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...caught a muttering toward the back, and turned toward the sound. One of the performers twisted his hat in his hands. “Mademoiselle Claire, it was me... ... fitfully and waking often from bad dreams. I heard a quiet voice, singing songs of love in such a beautiful, pure tenor that it wrung a tear from m... ...ed,” I whispered. “It has no title yet, but right now, I think of it as your song “ he said, not looking me in the eye. I felt my knees go weak. I... ...the gypsies and how he eventually replaced the disintegrating doll with the novelty sitting on my mantelpiece by having Zareh send for one from Persi... ...as disconcerted until I heard his beautiful voice, singing softly to me: a song of surrender in the darkness . 37 “My dearest,” I whispered as I he... .... Gilbert and I slipped into the midst a crowd that consisted primarily of performers, some still in their spangled costumes. I pulled my shawl up... ...erred in trusting him. When Francois returned, he brought a large band of performers from all over the fair. The evening show had just ended; man... ...y favorite recipes for madeleines and cheese crisps, and had Russian tea and American coffee on offer. The ladies came to the first one in droves, a...

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...erstein stood out. Jordi showed a dogged ability to track down obscure 1950s songs that was almost scary. Addi- tional thanks go to Jennifer Ma, Tolu ... ...s? Even the ones they claim to have been dictated by gods or aliens? Even if American copyright law requires “an author,” presumably a human one? 9 Ca... ..., musicians, and writers can take their unique visions, histories, poems, or songs to the world— and make a living doing so if their work finds favor. ... ... culture. No one is reprinting the books, screening the films, or playing the songs. No one is allowed to. In fact, we may not even know who holds the ... ...r the films of the Second World War, or footage on the daily lives of African-Americans during segregation, or the music of the Great Depression, or th... ...hey were successful. 36 As Yochai Benkler puts it, Alice Randall, an African American woman, was ordered by a government official not to publish her cr... ...me of the challenges are subtle: in patent law, stretched interpretations of novelty and nonobviousness allow intellectual property rights to move clo... ...s and leaving raw material to future creators—the Jefferson Warning holds no novelty for them. But they conclude that a clear “one-note rule” will do,... ...the scientific or academic enter- prise. But whatever the degree to which the novelty of this process is being subtly inflated, it is hard to avoid bein...

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...H OF SPLITNESS Chapter Three: Hominids 173 these separated notes into songs and symphonies. By accumulating the separate notes of separate ... ...ew lions? When there were millions of grazing animals? Why didn’t the North American natives colonize the land where millions of bison lived? It ... ...hapter Three: Summary of Hominid-Human development 205 The earliest North American cultures invented bone-tools and flint tools by themselves. B... ...plitting with crude stones as the first form of stone technology. After North American humans began splitting Mammoth-bones: did they start evolving... ...eople go to; and compare them to decide which one they like better? How many songs do people listen to; before finding out which ones they like best... ...ruption. Every television commercial, every cultural dance, every cultural song, every ethnic, cultural, religious, governmental glorification of... ...l a reflective, de-sensitized awareness with meaningless, unconnected stimulus-novelty- sensationalism. Two obvious characteristics of human awaren... ... half of this destructive sacred judging is a panel of experts, who score the performers on different categories… and nobody can explain how they do ... ...be and is, either better, or worse than another performance. Even though the performers are singing different song, from different eras, by differen...

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...- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American continent -- Killing of Thorwald by natives -- His last instru... ...- Snakes and crocodiles -- The return to France -- Bougainville in the war for American independence 415- 422 CHAPTER XL. A Brief Biography of Captain... ..................................................... 54 Thorfinn's voyage to the American shores................................. 55 Killing of the firs... ...aintive moan which, by no great stretch of imagination, can be understood as a song luring men to destruction. Wonderfully beautiful and strikingly po... ...k, honey, and clear water; in them he had placed beautiful damsels, skilful in songs and instruments of music and dancing, and to make sports and deli... ...ductions, the men and women came in procession, and with tambourine and festal songs gave a generous welcome to their strange visitors. Saavedra died ... ...sufficient to spread consternation among an enemy to whom its employment was a novelty. But this was not the only variety of the powder pot. Another k... ...dances they keep time with an exactness which is scarcely excelled by the best performers upon the stage of Europe; but the practice which is allowed ... ...ed with a different attitude of the body or a different movement. At first the performers ranged themselves in three lines, and, by various evolutions...

