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...gainst sowr, salt to remove salt humours. Hence Philosophers and other gravest Writers, as Cicero, Plutarch and others, frequently cite out of Tragic Poets, both to adorn and illustrate thir discourse....

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...est Writers, as Cicero, Plutarch and others, frequently cite out of Tragic Poets, both to adorn and illustrate thir discourse. The Apostle Paul hi... ...t undergoes at this day with other common Interludes; hap’ning through the Poets error of intermixing Comic stuff with Tragic sadness and gravity; ... ...t unacquainted with Æschulus, Sophocles, and Euripedes, the three Trajic Poets unequall’d yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to w... ... Chor. Tax not divine disposal, wisest Men 210 Have err’d, and by bad Women been deceiv’d; And shall again, pretend they ne’re so wise. Dej... ...h to say, I oft have heard men wonder 215 Why thou shouldst wed Philistian women rather Then of thine own Tribe fairer, or as fair, At least of ... ...orks 955 It hath brought forth to make thee memorable Among illustrious women, faithful wives: Cherish thy hast’n’d widowhood with the gold ... ...Acron, Gaza, Asdod, and in Gath I shall be nam’d among the famousest Of women, sung at solemn festivals, Living and dead recorded, who to save...

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...Excerpt: We had been talking about the masters who had achieved but a single masterpiece--the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched the high level of perfection. Our host had been showing us a charming little cabinet picture by a painter whose name we had never heard, and who, aft...

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...bout the masters who had achieved but a single masterpiece—the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched... ...er; we hung upon his lips and proclaimed his genius on the house-tops. The women were all dying to sit to him for their portraits and be made immortal... ...e, and were at once very perfect cats and monkeys and very natural men and women. I confess, however, that they failed to amuse me. I was doubtless no... ...d in perfect silence before her, was tinged with the sinister irony of the women of Leonardo. Perfect silence, indeed, marked our whole progress—the s...

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...trict that lies between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. Her house (known in the neighborhood as the Maison Vauquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that...

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... house (known in the neighborhood as the Maison V auquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respec... ...the portrait of its mistress. Mme. Vauquer at the age of fifty is like all women who “have seen a deal of trouble.” She has the glassy eyes and innoce... ...ery limp article of clothing looked like the ghost of its former self. The women’s dresses were faded, old-fashioned, dyed and re-dyed; they wore glov... ...o slender form, her faintly colored face and light-brown hair, that modern poets find in mediaeval statuettes; and a sweet expression, a look of Chris... ... in a school, as in the world itself, there was among the eighteen men and women who met round the dinner table a poor creature, despised by all the o... ...pinion. With the faculty for severe logic sedulously cultivated by elderly women during long evenings of gossip till they can always find an hypoth- e...

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...se new sufferings, or to reflect on her situation. She was a prey to cruel fears,--caused less by the dread of a first lying-in, which terrifies most women, than by certain dangers which awaited her child. In order not to awaken her husband who was sleeping beside her, the poor woman moved with precautions which her intense terror made as minute as those of a prisoner ende...

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... fears,—caused less by the dread of a first lying-in, which terrifies most women, than by certain dangers which awaited her child. In order not to awa... ...sts, now so much in request by antiquaries, were the arse- nals from which women drew the rich and elegant treasures of their personal adornment,—lace... ...rricane. In her helplessness she thought of trusting herself to one of the women,—all creatures of her husband,—when, pass- 19 Balzac ing into her or... ..., he had never married; in fact, his reputation had hindered certain young women from accepting him. 22 The Hated Son Incapable of finding consolatio... ...d the only semblance of happiness that consoled her life. She loved him as women love the child of an illicit love; obliged to suckle him, the duty ne... ...heartening had either given a meaning to their confused desires. They were poets and poem both. Music, the most sensual of arts for loving souls, was ...

