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...sperous wing full summ?d to tell of deeds Above Heroic, though in secret done, And unrecorded left through many an Age, Worthy t?have not remain?d so long unsung. Now had the great Proclaimer with a voice More awful then the sound of Trumpet, cri?d Repentance, and Heavens Kingdom nigh at hand To all Baptiz?d: to his great Baptism flock?d With aw the Regions round, and with...

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... 15 And unrecorded left through many an Age, Worthy t’have not remain’d so long unsung. Now had the great Proclaimer with a voice More awful... ... his great Baptism flock’d With aw the Regions round, and with them came From Nazareth the Son of Joseph deem’d To the flood Jordan, came as ... ...his worthier, and would have resign’d To him his Heavenly Office, nor was long His witness unconfirm’d: on him baptiz’d Heaven open’d, and in l... ...nd in likeness of a Dove 30 The Spirit descended, while the Fathers voice From Heav’n pronounc’d him his beloved Son. That heard the Adversary, w... ...hen that fatal wound Shall be inflicted by the Seed of Eve Upon my head, long the decrees of Heav’n 55 Delay, for longest time to him is short; ... ... mankind so well had thriv’d In Adam’s overthrow, and led thir march 115 From Hell’s deep-vaulted Den to dwell in light, Regents and Potentates,... ...hind them cast All fear of thee, arise and vindicate Thy Glory, free thy people from thir yoke, But let us wait; thus far he hath perform’d, ... ...s sake by all thy argument. For what is glory but the blaze of fame, The peoples praise, if always praise unmixt? And what the people but a herd... ...from his Throne 100 Now made a stye, and in his place ascending A victor, people free from servile yoke? And with my help thou may’st; to me the ...

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...ew moments, was already absorbed in a book. The gentleman had not even needed to sit down to become interested: apparently he had taken up the volume from a table as soon as he came in, and, standing there, after a single glance round the apartment, had lost himself in its pages. He threw it down at the approach of Mrs. Luna, laughed, shook hands with her, and said in answ...

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...eded to sit down to become interested: apparently he had taken up the volume from a table as soon as he came in, and, standing there, after a single g... ...lad to see you,’ Mrs. Luna rejoined, ‘when I tell you that I have been three long weeks in this unprevaricating city.’ ‘That has an unflattering sound ... ...resenting himself with rather a work a day aspect. Mrs. Luna glanced at him from head to foot, and gave a little smiling sigh, as if he had been a lo... ...t him from head to foot, and gave a little smiling sigh, as if he had been a long sum in addition. And, indeed, he was very long, Basil Ran som, and ... ...hair, perfectly straight and glossy, and without any di vision, rolled back from it in a leonine manner. These things, the eyes especially, with thei... ... Mrs. Luna was drawing on her gloves; Ransom had never seen any that were so long; they reminded him of stockings, and he wondered how she managed wit... ...gin life afresh. One didn’t even know what one had come back for. There were people who wanted one to spend the winter in Boston; but she couldn’t sta... ...ed from the doorway. ‘The amount of thought they give to their clothing, the people who are afraid of looking frivolous!’ Chapter 2 W hether much or ... ... to make of the human race is into the peo ple who take things hard and the people who take them easy. He perceived very quickly that Miss Chancellor...

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...clasping a dove to her bosom, but assaulted by a snake. 4 The Marble Fawn From one of the windows of this saloon, we may see a flight of broad stone ... ...ut of the commonest stuff of human existence—may seem not widely different from the texture of all our lives. Side by side with the massiveness of the... ...orted with his like; whereas Donatello has known cities a little, and such people as ourselves. But the resemblance is very close, and very strange.” ... ...rdly a man’s share of wit, small as that may be. It is a pity there are no longer any of this congenial race of rustic creatures for our friend to con... ...ty, yet not incapable of being touched by pathos. It is impossible to gaze long at this stone image with- out conceiving a kindly sentiment towards it... ...ut he would be true and honest by dint of his simplicity. We should expect from him no sacrifice or effort for an abstract cause; there is not an atom... ...se as we handle it, and hardens in our grasp. But, if the spectator broods long over the statue, he will be conscious of its spell; all the pleasantne... ...at he must 9 Hawthorne heretofore have been chiefly conversant with rural people. “Well, well,” said Miriam, “your tender point—your two tender point... ...with time, but has a look of eternal youth in his face.” “ All underwitted people have that look,” said Miriam scorn- fully. “Donatello has certainly ...

