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...perfect specimen of manly beauty could scarcely be imagined. Lovely as the Greek girls of Cyprus or Chios, Mercedes boasted the same bright flashing e... ...in- stead of shedding tears as at the fictitious tale of woe produced at a theatre, you behold in a law-court a case of real and genuine dis- tress — ... ...ffianced bride by the hand, and bringing with him remorse, not such as the ancients figured, furious and terrible, but that slow and consuming agony w... ... foundation, and at a sign from the emperor the incon- gruous structure of ancient prejudices and new ideas fell to the ground. Villefort, therefore, ... ... of the ages, bring to life the nations that had perished, and rebuild the ancient cities so vast and stupendous in the light of the imagination, and ... ...ay, Ger- man, French, Italian, English, and Spanish; by the aid of ancient Greek I learned modern Greek — I don’t speak it so well as I could wish, bu... ... were turned to- wards Athens — it was the fashion to pity and support the Greeks. The French government, without protecting them openly , as you know... ...ned vocalists of Italy. Albert had never been able to en- dure the Italian theatres, with their orchestras from which it is im- possible to see, and t... ...isplayed his most dazzling and effective costumes each time he visited the theatres; but, alas, his elegant toilet was wholly thrown away, and one of ...

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...do, Calderon, Garcilaso de la Vega, the Mendozas, Gongora, were all men of ancient families, and, curiously, all, except the last, of fami- lies that ... ...though nominally taken from the castle, it was in reality derived from the ancient territorial possession of the family, and as a set-off, and to dist... ...ucate the public taste until it was ripe for tragedies on the model of the Greek drama—like the “Numancia” for instance—and comedies that would not on... ...a knight. “For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees me, after slumb... ...ant; for they under- stood about as much of them as if he had been talking Greek, though they could perceive they were all meant for expressions of go... ... I would have returned and done more mischief in reveng- ing thee than the Greeks did for the rape of Helen, who, if she were alive now, or if my Dulc... ...all the rest of them, that the books, the ballads, the barber’s shops, the theatres are full of, were really and truly ladies of flesh and blood, and ... ...ng themselves out for their wedding on the morrow. They advanced towards a theatre that stood on one side of the meadow decked with carpets and boughs...

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...llen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richardson’ s Dictionary KETOS, GREEK. CETUS, LA TIN. WHOEL, ANGLO-SAXON. HV ALT, DANISH. W AL, DUTCH. HW A... ...hese extracts, for veritable gospel cetology. Far from it. As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets here appearing, these extra... ... of sight of land? Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely all this i... ... as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea. Because Joppa, t... ...he name of a celebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians; now extinct as the ancient Medes. I peered and pryed about the Devil-dam; from her, hopped ove... ...rs, the white forked flame being held the holiest on the altar; and in the Greek mythologies, Great Jove himself being made incarnate in a snow-white ... ...ess, too, all human beings, how when herded together in the sheepfold of a theatre’s pit, they will, at the slightest alarm of 370 Moby Dick fire, ru...

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...shion introduced as much by David’s school of painting as by the mania for Greek and Roman styles which characterized the early years of this century.... ...n the quarries. The head of the Guillaume family was a notable upholder of ancient practices; he might be heard to regret the Provost of Merchants, an... ...they made up their mind to exert the right acquired by taking a box at the theatre to command a piece which Paris had already forgotten. As to the oth... ...s lost to the sight of his most intimate friends forgetting the world, the theatre, poetry, music, and all his dearest habits. One morning Girodet bro... ...because, above everything, they must understand each other; if a man spoke Greek and his wife Latin, they might come to die of hunger. He had himself ... ...lappets, her mother had found in Virginie a successor who could uphold the ancient honor of the Cat and Racket. At breakfast she observed certain chan... ... visible till that hour. Madame de Sommervieux had not yet seen any of the ancient and mag- nificent mansions of the Faubourg Saint-Germain. As she ma... ...taste, enhanced this sort of dais, under which the Duchess reclined like a Greek statue. The dark hue of the velvet gave relief to every fascinating c...