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... like old men of lesse truth then tongue, And your true rights be termd a Poets rage, And stretched miter of an Antique song. But were some childe ... ... A womans gentle hart but not acquainted With shifting change as is false womens fashion, An eye more bright then theirs, lesse false in rowling: G... ...h, A man in hew all Hews in his controwling, Which steales mens eyes and womens soules amaseth. And for a woman wert thou first created, Till natu... ...adding one thing to my purpose nothing. But since she prickt thee out for womens pleasure, Mine be thy loue and thy loues vse their treasure. - 22 ... ...d brought: To march in ranckes of better equipage: But since he died and Poets better proue, Theirs for their stile ile read, his for his loue. - ... ...set, I found (or thought I found) you did exceed, The barren tender of a Poets debt: And therefore haue I slept in your report, That you your self... ...a tombe. There liues more life in one of your faire eyes, Then both your Poets can in praise deuise. - 85 - 83: I neuer saw that you did painting n...

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...ty in England, where (in company) the men are the pointed talkers, and the women conversationally fair Circassians. They are, or they know that they s... ...ion, unbuttoned, and a laugher. We know that he could be chivalrous toward women, notwithstanding the per- plexities he brought on them, and this the ... ... is faced, and that is all. The position is one of the battles incident to women, their hardest. It asks for more than justice from men, for generosit... ...should reputation of woman trail a scent! How true! and true also that the women of waxwork never do; and that the women of happy marriages do not; no... ...of waxwork never do; and that the women of happy marriages do not; nor the women of holy nunneries; nor the women lucky in their arts. It is a test of... ...n…. ‘I could call him my poet also,’ Mr. Redworth agreed with her taste in poets. ‘His letters are among the best ever writ- ten—or ever published: th... ...onth to have sight of an Irish Beauty …. ‘Think war the finest subject for poets?’ he exclaimed. ‘Flatly no: I don’t think it. I think exactly the rev... ...she wished to see that he held an image of Diana:—surely a woman to kindle poets and heroes, the princes of the race; and it was a curious perversity ... ... our flying minds cannot contain a protracted description. That is why the poets, who spring imagination with a word or a phrase, paint lasting pictur...

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...bright with the light of many candles. There the loveliest, the wealthiest women in Paris, bearers of the proudest titles, moved hither and thither, f... ...irl of sixteen, whose beauty realized the fabulous conceptions of Oriental poets! Like the Sultan’s daughter in the tale of the Wonderful Lamp, she sh... ...eclipse Marianina unless it was her mother. Have you ever met one of those women whose startling beauty defies the assaults of time, and who seem at t... ...easily moved by words may allow herself to be seduced; but in dealing with women of this sort, a man must be able, like M. de Jaucourt, to refrain fro... ..., noble ideas for the future! If Filippo re- mained in the hearts of young women as a type of manly beauty, he likewise remained in the memory of all ... ...e had taken his place un- ceremoniously beside one of the most fascinating women in Paris, a young and graceful dancer, with slender figure, a face as...

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...ES of the rue Neuve-des-Mathurins, at half-past eleven at night, two young women were sitting before the fireplace of a boudoir hung with blue velvet ... ...apricious disor- der of a happy home. At the present moment, the two young women were weeping. Pain seemed to predominate. The name of the owner, Ferd... ... and the very little arithmetic it was thought necessary in their rank for women to know. Their reading, selected from authorized books, such as the “... ... only darkened their ideas and depressed them; it was made up of rigid old women, withered and graceless, whose conversation turned on the differences... ...- ing that of the daughters to his wife. He saw less danger for 11 Balzac women than for men in the application of his wife’s oppres- sive system. Th... ...e of those whose solution is known only to God. Here, below, the sublimest poets have simply harassed their readers when attempting to picture paradis... ...mitting a volume of verse, which won him a place in the pleiades of living poets; among these verses was a nebulous poem that was greatly admired. For... ...ul pas- sage from the pen of Theophile Gautier, one of the most remarkable poets of our day:— “‘Ideala, flower of heaven’s own blue, with heart of gol...

