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...obert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsy... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ... Suicide Club has been inaugurated. How this has been managed, what is its history, or what may be its ramifica- tions in other lands, I am myself uni... ...my directions?” “You will proceed along the Strand in the direction of the City, and on the left-hand pavement, until you meet the gentleman who has j... ...res of Prince Florizel and the President of the Suicide Club, may read the History of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk. 32 Robert Louis Stevenson... ...lieved, no question but he must be speedily discovered. Alone in a strange city, without friends or ac- complices, if the Doctor’s introduction failed... ..., I perceive, for no other purpose than to escape the consequences of your crimes; and I can readily understand your embarrassment when I addressed my... ...lf in life. By life,” he added, “I do not mean Thackeray’s novels; but the crimes and secret possibilities of our society, and the principles of wise ... ...ted its influence; but it grew upon him more and more, and a little before York he was fain to stretch himself upon one of the couches and suffer his ...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the new Bishop? The ...

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...y Trollope Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER I WHO WILL BE THE NEW BISHOP? I n the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important ... ..., a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways—Who was to be t... ...y of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways—Who was to be the new Bishop? The death of old Dr Grantly, who had for many years filled the ... ...them had been,—my creative readers may imagine. But was he so engaged? No; history and truth compel me to deny it. He was sitting easily in a lounging... ...ence to the income which he received as warden of Hiram’s Hospital, in the city of Barchester. Nor can it be forgotten that a law-suit was instituted ... ...s to him, it must be affirmed that he was hitherto equally innocent of the crime imputed to him. How it had come to pass that a man whose eyes were ge... ... a matter, spoke but too plainly in evidence against her as to her imputed crime of receiving Mr Slope as a lover. ‘I am afraid that anything we can d... ...here were to be no exceptions but London and Durham. ’ ‘And Canterbury and York,’ said the vicar choral, mod- estly. ‘What say you, Grantly?’ said the... ... been made throughout of the very finest whalebone, rivetted with the best Yorkshire steel, she must have sunk under them. Had not Mr Pomney felt how ...

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... never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivaled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many--if we except the cities of Greece, none at ...

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...n what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient... ...of London, we ought in all reason to say—the Nation of London, and not the City of London; but of Rome in her palmy days, nothing less could be said i... ... habitable world as then known to geography , or recognised by the muse of History—than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into ... ...emple of Jerusalem. Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History, as worthy of notice—that Pompey died, as it were, within sight of ... ... the emperor had a two- fold consecration; to violate them, was the double crime of treason and heresy, In his appearances of state and ceremony, the ... ...ll confine ourselves as much as possible to those which are susceptible of new as- pects. For the whole gallery of those who follow, we can un- dertak... ...n has ever been applied to them, and that many might easily be placed in a new light. Indeed, the whole of this most momentous sec- tion of ancient hi... ...nce of the same general illumination. But for them it is a fact, than some crimes, which now stain the page of history, would *And this was entirely b... ...wards, by way of employing his armies, made war in Britain. At the city of York he died; and to his two sons, Geta and Caracalla, he bequeathed, as hi...

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...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, t...

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...venties, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New Y ork. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropo... ...f the erection, in remote metropolitan distances “above the Forties,” of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those... ...ng in every second generation of the Albany Chiverses, with whom their New York cousins had always refused to intermarry—with the disastrous exception... ...allas (of the South Carolina branch), a penniless beauty introduced to New York society by her cousin, the imprudent Medora Manson, who was always doi... ...which had descended on her in middle life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her from a plump active little woman with a neatly-turned ... ... deal 44 The Age of Innocence more reasonant in a young woman with such a history. The dinner was a somewhat formidable business. Dining with the van... ...oth Beaufort and himself from her mind, and went on: “I’ve never been in a city where there seems to be such a feeling against living in des quartiers... ...ed. “I don’t see myself—or you either—offering ourselves up to expiate her crimes.” “Oh, of course you see only the Mingott side,” his mother answered... ...ork wedding a rite 125 Edith Wharton that seemed to belong to the dawn of history. Everything was equally easy—or equally painful, as one chose to pu...

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...his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wo...

