saloon keeper. “Here, lend me a hand before you pull your freight,” he added. Dazed, suffering int... ...embled in Buck’s throat was twisted into a savage growl. But the saloon keeper let him alone, and in the morning four men entered and picked up the cr... ...enial voice, “we’ve had our little ruction, and the best thing we can do is to let it go at that. You’ve learned your place, and I know mine. Be a goo... ...oice, “we’ve had our little ruction, and the best thing we can do is to let it go at that. You’ve learned your place, and I know mine. Be a good dog a... ...at that. You’ve learned your place, and I know mine. Be a good dog and all ’ll go well and the goose hang high. Be a bad dog, and I’ll whale the stuffi... ...but he bristled his neck hair and snarled (for he was learning fast), and they let him go his way unmolested. Finally an idea came to him. He would re... ...her. “You’ve got a right smart load as it is,” said one of them; “and it’s not me should tell you your business, but I wouldn’t tote that tent along i...

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...tracted my attention dur- ing my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions.” He referred, dou... ...tracted my attention dur- ing my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions. I readily dis- co... ...logous to the spec- 13 Tocqueville tacle which the New World presented to me. I observed that the equality of conditions is daily progressing towards... ... ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. Let us recollect the situation of France seven hundred years ago, when the ... ...grown so strong and its adversaries so weak? None can say which way we are go- ing, for all terms of comparison are wanting: the equality of condition... ...ted to their rise affect the whole term of their being. If we were able to go back to the elements of states, and to examine the oldest monuments of t... ...otion of superior- ity over one another. The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than... ... pilgrims disembarked.* “But before we pass on,” continues our historian, “let the reader with me make a pause and seriously consider this poor people... ... the supplies. If the State projects a road, the township cannot refuse to let it cross its territory; if a police regulation is made by the State, it...

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...TIO, ESCALUS, Lords and Attendants.] DUKE VINCENTIO: Escalus. ESCALUS: My lord. DUKE VINCENTIO: Of government the properties to unfold, Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse; Since I am put to know that your own science Exceeds, in that, the lists of all advice My strength can give you: then no more remains, But that to your sufficiency as your Worth is able, And...

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...ord. DUKE VINCENTIO : Of government the properties to unfold, Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse; Since I am put to know that your own s... ...at to your sufficiency........ ...................as your Worth is able, And let them work. The nature of our people, Our city’s institutions, and the... ...e with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, ‘twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not f... ...condary. Take thy commission. ANGELO: Now, good my lord, Let there be some more test made of my metal, Before so noble and so grea... ... mine own So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. Give me your hand: I’ll privily away. I love the people, But do not like to st... ...me your hand: I’ll privily away. I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes: Through it do well, I do not relish well Their loud app... ... what strength and nature I am not yet instructed. ANGELO: ’Tis so with me. Let us withdraw together, And we may soon our satisfaction have Touching ... ...eman: But, most of all, agreeing with the proclamation. LUCIO: Away! let’s go learn the truth of it. [Exeunt LUCIO and Gentlemen .] MISTRESS OVERDON... ...O: No. LUCIO: Lechery? CLAUDIO: Call it so. Provost: Away, sir! you must go. CLAUDIO: One word, good friend. Lucio, a word with you. LUCIO: A hu...

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...ffairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing the whole Science of Government 11. Let Loose 12. Bleeding Heart Yard 13. Patriarchal 14. Little Dorrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or th...