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...he CD obsolete - but they were preceded by radio music broadcasts. But the novelty is that the Internet provides a venue for the marketing of niche p... ...rs between the types of intermediaries are blurred. Barnes and Noble (the American bookstores chain) has, in effect, become a publisher. Many publis... ... a vital difference between sound and text. In music, what matter are the song or the musical piece. The medium (or carrier, or packing) is marginal ... ... The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon established the network of all networks, the ARPANET. Ot... ...lterior motives of members of the ruling political echelons (the infamous American Paranoia), a lack of variety and of catering to the tastes and in... ...bo, who wasn't even black, and with Uncle Remus, who was? This is awful. "Song of the South" was required viewing when I was in school and now I can'... ...ountry. The money will be used to reimburse copyright holders - artists, performers, recording companies, publishers and movie studios - for unauth... ...mobile advertising company quoted by "The Economist", SMS advertising - a novelty - attracts a 10-20 percent response rate - compared to direct mail... ...r. Such people are continually unhappy, unfulfilled and less than stellar performers. In "Manage IT" we have provided a series of exercises to assist...

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...al calendar 172 * Modern annual festivals 173 * Chinese New Year 175 Songkran 176 New Year of Thai culture 176 * Programme of the Water Fest... ...l people, the villagers still gather for funerals and temple festivals and Songkran processions, and want to live in their own villages. The young wan... ...s to use genetic modification to produce and patent a variety suitable for American conditions. Potential cultivation of Jasmine rice by American supe... ...al calendar 172 * Modern annual festivals 173 * Chinese New Year 175 Songkran 176 New Year of Thai culture 176 * Programme of the Water Fest... ... produced, and they have rather tended to be TV serials; cinemas show many American movies as is the case elsewhere in Asia. From citizen to gl... ... US army during the Korean war; sex trade has always flourished around all American military bases. In 1983, it was said that there was only one broth... ...ocracy - developmental mythology - developmental miracles - compulsion for novelty - finalization - centralized development rituals - worship of devel... ...orks. Finalization is (3) inexhaustible, it continuously renews the latest novelty. Postlocal man is able to endlessly select new contents for his con... ... - experience of membership - experience of novelty - group-centricity ...

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...njoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the collection has been made....

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... events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the collection has been made. It is ra... ...s of self was cast away. Among these we cannot forbear mentioning the poor American soldier, who, grievously wounded, had just been laid in the middle... ...l bear hoisting better than he will’. And, even as we write, we hear of an American Railway collision that befell a train on the way to Elmira with pr... ...ibed in the following translation, by Profes- sor Anstice, from the choric song in the tragedy by Euripides: ‘Be patient, for thy tears are vain They ... ...ms lost not one lamb through their violence. Some at least listened to the song of their warlike minstrel: ‘Come, ye children, and hearken to me, I wi... ...r, ‘Landwaster’, was planted in the midst; and the king, chanting his last song, like the minstrel warrior he had always been, stood, with his bravest... ...) allowed to look on nearer, because of the unclothed state of some of the performers in the arena. Between the ladies’ boxes, benches were squeezed i...

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...arily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost be described in Portia?s song....

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...ght be called the passive fancy, and might almost be described in Portia’s song, — ‘It is engendered in the eyes, By reading fed—and t... ...mont had a trained ear, and the very voice that was wanting to the Italian song they were practising. And so sped a happy hour, till a booted and spur... ...imes be mistaken for vigour. Ere long, the merry cadence of an old English song fell with a homelike sound upon Sidney’s ear, and in another moment th... ... lady revived her with essences, and the ballet-mas- ter clamoured for his performers. Ill or well, royal ballets must be danced. One long sob, one ga... ...gasped out, nearer to tears than she had ever been since that time, such a novelty was it to her to hear Berenger spoken of in kind or tender terms; a... ...in general the scum of the nation—were apt to comport themselves more like American buccaneers than like champions of any form of religion. La Sableri... ...g that naturally took place where purchasing was an unusual excitement and novelty, and was to form a whole evening’s amusement. Berenger, while suppl... ...cipline debated in the public assembly; and, apart from mere eagerness for novelty, many a discreet heart beat with gladness at the meeting with the h...