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...and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in ... ... beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple... ...nd I am out of touch with my youth. The old life seems so cut off from the new, so alien and so unreasonable, that at times I find it bordering upon t... .... Wells “Here,” said I. “We’re on the verge of the biggest lock-out in the history of this countryside; here’s distress and hunger coming, here’s all ... ... of all Lord Redcar’s class, their manners, morals, economic and political crimes, when my trouble with Nettie arose to swamp all minor troubles. Yet,... ...ts were nothing rare and strange in that old or- der of the world. Never a city, never a night the whole year round, but amidst those who slept were t... ...nd thither with a loaded revolver, seeking and intending vague fluctuating crimes, so these two nations went about the earth, hot eared and muddle hea... ...rs staggered, dropped, and were still. The figure runs from my pen. In New York that very thing occurred. Most of the theatrical audiences dispersed, ... ... had any had eyes to see its clearness. In London it was night, but in New York, for example, people were in the full bustle of the evening’s enjoymen...

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...116 -- 22 THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS, 122 -- 23 EVENTIDE?A SECOND DECLARATION, 131 -- 24 THE SAME NIGHT? THE FIR PLANTATION, 137 -- 25 THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED, 143 -- 26 SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD, 146 -- 27 HIVING THE BEES, 154...

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... . . 131 24 THE SAME NIGHT — THE FIR PLANTATION . . . . . . . . 137 25 THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED . . . . . . . . . . . 143 26 SCENE ON THE VERGE ... ...riel Oak, and he recognised his position clearly. The first movement in his new progress was the lambing of his ewes, and sheep having been his special... ...ghbours, to banish quite, whilst conning the present, untoward page of his history. So, think ing of his misfortunes, amorous and pastoral, he fell a... ...n comparison with which the powerful tugs of cranes and pulleys in a noisy city are but pigmy efforts. Boldwood, looking into the distant meadows, saw... ...ted variety of Ixion’s punishment, and contributes a dismal chapter to the history of heavy, and the body’s centre of gravity seems to settle by degre... ... were the only occupants of the seat. Liddy was asking questions about the city of Bath, and her companion was answering them listlessly and unconcern... ..., what was going on. ‘The Royal Hippodrome Performance of Turpin’s Ride to York and the Death of Black Bess,’ replied the man promptly, without turnin... ...ent and the announcement. Have you ever seen the play of ‘Turpin’s Ride to York?’ ‘Turpin was a real man, was he not?’ ‘O yes, perfectly true — all of... ...the result was that evidence was taken which it was hoped might remove the crime in a moral point of view, out of the category of wilful murder, and l...

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... heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express, in the purest French then sp...

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...clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ram- parts of the castle of Blois a little cavalc... ...holy and so majestic, that he certainly would have attracted the attention of spectators, if specta- tors there had been; but the good citizens of Blo... ... cry of “Vive le Roi!” which passed over him. For a long time, being unaccustomed to hear it, his ear had had rest, and now a younger, more vivacious,... ...rprises, shut the closet by leaning with her back against the door. “Ah!” cried Madame de Saint-Remy, “you are here, are you, Louise?” “Yes, madame,” ... ...mbracing you likewise.” The good old man did not require to be twice told; he rushed in with open arms, Raoul meeting him halfway. “Now, if you please... ...fterwards preserved so profound a silence, that Cropole was almost offended, so much did he prefer people who were good company. 39 Dumas This gentle... ...anniversary of the other battle of Dunbar, so fatal to the Scots, I was conquered. Two thousand men fell around me before I thought of retreating a st... ...ave a dispensation,” said D’Artagnan. Bazin looked at him suspiciously. “Ah, ah, master hypocrite!” said the musketeer, “for whom do you take me? If y... ...hat; I shall only have to remind you of one thing, and that is that Charles I. had a son.” “Without contradicting you, monsieur, he had two,” said Pla...

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...Excerpt: At sunrise on a first of April there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porter followed him. He was unaccompanied by fr...

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...apac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his... ...e stepped aboard the favorite steamer Fidèle, on the point of starting for New Orleans. Stared at, but unsaluted, with the air of one neither courting... ...unalloyed gratulation, and is such to all ex- cept those who think that in new countries, where the wolves are killed off, the foxes increase. Pausing... ...gh now I’se going to see brodder at der landing; but chiefly I libs in der city.” “St. Louis, ah? Where do you sleep there of nights?” “On der floor o... ... name and amount. We publish these names. And now let me give you a little history of our asy- lum, and the providential way in which it was started.”... ...man, would think it quite right to commit this gentleman to prison for the crime, extraordinary as he might deem it; more espe- cially, as, until ever... ...murderers, some call those contrivers; but I do not; for murder (if such a crime be possible) comes from the heart, and these men’s motives come from ... ...awed him. Presently, sobering down, he continued: “Well, I was born in New York, and there I lived a steady, hard-working man, a cooper by trade. One ... ... him sent to me from the Commissioners of Emigration, all the way from New York, culled out carefully, in fine, at my particular request, from a stand...