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...d it Silver’s Theayter. You know that, sure!’ 46 Soldiers Three ‘Silver’s Theatre—so ’twas. A gut betune two hills, as black as a bucket, an’ as thin... ... Dublin dock-rat he was— wan av the bhoys that made the lessee av Silver’s Theatre gray before his time wid tearin’ out the bowils av the benches an’ ... ...m Kelly.” ‘“Eyah!” sez the man, “was you there too? We’ll call ut Silver’s Theatre.” Half the Tyrone, knowin’ the ould place, tuk it up: so we called ... ...usketeers gathered round it with dry lips. They drank my health in due and ancient form, and thereafter tobacco tasted sweeter than ever. They absorbe... ...odiment—all this trouble would have been averted. They compared him to the Ancient Mariner, but none the less they were proud of him and proud of the ... ... she dwelt upon the wall. —Joshua ii. 15 LALUN IS A MEMBER of the most ancient profession in the world. Lilith was her very-great-grandmamma, and ... ...lun’s little white room was always large and talked more than before. ‘The Greeks,’ said Wali Dad who had been borrowing my books, ‘the inhabitants of... ... of the heterodox women—is it not?—who were amusing and not fools. All the Greek philosophers delighted in their company. Tell me, my friend, how it g...

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...ion arose from the vulgar pretensions of the learned, from their appeal to ancient names and their quota- tions in unfamiliar tongues, and from the ea... ...- sion in the world was conducted by a number of unham- pered men in small Greek cities, who knew no language but their own and had scarcely a technic... ...rning.” They are the kin of those who rush and struggle and make panics in theatre fires. Now it seems to me that most of the troubles of humanity are... ...ems that it dropped unsolved at the close of the period of 7 H. G . Wells Greek freedom, when it must get to a common and general understanding upon ... ...AL ENQ ENQ ENQ ENQ ENQUIR UIR UIR UIR UIRY Y Y Y Y It seems to me that the Greek mind up to the disaster of the Macedonian Conquest was elaborately an... ...er defined and excessively personified. The painted figure of that bearded ancient upon the Sistine Chapel, or William Blake’s wild-haired, wild-eyed ...

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...Excerpt: The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother?s side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a ...

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...he original edition. The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some re lation between us... ...tion to my fortune. My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; an... ... mounting on my body. At the place where the carriage stopped there stood an ancient temple, esteemed to be the largest in the whole kingdom; which, h... ...the town on my left hand, which looked like the painted scene of a city in a theatre. I had been for some hours extremely pressed by the necessities o... ... called up into the room: it was with great difficulty that I understood his Greek, and had but little of my own. He assured me upon his honour “that ...

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...CT of merry England which is wa- tered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hi... ...te battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendere... ...e reduced to some degree of subjection to the crown, had now resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent; despising the feeble interference of ... ...etter degree than the mere vul- gar, and might be compared to the pit of a theatre. The pro- miscuous multitude arranged themselves upon large banks o... ...siness with him. Isaac at once replaced on the table the untasted glass of Greek wine which he had just raised to his lips, and saying hastily to his ... ...aid Malvoisin apart to Mont- Fitchet, “were it well directed—but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it.” The Judges had now been two h...

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...Excerpt: The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospect...

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...QUE NOTES by Robert Louis Stevenson EDINBURGH CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. THE ANCIENT AND FAMOUS metropolis of the North sits over- looking a windy estua... ...nently Gothic, and all the more so since she has set herself off with some Greek airs, and erected classic temples on her crags. In a word, and above ... ...f the ground, buildings in almost every style upon the globe. Egyptian and Greek temples, Venetian palaces and Gothic spires, are huddled one over ano... ...tricities, this dream in masonry and living rock, is not a drop-scene in a theatre, but a city in the world of every-day reality, connected by railway... ...or is this the only memo- rial that the pavement keeps of former days. The ancient burying-ground of Edinburgh lay behind St. Giles’s Church, running ... ...catch a glimpse of far-away trees upon your walk; and the place is full of theatre tricks in the way of scenery. You peep under an arch, you descend s...

