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...tween the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carrie... ...el without hearing such sto- ries against themselves! It is impossible for me to avoid telling of a very excellent gentleman whom I met before I had b... ...an whom I met before I had been in the United States a week, and who asked me whether lords in England ever spoke to men who were not lords. Nor can I... ...ign politics, and spares no expense in letting in day- light. If the light let in be sometimes moonshine, excuse may easily be made. Where so much is ... ...ugh at heart I may have a proud consciousness that I should not altogether go to the wall in such an encounter. I left England in August last—August, ... ...prepared for them, all would be well. But they will not do this. They will go to war with each other. The South will make her demands for secession wi... ...eral opinion when I left En- gland. It would not, however, be necessary to go back many months to reach the time when Englishmen were saying how impos... ...m within; and as the cocks are now clipping their own combs, in God’s name let them do it, and the whole world will be the quieter.” That, I say, was ... ...graph. I certainly did think that the Northern States, if wise, would have let the Southern States go. I had blamed Buchanan as a traitor for allow- i...

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...s most delightful season. Happiness do I say? Yes, happiness; happiness to me above all others. For I also in those days was among the young and the g... ... no man’s presence. I held a respectable station in society; I was myself, let me venture to say it, respected generally for my personal qualities, ap... ...man’s presence. I held a respectable station in society; I was myself, let me venture to say it, respected generally for my personal qualities, apart ... ...ly culti- vated; and, to say the truth, I had little other business before me in this life than to pursue this lofty and delightful task. I may add, a... ...t, for that tiger from hell-gates that tore away my darling from my heart. Let me pause, and interrupt this painful strain, to say a word or two upon ... ...incey of all her thoughts; and to win her love, not very much more than to let her see, as see she could not avoid, in connection with that chivalrous... ...ber, was strik- ing when Agnes came into my study, and said that she would go into the city, (for we lived in a quite rural suburb,) that she would ex... ...sighed—oh how profoundly! But that did not give me power to move. Who will go to the door? I whispered audi- bly. Who is at the door? was the inaudibl... ... intelligence to the public journals. On that same night, therefore, would go forth to the world such an account of the case, and such a description o...

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...ould drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he might in two years return to the arena, but for the present he must go across the water and do no work whatever. He accepted the terms. It was capitulation; but the Combine that had shivered beneath his knife gave him all the honours of war: Gunsberg himself, full of condolences, came to the ...

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...are he might in two years return to the arena, but for the present he must go across the water and do no work whatever. He accepted the terms. It was ... ...e nearly wept. “And I’m over thirty,” he cried. “With all I meant to do!” “Let’s call it a honeymoon,” said Sophie. “D’ you know, in all the six years... .... “D’ you know, in all the six years we’ve been married, you’ve never told me what you meant to do with your life?” “With my life? What’s the use? It’... ...’t the money. You know it isn’t. It’s the principle. How could you respect me? You never did, the first year after we married, till I went to work lik... ... men are not the true type,” Mrs. Shouts went on. “I know where you should go.” Chapin pricked up his ears, anxious to run anywhere from the streets o... ...reached from an ash-barrel of a station called Charing Cross. They were to go to Rockett’s—the farm of one Cloke, in the southern counties—where, she ... ...Wonderful, but no explanation. You’re expected to know it beforehand. Now, let’s try upstairs.” The stairs never creaked beneath their feet. From the ... ...d to get like this?” said Sophie. “Tis with housen as teeth,” he replied. “Let ‘em go too far, and there’s nothing to be done. Time was they was minde... ...ch end wouldn’t brish the paint. If I die in my bed they’ll ‘ave to up-end me like a milk-can. ’Tis all luck, dye see?” He led them on and on, through...

