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...onsidering how much history is heaped into the intervening space—rises the great sweep of the Coliseum, with the blue sky brightening through its uppe... ...range,” whispered Miriam mischievously; “for no Faun in Arcadia was ever a greater simpleton than Donatello. He has hardly a man’s share of wit, small... ... you well know he has wit enough to worship you, at all events.” “Then the greater fool he!” said Miriam so bitterly that Hilda’s quiet eyes were some... ...ou, Donatello?” asked Miriam. “Signorina, I do not know,” he answered; “no great age, however; for I have only lived since I met you.” “Now, what old ... ...into her productions, and which all the world could feel. Her nature had a great deal of color, and, in accordance with it, so likewise had her pictur... ...ngs less to the native inhabitants than to the barbarians from Gaul, Great Britain, anti beyond the sea, who have established a peaceful usurpation ov...

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...whom I have not called on since my return; received by that mild old gentleman; have some interesting talk with him about Samoan superstitions and my ... ... there crossed by fallen trees; huge trees overhead in the sun, dripping lianas and tufted with orchids, tree ferns, ferns depending with air roots fr... ... came to the tropics; and I thought, if Reid had been still living, I would have written to tell him that, for, me, it had come true; and I thought, f... ...ve, the sun was in the high tree-tops; the lianas noosed and sought to hang me; the saplings struggled, and came up with that sob of death that one ge... ...n an appearance for his lesson in ‘long explessions. ’ Dinner: stewed beef and potatoes, baked bananas, new loaf-bread hot from the oven, pine-apple i... ...he way. Could we ever stand Europe again? did she appreciate that if we were in London, we should be actually jostled in the street? and there was nob...

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...niversal consent, at the head of French historical papers, and are the one great source from which all historians derive their insight into the closin... ...operty. I bore the name of the Vidame de Chartres; and was edu- cated with great care and attention. My mother, who was remarkable for virtue, perseve... ...d recourse to my fa- ther, whom I made believe that the King, having led a great siege this year, would rest the next. I said nothing of this to my mo... ...le, very different indeed from the truth, for he changed the defeat into a great victory. Having gained this wonderful intelligence, the second courie... ... camp first, and was received with delight. While his Majesty was still in great joy at his happy victory, the other courier arrived with the real det... ...etending to seek peace, thought of nothing less than the invasion of Great Britain. The effect of our failure was to bind closer, and to irritate more... ...our the cause of the Pretender, and thus by keeping the attention of Great Britain continually fixed upon her domestic concerns, he would effectually ...

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...tion, and other changes made, which, even to the old parts, by giving very great expansion, give sometimes a character of absolute novelty. Once, ther... ...hat these writings have been in some sense published. But publication is a great idea never even approximated by the utmost anxieties of man. Not the ... ... property, and especially the property in periodical literature. But a far greater diffi- culty lay in the labor (absolutely insurmountable to myself)... ...nowledgments, first of all, for that service: they have brought together a great majority of my fugitive papers in a series of volumes now amounting t... ...vish forgery. We must remember that Josephus did not write until after the great ruins effected by the siege; that he wrote at Rome, far removed from ... ... This was the final ratification of the bill which united Ireland to Great Britain. I do not know that any one public act, or celebration, or solemnit...

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... Mr. Wingfield, you are come to see our cowslip feast.’ ‘There seems to be great enjoyment,’ replied the young 5 Yonge curate, looking, however, some... ...reen meadows, and the haymaking. Oh! I shall always love it.’ John heard a great deal of happiness in those words. ‘I never saw a cathedral before,’ s... ... the Close. ‘It is very impressive,’ said John. ‘I suppose you have seen a great many cathedrals?’ ‘Yes, many foreign ones, and a few English.’ ‘I won... ... it. Now, his brother has the same, with- out the funny roughness, but the greatest gentleness, and a good deal of quiet sadness. I suppose it is from... ...just as she was told, like a good child.’ ‘O Arthur! you have undertaken a great responsibility!’ ex- claimed John. But Arthur, without seeming to hee... ...n with the folks in Dacia. Droll state of things there; one could fancy it Britain, or Gaul half settled by the Teutons, with the Roman sticking about...

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...rough the medium of the Register, Willum Marigold come into the world before Registers come up much,--and went out of it too. They wouldn?t have been greatly in his line neither, if they had chanced to come up before him....