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...tiness and shocked by the coarseness of the strings and pulleys. In a similar way, psychology itself, when pushed to any nicety, discovers an abhorren... ...ur of their pleasure. I must therefore warn that well-known character, the general reader, that I am here embarked upon a most distasteful business: t... ...e picture from the wall and looking on the back; and, like the inquiring child, pulling the musical cart to pieces. 1. CHOICE OF WORDS. – The art of l... ...executive, being a temporal art, it must seek for them in music. Each phrase of each sentence, like an air or a recitative in music, should be so artf... ...ther signally prevail. The rule of rhythm in prose is not so intricate. Here, too, we write in groups, or phrases, as I prefer to call them, for the p... ...y giving him the reason or the history of each selection. The two first, one in prose, one in verse, I chose without previous analysis, simply as enga... ... on all with the same ungenerous hand; they begin the consideration of all, in young and unprepared minds, in an unworthy spirit; on all, they supply ... ...d wholesome and beautiful elements of our life; he should tell unsparingly of the evil and sorrow of the present, to move us with instances: he should... ... sion; it contained harbours that pleased me like sonnets; and with the unconsciousness of the predestined, I ticketed my performance ‘Treasure Island...

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...clared that he had been worn against that rock—Rupt is obviously de- rived from rupes. Scientific students of social phenomena will not fail to have o... ...n, would say of Monsieur de Watteville, “He has a noble soul! He perceived from the first days of his married life that he would never be his wife’s m... ...ey all cried. “Won!” replied the Vicar-General. “The verdict of the Court, from which we had no hope, you know why—” This was an allusion to the membe... ...ladies of Europe for half a century. At the peace of 1815, for a year, the long waists of the English were a standing jest; all Paris went to see Poth... ...ikeness to them. 11 Balzac All this hidden labor, all this dust thrown in people’s eyes, this display of folly and latent prudence, had an object, or... ...ent, that tempers, characteristics, wit, or genius reappear in families at long in- tervals, precisely like what are known as hereditary diseases. Thu... ...on marbled with red, a square nose, eyes of flame, hollow cheeks, with two long lines, betraying much suffering, a mouth with a sardonic smile, and a ... ...he physicians having recommended him the air of Lucerne. These two English people had arrived with no other servant than a little girl of fourteen, a ... ...rved this touching care. At about eight o’clock the old man left the young people without any sign of uneasiness, and went to his room. When Francesca...

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...desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions and humours, and by that meanes reserve more whole, and more lively foster the knowledge and acquaintance they have had of me. Had my intention beene to forestal ...

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...ocrates maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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...reprinted in 1910 and 1924." Additional material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presen... ..., and how a received law should not easily be changed XXIII. Divers events from one selfsame counsell XXIV. Of Pedantisme XXV. Of the Institution and ... ... collecting; and this was to Montaigne like Bacchus, closed in, or loosed from his great Iupiters thigh) I the indulgent father invited two right Hon... ...same: So do hir attributes accord to your demerites; wherof to runne a long-breathed careere, both so faire and large a field might envite mee, a... ...e corage by the eie or memory of their mistrisses (as both have made some long believe) having already said, as Petrark to his mistris, In questo st... ...ood; Rise may your Honor, which your merites raise: Live may you long, your Honor you out-live. To the noble-minded Ladie, Anne Harri... ...d by no meanes be appeased, nor by the wailefull out-cries ofall sorts of people (as of men, women, and children) be moved to any pittty, they prost... ...ts atchieved by him, and with a fierce and arrogant manner upbraiding the people with them, had not the heart so much as to take their lots into his... ...utly defending themselves, covenanted to receive them as friends unto the people of Rome, and to enter their Citie as a place confederate, removing ...