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...is how far can we hope to get to a concrete realization of that? But first let me note the fourth word in the second title of this book. The common ta... ...ow far can we hope to get to a concrete realization of that? But first let me note the fourth word in the second title of this book. The common talk i... .... Wells sociation. As a very distinguished colonial representative said to me the other day: “Here we are talking of the freedom of small nations and ... .... This has a pleasant demo- cratic air; one sovereign state, one vote. Now let us run over a list of sovereign states and see to what this leads us. W... ... needed for a modern war in sufficient 12 In the Fourth Year abundance to go on fighting: Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. There are ... ...owers. Some are forced to fight by that very division. No one can vie with me in my appreciation of the civiliza- tion of Switzerland, Sweden, or Holl... ...e named can now, if they see fit, dictate the peace of the world for ever. Let us keep our grip on that. Peace is the business of the great powers pri... ...picious, and extremist, with anything but dread. The Allied countries must go into the conference solid, and they can only hope to do that by heeding ... ...exists to elect him; it meets, elects him, and disperses. (I will not here go into the preliminary complications that makes the election of a Presiden...

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...p- tional wickedness or misfortune in those engaged in them? This seems to me one plea for historical novel, to which I would add the opportunity that... ...ay his faith to save his life. Surely it is well, by pen as by picture, to go back to the past for figures that will stir the heart like these, even t... ... the rest, I have tried to show the scenes that shaped themselves be- fore me as carefully as I could; though of course they must not be a presentimen... ...ay above the knee; large scarlet rosettes were in his white shoes, a scar- let knot adorned his little sword, and his velvet cap of the same colour bo... ...cated by her name of Marie, her dress was white and blue, turquoise forget-me-nots bound the little lace veil on her dark chestnut hair, the bosom of ... ...re displeased looks. In truth, both were too great adepts in court life to let their dissatisfaction appear. The gloomiest face was that of him whose ... ...sse, and, oh! so many gens d’armes. They are come to summon M. le Baron to go with them to disperse the preche by the Bac de l’Oie. And oh, Beranger, ... ...l Huguenots. ‘V ery likely, the little viper! Le me pass, Eustacie. I must go and tell my father.’ ‘Thou canst not get out that way; the court is full... ...ds, he took him by the hand, and said to the minister, ‘Good Master Isaac, let me present my young son to you, who under Heaven hath been the means of...

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...EDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD 45 3 WHAT IS GOD LIKE? 46 THEISM 49 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 53 IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? 57 WHO GETS TO GO TO HEAVEN? 63 DEISM 65 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM 67 AGNOSTICISM 68 ATHEISM 71 SATANISM 96 AN IDEA OF A BETTER SOCIETY AS A BASIC ASSUMPTION 97 THE SOURCE OF POWER IN A SOCIETY 104 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF A SOCIETY 104 TY...

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... —―Glad to meet you Dr. Chan. Wanda Wang suggested that we meet you when we were in Singaling.‖ —―Glad to meet you all. Please just call me Chu... ...―Glad to meet you all. Please just call me Chuck. I know you have spent some time with Dr. Wang in Kino. She is a delightful lady. Wanda and I go way... ...h at ourselves to avoid crying for ourselves. 6 ―Wanda told me abo... ... parents. ―As I have said, on my voyage I was able to read the works of the great, and not so great, intellectuals of our race. It now gives me cau... ...rly colleague of Sigmund. He found that power was the major drive, and sex or pleasure was merely a part of the power drive. ―So let‘s ... ...eryone thinks like they do. They‘re wrong. Genetics, neurotransmitters, hormones and our environments affect our thinking. Recognizing that, let‘s ... ... hormones and our environments affect our thinking. Recognizing that, let‘s see what I can do to help you. I‘ll have to warn you that I try to go bac... ... 7 learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s ... ... 7 learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s go bac...