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...e Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing the whole Science of Government 11. Let Loose 12. Bleeding Heart Y ard 13. Patriarchal 14. Little Dorrit’s Part... ...ectors of a Royal British Bank. But, I submit myself to suffer judgment to go by default on all these counts, if need be, and to accept the assurance ... ...s a broad strong ledge of stone to this grating where the bottom of it was let into the masonry, three or four feet above the ground. Upon it, one of ... ... Fino, Genoa, Cor- nice, Off Nice (which is in there), Marseilles, you and me. The apartment of the jailer and his keys is where I put this thumb; and... ...e world this forenoon, gentlemen? My little one, you see, going round with me to have a peep at her father’s birds. Fie, then! Look at the birds, my p... ...or the pleasure of your society at an hour after mid-day, to-day.’ ‘To try me, eh?’ said Rigaud, pausing, knife in hand and morsel in mouth. ‘Y ou hav... ...be a gentle- man. It’s my game. Death of my soul, I play it out wherever I go!’ He changed his posture to a sitting one, crying with a trium- phant ai... ...ion? It must be now, or never, for I shall not return here. Either I shall go free, or I shall go to be made ready for shaving. Y ou know where they k... ...r, uneasily flinging the end of his cloak over his shoulder with an oath, ‘let them do their worst!’ ‘Truly I think they will,’ murmured John Baptist ...

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...ffairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing the whole Science of Government 11. Let Loose 12. Bleeding Heart Yard 13. Patriarchal 14. Little Dorrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or th...

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...e Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing the whole Science of Government 11. Let Loose 12. Bleeding Heart Y ard 13. Patriarchal 14. Little Dorrit’s Part... ...ectors of a Royal British Bank. But, I submit myself to suffer judgment to go by default on all these counts, if need be, and to accept the assurance ... ...s a broad strong ledge of stone to this grating where the bottom of it was let into the masonry, three or four feet above the ground. Upon it, one of ... ... Fino, Genoa, Cor- nice, Off Nice (which is in there), Marseilles, you and me. The apartment of the jailer and his keys is where I put this thumb; and... ...e world this forenoon, gentlemen? My little one, you see, going round with me to have a peep at her father’s birds. Fie, then! Look at the birds, my p... ...or the pleasure of your society at an hour after mid-day, to-day.’ ‘To try me, eh?’ said Rigaud, pausing, knife in hand and morsel in mouth. ‘Y ou hav... ...be a gentle- man. It’s my game. Death of my soul, I play it out wherever I go!’ He changed his posture to a sitting one, crying with a trium- phant ai... ...ion? It must be now, or never, for I shall not return here. Either I shall go free, or I shall go to be made ready for shaving. Y ou know where they k... ...r, uneasily flinging the end of his cloak over his shoulder with an oath, ‘let them do their worst!’ ‘Truly I think they will,’ murmured John Baptist ...

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...n the difficulty, can be measured only by one who attempts a similar feat. Let him try to report the best con- versation of a lively evening, followin... ...ts of the participants, keeping the style, idiom, and exact words of each. Let him reject all parts of it, however diverting, of which the charm and f... ... so accurate as that I could venture to put down in writing what they told me as his sayings.’ The faithfulness of his por- trait, even to the minutes... ...are so closely allied that each borrows charm and emphasis from the other. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor would fade from t... ...‘an animating blaze of eloquence, which roused every intellectual power in me to the highest pitch’; and again of the ‘full glow’ of Johnson’s convers... ...other kinds of literature, and more relevant. The thing that most concerns me, the individual, whether I will or no, is the management of myself in th... ... or the grim but hospitable feu- dal life of the Hebrides. And wherever we go 16 Boswell’s Life of Johnson with Johnson there is the lively traffic i... ...hurch at Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and be- ing awkw... ...r churches; and having bad eyes, and be- ing awkward about this, I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday. This habit continued till my fourteent...

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...u, your fortune, your cap, your cane, your cloak. 4 The Magic Skin As you go out, it will be made clear to you, by a savage irony, that Play has yet ... ...ween his finger and thumb and held it up. “He is a cracked brain that will go and drown himself,” said a frequenter of the place. He looked round abou... ...se hands shook as he counted his bank-notes. “A voice seemed to whisper to me,” he said. “The luck is sure to go against that young man’s despair.” “H... ...nk-notes. “A voice seemed to whisper to me,” he said. “The luck is sure to go against that young man’s despair.” “He is a new hand,” said the banker, ... ...ed more than ever for death as he flung himself back in a curule chair and let his eyes wander across the illusions composing a panorama of the past. ... ...ound of a rattle. Then he went on thus: “Without compelling you to entreat me, without making you blush for it, and without giving you so much as a Fr... ...y Sanskrit characters omitted here.] Or, as it runs in English: Possessing me thou shalt possess all things. But thy life is mine, for God has so will... ...o keep me in a world wherein existence is no longer possible for me. . . . Let me see now,” he added, clutching the talisman convulsively, as he looke... ... of this century, which, it is said, has brought everything to perfection! Let me have young boon companions, witty, unwarped by preju- dice, merry to...