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... coffee was always exhausted before I could elbow my way to the counter. Our American sunrise had ushered in a noble summer’s day. There was not a clo... ... and the Carolinas; there are few po- ems with a nobler music for the ear: a songful, tuneful land; and if the new Homer shall arise from the Western ... ...w, I consulted him upon a point of etiquette: if one should offer to tip the American waiter? Certainly not, he told me. Never. It would not do. They ... ...but I did not wish to go to bed. And this, it appeared, was impossible in an American hotel. It was, of course, some inane misunderstanding, and spran... ...s after the retiring waves, trilling together in a chorus of infinitesi- mal song. Strange sea-tangles, new to the European eye, the bones of whales, ... ...hear the guitar accompany, and one of these old, heart-breaking Spanish love-songs mount into the night air, perhaps in a deep baritone, perhaps in th... ...h more easily I could hang myself in my trousers!” The man was struck by the novelty of the idea; but he stuck to his colours, and only continued to r... ...now he sees why I speak of the little people as of substantive inventors and performers. To the end they had kept their secret. I will go bail for the...

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...t is remote and isolated, and very white, it makes a strong mark against the lofty leafy ram- part at its back. This hotel had a feature which was a d... ...ves of foreign lands were very numerous. They hailed from every corner of the globe—for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too. The... ... Go”ttingen, to fight with a Go”ttingen expert; if he is victorious, he will be invited to other colleges, or those colleges will send their experts t... ...only with the white corps, while we were their guests, and keep aloof from the caps of the other colors. Once I wished to examine some of the swords, ... ...—and never even cared to discover whether I had dreamed the fire or actually seen it. I am told that in a German concert or opera, they hardly ever en... ...that the encore was de- sired by his Majesty, without fatiguing him with a repetition to gratify their own vanity. During the remainder of the act the... ...se the matter got noised about or any accident happened. So I char- tered the raft and the crew and took all the responsibilities on myself. With a ra... ...dangers of the deep, and kindred matters; but as the gray east began to redden and the mysterious solemnity and silence of the dawn to give place to t... ... be sawn in two—a bit of work which cost him hours of tedious labor. He continued to store up his treasures at home until his occu- pation lost the ch...

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...r a bare bellyful, and at night when he saith, ‘Aha, it is warm!’ he has not appetite for more. Or if for something else, then something higher; a fin... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...h a married son and a granddaughter. But the thought of Oahu haunted him; its praise was for ever on his lips; he beheld it, looking back, as a place ... ...ey of Hapaa, known to readers of Herman Melville under the grotesque misspell- ing of Hapar. There are but two writers who have touched the South Seas... ...eams water and keep it green; and along the dell, first of one, then of another, of these, the road, for a considerable dis- tance, descends into this... ...candid, almost innocent, description of a Russian man-of-war at the Marquesas; consider the disgraceful history of missions in Hawaii itself, where (i... ...sion—so artistic. I know not whether it was more strange to find a building of such merit in a corner of a barbarous isle, or to see a building so ant... ...nually reminded of certain quarrelsome concerted scenes in grand operas at home; just so the single voices issue from and fall again into the general ... ... ‘I think I no got him,’ he will say; and the treasures he has seem worth- less in comparison. If a ship be bound for Apemama, the merchant racks his ...

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...the shape of a periodical publication might carry with it a certain air of novelty, and I was willing to break, if I may so express it, the abruptness... ...ted. These were duties enjoined by our religion itself. (Loud cheers.) The performers are in a particular manner entitled to the support or regard, wh... ...nd he did not hesitate to confess that a want of energy on the part of the performers was the probable cause. A new set of Rules and Regulations were ... ... was truly grateful for the kind encouragement he had experienced, but the novelty of the situation in which he now was renewed all the feelings he ex... ...n very liberally.] Mr. Mackay here entertained the company with a pathetic song. Sir Walter Scott apologized for having so long forgotten their native... ...—”Joanna Baillie.” This health being drunk, Mr. Thorne was called on for a song, and sung, with great taste and feeling, “The Anchor’s Weighed.” W . M... ...y grandsire, the inditer of this goodly matter, was rather lengthy, as our American friends say. Indeed, I reserve the rest of the piece until I can o... ...oast be—”To your fireside, my good friend. And now we shall go beg a Scots song without foreign graces from my little siren, Miss Katie.” The next day... ...rvade every civilized country. Amongst their mountains, as among the North American Indians, the various tribes were wont to make war upon each other,...