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...Excerpt: It came without warning, at the very hour his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Combine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wondering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorag...

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................................................................................................................................................ 114 THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD ........................................................................................................................................... 129 THE PUZZLER .........................................................

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..................................................................... 114 THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD ............................................................... ... his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Com- bine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ank... ... hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Com- bine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle c... ...ou, I’m sure,” said Sophie, and curt- sied to the ground. “George, this is history I can under- stand. We began here.” She curtsied again. The June su... ...ay General Call (all Mark Boats) out for: Jane Eyre, W. 6990 . Port Rupert—City of Mexico Santander, W. 6514 . . Gobi Desert—Manila Y. Edmundsun, E. 9... ...ion, and Quitting Levels VALKYRIE (racing plane), A. J. Hartley owner, New York (twice warned). GEISHA (racing plane), S. van Cott owner, Philad... ...els in this column. BEGINNER—On still days the air above a large inhabited city being slightly warmer—i.e., thinner—than the atmo- sphere of the surro... ...’ nights. And play it. D’you hear that? The organ-grinder, after his day’s crime, plays his accursed machine for love. For love, Chris! And Michael An... ...t somehow forgot about it. The new draft marks a new chapter in the Hunt’s history. From an isolated phenomenon in a barge it became a per- manent ins...

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.................................................................. 221 ON THE CITY WALL .................................................................... ...row you a rope?’ They weren’t going to let down a fine 15 Rudyard Kipling new man-of-war’s boat to pick up three half-drowned rats. We accepted the i... ...hem wot’s really fitted to decorate society get no show while a blunderin’ Yorkshireman like you—’ ‘Nay,’ says I, ‘it’s none o’ t’ blunderin’ Yorkshir... ...hall have him, marm, for I’ve a feelin’ heart, not like this could-blooded Yorkshireman; but ‘twill cost ye not a penny less than three hundher rupees... ...g, and had lost touch of England. Mulvaney knew a contractor on one of the new Central India lines, and wrote to him for some sort of work. The 23 Ru... ...my Learoyd’s eyes began to brighten, and he unburdened him- self of a long history in which a trip to Malham Cove, a girl at Pateley Brigg, a ganger, ... ...a kiss from Annie Bragin. An’ that’s fourteen years gone! Eyah! Cork’s own city an’ the blue sky above ut—an’ the times that was—the times that was!’ ... ...t publicists’ wrote six beau- tiful leading articles on ‘The Prevalence of Crime in the Army.’ But not a soul thought of comparing the ‘bloody-minded ... ...oustache and making him sit up.) ‘A—little—beast!’ Stop laughing over your crime! And yet you had the—the—awful cheek to propose to me! CAPT. G. I’d c...

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...G-POINT OF MY LIFE ................................................................................................................... 86 HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK ......................................................................................................... 95 THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION........................................................................

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............................................. ................ 86 HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK .......................................................... ...d, “I am told that you are a coward!” It was not he that turned over the new leaf—she did it for him. He must not strut around in the merit of it—i... ...es of outside influences—we originate nothing within. Whenever we take a new line of thought and drift into a new line of belief and action, the imp... ...haracter and deeply religious. An earnest and practical laborer in the New York slums comes up there on vacation—he is leader of a section of the Univ... ...ll. But it could be that he argued that if he saved a hundred souls in New York— O.M. The sacrifice of the family would be justified by that great pr... ...a rate the smallpox patients from the healthy people, but in dealing with crime they put the healthy into the pest house along with the sick. That is... ... outside? I see him handling money—for instance—and that moves me to the crime? O.M. That, by itself? Oh, certainly not. It is merely the latest out... ... the guidance and dic tatorship of Circumstance, and finally arrived in a city of Iowa, where I worked several months. Among the books that intereste... ... step toward literature. For amusement I scribbled things for the Virginia City enterprise. One isn’t a printer ten years without setting up acres of...

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................................................ 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE...................... 54 SCHLOSSER?S LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ...................... 60 FOX AND BURKE .................................................................................................................................................... 84...