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...beat her foes with slaughter from her walls. 4 The Princess ‘O miracle of women,’ said the book, ‘O noble heart who, being strait-besieged By this wi... ...here such a woman now?’ Quick answered Lilia ‘There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down: It is but bringing up; no more than ... ....’ So I began, And the rest followed: and the women sang 8 The Princess Between the rougher voices of the men, Like linn... ...a will; was he to blame? And maiden fancies; loved to live alone Among her women; certain, would not wed. That morning in the presence room I stood Wi... ...rhymes And dismal lyrics, prophesying change Beyond all reason: these the women sang; And they that know such things—I sought but peace; No critic I—... ...broad and bounteous Earth Should bear a double growth of those rare souls, Poets, whose thoughts enrich the blood of the world.’ She ended here, and b... ...happy sleep. Deep in the night I woke: she, near me, held A volume of the Poets of her land: There to herself, all in low tones, she read. ‘Now sl...

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...ns of the peasantry and the original and sacredly preserved jewelry of the women. These two classes, and that of the sailors in their jerkins and varn... ...his shoulder; but so simple a matter did 21 Beatrix it seem that even the women scarcely thanked him. The baron and his guests uttered neither curses... ... seated on one of the antique chairs, presented the type of those adorable women who exist in England, Scotland, or Ireland only. There alone are born... ...n! When you see a woman displaying in her own home the coquetry which most women spend on a single sentiment, believe me, that woman is as noble a mot... ...ing.” “What do they say?” asked the baroness. “The young girls and the old women all say that he is in love with Mademoiselle des T ouches.” “A lad of... ...ut her toilet, pleased with the airy nothings so seductive to women and to poets. She understands very well that after Madame de Stael there is no pla... ...roubled spirits, with the Roman Church, ever kind to repentance, poetic to poets, childlike with children, and yet so profound, so full of mys- tery t... ...rty of Monsieur le Duc de Rhetore’? You had much better give that money to poets, who would carry you in prose and verse to immortality , like the lat...

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...ou’re going to be men,” meaning some- 5 George Meredith thing better than women. There was a notion that Matey de- spised girls. Consequently, never ... ...g its phrasy trumpet. And, somehow, the sacrifice of an enormous number of women to Lord Ormont’s glory seemed natural; the very thing that should be,... ... is how they come to distinction: they have no other chance; they are only women; they are mad to be singed, and they rush pelf-mall, all for the hono... ...f Viking descent, were set to think like boys about him: and the boys, the women, and the poets formed a tipsy chorea. Jour- nalists, on the whole, we... ...t, were set to think like boys about him: and the boys, the women, and the poets formed a tipsy chorea. Jour- nalists, on the whole, were fairly halve... ...at present, as far as I know. Ormont’s not likely to be hooked by garrison women or blacks. Those coloured women—some of ours too—send the nose to the... ... it in her desk, understanding well that it was a laugh lost to the world. Poets could reasonably 25 George Meredith feign it to shake the desk inclo...

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...id to have been a king of Spain, whom Hercules slew. It was a fiction of the poets, that he had three heads, which the author says he shall have again... ...omputed the time of this famous conjunction, Then, says he, shall men and women mutually exchange the pangs of shaving and child-bearing. Anaximan... ...n mathematical terms: Then, says he, shall the negative quan- tity of the women be turn d into positive, their - into +; (i.e.) their minus into p... ... the ideas and inclinations of the two sexes: Men shall turn effeminate, and women manly; wives shall domineer, and husbands obey; ladies shall ride a... ...ils and petticoats; men shall squeak upon theatres with fe- male voices, and women corrupt virgins; lords shall knot and cut paper; and even the north... ...e, is plain from the Callico-Act; whereby it is now become the occupation of women all over England, to convert their useless female habits into beds,...