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...eason? What causes them to labour at pianoforte sonatas, and to learn four songs from a fashionable master at a guinea a lesson, and to play the harp ... ... eloquent speeches possible, and had begun— “O Miss Sharp, how—” when some song which was performed in the other room came to an end, and caused him t... ...lsewhere, as it were, in small change. Having expended her little store of songs, or having stayed long enough in the back drawing-room, it now appear... ...Fancy our late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward a... ...her any time these fifteen years, their tete- a-tete offered no particular novelty. But when Miss Rebecca Sharp and her stout companion lost themselve... ...mfortable lodgings, snug meals, and homely evenings, had all the charms of novelty and secrecy. The marriage was not yet declared to the world, or pub... ...ny little bride out of England. Every day during this happy time there was novelty and amusement for all parties. There was a church to see, or a pict... ...wether. There was Mr. John Paul Jefferson Jones, titularly attached to the American Embassy and correspondent of the New Y ork Demagogue, who, by way ... ...o well? Finally, the procession being formed in the order described by the American diplomatist, they marched into the apartment where the banquet was...

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...,’ said the Chief. ‘And so should I,’ said Number Two. ‘Truly thankful, I should.’ Oakum Head then rose, and announced as an entirely new idea, the me... ...-creatures. Surely, it includes the other designation, and some touching meanings over and above. Again. There was a personage introduced into the dis... ... we started off to a singing-house where Jack was expected to muster strong. The vocalisation was taking place in a long low room up- stairs; at one e... ...piano-accordion, played by a young girl of a delicate prettiness of face, figure, and dress, that made the audience look coarser. She sang to the inst... ...g come but the jug of ale and the bread, you implore your waiter to ‘see after that cutlet, waiter; pray do!’ He cannot go at once, for he is carrying... ... words, ‘Now, Cobby;’— Cobby! so short a name!—’ain’t one fool enough to talk at a time?’ Within appropriate distance of this magic ground, though not... ... to sing the ballad ‘Comin’ through the Rye’ with- out prefacing it himself, with some general remarks on wheat and clover; and even then, he dared no... ...as already in the un- commercial line. This was a man who, though not more than thirty, had seen the world in divers irreconcilable capacities—had bee... ... at every violent roll, becomes the regular blast of a high pressure en- gine, and I recognise the exceedingly explosive steamer in which I ascended t...

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...se-fronts, fantastically varied in obedience to the Ameri- can craving for novelty, but fresh and inviting with their aw- 6 House of Mirth nings and ... ...inattentively, and he saw that she was preoc- cupied with a new idea. “And Americana—do you collect Americana?” Selden stared and laughed. “No, that’s... ... good editions of the books I am fond of.” She made a slight grimace. “And Americana are horribly dull, I suppose?” “I should fancy so—except to the h... ...l collector values a thing for its rarity. I don’t suppose the buy- ers of Americana sit up reading them all night—old Jefferson Gryce certainly didn’... ...ardous experiments, resisted Jack’s attempts to disguise Mr. Rosedale as a novelty, and declared that he was the same little Jew who had been served u... ...ining with Mrs. Fisher, who had gathered at an informal feast a few of the performers of the previous evening. There was to be plantation music in the... ...s- ing, and she would have liked to lounge over a cigarette and hear a few songs; but she could not break her engagement with Judy, and shortly after ... ...S, through the cigar-smoke of the studio, a dozen voices greeted Selden. A song was pending as he en- tered, and he dropped into a seat near his hoste... ...ced to the middle front, and stood before Selden with the air of the chief performers gath- ered together by the exigencies of the final effect. Their...

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... were a small marble-topped centre table covered with back numbers of “The American System of Den- tistry,” a stone pug dog sitting before the little ... ...knew absolutely nothing further than that she 17 Frank Norris was Spanish-American. Miss Baker was the oldest lodger in the flat, and Maria was a fix... ...at one time possessed of an incalculable fortune derived from some Central American coffee plan- tation, a fortune long since confiscated by armies of... ... himself. Besides the six mourn- ful concertina airs, the dentist knew one song. Whenever he shaved, he sung this song; never at any other time. His v... ...cers.” And after this came a great array of other “artists” and “specialty performers,” musical wonders, acro- bats, lightning artists, ventriloquists... ...icked, then sidled to the other and kicked again. As she finished with the song, a man, evidently the lodger in question, came in. Instantly McTeague ... ... lady, “The Society Contralto,” in evening dress, who sang the sentimental songs, and car- ried the sheets of music at which she never looked, pleased... ... when Trina was left alone for hours, at that time when the excitement and novelty of the hon- eymoon were dying down, when the new household was sett... ...um- mer of his marriage was a time of great contentment for him; after the novelty of the honeymoon had passed he slipped easily into the new order of...