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...BLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE ...................... 54 SCHLOSSER’S LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ...................... 60 FOX AND BURKE .... ...tive of caution or fear, the great metropolitan castra stativa of gigantic crime, seated for ever on the Thames. In fact, the great artist disdained a... ...Christendom is the sure receptacle of all the murderers and ruffians whose crimes have given them a motive for with- drawing themselves for a season f... ...ounds. Like all men engaged in trade, he suffered some anxieties. He was a new beginner; but, already, bad debts had alarmed him; and bills were com- ... ...d 28 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater have had time to relax, some new murder, equally appalling, might be counted upon. Such was the public e... ...m any reason to complain—since really out of Germany and Italy there is no city, if you except Paris and London, possessing materials, in that field o... ...ratus was that scamp. So of Martin, the man that parboiled, or par-roasted York Minster some ten or twelve years back; that fellow will float down to ... ...y forgotten. These incendiaries, in short, are as well known as Ephesus or York; but not one of us can tell, without humming and hawing, who it was th... ...able, is here made a dissyllable. But Thebez, the dissyllable, is a Syrian city. It is true that Causabon deduces from a Syriac word meaning a case or...

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...members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that of the Amazon. The valley of the frozen ...

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...o this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains... ...DITOR’S TABLE, HARPER’S MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 1863 Chapter 1 The River and Its History THE M ISSISSIPPI IS WELL WORTH READING ABOUT. It is not a co... ...ifty feet. But at Bayou La Fourche the river rises only twenty four feet; at New Orleans only fif teen, and just above the mouth only two and one hal... ... the river and bade them a friendly farewell. On the rocks above the present city of Alton they found some rude and fantastic Indian paintings, which ... ...’ and visited an imposing Indian monarch in the Teche country, whose capital city was a substantial one of sun baked bricks mixed with straw—better ho... ...he awful crash was imminent—why didn’t that villain come! If I committed the crime of ringing a bell, I might get thrown overboard. But better that th... ... know it with absolute exactness. If you will take the longest street in New York, and travel up and down it, conning its features patiently until you... ... I hit Brown a good honest blow which stretched him out. I had committed the crime of crimes—I had lifted my hand against a pilot on duty! I supposed ... ... and picturesque ness drop gradually out of it as one travels away from New York.” I find that among my notes. It makes no difference which direction...

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...ere is nothing wonderful in my being glad to see you,? Mrs. Luna rejoined, ?when I tell you that I have been three long weeks in this unprevaricating city.? ?That has an unflattering sound for me,? said the young man. ?I pretend not to prevaricate.? ?Dear me, what?s the good of being a Southerner?? the lady asked. ?Olive told me to tell you she hoped you will stay to dinne...

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..., ‘when I tell you that I have been three long weeks in this unprevaricating city.’ ‘That has an unflattering sound for me,’ said the young man. ‘I pre... ...l, that Miss Chancellor would be all that you say. She was brought up in the city of reform.’ ‘Oh, it isn’t the city; it’s just Olive Chancellor. She ... ...hink much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, n... ... much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, not d... ...s dishonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired... ...shonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired. ‘W... ...ve Chancellor, it may be confided to the reader, to whom in the course of our history I shall be under the necessity of imparting much occult informati... ...we had done only this, we shouldn’t boast of it. Poverty, and ignorance, and crime; disease, and wickedness, and wars! Wars, always more wars, and alw... ... kings. These ladies were easily disposed of between the two, and the public crimes of Bloody Mary, the private misdemeanours of Faustina, wife of the...

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...ont of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new....

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...hat of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. Son about eight-and-for... ... violate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. A. D. had no conc... ...mpromising: so very wide across the chest: so upright! A pecuniary Duke of York, my love, and nothing short of it!’ said Miss T ox. ‘That’s what I sho... ...URES THOUGH THE OFFICES of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, and within hearing of Bow Bells, when their clashing voices... ...ed in a conspiracy against it on part of all the clocks and watches in the City, and even of the very Sun itself. Such as he was, such he had been in ... ...ious of any other motives— are questions which in this stage of the Firm’s history herself only could have solved. Nor have they much bearing on the f... ... that gentleman into his confidence; merely informing him that a friend in Yorkshire had written to him (Mr T oots) for his opinion on such a question... ...ing and bringing him back; pursued also by a consciousness of his enormous crime; Captain Cuttle held on at a great pace, and allowed no grass to grow... ...had made of ease, enjoyment, and hope, he saw the bitter fruits of his old crime, for ever ripe and fresh. She stood at the door looking after him, wi...