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...O THE ULYSSEANS The Theorem and the Myth for traveling from one universe to another Sophia University of Rome ... ...ggiare da un universe all’altro ISBN 978-88-95806-04-4 Translated from Italian by Martha S. Bache-Wiig 2009. Chapter XV translated by Alic... ...he-Wiig, 2009. All translations authorized by the Author. 3 Note from the translator: In this text, several of the author’s books are ment... ...ides reading it individually you discuss it in groups, together with other people who are enthusiastic about the ideas it proposes. Even though the... ...perior to natural-biological life, because it is a type of life that is no longer subject to the law of death and entropy. Not every populace has ... ... one at all because their only value is money. The fear that the West no longer has a soul is well founded, because the one that it had has been i... ...r own lives and of the life of the universe can give rise to a new kind of people: people who have a soul, a soul made up of the energy of love and ... .... 2) – Sophia-Analysis is a method of individual and group work that helps people become Persons, people who have their own identity, are internally... ...escence and adulthood. When this third 20 phase is reached, growth is no longer expected, only decline is. Death, then, is understood by all, sain...

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...elieve the existence of a Devil is a like debt to reason; one is a demonstration from the reality of visible causes, and the other a deduction from t... ... like reality of their effects. One demonstration of the existence of God is from the universal well-guided consent of all nations to worship and... ... and adore a supreme power; one demonstration of the existence of the Devil, is from the avowed ill-guided consent of some nations, who, knowing no ... ... take we see the reflection of the Devil in thousands of forms. First among the long black Catalogue is BLACK ART. WITCHCRAFT. Next to sor... ...t it was classed with treason and poisoning. And it is notorious that magic was long used as a convenient though inefficient weapon against Christia... ...ms, that the Creator of heaven and earth had adopted this nation for his chosen people, and therefore demanded their exclusive homage, and that they... ... which she called Prick-ear, Jack and Frog. Several witnesses, poor and ignorant people, were brought to testify to the mischief which had been done ... ...n in a certain time, and also that he would write to her frequently. She waited long, but no letters arrived: the time appointed passed over, but he... ...ntribute anything to the very useful object of your work, it is no matter – let people think what they will. Be that as it may, I vouch for the trut...

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...Excerpt: It falles me here to write of Chastity, That fairest vertue, farre aboue the rest; For which what needs me fetch from Faery Forreine ensamples, it to haue exprest? Sith it is shrined in my Soueraines brest, And form?d so liuely in each perfect part That to all Ladies, which haue it profest, Need but behold the pourtraict of her hart, If...

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...hat fairest vertue, farre aboue the rest; For which what needs me fetch from Faery Forreine ensamples, it to haue exprest? Sith it is s... ...ons are defaced. The famous Briton Prince and Faerie knight, After long wayes and perilous paines endured, Hauing their wearie limbes t... ...er soiourne and abode; But when thereto they might not be allured, From seeking praise, and deeds of armes abrode, They courteous conge... ...ogether yode. But the captiu’d Acrasia he sent, Because of trauell long, a nigher way, With a strong gard, all reskew to preuent, ... ...is hardiment, And seeke aduentures, as he with Prince Arthur went. Long so they trauelled through wastefull wayes, Where daungers dwelt... ...lorie and renowmed praise; Full many Countries they did ouerronne, From the vprising to the setting Sunne, And many hard aduentures did... ... His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispred, At sight whereof the people stand aghast: But the sage wisard telles, as he has red, ... ...rrunne, And holy Church with faithlesse hands deface, That thy sad people vtterly fordonne, Shall to the vtmost mountaines fly apace: ... ... But the third time shall rew his foolhardise: For Cadwan pittying his peoples ill, Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand Saxons kill. ...