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... per- suaded it is to her I am indebted for it. She knew a great number of songs, which she sung with great sweetness and melody. The serenity and che... ...charms of her voice had such an effect on me, that not only several of her songs have ever since remained on my memory, but some I have not thought of... ...out one of those airs which were the favorites of my infancy? There is one song in par- ticular, whose tune I perfectly recollect, but the words that ... ... windows but walls, roofs, or the dirty street. How pleasing then was this novelty! it helped to increase the tenderness of my disposi- 101 Rousseau ... ...ooner had I comprehended her design (which I could not easily do) than the novelty of the idea, which, during all the years I had passed with her, had... ... singularities, I was very glad to have this intermission; so much had the novelty of these ideas struck me, and such disorder did I feel in mine, tha... ... with mine. T o prove this by experience, I taught music gratis to a young American lady, Mademoiselle des Roulins, with whom M. Roguin had brought me... ...e symphonies performed from my ‘Muses Galantes’. Whether these pleased the performers, or the bal- let-master of St. John Chrysostom wished to flatter... ...ly connected with him to pass his name over in silence. M. du Perou was an American, son to a commandant of Surinam, whose successor, M. le Chambrier,...

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...t the bottom of his heart surprised that all this had not greeted him with songs and incense, but now (he made no secret of it) he made his entry in a... .... “W e must then take his name off,” he says in a kind of unconcerned sing-song. “What am I to do?” burst out the skipper. “This office closes at four... ...ishment. Its consort The Sceptre collapsed within the week. I won’t say in American parlance that suddenly the bottom fell out of the whole of de Barr... ...y! But Mrs. Fyne’s fervent “thank goodness” turned out to be a bit, as the Americans—some Americans—say “previous.” In a very short time the odious fe... ...author,’ as you know, she could not tear herself away from the fascinating novelty. She let him wallow in his vice. I imagine 113 Joseph Conrad Capta... ...esting young pianist (a girl) who, since, had become one of the recognized performers. Mrs. Fyne did not dare leave her house. As to the feelings of l... ...ort of mellowed youthfulness of feeling, an optimistic outlook, liking for novelty, readiness for experiment. The old lady was very much interested: “... ...mething untouched, unscarred, unhardened by suffering. Or perhaps the very novelty of that face, on board a ship where he had seen the same faces for ...

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...res whom we have deliberately suffered to be bred for misery and ruin. The American portion of this story is in no other respect a carica- ture than a... ...or the most part (Mr. Bevan ex- pected), of a ludicrous side, only, of the American character—of that side which was, four-and-twenty years ago, from ... ...fluence on that hoarse companion, it was but to make him roar his cheerful song the louder, and by consequence to make the fire burn the brighter, and... ...characters, if it were only for such a proceeding having the attraction of novelty to recommend it; and that when they (meaning the some people be- fo... ... Dragon! Skittles, cricket, quoits, 68 Martin Chuzzlewit nine-pins, comic songs, choruses, company round the chimney corner every winter’s evening. A... ...retching himself. ‘He’ll do. I am tired with the bustle of to-day, and the novelty of every- thing about me; and in such a case, there’s no greater lu... ...mon capacity or accomplishments, I think! Am I, or am I not?’ ‘You are the American aloe of the human race, my dear Chiv,’ said Mr Tigg, ‘which only b... ...eman of a theatrical turn recites. The vocal gentleman regales them with a song. Gander leaves the Gander of all former feasts whole leagues behind. H... ...eartily and separated. As soon as Martin was left alone, the excitement of novelty and change which had sus- tained him through all the fatigues of th...