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...e Registers come up much,—and went out of it too. They wouldn’t have been greatly in his line neither, if they had chanced to come up before him. I w... ... the sign of the Cabbage and Shears, Where the singers no doubt would have greatly excelled, But for want of taste, voices and ears,— now, here, my jo... ...an to go down into my grave declaring that of all the callings ill used in Great Britain, the Cheap Jack calling is the worst used. Why ain’t we a pr... ...go down into my grave declaring that of all the callings ill used in Great Britain, the Cheap Jack calling is the worst used. Why ain’t we a profes- ... ...as the Dear Jacks do when they make speeches in praise of their guns—their great guns that set ‘em on to do it. Besides, I’m in business for myself: ... ...f my arguments for declaring that the Cheap Jack calling is treated ill in Great Britain, and for turning warm when I think of the other Jacks in ques... ...rguments for declaring that the Cheap Jack calling is treated ill in Great Britain, and for turning warm when I think of the other Jacks in question s...

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...its manufacture may to some degree find favour for my story with seafarers and sea-lovers like yourselves. And at least here is a dedication from a gr... ...low, it is my own youth that comes back along with you; in a very tattered and withered state, to be sure, but – well! – all that’s left of it.” “A gr... ...ery.” “A mystery?” I repeated. 5 Robert Louis Stevenson “Yes,” said his friend, “a mystery. It may prove to be noth- ing, and it may prove to be a gr... ... him acutely; he could not look at me with- out a pang of reprobation, and he could not feel the pang without betraying it. He was to me a man of a gr... ... prodigious accumulation of old law-papers and old tin boxes, some of them of Peter’s hoarding, some of his father’s, John, first of the dynasty, a gr... ...to endure the sus- pense you paint so feelingly; and I am pleased mine should be the hand to set these fears at rest. Mr. Bally is as safe in Great Br...

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...hat say you, Mary? for you are a young lady of deep reflection I know, and read great books, and make extracts.” Mary wished to say something very sens... ...ies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a di... ...ned with no very cordial feelings towards him. She told the story however with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful dispositi... ...as no enduring him! He walked here, and walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my... ...id not expect such a compliment.” “Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, a... ...The satisfaction of prevailing on one of the most worthless young men in Great Britain to be her husband, might then have rested in its proper place. ...

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...subse- quent life of a man who, in his youth, showed himself so capable of great undertakings; and, without the painful task of tracing his course far... ... what was alleged had been just, had the best right to com- plain. Far the greater number of those unfortunate gentle- men suffered with the most dign... ... would meet with little sympathy from the world. It may be added, that the greater part of the banished Jacobites, and those of high rank and conseque... ...ter and conduct, whether well regulated or otherwise. In the meantime that great Jacobite conspiracy, of which the insurrection of 1745-6 was but a sm... ...r hopes for more important successes, when the whole nonjuring interest of Britain, identified as it then was with great part of the landed gentlemen,... ...en the whole nonjuring interest of Britain, identified as it then was with great part of the landed gentlemen, should come forward to finish what had ... ...o purchase a peace become necessary to the kingdom, was reduced to gratify Britain by prohibiting the residence of Charles within any part of the Fren... ...?” said my uncle. “All the noble, and all the wise, and all the wealthy of Britain, are there assembled.” ‘“It is indeed,” said I, “all that my mind c... ... kidnapping was then not in- frequent, especially on the western coasts of Britain—if in- deed he had escaped a briefer and more bloody fate. With a h...

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...by Sir Walter Scott Introduction to the T alisman. The “Betrothed” did not greatly please one or two friends, who thought that it did not well corresp... ...The love of travelling had pervaded all ranks, and carried the subjects of Britain into all quarters of the world. Greece, so attractive by its remain... ...not in their possession, and were therefore treated by the Christians with great cruelty. Daily reports of their sufferings were carried to Saladin; a... ... ThafursTHAFURS (which Guibert translates Trudentes), and were beheld with great hor- ror from the general persuasion that they fed on the dead bodies... ...ose rocky and dangerous defiles, he had entered upon 16 The Talisman that great plain, where the accursed cities provoked, in an- cient days, the dir... ... to partake of the qualities of his bodily frame; and as the one possessed great strength and endurance, united with the power of violent exertion, th... ...eem. There shouldst thou see several of the fairest beauties of France and Britain form a small circle, the brilliancy of which exceeds ten-thousand- ... ...re was a policy in it,” replied the Italian. “His charac- ter of native of Britain was sufficient to meet what Saladin required, who knew him to belon...