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...n of absolute integrity of mind. He never wrote his poems (as so many war-poets did) to make the effect of a personal gesture. He pitied others; he d... ...e to the next. All the poet can do to-day is to warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful. If I thought the letter of this book would last, I ... ...ever heard to which front these were sent. Nor there if they yet mock what women meant Who gave them flowers. Shall they return to beatings of great b... ...ers. The front line withers, But they are troops who fade, not flowers For poets’ tearful fooling: Men, gaps for filling Losses who might have fought ... ...er wise, And take whatever pity they may dole. To-night he noticed how the women’s eyes Passed from him to the strong men that were whole. How cold an...

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... little guard; and by low-roofed whitewashed houses, with balco- nies, and women in them,—the very same women, with the very same head-clothes, and ye... ...he houses curiously small, with arcades and balconies, out of which looked women apparently a great deal too big for the chambers they inhabited; the ... ... us. Boom! the gun fired at the end of the funny little entertainment. The women and the balconies, the beggars and the walking Murillos, Pooch and th... ...- antry, with handsome red-sashed gallegos clad in brown, and ill-favoured women, came and got their permits, and were off, as we lay bumping up again... ...; the churches, however, stood open for the faithful, and we met scores of women tripping towards them with pretty feet, and smart black mantillas, fr... ...r, are you not charmed to be in this famous neighbourhood, in this land of poets and heroes, of whose history your classical edu- cation ought to have... ...to me, that I can’t at present reconcile myself to you in age. I read your poets, but it was in fear and trembling; and a cold sweat is but an ill acc... ...er four were playing with a dirty pack of cards, at a barrack that English poets have christened the “Half-way House. ”Does external nature and beauty... ...erly to the people before him, whose devotions he had marked; quotes their poets, to bring them to think of the God unknown, whom they had ignorantly ...

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...Distinguished Provincial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, T wo Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend David in ... ... And, then, if you find all doors closed against you, and that none of the women call upon you, make sure at least that you will feel no regret for al... ... rest of the re- lations have all rallied round her; the most strait-laced women are seen at her house, and receive her with respect, and the Marquis ... ...hough he may wish to be called M. de Rubempre. “You will have rivals here, women far more astute and shrewd than Amelie; they will not fail to discove... ...ing. You have counted upon your incognito, I see, but you are one of those women for whom an incognito is out of the question. You will meet Angouleme... ...to be provincial. She had tact enough to know how greatly the relations of women among themselves depend upon first impressions; and though she felt t... ...hesse de Langeais’ ruin. The fourth, M. de Canalis, one of the most famous poets of the day, and as yet a newly risen celebrity, was prouder of his bi... ... great people who protect them, the author of Ourika, and one or two young poets with sound views.” “Mme. la Marquise,” said de Marsay, “if you give y... ...ng to the prettiest women, his dress elegant, as became the most dainty of poets. “Great heavens!” exclaimed Lucien. “Money, money at all costs! money...

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...have you a literary turn, Mr. Moodie? or have you taken up the advocacy of women’s rights? or what else can have interested you in this lady? Zenobia,... ... hearty welcome. At her back—a back of generous breadth—appeared two young women, smiling most hospitably, but looking rather awk ward withal, as not... ...ve you up as an associate, than that the world should lose one of its true poets!” “Ah, no; there will not be the slightest danger of that, es pecial... ... sparkled among her hair. Her hand, though very soft, was larger than most women would like to have, or than they could afford to have, though not a w... ...lectable to hear, but not in the least like an ordinary woman’s laugh,—”we women (there are four of us here already) will take the domestic and indoor... ...ogether! It is odd enough that the kind of labor which falls to the lot of women is just that which chiefly distinguishes artificial life—the life of ... ...Well, say so if you like,” answered Zenobia. “You are a poet,—at least, as poets go nowadays,—and must be allowed to make an opera glass of your imagi... ...your soul’s ache into it, and turn your sympathy to good account, as other poets do, and as poets must, unless they choose to give us glittering icicl...