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...ST OFIT AND HONEST OFIT AND HONEST OFIT AND HONESTY Y Y Y Y NO MAN IS FREE from speaking foolish things; but the worst on’t is, when a man labours to ... ...e.” —Terence, Heaut., act iii., s. 4.] This does not concern me; mine slip from me with as little care as they are of little value, and ’tis the bette... ... refused it in a thing of so great importance to him? He had word sent him from Germany that if he thought fit, they 5 Montaigne would rid him of Arm... ...evented their aggrandisement in those parts. He returned answer, “that the people of Rome were wont to revenge themselves of their enemies by open way... ...and I look upon it as no less wounded by itself than by others. I said not long since to some com- pany in discourse, that I should hardly be drawn to... ...ful that they should nei- ther be deceived in me nor deceive others by me. People of that kind of trading are very reserved, and pretend to be the mos... ...rence. I pretend to no other fruit by acting than to act, and add to it no long arguments or propositions; every action plays its own game, win if it ... ... from the ordinary forms; it would produce no great effects, nor be of any long duration; innocence itself could not, in this age of ours, either nego... ...or his heart, tore it out, and threw it to the dogs. And even to the worst people it is the sweetest thing imaginable, hav- ing once gained their end ...

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...oss The Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson CHAPTER I ACROSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDA... ...; and as there is no emigrant train on Sunday a great part of the passengers from these four ships was concentrated on the train by which I was to tra... ...ge discomfort for downright misery and danger. I followed the porters into a long shed reaching downhill from West Street to the river. It was dark, t... ...misery and danger. I followed the porters into a long shed reaching downhill from West Street to the river. It was dark, the wind blew clean through i... ... among us like so many maddened sheep- dogs; and I believe these men were no longer answerable for their acts. It mattered not what they were carrying... ...e tributary to one massive sensation of discomfort. At length, and after how long an interval I hesitate to guess, the crowd began to move, heavily st... ...n shouted to them to move on, and threatened them with shipwreck. These poor people were under a spell of stupor, and did not stir a foot. It rained a... ...ss, like that produced by fear, presided over the disorder of our land- ing. People pushed, and elbowed, and ran, their families fol- lowing how they ... ...ice, I threw the other four under the cars, and beheld, as in a dream, grown people and children groping on the track after my leavings. At last we we...

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...clasping a dove to her bosom, but assaulted by a snake. 4 The Marble Fawn From one of the windows of this saloon, we may see a flight of broad stone ... ...ut of the commonest stuff of human existence—may seem not widely different from the texture of all our lives. Side by side with the massiveness of the... ...orted with his like; whereas Donatello has known cities a little, and such people as ourselves. But the resemblance is very close, and very strange.” ... ...rdly a man’s share of wit, small as that may be. It is a pity there are no longer any of this congenial race of rustic creatures for our friend to con... ...ty, yet not incapable of being touched by pathos. It is impossible to gaze long at this stone image with- out conceiving a kindly sentiment towards it... ...ut he would be true and honest by dint of his simplicity. We should expect from him no sacrifice or effort for an abstract cause; there is not an atom... ...se as we handle it, and hardens in our grasp. But, if the spectator broods long over the statue, he will be conscious of its spell; all the pleasantne... ...at he must 9 Hawthorne heretofore have been chiefly conversant with rural people. “Well, well,” said Miriam, “your tender point—your two tender point... ...with time, but has a look of eternal youth in his face.” “ All underwitted people have that look,” said Miriam scorn- fully. “Donatello has certainly ...

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... . . . . . 67 ii A CRISTMAS CAROL He had been Tim’s blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. PREFACE. I HAVE endeavoured in t... ...HOST 3 The mention of Marley’s funeral brings me back to the point I started from. There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly und... ...door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, ... ... grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self c... ...use. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people in the court outside, go wheezing up and down, beating their hands... ... kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open... ...men seem by one consent to open their shut up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, ... ...t with a growl. The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted... ...a handful of fuel. The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch merchant long ago, and paved all round with quaint Dutch tiles, designed to illust...