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... the night air instead of in your bed? You’ll catch your death. Louka told me you were asleep. 9 Shaw RAINA (coming in). I sent her away. I wanted to... ... (Then, with sudden anxiety) Is father safe? CATHERINE. Of course: he sent me the news. Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regi- ment. R... ... Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regi- ment. RAINA. T ell me, tell me. How was it! (Ecstatically) Oh, mother, mother, mother! (Raina ... ...f the happiest night of my life—if only there are no fugitives. CATHERINE. Go to bed, dear; and don’t think of them. (She goes out.) LOUKA (secretly, ... ... in trying to run away. Re- member, if you raise your voice my pistol will go off. (Commandingly.) Strike a light and let me see you. Do you hear? (An... ...raise your voice my pistol will go off. (Commandingly.) Strike a light and let me see you. Do you hear? (Another moment of silence and darkness. Then ... ...nnoyed at being disturbed). They shall not search here. Why have they been let in? CATHERINE (coming in hastily). Raina, darling, are you safe? Have y... ...d yet. This particular rush will soon pass through; but the pur- suit will go on all night by fits and starts. I must take my chance to get off during... ...nown, whereas he ought to be courtmartialled for it. Of all the fools ever let loose on a field of battle, that man must be the very mad- dest. He and...

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...he Stage Society. We stared and said, “How Rus- sian!” They did not strike me in that way. Just as Ibsen’s in- tensely Norwegian plays exactly fitted ... ...nerations of medical students way tolerate dirt and carelessness, and then go out into general practice to spread the doctrine that fresh air is a fad... ...but in order to get rid of a bogey called Uric Acid; and it would actually let you pull all its teeth out to exorcise another demon named Pyorrhea. It... ...ious public obligation to keep my grip on realities; but this did not save me from a considerable degree of hyperaesthesia. There were of course some ... ... a good deal of vio- lent language, and produce a wrath on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America w... ...tive illegality: in American Courts there was raving lunacy. It is not for me to chronicle the extravagances of an Ally: let some candid American do t... ...raving lunacy. It is not for me to chronicle the extravagances of an Ally: let some candid American do that. I can only say that to us sitting in our ... ...ck yard, and stabbing sacks of straw in the public eye, so that they might go out to kill and maim men as gentle as themselves. These men, who were pe... ...ound on the Messines Ridge the craters of the nineteen volcanoes that were let loose there at the touch of a finger that might have been a child’s fin...

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...figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very earliest youth: he once told me that even as a child he had dreamt of him. At different periods in his... ...est of all possible for- mulae of a Yea-saying philosophy, first occurred to me in August 1881. I made a note of the thought on a sheet of paper, with... ...l and towering rock not far from Surlei. It was then that the thought struck me. Looking back now, I find that exactly two months previous to this ins... ...esponsible, made me inordinately miserable. I tried to leave it. I wanted to go to Aquila—the opposite of Rome in every respect, and actually founded ... ...s is my experience of inspiration. I do not doubt but that one would have to go back thousands of years in order to find some one who could say to me:... ...ere always accompa- nied by unusual muscular activity. The body is inspired: let us waive the question of the ‘soul. ’ I might often have been seen da... ...givest light also to the nether-world, thou exuberant star! Like thee must I go down, as men say, to whom I shall descend. Bless me, then, thou tranqu... ...! If, however, thou wilt give unto them, give them no more than an alms, and let them also beg for it!” “No,” replied Zarathustra, “I give no alms. I ... ...ese words, he bowed to the saint and said: “What should I have to give thee! Let me rather hurry hence lest I take aught away from thee!”— And thus th...

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...ust fam- ily estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don’t tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors... ...yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened you—sit down and tell me all the news.” It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well- known... ... complacently seated himself on the sofa. “First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are. Set your friend’s mind at rest,” said he without altering h... ...he had been married during the previous winter, and being pregnant did not go to any large gatherings, but only to small receptions. Prince V asili’s ... ...eased to take me as an aide- de-camp....” “And Lise, your wife?” “She will go to the country.” “Are you not ashamed to deprive us of your charming wif... ...mething more, but at that moment Prince V asili and his daughter got up to go and the two young men rose to let them pass. “Y ou must excuse me, dear ... ...Prince V asili and his daughter got up to go and the two young men rose to let them pass. “Y ou must excuse me, dear Vicomte,” said Prince V asili to ... ...d to give him all their sons as adju- tants.” “No, but do promise! I won’t let you go! My dear benefactor...” “Papa,” said his beautiful daughter in t... ...e sovereigns? I do not speak of Russia,” said the *God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware! 11 Tolstoy vicomte, polite but hopeless: “T...