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...y Bertram agreed with her instantly. “I think we cannot do better,” said she, “let us send for the child.” Sir Thomas could not give so instantaneous ... ...s is too just — but you know I am a woman of few words and professions. Do not let us be frightened from a good deed by a trifle. Give a girl an educat... ... great deal of truth in what you say,” replied Sir Thomas, “and far be it from me to throw any fanciful impediment in the way of a plan which would be... ... utmost compo sure. After a short pause, Sir Thomas added with dignity, “Yes, let her home be in this house. We will endeavour to do our duty by her,... ...se that spare their own trouble; and Nanny shall fetch her, however it may put me to inconvenience to have my chief counsellor away for three days. I ... ...u, and wish to make you happy. Let us walk out in the park, and you shall tell me all about your brothers and sisters.” On pursuing the subject, he fo... ...ing there, and be sure of having the room to ourselves.” “But cousin — will it go to the post?” “Yes, depend upon me it shall; it shall go with the ot... ... so very ignorant! — Do you know, we asked her last night, which way she would go to get to Ireland; and she said, she should cross to the Isle of Wig... ... with William. Of the rest she saw nothing; nobody seemed to think of her ever go ing amongst them again, even for a visit, nobody at home seemed to ...

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...ng away all his money to his half sisters? “It was my father’s last request to me,” replied her husband, “that I should assist his widow and daughters... ...“He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation more com... ...e for them whenever they leave Norland and settle in a new home.” “Well, then, let something be done for them; but that something need not be three th... ...table fortune for any young woman.” “To be sure it is: and, indeed, it strikes me that they can want no addition at all. They will have ten thousand p... ...t an employment to which they have been brought up. Men are very safe with us, let them be ever so rich. I am glad to find, however, from what you say,... ... Margaret was eagerly pressed to say something more. “Oh! pray, Miss Margaret, let us know all about it,” said Mrs. Jennings. “What is the gentleman’s... ..., and fright ened; but the event was still more unfortunate, for they did not go at all. By ten o’clock the whole party were assembled at the park, w... ...said Marianne eagerly, “will it not be sufficient?” He shook his head. “We must go,” said Sir John. — “It shall not be put off when we are so near it. ... ...” said Sir John. — “It shall not be put off when we are so near it. You cannot go to town till to morrow, Brandon, that is all.” “I wish it could be s...

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... request, or whether she really made such a promise, I shall not take upon me to determine; but it’s certain her coffin stands upright in the isle of ... ...uality: Sir, ’tis truth you’ve told. We did enjoy great mirth; but now, ah me! Our joyful song’s turn’d to an elegie. A virtuous lady, not long since ... ...olyrood House, on April 4, 1682.” Men might, and very justly too, conclude Me guilty of the worst ingratitude, Should I be silent, or should I forbear... ...ondescend, and keep his distance too. He us’ d, and that most commonly, to go On foot; I wish that he had still done so. Th’ affairs of court were unt... ...ed might appeal from subordinate tyranny , either for justic or for mercy. Let a monarch be as indolent, as selfish, as much disposed to arbitrary pow... ...l have a piece of game two fingers fat on the brisket.” As he was about to go off, his master again called him, and asked, as if by accident, whether ... ...u, she might be a countess from her language and behaviour. Come, you must go to see Alice; we are not a quarter of a mile from her cottage.” “All thi... ...essarily irritating. These were the contents of his public despatches. The let- ters which he wrote to those private friends into whose man- agement t... ...the Marquis, “that any noble lord can have for urging this matter farther; let the Lord Keeper have the power to deal in it as he pleases.” “Agree, ag...