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...es- ture. And yet he was evidently not a man to whom fatigue was familiar; long, lean, and muscular, he suggested the sort of vigor that is commonly k... ... deal of byplay, a great stand- ing off with folded arms and head drooping from side to side, stroking of a dimpled chin with a dimpled hand, sighing ... ...ese perfor- mances were accompanied by a restless glance, which lin- gered longer than elsewhere upon the gentleman we have described. At last he rose... ...holic, but I want to buy it. Combien? Write it here.” And he took a pencil from his pocket and showed her the fly-leaf of his guide-book. She stood lo... ...od deal?” he asked at last. “Pas beaucoup?” The young lady raised her eyes from her palette, scanned him from head to foot, and alighted with admirabl... ...th satisfac- tion. All that seems very far away.” 15 Henry James “And how long have you been in Europe?” “Seventeen days.” “First time?” “Yes, very m... ...e which projects into the great open quadrangle. The place was filled with people, the fountains were spouting, a band was playing, clusters of chairs... ...t until two o’clock in the morning, watching the coming and going, and the people knocking about.” “You’re easily pleased. But you can do as you choos... ...ut of it I can. I want to see all the great things, and do what the clever people do.” “The clever people? Much obliged. You set me down as a blockhea...

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...rice, where life faces pain and death over and over again so they can be transformed into a new creation of immortal beauty, that once created can no longer die. This type of project for the couple, which strongly contrasts with the c...

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...this work. Original title: Ipotesi su Ulisse Translated from Italian by Martha S. Bache-Wiig 2009, authorized by the Author. ... ...reat willingness to be daring. 4 Notes from the translator: - The passages from the Odyssey that the author us... ...the translator: - The passages from the Odyssey that the author used are from the renowned translation from Greek to Italian done by Rosa Calzecch... ... even with all of its potent energies, can never create the immortality it longs for without the collaboration of men and women. Humanity would not ... ... return to the artist that created it, who has been dead for who knows how long? 16 Cyanobacteria, the first forms of life, fed themselves on lig... ...ile Dante identifies the cardinal sins as the negative forces that destroy people during their lives after they have left the womb, Homer sees them a... ... hybris into pieces, along with all of the arrogance that blinds him for so long and makes it impossible for him to be responsible for his own guilt.... ...storted. When, as so often happens, disillusionment and unhappiness arrive, people often realize that it is another type of beauty they are looking f... ...tead happens later on with Socrates. The Greeks and other Mediterranean peoples, particularly the Etruscans, were convinced that the Odyssey was ...

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...This book was developed from a paper I wrote for Russian and Baltic country psychologists. They had come to Italy to the Institute in Ascoli Piceno, which is a member of the Sophia University of Rome, to participate in a seminar on Sophia- Art and C...

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...Original title: Il Mito di Ulisse e la Bellezza Seconda Translated from Italian by Martha S. Bache-Wiig 2009, authorized by the Author. ... ...the Author. ISBN 9788895806075 3 Notes from the translator: - The passages from the Odyssey that the author us... ...the translator: - The passages from the Odyssey that the author used are from the renowned translation from Greek to Italian done by Rosa Calzecch... ...created through the artistry of human beings and once it is created, is no longer subject to death or the law of entropy. It is immortal, and it gua... ...it. This particular type of beauty signals an evolution in art. It will no longer require a material support that must be kept alive, and it will no... ...ysses’ present as narrated in Homer’s Odyssey, which unravels over the ten long years he is in Troy and another ten spent traveling through the Medi... ...e do as Existential Anthropologists or as Cosmo-artistic Anthropologists? People come with their symptoms and their problems, and they are looking f... ...e carefully camouflaged to make it look acceptable and believable for both people involved. Therefore, people must disguise themselves as sick pat... ...on is losing a bit more of its influence and the importance it once had in people’s lives. There is a terrible emptiness left in its place, and the ...

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... door marked Private, next the clerks? office, is their domestic sitting room as well as their reception room for clients. Let me describe it briefly from the point of view of a sparrow on the window sill. The outer door is in the opposite wall, close to the right hand corner. Between this door and the left hand corner is a hatstand and a table consisting of large drawing ...