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...one theology of her day. Her poems reflect this direct relation toward the great realities we have later avoided, covered up, or tried to wipe out; pe... ...ded, covered up, or tried to wipe out; perhaps because were they really so great we become so small in con- sequence. All truth came to Emily straight... ... waked sudden in, And might o’erwhelm me so! V GLEE! the great storm is over! Four have recovered the land; Forty gone down together... ...ipulate, And grace would grant the pair. And so, upon this wise I prayed,— Great Spirit, give to me A heaven not so large as yours, But large enough f... ...it as sweet As when ’t was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced “a fit.” Great Britain disapproves “the stars”; Disparagement discreet,— There ’s so... ...sweet As when ’t was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced “a fit.” Great Britain disapproves “the stars”; Disparagement discreet,— There ’s somethin...

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...news would possess an interest for you, sir, who have always entertained a great affection for Valentine; it therefore only now remains for us to tell... ...ested in your will?” “No.” “Sir,” said the notary, whose interest had been greatly excited, and who had resolved on publishing far and wide the accoun... ... to be gone through, and which are always the same. As to the details, the greater part will be furnished afterwards by the state in which we find the... ...rder that the instrument may not be contested, I am anxious to give it the greatest possible authenticity, therefore, one of my colleagues will help m... ... Monte Cristo with well-feigned inter- est. “Have you really met with some great misfortune?” “Oh, no, monsieur,” said Villefort with a bitter smile; ... ... said Lord Wilmore, with that tone which is only known to natives of Great Britain. The envoy presented his letter of introduction, which the latter r...

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...d induced his father to agree with the college authorities that his name had better be taken off the college books,--all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke. The other boy was to go to Cambridge, but his father had thought it well to give him a twelve-month?s run on the Continent, under his own inspection....

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...ad better be taken off the college books,—all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke. The other boy was to go to Cambridge, but his fat... ...that time nineteen, and her entrance into the world was to be her mother’s greatest care and great delight. In March they spent a few days in London, ... ...But even that perhaps was unfortunate. ’ ‘I never thought so. ’ ‘That is a great compliment. But as to Lady Mary, will it not be well that she should ... ...,—probably there have been,—some among your friends who have regretted the great intimacy which chance produced be- tween me and my lost friend. While... ... the Duchess referred to her own early days when she had loved, and to the great ruin that had come upon her heart when she had been severed from the ... ...g deer by venatical wiles more perfectly than any other sportsman in Great Britain, regarded Crummie-Toddie as the nearest thing there was to a Paradi... ...d the connection would be made with one of the highest fami- lies in Great Britain. Though Lady Cantrip had said very few words, those words had been ... ... Bench, as though there were not a pack of hounds or a card-table in Great Britain! Lord Buttercup, too, had already written an article in ‘The Fortn... ...was informed that the family of Grex of Grex was about the oldest in Great Britain of which authentic records were in existence. Then there came an- o...

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...e takes a second place in the high-pressure life of a political leader and great capi- talist. He once said in my hearing that Bonaparte had blun- der... ...s de Boulogne; he went with her to the play; and the little politician and great man of to-day spent a good deal of his life at that time in writing d... ... like Jarnac, went over to the opinion of Henri II. on the strength of his great maxim, ‘There is no such thing as absolute right; there are only circ... ...three hundred thousand francs’ worth of his acceptances in the market. The great capitalist felt his inferiority. How was he to get known? He suspende... ...s ruined in this way; the famous Samuel Ber- nard was all but ruined. Some great capitalist in every age makes a colossal fortune, and leaves behind h... ... Finot, you have yet to learn the great law of the ‘Im- proper’ that rules Britain. But, for the sake of the bond be- tween us—that bill for a thousan...