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...E. Will your excellency— NAPOLEON (intent on his map, but cramming himself me- chanically with his left hand). Don’t talk. I’m busy. GIUSEPPE (with pe... ... is none. NAPOLEON (with Corsican facetiousness). Kill something and bring me its blood. GIUSEPPE (grinning). There is nothing but your excellency’s h... ...gly, your excellency; but unhappily I am not strong enough. She would kill me. NAPOLEON. That will do equally well. GIUSEPPE. Your excellency does me ... ...ouse about our ears. NAPOLEON. Giuseppe: your flatteries are insufferable. Go and talk outside. (He sits down again at the table, with his jaws in his... ...oor.) NAPOLEON (arresting him with a strong hand on his shoul- der). Stop. Let her come. VOICE. Giuseppe!! (Impatiently.) GIUSEPPE (pleadingly). Let m... ...t her come. VOICE. Giuseppe!! (Impatiently.) GIUSEPPE (pleadingly). Let me go, excellency. It is my point of honor as an innkeeper to come when I am c... ...rowing Giuseppe off). There he is at last. (Point- ing to the inner door.) Go. Attend to your business: the lady is calling you. (He goes to the firep... ...his pistols and his horse and his despatches—most important despatches—and let me go away with them. (Triumphantly, seeing that he has reduced Napoleo... ...u hear that it’s a woman’s voice? LIEUTENANT . It’s his voice, I tell you. Let me go. (He breaks away, and rushes to the inner door. It opens in his f...

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...atasha, Pierre with- out any apparent cause suddenly felt it impossible to go on living as before. Firmly convinced as he was of the truths re- vealed... ...ng for mankind. But perhaps all these comrades of mine struggled just like me and sought something new, a path in life of their own, and like me were ... ...ot to see it. So it appears that it must be so! But I-what is to become of me?” thought he. He had the unfortunate capacity many men, especially Russi... ...and she had none of the advantages and pleasures of city life. She did not go out into society; everyone knew that her father would not let her go any... .... She did not go out into society; everyone knew that her father would not let her go anywhere without him, and his failing health prevented his going... ...as you dared to do yesterday, I will show you who is master in this house. Go! Don’t let me set 11 Tolstoy eyes on you; beg her pardon!” Princess Mar... ...ed to do yesterday, I will show you who is master in this house. Go! Don’t let me set 11 Tolstoy eyes on you; beg her pardon!” Princess Mary asked Ma... ...o do yesterday, I will show you who is master in this house. Go! Don’t let me set 11 Tolstoy eyes on you; beg her pardon!” Princess Mary asked Mademo... ...rning. He was here; they admitted him spite of my request that they should let no one in,” he went on, glancing angrily at his daughter. And he narrat...

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...des a meaningful link between faculty and students through- out the state. Let us know what you think about it. We want your suggestions and help. Be... ...activities. The kinds of activities she chooses are all up to her. She can go for a cool swim in the deep blue ocean, or lie on the beach and soak up ... ...ak up the sun and get a really awesome tan. Xel-ha is a wonderful place to go snorkeling to see dazzling fish swimming around the stunning and captiva... ...view that is ab- solutely extraordinary. Hit the fast lane on a jet ski or go on a speedboat ride. T wenty-four-seven, the night life never ends here ... ... adver- tising,” I thought to myself. Then all sorts of thoughts came over me like a rushing river. I was so excited and so happy. I felt heroic becau... ...of it all, my thoughts went back to my little puppy. The volunteer greeted me hap- pily and led me to a little room where the small dogs were kept. Th... ...ouching the cage bars. Her large brown piercing eyes stared so intently at me, and they never blinked, not for a moment. She was the color of the ocea... ... would be fine. I started my speech with a sure and confident tone. “Don’t let them see your fear,” echoed in- side my head. It seemed that in a split... ...myself stretching infinitely towards the sky and earth at the same time. I let go of the fear that had been ripping my intestines apart up until then,...