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...om as well as their reception room for clients. Let me describe it briefly from the point of view of a sparrow on the window sill. The outer door is i... ...you lunched? TIM. Divil a lunch! BROADBENT . I’m sorry I couldn’t get back from Brighton in time to offer you some; but— TIM. Not a word, sir, not a w... ...im. Hodson enters emptyhanded; takes two glasses, a siphon, and a tantalus from the cupboard; places them before Broadbent on the writing table; looks... ...rry a Union Jack handkerchief and a penny trumpet, and tax the food of the people to support the Navy League, and clamor for the destruction of the la... ...h me to Ireland to break the ice for me. He can gain the confidence of the people there, and make them friendly to me. Eh? [He seats himself on the of... ...c duffers like you, who will let him loaf and drink and sponge and brag as long as he flatters your sense of moral superiority by playing the fool and... ...n’t you want to see your country again after 18 years absence? to see your people, to be in the old home again? To— DOYLE [interrupting him very impat... ...k Laners, cos- mopolitan riffraff. Don’t call them English. They don’t be- long to the dear old island, but to their confounded new empire; and by Geo... .... PATSY. Sure I know that, sir. KEEGAN. The Church let me be its priest as long as it thought me fit for its work. When it took away my papers it mean...

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...TURE mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman’s life and of a ship’s ca reer. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship’s earthly fate. ... ...cise definition of a ship’s earthly fate. A “Departure” is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term “Landfall” is more easily understood... ...phere. 4 The Mirror of the Sea The Departure is not the ship’s going away from her port any more than the Landfall can be looked upon as the synonym ... ...t sea, in the fullest sense of the phrase, for days; but, for all that, as long as the coast she was about to leave remained in sight, a southern-goin... ...of the land on the part of a sailor. It is the technical, as distinguished from the sentimental, “good-bye.” Henceforth he has done with the coast ast... ... little spot—maybe a small island in the ocean, a single headland upon the long coast of a continent, a lighthouse on a bluff, or simply the peaked fo... ...r ship’s company altogether for some three days or more. They would take a long dive, as it were, into their state-room, only to emerge a few days af-... ...goes on to point out, with insight and justice, that for a great number of people (20,000, I think he says) it is a means of liveli- hood—that it is, ... ... kind man in his way, and had made a point of introducing them to the best people in the town in order that they should not fall into the bad company ...

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...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. Contents THE LONG VOYAGE .................................................................. ........... 210 iv 5 Charles Dickens Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens THE LONG VOYAGE WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING and the sleet or rain is driving a... ...of voyage and travel. Such books have had a strong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood; and I wonder it should have come to pass that I... ... 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 order o... ... Eve, I find incidents of travel rise around me from all the latitudes and longitudes of the globe. They observe no order or sequence, but appear and ... ...one upon the sea with his disaffected crew, looks over the waste of waters from his high station on the poop of his ship, and sees the first uncertain... ...into a little trouble by leaving parcels of mud done up in brown paper, at people’s houses, on pretence of being a Railway Porter, in which character ... ...ging Letter Writer, for it is a part of his specula tion) in the aversion people feel to exhibit themselves as having been imposed upon, or as having... ...edings; it has been his busi ness to write to all sorts and conditions of people, in the names of persons of high reputation and unblemished honour, ...

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...te, in ate, in ate, in ate, in M M M M Macbeth acbeth acbeth acbeth acbeth FROM MY BOYISH DAYS I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Ma... ...e human mind, and the most to be distrusted; and yet the great majority of people trust to nothing else; which may do for ordinary life, but not for p... ...uses on each side of a street, as seen by a person looking down the street from one extremity. Now in all cases, unless the person has happened to obs... ... has not seen) that which he has seen every day of his life. But to return from this digression, my understanding could furnish no reason why the knoc... ... corresponding improve- ment. Practice and theory must advance pari passu. People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine m... ...in its tendency . Immoral! God bless my soul, gentle- men, what is it that people mean? I am for morality, and always shall be, and for virtue and all... ...er all murders, sa- cred and profane, as utterly unworthy of notice, until long after the Christian era. Greece, even in the age of Pericles, produced... ...Parliament, however, was of no use; for, in November of the same year, the Long Parliament as- sembled, and Hobbes, a second time, fearing he should b... ...ind a party of gentlemen dismount- ing at the inn door, amongst whom was a long thin fellow, who turned out to be no less a person than Mr. Hobbes, wh...