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...r young Voltaire the friendship of Ninon l’Enclos, who en- couraged him to go on writing verses. She died soon after- wards, and remembered him with a... ...did not uncover himself 7 V oltaire when I appeared, and advanced towards me without once stooping his body; but there appeared more politeness in th... ... taking that from the head which is made to cover it. “Friend,” says he to me, “I perceive thou art a stranger, but if I can do anything for thee, onl... ...perceive thou art a stranger, but if I can do anything for thee, only tell me.” “Sir,” said I to him, bending forwards and ad- vancing, as is usual wi... ...et met with one of them who had so much curiosity as thyself. Come in, and let us first dine to- gether.” I still continued to make some very unseason... ...- ney was very long) purely to see and converse with him. Both resolved to go upon missions into foreign countries, and ac- cordingly they embarked fo... ...hat time more insecure than those owing from the king. Penn was obliged to go more than once, and “thee” and “thou” King Charles and his Ministers, in... ...rs. They considered the plebeians as a wild beast, whom it behoved them to let loose upon their neighbours, for fear they should devour their masters.... ...nkind. She appears as an ami- able philosopher on the throne, having never let slip one op- portunity of improving the great talents she received from...

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.............................................................. 79 You Touched Me............................................................................ ...not given to complaining, bearing his bur- dens by himself. No, he did not let the world intrude far into his home. He had a delicate, sensitive wife ... ...re from behind, and would not need many years to rot through and break and let the soil slither all down again in a heap towards the stream-bed. But t... ...n the world. No, no, the world wasn’t worth it. He wanted to ignore it, to go his own way apart, like a casual pilgrim down the forsaken sidetracks. H... ... a deep sense of duty towards her. Strange, that this sense of duty should go deeper than the love for her husband. But so it was. And so it often is.... ...ould not give himself to what Winifred called life, Work. No, he would not go into the world and work for money. No, he just would not. If Winifred li... ...or three-fourths of the money spent for herself and her children, that she let that be the casus belli, the drawn weapon between herself and Egbert. W... ...o, in my opinion. Joyce, eh?—And how old might Miss Joyce be? Can she tell me that?’ ‘I’m six,’ said the child, slightly amused and very conde- scendi... ... bound. Not like some little girls. What? Eh?’ ‘I take it if mother wishes me to,’ said Joyce. ‘Ah, there now! That’s the style! That’s what I like to...

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...t for a mortal hour; the exponent drawling on to My Dearert Childerrenerr, let us say, for ex- ample, about the beautiful coming to the Sepulchre; and... ... and been re- ceived from the jumble into a better school. ‘So you want to go and see your sister, Hexam?’ ‘If you please, Mr Headstone.’ ‘I have half... ...your sister, Hexam?’ ‘If you please, Mr Headstone.’ ‘I have half a mind to go with you. Where does your sister live?’ ‘Why, she is not settled yet, Mr... ...Our Mutual Friend – V ol. 2 well you are doing here.’ ‘ After all, she got me here,’ said the boy, with a struggle. ‘Perceiving the necessity of it,’ ... ...th he said, raising his eyes to the master’s face: ‘I wish you’d come with me and see her, Mr Headstone, though she is not settled. I wish you’d come ... ...d see her, Mr Headstone, though she is not settled. I wish you’d come with me, and take her in the rough, and judge her for yourself.’ ‘You are sure y... ...‘I am ready to walk with you.’ ‘Thank you, Mr Headstone. And I am ready to go.’ Bradley Headstone, in his decent black coat and waistcoat, and decent ... ...the world, you pull me back.’ ‘I, Charley?’ ‘Yes, you, Liz. Why can’ t you let bygones be bygones? Why can’ t you, as Mr Headstone said to me this ver... ... too far from that river.’ ‘Nor could you be too far from it to please me. Let us get quit of it equally. Why should you linger about it any more than...