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... Look at the most un- reasonable point of all, and the point on which the greatest injustice is done us! Whether it is owing to our always carry- in... ..., he would appear to have hid the writings; thereby involving his style in greater obscurity. But his Boots was at least pairs,—and no two of his wri... ...adame Bouclet, I think, impossible!” “Hey!” (with a little vexed cry and a great many tosses of 16 Somebody’s Luggage her head.) “But it is not impo... ...and lived up the yard behind in company with Monsieur Bouclet her husband (great at billiards), an inher- ited brewing business, several fowls, two ca... ...nt of view of his experience) was strictly correct; for though there was a great agglomeration of soldiers in the town and neighbouring country, you m... ...ngs in it (from the Englishman’s point of view), and of a certainty in all Britain you would have found nothing like it. Not to mention the fan- ciful...

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...cred crib deposited The hollow lyre, and from the cavern sweet Rushed with great leaps up to the mountain’s head, Revolving in his mind some subtle fe... ... _85 Devise in the lone season of dun night. 12. 12. 12. 12. 12. Lo! the great Sun under the ocean’s bed has Driven steeds and chariot—the child mea... ... vast; O’er shadowy mountain and resounding dell, And flower-paven plains, great Hermes passed; _120 Till the black night divine, which fav... ...s tall, _130 Lotus and all sweet herbage, every one Had pastured been, the great God made them move Towards the stall in a collected drove. 11 Shelle... ...hed around: _145 And whilst the might of glorious Vulcan thus Wrapped the great pile with glare and roaring sound, Hermes dragged forth two heifers, ... ...iences, a Voltaire”.) We find, from the testimony of ancient writers, that Britain, Germany, and France were much colder than at present, and that the...

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...g like a scream but no problem its only a nightmare what the environmental situation caused, my secret documents here in my briefcase! I remember The Great Britain had decided that one of their spies who was sick (because of the amounts of tortures on him) dies but some agents of UK and America and somewhere else, use his Identities to keep them selves alive, before of his...

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...ion in the Pacific. Steamships were soon placed in operation along the American coast, and tentative plans were made for steamship lines to cross the great ocean to Hawaii, to the Orient, and to the British colonies in Australia and New Zealand. Projects for the annexation of Hawaii to the United States were another result of the same expansion movement, and there appears ...

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... -- The New King. 33 -- Administrative Organization. 36 -- General Policy. 37 -- Mission of W. L. Lee. 39 -- Failure of the Reciprocity Treaty. 45 -- Great Britain and the Reciprocity Treaty. 47 -- New Treaty with France. 47 -- Quest for Security. 54 -- Hawaii's Neutrality in Time of War. 57 -- Hawaii and Japan. 66 -- The Queen's Hospital. 69 -- Leprosy. 72 -- Immigration....

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...fficer if he could devise any method of saving them. On his answering with great concern, that he feared it would be impossible, but that their only c... ...eamen, who had been remarkably inattentive and remiss in their duty during great part of the storm, now poured upon deck, where no exertions of the of... ...ld have been safe!” and they all, particularly Miss Mary Pierce, expressed great concern at the apprehension of his loss. ‘The sea was now breaking in... ...he crying of a child might be supposed to be a little thing to men in such great extremity; but it touches them, and he is immediately taken into that... ...own by his side, and neither of the two shall be any more beheld until the great last day; but, as the rest go on for their lives, they take the child... ...cal snatches, to the great perplexity of unaccustomed strangers from Great Britain, who never could make out when they were singing and when they were...

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...reach of practical human sagacity. But where were our armed men? where our great artillery? where our proved captains, to resist a sudden sharp trial ... ...is policy to be emphatic upon truisms—are actually the motives of men in a greater degree than their appetites: these are my theme; and may it be my f... ...le- men pooh-poohed the affair; agreeing with him, however, that we had no great reason to be proud of our appearance, and the grounds they assigned f... ..., during the boy’s extreme youth. He traced him by cousinships back to the great Earl Beauchamp of Froissart, and would have it so; and he would have ... ...e fighting spirit. Strength is the brute form of truth. No con- spicuously great man was born of the Romfreys, who were better served by a succession ... ...of his personal grievances, harping the triad as vigorously as bard of old Britain. Commons he added out of courtesy, or from usage or policy, or for ... ...nally tripping motto for a composite struc- ture like the kingdom of Great Britain and Manchester, boy Nevil. We can fight foreigners when the time co... ...led in his uncle’s haziness. ‘What people?’ ‘I suppose the people of Great Britain count, sir.’ ‘Of course they do; when the battle’s done, the fight ... ...ssing him on account of his nephew’s gallantry at a period of dejection in Britain: for the winter was dreadful; every kind heart that went to bed wit...