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...tness and light, that she was more energetic than any of the hulking young women who, with calves bulging in heavy-ribbed woolen stockings beneath dec... ...thed meant to be teachers. Of these there were two sorts: care- less young women who admitted that they intended to leave the “beastly classroom and g... ...air Lewis therefore taboo, but he had come from Boston, he had lived among poets and socialists and Jews and million- aire uplifters at the University... ...f a beautiful town remained. When she encountered an item about small-town women’s clubs or a photograph of a straggling Main Street, she was home- si... ...s—the light of the library, an authority on books, invited to dinners with poets and explorers, read- ing a paper to an association of distinguished s... ...ow. I suppose that’s so. Honestly, I do love children. But there’s lots of women that can do house- work, but I—well, if you have got a college educat... ... almost gave up library 13 Sinclair Lewis work to become one of the young women who dance in cheese-cloth in the moonlight. She was taken to a certi-... ...umber of very interesting papers, this is such an interesting subject, the poets, they have been an inspiration for higher thought, in fact wasn’t it ... ...gher thought, in fact wasn’t it Reverend Benlick who said that some of the poets have been as much an inspiration as a good many of the ministers, and...

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... the beasts and the rest of mankind. (But they were forbidden to touch the women of the tribe, they had to go out and capture women for themselves, an... ...awyers and town craftsmen and territo- rial lords and rulers doctors, wise women, soldiers and sail- ors in Egypt and China and Assyria and south-east... ...must have seen steam, seen it incuriously for many thousands of years; the women in particular were always heating water, boiling it, seeing it boil a... ...the Sabbatical stuffiness behind and below them. There was a band still, a women’s suffrage meeting— for the suffrage women had won their way back to ... ... was to become a matter for subtle inquiry how far the millions of men and women outside the world of these spe- cialists sympathised and agreed with ... ...but life lengthens out now and the mind of adult humanity detaches itself. Poets who used to die at thirty live now to eighty-five. You, too, Kahn! Th... ...ike a hammer that has lost its anvil, it plunges through hu- man life. You poets, you young people want to turn it to delight. Turn it to delight. Tha... ...between men and women that is not a common evil,’ said Karenin. ‘It is you poets, Kahn, with your love songs which turn the sweet fellowship of comrad...

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... and that is the Prince de Bethune. How is it that men do not consider, as women do, that the hat is the first thing that strikes the eye? And why hav... ... of the world should belong to France; Paris will forever give the tone to women’s fashions, 19 Balzac and yet the hats which all Frenchmen wear to-d... ...ess it deserves. “Madame,” said the intrepid hoaxer, showing her a pair of women’s slippers, “these belonged formerly to the Empress Josephine.” He fe... ...startling details as to the secret penury of certain so-called fashionable women. This dealer in cast- off clothes, getting lively as she talked, pict... ...ch a business?” asked Gazonal. “For my son’s sake,” she said naively. Such women almost invariably justify their trade by alleg- ing noble motives. Ma... ...hich borrowed from humanity a form which the imagi- nation of painters and poets has throughout all ages regarded as the most awful of created things,...

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...d in Kent, developing stiff, solid, unobtrusive men, and very person- able women. The distinction survives there between Kentish women and women of Ke... ...’s charge. The joy of her love for it was written on its lustrous beds, as poets write. She had the poetic passion for flowers. Perhaps her taste may ... ...ldren to stoutness, and but for the blindness of all people, save artists, poets, novelists, to the grandeur of their own creations, the inhab- itants... ...t numerous butterflies afield, and one fiddler, to whose tuning the little women danced; others closer upon womanhood would have danced likewise, if t... ...e cruel, and will forget their Christianity toward offending and repentant women. CHAPTER II MRS. FLEMING had a brother in London, who had run away fr... ...ing spirit of op- position to another. Rhoda merely smiled. By-and-by, the women left the two men alone. Anthony turned and struck the farmer’s knee. ... ...one another on the shoulder in a brotherly way. When they came back to the women, and tea, the farmer’s mind was cooler, and all his reckonings had go... ...oda to read; good authors, she emphasized, and named books of history, and poets, and quoted their verses. “For my darling will some day have a dear h...