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...erpretation of their value. In practice they had long sunk into forms. But ancient forms easily lend themselves to a revivification by meanings and ap... ...n consequence unread,) on the toi- lette and the wardrobe of the ladies of ancient Palestine. Hartmann was a respectable Oriental scholar, and he pub-... ... yields a strong presumption that he has exhausted it. The male costume of ancient Pales- tine is yet to be illustrated; but, for the female, it is pr... ...eans could have been discovered by the learned for putting a stop to him. [Greek Text: Aperantologia] was his forte; upon this he piqued himself, and ... ..., my dear North, and believe me to be always your old friend and admirer, [Greek Text: Cap Omega, Cap Phi] SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE THE FIRST THE... ...at well-known under habiliment, which in Hebrew is called Ch’tonet, and in Greek and Latin by words of similar sound. 2 In this stage of its progress... ...gin, if she happened to be aware of it. The reason lurks here:—In the word theatre, is contained an evanescent image of a great audience—of a populous... ...tain degree of human sympathy with the dread tumults going on in that vast theatre—a conscience- haunted mind. So far he stands on common ground; but ... ...; whilst to him the large deputation from female Megara furnished an extra theatre for the inspection of Greek beauty. ‘There was no river mouth visib...

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...through cellars all the way. Almost all the streets of old Paris, of which ancient chronicles laud the magnificence, were like this damp and gloomy la... ...ly very comparable to the peep- hole made by actors in the drop-scene of a theatre, enabled her to catch a glimpse of numbers of elegant carriages, an... ...Caroline’—” “No, no, do not laugh, my darling; we cannot go to the Feydeau Theatre together this evening.” Caroline put on a little pout, but it vanis... ...to plead, he asked me to dine with him. But, my dearest, you can go to the theatre with your mother, and I will join you if the meeting breaks up earl... ...d return in sincerity to a religious life. So on this solemn morning three ancient females had settled them- selves in the drawing-room where Madame C... ...wars of the Em- pire commended to the affections of the Parisians; and the Greek helmets, the Roman crossed daggers, and the shields so dear to milita...

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...e shoe makers. The whole place looks as if it were the stage of some great theatre, and the curtain had just run up, for a picturesque ballet. And the... ...retched from house to house. Bright stuffs and handkerchiefs, curiosities, ancient frames of carved wood, old chairs, ghostly tables, saints, virgins,... ...istian spirit may dictate the observance. Hard by the cathedral stands the ancient Palace of the Popes, of which one portion is now a common jail, and... ... anecdote, quite appropriate to itself, connected with its adventures. ‘An ancient tradition relates, that in 1441, a nephew of Pierre de Lude, the Po... ...t of Faith, are very commonly seen walking in the streets. There are three theatres in the city, besides an old one now rarely opened. The most import... ...: the opera house of Genoa—is a very splendid, commodi ous, and beautiful theatre. A company of comedians were acting there, when we arrived: and soo... ...Romeo and Juliet. In another there was a collection, under a colonnade, of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan remains, pre sided over by an ancient man who m... ... smartly; and I was fortunate enough to observe one gentleman attired as a Greek warrior, catch a light whiskered brigand on the nose (he was in the v... ... precision that was much applauded by the by standers. As this victorious Greek was exchanging a face tious remark with a stout gentleman in a doorw...

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... crossed the tropic of Cancer, and made for the China Seas. We were on the theatre of the last diversions of the mon- ster: and, to say truth, we no l... ...nd a small island, recognised in 1801 by Captain Crespo, and marked in the ancient Span- ish maps as Rocca de la Plata, the meaning of which is The Si... ... I recognised some unmistak- able Irishmen, Frenchmen, some Sclaves, and a Greek, or a Candiote. They were civil, and only used that odd lan- guage am... ...iles, its undulating line of mountains being occasionally relieved by some ancient ruin. The 5th of February we at last entered the Gulf of Aden, a pe... ...,” said I, “this sea is quoted as one of the worst, and in the time of the ancients, if I am not mis- taken, its reputation was detestable.” “Detestab... ...t mis- taken, its reputation was detestable.” “Detestable, M. Aronnax. The Greek and Latin histori- ans do not speak favourably of it, and Strabo says... ... blue sea par excellence, “the great sea” of the Hebrews, “the sea” of the Greeks, the “mare nostrum” of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, al- oes...