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...s afternoon, Sam.’ ‘You’re wery good, sir,’ replied Mr. Weller. ‘Just hold me at first, Sam; will you?’ said Mr. Winkle. ‘There—that’s right. I shall ... ...ocently shouted from the opposite bank— ‘Sam!’ ‘Sir?’ ‘Here. I want you.’ ‘Let go, Sir,’ said Sam. ‘Don’t you hear the governor a callin’? Let go, si... ...tly shouted from the opposite bank— ‘Sam!’ ‘Sir?’ ‘Here. I want you.’ ‘Let go, Sir,’ said Sam. ‘Don’t you hear the governor a callin’? Let go, sir.’ ... ...ty. ‘Not much,’ said Mr. Winkle, rubbing his back very hard. ‘I wish you’d let me bleed you,’ said Mr. Benjamin, with great eagerness. ‘No, thank you,... ...‘Not much,’ said Mr. Winkle, rubbing his back very hard. ‘I wish you’d let me bleed you,’ said Mr. Benjamin, with great eagerness. ‘No, thank you,’ re... ...f up for an instant—for only one instant!’ bawled Mr. Snodgrass. ‘Yes, do; let me implore you—for my sake!’ roared Mr. Winkle, deeply affected. The ad... ... for an instant—for only one instant!’ bawled Mr. Snodgrass. ‘Yes, do; let me implore you—for my sake!’ roared Mr. Winkle, deeply affected. The adjura... ...uts, who feel a befit ting contempt for boys at day schools, club as they go home at night, for saveloys and porter, and think there’s nothing like ‘... ...ersewere in this here sort of amusement,” he says, “I’m blessed if I don’t go away to ‘Merriker; and that’s all about it.” “You’re a idle willin,” say...

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... will consider honour satisfied and condescend. If not, you will constrain me to eat my twenty-eighth, and I own to being weary of the exercise.” “You... ...at my twenty-eighth, and I own to being weary of the exercise.” “You touch me,” said the Prince, “and I have all the will in the world to rescue you f... ...al dozen upon hand,” he said at last; “and that will make it necessary for me to visit several more bars before my great affair is concluded. This wil... ... not entirely in the same case, I am going to put an end to the disparity. Let your heroic treatment of the last cream tarts be my example.” So saying... ...here he lies ready. Since we have met you, and your case is more pressing, let it be to-night – and at once – and, if you will, all three together. Su... ...if you will, all three together. Such a penniless trio,” he cried, “should go arm in arm into the halls of Pluto, and give each other some countenance... ...l see the end of this.” “Y our Highness,” said the Colonel, turning pale; “let me ask you to consider the importance of your life, not only to your fr... ...ecial authority, are you to betray the incog- nito under which I choose to go abroad. These were my commands, which I now reiterate. And now,” he adde... ...re the cross-roads.” “Lead on, sir,” said the Prince. “I am not the man to go back from a thing once said.” “Y our coolness does me good,” replied the...

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... in the twilight of New Year’s Eve, I find incidents of travel rise around me from all the latitudes and longitudes of the globe. They observe no orde... ...ich my mind’s eye can discern some traces of a rocky sea coast, recalls to me a fearful story of travel derived from that unpromising narrator of such... ...d her mainmast has been cut away. The description of her loss, familiar to me from my early boyhood, seems to be read aloud as she rushes to her desti... ...arting, cheerfully bid him be quiet, remarking that though the ship should go to pieces, he would not, but would be safe enough. ‘It is difficult to c... ... she could not hold much longer together. On this account, he attempted to go forward to look out, but immediately saw that the ship had separated in ... ...he two shall be any more beheld until the great last day; but, as the rest go on for their lives, they take the child with them. The carpenter dies of... ...hame. That is the first time; that shall be the last. Don’t answer it, and let it be understood that, then, he will kill himself quietly. Sometimes (a... ... his educational ac quirements, deeply impressed by the excellence of his let ters, exceedingly sorry to see a man of his attainments there, complim... ...it, he was led, last autumn, into some serious considerations. The begging let ters flying about by every post, made it perfectly manifest that a set...

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...the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called -- nay we call ourselves and write our name -- Crusoe; and so my companions always called me....