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... still more to the south and to cross from the Tula to the Kaluga road and go to Tarutino, which was between the roads along which those supplies lay.... ...ng; but this affair of the war went on independently of them, as it had to go: that is, never in the way people devised, but flowing always from the e... ... experienced my readiness to reward you. That readiness will not weaken in me, but I and Russia have a right to expect from you all the zeal, firmness... ...e, rode off to someone else. “No, he’s gone out.” “If only they don’t make me responsible for this delay! What a nuisance it is!” thought the officer,... ...im- self. “When I was a chit of an officer no one would have dared to mock me so… and now!” He was in a state of physical suffering as if from corpora... ...ng the night less than a mile from where they were, and that if they would let him have a convoy of a hundred men he would capture him alive. Count Or... ...icers. The offer was too tempting to be refused. Everyone volun- teered to go and everybody advised making the attempt. Af- ter much disputing and arg... ...at the enemy’s camp. 17 Tolstoy “Eh? Really… what do you think? Should we let them go on or not?” “Will you have them fetched back?” “Fetch them back... ... use of these means by an act worthy of himself and of the French army, he let relief be distributed to those who had been burned out. But as food was...

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...but I cannot work with the Minister (meaning Barclay). For God’s sake send me somewhere else if only in command of a regi- ment. I cannot stand it her... ...o come to his study. “Well? Are you satisfied now?” said he. “Y ou’ve made me quarrel with my son! Satisfied, are you? That’s all you wanted! Satisfie... ...th my son! Satisfied, are you? That’s all you wanted! Satisfied?… It hurts me, it hurts. I’m old and weak and this is what you wanted. Well then, gloa... ...a position to know…” “Oh, very interesting!” said Mademoiselle Bourienne. “Go and get it for me,” said the old prince to Mademoi- selle Bourienne. “Y ... ...Bourienne jumped up eagerly. “No, don’t!” he exclaimed with a frown. “Y ou go, Michael Ivanovich.” Michael Ivanovich rose and went to the study. But a... ...Tolstoy CHAPTER III WHEN MICHAEL IV ANOVICH returned to the study with the let- ter, the old prince, with spectacles on and a shade over his eyes, was... ... instructions to Alpatych took over two hours and still the prince did not let him go. He sat down, sank into thought, closed his eyes, and dozed off.... ...tions to Alpatych took over two hours and still the prince did not let him go. He sat down, sank into thought, closed his eyes, and dozed off. Alpatyc... ...ain. “Well, at last I’ve finished, now I’ll rest,” thought the prince, and let Tikhon undress him. Frowning with vexation at the effort necessary to d...

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...is one way of tidying up. But it would have been too much to have expected me to treat all this matter as removable rubbish. All those things had a pl... ...y that whenever the various peri- odicals mentioned in this book called on me to come out and blow the trumpet of personal opinions or strike the pens... ... it, God knows! Their Editors, to whom I beg to offer my thanks here, made me perform mainly by kindness but partly by bribery. Well, yes! Bribery? Wh... ...Henry James’s novels; and the comical, appall- ing truth of human rapacity let loose amongst the spoils of existence lives in the monstrous world cre-... ... to prescribe this or that particular method of technique or con- ception. Let him mature the strength of his imagina- tion amongst the things of this... ...handwriting—on second-hand im- pression. Thus fiction is nearer truth. But let that pass. A historian may be an artist too, and a novelist is a histor... ...nt neutrality towards the war- ring errors of human nature all light would go out from art and from life. We are at liberty then to quarrel with Maupa... ...elf, for uttering words which, as a matter of fact he did not say, he will go forth now, and to the first policeman he meets will say those very words... ...rations, without which the world they have such a large share in could not go on for ten minutes, are left to us—men. And then we are chided for being...