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...taverns (for the Oriental Club was not as yet invented); he frequented the theatres, as the mode was in those days, or made his appearance at the oper... ...delighted beyond measure at the Ba- zaars; and in a whirl of wonder at the theatre, whither the good- natured lady took her. One day, Amelia had a hea... ... into it, in the midst of a perfect storm of sympathy. At the little Paris theatres, on the other hand, you will not only hear the people yelling out ... ...troduced by the patronage of his grandfather, Lord Binkie, by studying the ancient and modern orators with great assidu- ity, and by speaking unceasin... ... Hawky. Either of these young ladies is perfectly qualified to instruct in Greek, Latin, and the rudiments of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in S... ... Miss Wirt their gov- erness, that raw-boned V estal. They took her to the ancient concerts by way of a treat, and to the oratorio, and to St. Paul’s ... ... Bute followed the track of Sharp and his daughter back to the lodgings in Greek Street, which the defunct painter had occupied; and where por- traits... ... gusty, raw day at the end of April—the rain whipping the pavement of that ancient street where the old Slaughters’ Coffee-house was once situated—Geo... ... and quacks that weren’t fit to get their living but by grinding Latin and Greek, and a set of super- cilious dogs that pretended to look down upon Br...

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... hall. It was paved with red and yellow tiles, on which alternately were a Greek Cross and the Lamb of God. An imposing staircase led out of the hall.... ...to the upper forms and German to anyone who cared to take it up instead of Greek. Another master was engaged to teach mathematics more systematically ... ...Philip what he saw . The ruin grew vivid with his words. He showed him the theatre of Dionysus and explained in what order the people sat, and how bey... ...f which the nail had a little black edge to it, was point- ing out how the Greek ships were placed and how the Persian. 78 Of Human Bondage XVII PHIL... ... his vivid fancy he seemed to see the surging throng round the pit-door of theatres, and the glitter of cheap restaurants, bars where men, half drunk,... ... did not know whether he was more bored or nauseated. If that was what the theatre was coming to, then it was high time the police stepped in and clos... ... from Rome to put a subtle fragrance of Italy . He thought the city of the ancient Romans a little vulgar , finding distinction only in the decadence ... ..., and whether a similarity of surname was not his only connection with the ancient family whose tree he was displaying. LXXXVIII There was a knock at ...

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...a Dominant Jew clean gone to the fleshpots and effeminacy. Aldermen of our ancient conception, they may teach him that he has been backsliding once mo... ...s. Inchling dreaded Scotchmen as well, and Ameri- cans, and Armenians, and Greeks: latterly Germans hardly less; but his dread of absorption in Jewry,... ... the promoting of the state of reverential wonderment in rapture, which an ancient wine will lead to, well you wot. The silly girly sugary crudity his... ... to no one as yet. Nataly thought that; not-withstanding the outcry of the ancient and withered woman who bore Victor Radnor’s name: for whom, in con-... ...me lines of Homer, and beseeches him for the designation of that language. Greek, is it? Greek of the Asiatic ancient days of the beginning of the poe... ...ange!—she partly suspects the Frenchman, the Russian, the attentive silent Greek, to be all of them bound for the Court of Japan. Concurrents? Can it ... ...es. Visibly, that man Jarniman was disposed of with ease. As in the street-theatres of crowing Punch, distance enlisted pan- tomime to do the effectiv... ...ext day at eight of the evening I shall be address- ing our meeting in the Theatre. Simeon speaks. Beaves Urmsing insists on coming, T ory though he i... ...r lips—too much a resurrection smile. There was talk of the Meeting at the theatre: Simeon Fenellan had spoken there in the cause of the deceased Mem-...