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..., though in that con- flict of the Lion and the Unicorn (which was a T ory song) he seemed rather to wish to goad the dear lion than crush the one-hor... ...ne of his heroes, and of Lancashire origin, strangely!), flew to the South American station, in and about Lord Cochrane’s waters; then as swiftly back... ...g the strong salt of his similes, likening that rascal and his crew to the American weed in our waters, to the rotting wild bees’ nest in our trees, t... ...iveness by declining to better his own fortunes, must run the chances of a novelty during the interregnum. Nursery Legitimists will be against him to ... ...urgeois. Match them with the trained orchestral band of skilled individual performers, indoors or out, where each grasps his instrument, and each reli... ...midshipmite days, whole watches through—don’t you re- member? on the North American station, and in the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. And that gir... ...at they may. He went like the meteoric man with the mechanical legs in the song, too quick for a cry of protestation, and reached results amazing to h... ...me at Itchincope, where the guests would be numerous that evening, and the song of triumph loud, with Captain Baskelett to lead it, she kissed the you...

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...tion of her com- plaints by any save she, the poor man’s mare, renowned in song, that died A mile aboon Dundee. [Alluding, as all Scotsmen know, to th... ... A mile aboon Dundee. [Alluding, as all Scotsmen know, to the humorous old song:— ‘The auld man’s mare’s dead, The puir man’s mare’s dead, The auld ma... ...d to shake the flooring over my head. It might have been expected that the novelty of my situa- tion, although it did not prevent my slumbers, would h... ... simplicity of his sister, began to lose much of their raciness with their novelty, and my mode of life, by dint of being very quiet, began to feel ab... ...fury, to the place where I had meant to lie concealed till I heard another song. I was obliged, however, to jump on my feet, and intimidate Hemp, who ... ...ercise, and the mazy confusion of a country-dance, where the inexperienced performers were every now and then running against each other, and com- pel... ... airs of which are generally known, there is a kind of freemasonry amongst performers, by which they can, by the mere choice of a tune, express a grea... ...ght is by no means an improb- able fiction. Shortly after the close of the American war, Sir James Graham of Netherby constructed a dam-dyke, or cauld...

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...oolfellows. There was no Puritanism in him, he was up to any fun, sung his song at a cricket or foot-ball dinner as joyfully as the youngest of the pa... ...at Slough. A custom had arisen among some of the boys of singing offensive songs on these occasions, and Coley, who, as sec- ond of the eleven, stood ... ...expeditions; but of late whalers and sandal wood traders, both English and American, had been finding their way among them, and too often acting as ir... ...e more the case as the residence in New Zealand or Norfolk Island lost its novelty, while it never absorbed him so as to narrow his interests. He neve... ...e rhododendrons, azaleas, and kalmias, the burst of flowers and trees, the song of thrush and blackbird (both unknown to New Zealand). The green meado... ...moke of a fire or two, the call of a man heard in the bush, just enough of novelty to quicken me to the full enjoyment of such a lovely bay as no Engl... ...Lifu offered little that they could not see at home, and schooling without novelty was tedious. Indeed, the sight of civilised life, the being taken t... ...e the chief obstacle to the Mission. After describing an interview with an American captain, he continues:—’Reports are rife of a semi-legalised slave... ...tion, a sugar plantation has not been found a very advanced school for the American or West Indian negro, and as a matter of fact, the islander who ha...

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... less from apprehension than does age; in- deed, the very inexperience and novelty add to the alarms, where there is no background of anxieties that h... ... to go with her mother and sister, the latter of whom was to be one of the performers; but it was 67 Beechcroft At Rockstone decreed by the cruel aut... ... was a fine one, and was heard to more advantage in the solos to a hunting song which shortly followed. Valetta had been rather alarmed at the applaus... ...ly relieved her niece’s mind by begging, as a personal favour, to hear the song whose renown at the concert had reached her; and thus the time was saf... ... Caesar always hiding away his nominatives out of spite. Valetta, like the American child, evidently regarded the Great Julius in no other light than ... ...rsing the parts, and making the dresses, painting the scenes, and learning songs. They all do care so much about music here that I find I really know ... ...thin the later precincts of Christmas, gifts of marvellous contrivance and novelty, as well as cheapness, for all and sundry, those reserved for other... ...da with a graceful little statuette in Parian, and Aunt Jane with the last novelty in baskets. There were appropriate keepsakes for the maids, and lik...

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...ge line of sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; a... ... the stage, because no hero known to history ever summoned a garrison in a song, or changed a battery in a semichorus. In this argument lies an ignora... ...ily) as a proper ground for relieving the sumptuous dresses of the leading performers. The doors of entrance and exit were most unhappily managed. As ... ... well known upon that coast; and ‘faults’ may be a flash term for what the Americans call ‘notions.’ A part of the cargo it clearly is; and one is not... ...-Colonization. Much I mused, in my youthful simplicity, upon this criminal novelty. What might it be? Could I, by mistake, have committed it myself? W... ...informer? A French- man, reader, —M. Simond; and though now by adoption an American citizen, yet still French in his heart and in all his prejudices. ...