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... ourselves and write our name – Crusoe; and so my companions always called me. I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenant-colo- nel to an En... ...rother I never knew, any more than my father or mother knew what became of me. Being the third son of the family and not bred to any trade, my head be... ...y early with rambling thoughts. My father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent share of learning, as far as house-education and a country f... ...of learning, as far as house-education and a country free school generally go, and designed me for the law; but I would be satisfied with nothing but ... ...not have so much hand in my misfortunes as to give me any encouragement to go away; and to close all, he told me I had my elder brother for an example... ...the world that I should never settle to anything with resolution enough to go through with it, and my father had better give me his consent than force... ...ore my time was out, and go to sea; and if she would speak to my father to let me go one voyage abroad, if I came home again, and did not like it, I w... ... a squall of wind as that; but you’re but a fresh-water sailor, Bob. Come, let us make a bowl of punch, and we’ll forget all that; d’ye see what charm... ...T owards evening the mate and boatswain begged the mas- ter of our ship to let them cut away the fore-mast, which he was very unwilling to do; but the...

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...them (viz.) to the Instruction of others by this Example, and to justify and honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumstances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a just History of Fact; neither is there any Appearance of Fiction in it: And however thinks, because all such things are dispatch?d, that the Improvement of ...

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...d honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumstances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a just H... ... our selves, and write our Name Crusoe, and so my Companions always call’d me. I had two elder Brothers, one of which was Lieutenant Collonel to an En... ...I never knew any more than my Father or Mother did know what was become of me. Being the third Son of the Family, and not bred to any Trade, my Head b... ...y early with rambling Thoughts: My Father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent Share of Learning, as far as House Education, and a Country ... ...ot have so much Hand in my Misfortunes, as to give me any Encouragement to go away: And to close all, he told me I had my elder Brother for an Example... ...e World, that I should never settle to any thing with Resolution enough to go through with it, and my Father had better give me his Consent than force... ...ugh with it, and my Father had better give me his Consent than force me to go without it; that I was now Eighteen Years old, which was too late to go ... ...ore my Time was out, and go to Sea; and if she would speak to my Father to let me go but one V oyage abroad, if I came home again and did not like Da... ...h a Squal if Wind as that ; but you’re but a fresh Water Sailor, Bob; come let us make a Bowl of Punch and we’ll forget all that, d’ye see what charmi...

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...steps of the immortal Fagin requires a genius of inordinate stride, and to go a-robbing af- ter the late though deathless Turpin, the renowned Jack Sh... ...ck of Cutts’s black gelding, ‘William of Nassau.’ The Prince, sir, gave it me after Blenheim fight, for I had my own legs carried away by a can- non-b... ...tory “No, no, not my own legs, my horse’s I mean, sir; and the Prince gave me ‘William of Nassau’ that very day.” To this no direct reply was made; bu... ...“La, Captain, how can you flatter one so?” and “Y our honour’s laughing at me,” and made such polite speeches as are used on these occasions, it was m... ...in and called her his little rosebud, it was pretty clear how things would go: anybody who could see the expression of Mr. Brock’s countenance at this... ...e flesh off your bones, and well-nigh fried the soul out of your body, you go home, to what?—three shillings a week and a puddn! Do you get pud- ding ... ... married men, in a manner which did extraordinary credit to her years: and let not the reader fancy such pastimes unnatural at her early age. The ladi... ...l thee, Catty?” But Mrs. Catherine, though she turned away her head, never let go her hold round the Captain’s waist; and he, swearing a dreadful oath... ...usly is it described. Now, if we ARE to be interested by rascally actions, let us have them with plain faces, and let them be performed, not by virtu-...