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... that the Marquesan is conscious of achievement, his life all rounded in, his robes (like Caesar’s) adjusted for the final act. Praise not any man til... ...e first foundation, only by propitiatory 27 Robert Louis Stevenson feasts, and, so soon as the fire of life went out upon the hearth, swarmed back in... ...certain date a new god was added to the Society-Island Olympus, or an old one refurbished and made popular. Oro was his name, and he may be compared w... ...both of these feasters and their meat; he clapped his hands, and gave me a stave of one of the old, ill-omened choruses. Centuries might have come and... ... above upon a woody valley: a little French fort, now disused and deserted, over- hangs the valley and the inlet. Atuona itself, at the head of the ne... ...and it was not fitting that his guests should countenance a festival of which he disapproved. So might some strict clergyman at home ad- dress a world... ...s and eggs and fish of his own more favoured island. And as for his parishioners, they did not think one hair the less of him. A schoolboy, mulcted in...

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...n. A few lean hydran- geas and geraniums pined in the flower-beds, and the ancient house looked down on them indifferently. Its garden side was plaine... ...t was dated about four weeks back, under the letter-head of “The Diversity Theatre.” “My Dear Mr . Granice: “I have given the matter my best considera... ... carried all the expenses of production yourself, and we couldn’t fill the theatre for a week. Y et ‘The Lee Shore’ was a modern prob- lem play—much e... ...ter droned through the evening paper. Sometimes he spent an evening at the theatre; or he dined out, or, more rarely, strayed off with an acquaintance... ...ess. The long thoroughfare stretched before him, dim and deserted, like an ancient avenue of tombs. But from Denver’s house a friendly beam fell on th... ...nd a roll of music, a platter heaped with grapes and roses, the torso of a Greek statuette, and a bowl overflowing with coins and jewels; behind her, ... ...th his mother’s property; the paternal estate being near Orvieto, of which ancient city his father was syndic. Soon after his arrival in Siena the you...

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...for it to which she currently alluded; they bore upon minor points of that ancient order, but for Mrs. Touchett they amply justified non-residence. Sh... ...he finest thing in na- ture. It’s finer than the finest work of art—than a Greek bas-relief, than a great Titian, than a Gothic cathedral. It’s very p... ... happen. Sud- denly I receive a Titian, by the post, to hang on my wall— a Greek bas-relief to stick over my chimney-piece. The key of a beautiful edi... ...hatched and timbered, past ale-houses latticed and sanded, past patches of ancient common and glimpses of empty parks, between hedgerows made thick by... ...as a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways. His other brother, who was in the army in India, was rather w... ...nd interpreter. They had breakfasted together, dined together, gone to the theatre together, supped together, really in a manner quite lived together.... ...shion; and when he had obtained his admittance—it was one of the secondary theatres—looked about the large, bare, ill-lighted house. An act had just t... ... for being angry. Verdi’s music did little to comfort him, and he left the theatre and walked home- ward, without knowing his way, through the tortuou... .... It is impossible, in Rome at least, to look long at a great com- pany of Greek sculptures without feeling the effect of their noble quietude; which,...

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... to bed only a few moments before him. Occasionally, the pair went to some theatre, occupying one of the ministerial boxes. On those days, they dined ... ...ce little made dishes; yet, fond as she was of eating, she also adored the theatre and cher- ished a vice which she wrapped in impenetrable mystery— s... ...oings, always anxious to cheer Madame Bridau, often took the latter to the theatre, or to drive; pre- pared excellent little dinners for her delectati... .... But these testimonies both assign a much lesser age to the city than its ancient antiquity demands. In fact, the excavations lately undertaken by a ... ...g to the researches of this an- tiquary, like other cities of France whose ancient or modern autonym ends in “Dun” (“dunum”) bears in its very name th... ...ica of the fifth century,—the third monument of the third religion of this ancient town. He used the church as a necessary foundation, or stay, for th... ...mythological arrow,—admirable description of an effect of nature which the Greeks, unable to conceive the chivalric, ideal, and mel- ancholy love bego... ...e of Titians’ Venuses!” Adolphine and Madame Hochon thought he was talking Greek; but Agathe signed to them behind his back, as if to say that she was...