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... to be taken, and the chief of the hospitals asks where the wounded are to go, and a courier from Petersburg brings a letter from 9 Tolstoy the sover... ...Moscow and that they must retreat, Kutuzov looked at him in silence. “Give me your hand,” said he and, turning it over so as to feel the pulse, added:... ... reason) also considered the position im- possible and therefore could not go to fight, fully convinced as they were of defeat. If Bennigsen insisted ... ...ry voice and thereby draw- ing attention to the false note in them. “Allow me to tell you, your excellency, that that question has no meaning for a Ru... ...able. “Gentlemen, I have heard your views. Some of you will not agree with me. But I,” he paused, “by the authority entrusted to me by my Sovereign an... ...med to leave, but still they left, knowing it had to be done. Why did they go? It is impossible to suppose that Rostopchin had scared them by his acco... ...could not abandon the edifice of argument he had laboriously constructed. “Let us understand one another, Countess,” said he with a smile, and began r... ...lf had in mind, namely: “If you want to eat we’ll give you some food, only let us know whether you are an honest man.” “I, I…” said Pierre, feeling it... ...nder her wing, and she hoped to arrange matters for her Petya so as not to let him go again, but always get him ap- pointed to places where he could n...

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...ad to. Millions of men, renouncing their human feelings and reason, had to go from west to east to slay their fellows, just as some centuries previous... ...ating, flowed on and on by the three bridges to the other side. “Now we’ll go into action. Oh, when he takes it in hand himself, things get hot… by he... ...Good luck!… Did you see the Emperor? Vive l’Empereur!… preur!—If they make me Governor of India, Gerard, I’ll make you Minister of Kash- mir—that’s se... ...e had expressed his thoughts, but displeased that Boris had overheard it. “Let no one know of it! “ the Emperor added with a frown. Boris understood t... ...s moment received from Petersburg a note, in which Count Lauriston informs me, as a reason for this aggression, that Y our Majesty has consid- ered yo... ... that Y our Majesty has consid- ered yourself to be in a state of war with me from the time Prince Kuragin asked for his passports. The reasons on whi... ...ever authorized to make that demand, and as soon as I was informed of it I let him know how much I disapproved of it and ordered him to remain at his ... ...the officer on duty. Balashev took out the packet containing the Emperor’s let- ter and laid it on the table (made of a door with its hinges still han... ... head in reply to Balashev’s bow. “Let him have mine, he has a long way to go!” The letter taken by Balashev was the last Napoleon sent to Alexander. ...

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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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...poetical; Pope would have made Skiddaw little better than a mass of prose. Let us hear Hazlitt: “Pope saw nature only dressed by art; he judged of bea... ... many to tears! When Lady Macbeth exclaims, in that terrible crisis, “Give me the daggers!”’ who feels not, that, although a dagger be only an artific... ...f original imagination into ingenious fancy is completed before your eyes. Let the admirers of Pope, like the worship- pers of Cæsar of old, “beg a ha... ... did he ever rise into the “seventh heaven of invention.” A splendid sylph let us call him—a “giant angel” he was not. His culture, like his genius, w... ... knowledge, too, which he has perfectly under control—which he can make to go a great way—and by which, with admirable skill, he can subserve alike hi... ... Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 bell—sweet, small, monotonous—producing perfectly-me- lodious single lines, but no grand interwoven swells and well- proporti... ...a fall. 39 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 And yet, believe me, good as well as ill, Woman’s at best a contradiction still. ... ... 200 Yet sure, of qualities deserving praise, More go to ruin fortunes, than to raise. What slaughter’d hecatombs, what floods... ... church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name: Go, search it there, 39 where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes a...

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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 ...