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...hat of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. Son about eight-and-for... ... violate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. A. D. had no conc... ...mpromising: so very wide across the chest: so upright! A pecuniary Duke of York, my love, and nothing short of it!’ said Miss T ox. ‘That’s what I sho... ...URES THOUGH THE OFFICES of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, and within hearing of Bow Bells, when their clashing voices... ...ed in a conspiracy against it on part of all the clocks and watches in the City, and even of the very Sun itself. Such as he was, such he had been in ... ...ious of any other motives— are questions which in this stage of the Firm’s history herself only could have solved. Nor have they much bearing on the f... ...o stiff a part, a little more. His arrogance contrasted strangely with its history. When it was all over, he again gave his arm to Miss Tox, and condu... ... that gentleman into his confidence; merely informing him that a friend in Yorkshire had written to him (Mr T oots) for his opinion on such a question... ...ing and bringing him back; pursued also by a consciousness of his enormous crime; Captain Cuttle held on at a great pace, and allowed no grass to grow...

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...n have been taken from the Athenaeum Press Selections from De Quincey; many of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornell University. I wish also to thank for many favors the Committee and officers of the Glasgow University Library....

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... of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornel... ...es, which ac- cordingly appeared in the London Magazine in that year. This new sensation eclipsed Lamb’s Essays of Elia, which were ap- pearing in the... ...love of literature proper by De Quincy than by any other writer whatever.”—History of Nineteenth-Century Literature, p.198. *“T o read the Essay on Mu... ...arged edition by David Masson. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1889-1890. [New York: The Macmillan Co. 14 vols., with footnotes, a preface to each volume,... ...SM 4. D. MASSON. Thomas De Quincey. English Men of Let- ters. London. [New York: Harper. An excellent brief biogra- phy. This book, with a good volum... ...island, and most of us disdained all coaches except his Majesty’s mail, no city out of London could pre- tend to so extensive a connexion with Mr. Pal... ...cipitation of their crane-neck quarterings. T reason they feel to be their crime; each individual carter feels himself under the ban of confiscation a... ...succession we are going to awake. Liberated from the embarrassments of the city, and issu- ing into the broad uncrowded avenues of the northern sub- u... ...ened that on this night there was no other outside passenger; and thus the crime, which else was but too probable, missed fire for want of a criminal....

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...rical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refer to the almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on th...

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...w what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refe... ...the King- maker, the Marquis of Montagu, and George Nevil, Arch- bishop of York. As nothing is known of her but her name, I have ventured to make use ... ...ed at entrance, as if supposing the old man asleep; and at a slow pace the new-comer crossed the hall to the chimney, where he stood by the fire, warm... ... a voucher for the guest. The drawbridge had already been lowered, and the new-comer was crossing it upon a powerful black steed, guided by Father Nin... ...ed the strangers. Lord Marmion was a good-humoured, hearty-look- ing young Yorkshireman, but the other two attracted his at- tention far more. They we... ...he instantly sent Brewster in search of the best tailor and lorimer in the city, and provided so handsomely for the appearance of young Glenuskie, his... ... life, and far better than let them betray me into deeming some grew- some crime an act of justice, as you may yet let them do,’ said James. Such conv... ...gton, and I hear he is preparing a notable banquet in the Guild Hall.’ ‘ A city mayor!’ exclaimed Queen Catherine, with ineffable disgust. ‘My brother... ...violence and cruelty; the private warfare of the lawless young prince, the crimes of reckless barbarity and of savage passion—a deadly roll, in which ...

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...n Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

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...nsas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills. Main Street is the climax of civilizat... ...isters. What Ole Jenson the grocer says to Ezra Stowbody the banker is the new law for London, Prague, and the unprofitable isles of the sea; whatsoev... ...els run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears. A breeze which had crossed a thousan... ...s and Jews and million- aire uplifters at the University Settlement in New York, and he had a beautiful white strong neck. He led a gig- gling class t... ...hrough it before the three o’clock bell called her to the class in English history. She sighed, “That’s what I’ll do after college! I’ll get my hands ... ... that up in the library? Well then, suppose you do!” 9 Sinclair Lewis The history instructor was a retired minister. He was sarcastic today. He begge... ...l over with red rubber stamps.” 16 Main Street “Don’t you get sick of the city?” “St. Paul? Why, don’t you like it? I don’t know of any lovelier view... ... something to say about run- ning Gopher Prairie, but you take it in a big city of two- three hundred thousand, and I’m just one flea on the dog’s bac... ...which made the rearing of citizens more costly and perilous than any other crime, it was inadvisable to have children till he had made more money. She...

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