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...r to be certain of the truth, two physicians and a surgeon were ordered to go to the house and make inspec- tion. This they did; and finding evident t... ...ssible. This possessed the heads of the people very much, and few cared to go through Drury Lane, or the other streets suspected, unless they had extr... ...that, as it was chiefly among the people at that end of the town, it might go no farther; and the rather, because the next week, which was from the 9t... ... night (for indeed there was nothing else of moment to be seen), it filled me with very serious thoughts of the misery that was coming upon the city ,... ... fully, because I know not but it may be of moment to those who come after me, if they come to be brought to the same distress, and to the same manner... ... seeing it may not he of one farthing value to them to note what became of me. I had two important things before me: the one was the carry- ing on my ... ...nd my brother told me he would venture to stay no longer. I desired him to let me consider of it but till the next day, and I would resolve: and as I ... ... the procurers, of such events as pestilence, war, fire, and the like. But let my thoughts and the thoughts of the philosophers be, or have been, what... ...ger, and drove away. The watchman knew not what to make of all this, so he let them alone till the morning-man or day-watchman, as they called him, ca...

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...e the faces formerly carved on the handles of Moorish lutes; even the wife let a gay smile of hatred appear in the folds of her elderly face. The lamp... ...d heard of Montefiore in Italy, and knowing his reputation was desirous to let him see how strong were the barriers which protected the young girl fro... ...g in my heart: ‘T o-morrow I will kill myself.’ But I do not die. Suicides go to hell, you know, and I am so afraid of hell that I resign myself to li... ... afraid of hell that I resign myself to live, to get up in the morning and go to bed at night, and work the same hours, and do the same things. I am n... ... I am not so weary of it, but I suffer—And yet, my father and mother adore me. Oh! I am bad, I am bad; I say so to my confessor.” “Do you always live ... ...Till I was fifteen the festivals of the church, the chants, the music gave me plea- sure. I was happy, feeling myself like the angels without sin and ... ...ter a pause, smiling at Montefiore. “Have you not said that you would love me always?” 22 Juana “Yes, my Juana,” cried Montefiore, softly, taking her... ...oftly, taking her round the waist and pressing her to his heart, “yes. But let me speak to you as you speak to God. Are you not as beautiful as Mary i... ... hair a chain which she wound about his neck when caution told him he must go. The most suspicious of guardians would however have been puzzled to det...

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...rst, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to republish so considerable an amount of copy....

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...of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to repub- lish so considerable an amount of copy. These nine worthies ha... ...l to his amiable but imperfect book, partly be- cause that book appears to me truly misleading both as to the character and the genius of Burns. This ... ...forts to do right; and the more I re- flected, the stranger it appeared to me that any thinking be- ing should feel otherwise. The complete letters sh... ... fault. The fault of each grinds down the hearts of those about him, and – let us not blink the truth – hurries both him and them into the grave. And ... ...of that rude, old, Norse nobility of soul, which saw virtue and vice alike go unrewarded, and was yet not shaken in its faith. WALT WHITMAN. – This is... ...one of my stature to one of Whitman’s. But the good and the great man will go on his way not vexed with my little shafts of merriment. He, first of an... ...at is feigned merely puts a sense upon what is; we do actually see a woman go behind a screen as Lady T eazle, and, after a certain interval, we do ac... ...ing any moral influence at all; but still Hugo is too much of an artist to let himself be ham- pered by his dogmas; and the truth is that the artistic... ...volu- tion of our complicated lives. This epical value is not to be found, let it be understood, in every so-called novel. The great majority are not ...

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...ork as a printer, but after a few months he was induced by Governor Keith to go to London, where, finding Keith’s prom ises empty, he again worked as... ...er the inquiries I made among the remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journey I undertook for that purpose. Imagining it... ...efore fit to be imitated. That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me some times to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have n... ...rs, who, through respect to age, might conceive them selves obliged to give me a hearing, since this may be read or not as any one pleases. And, last... ...ead of it, and farther was removed into the next class above it, in order to go with that into the third at the end of the year. But my father, in the... ...a book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. I determined to go into it. My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boar... ...eing inconveniences in that, it was finally concluded on as a better way, to let it be printed for the future under the name of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; and... ... all night on the water,” says he, “just as you please.” The oth ers said, “Let us row; what signifies it?” But, my mind being soured with his other ... ...Deity. When the time of our meeting drew nigh, Ralph called on me first, and let me know his piece was ready. I told him I had been busy, and, having ...