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...ed amid the ghosts of defunct bodies and of unborn ones. The moaning sing- song of that theosophico-metaphysical monotony left on you, at last, a very... ...towards starting the said game; and his thought and con- tinual speech and song now was, That if he had a few thousand pounds to buy arms, to freight ... ... contrary to analogy: and none repaying by their value the disadvantage of novelty. To these must be added new and erroneous locutions; ‘whole other t... ...as amazing as if the Pythia on the tripod should have struck up a drinking-song, or Thersites had caught the prophetic strain of Cassandra. “All this,... ...an have lately enjoyed. I guessed all the people in St. Peter’s, including performers and spectators, at 2,000; where 20,000 would hardly have been a ... ...es do not allow him to do what he desires. Thence, after the first glow of novelty, endless self-tormenting comes from the contrast between aims and a... ...a disastrous shadow hanging over it, not to be cleared away by effort. Two American gentlemen, acquaintances also of mine, had been recommended to him...

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...le INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892 BY ARTHUR STEDMAN Of the trinity of American authors whose births made the year 1819 a notable one in our liter... ...tsfield, Mass., ‘boarding around’ with the families of his pupils, in true American fashion, and easily suppressing, on one memorable occasion, the ef... ...e remained for four months, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way a... ...led out many a long watch together, be- guiling the weary hours with chat, song, and story, mingled with a good many imprecations upon the hard destin... ...unds which had awakened me in the morning. Every few minutes these musical performers hopped down from their elevation into the crowd below, and their... ...ND THE PECULIARITY OF THEIR VOICE—RAPTURE OF THE KING AT FIRST HEAR- ING A SONG—A NEW DIGNITY CONFERRED ON THE AUTHOR—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE VALLE... ... species of frog that was sporting in the water near her. Attracted by the novelty of the sight, I waded towards the spot where she sat, and could har... ...appa morning gown, sufficiently loose and negligent to show the verse of a song tattooed upon his chest, and a variety of spirited cuts by native arti...

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...ng about it!’ ‘They can’t mend,’ said Mysie. ‘Besides, do you know, in the American war, all the sewing-machines in the Southern States got out of ord... ... ‘I supposed that was the reason she gave me such a stupid, childish, sing-song nursery rhyme to learn. I can say lots of Schiller and some Goethe.’ ‘... ... roving servant girl, always saying, ‘I don’t like it,’ and always seeking novelty, illustrated by her experience of a little maid who left one place ... ...that a person answering to his description had embarked at Liverpool in an American-bound steamer. This idea, though very uncertain, was a relief, at ... ...ench original existed in the house, and Fly started the idea that the male performers should speak En- glish and the female French; but this was laugh...

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...he picture or the chanter of the ballad (whatever we may call him) can never be responsible enough, and for every inch of his surface and note of his song, I track my uncontrollable footsteps, right and left, after the fact, while they take their quick turn, even on stealthiest tiptoe, toward the point of view that, within the compass, will give me most instead of least so...

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...r be responsible enough, and for every inch of his surface and note of his song, I track my uncontrollable footsteps, right and left, after the fact, ... ...ly, of course, on the “picture book” quality that contemporary English and American prose appears more and more destined, by the conditions of publica... ... to reach its maximum, no doubt, over many of the sorry businesses of “The American,” for instance, where, given the elements and the essence, the lon... ...tion of several shorter pieces. Inevitably, in such a case as that of “The American,” and scarce less indeed in those of “The Portrait of a Lady” and ... ...ing but respectfully occupied, he let his native gaiety go in outbreaks of song, or even of quite whimsical senseless sound, either expressive of inti... ...e Gloucester; ‘Glo’ster Glo’ster,’ as you say, making it sound like an old song. However, I’m sure ‘Glo’ster Glo’ster’ will be charming,” she still ad... ...earance of levity she further observed that though they were so far from a novelty she should also immediately desire at Fawns the presence of the Ass... ... irruption of society, imi tated the aperture through which the bedizened performers of the circus are poured into the ring. The great part Mrs. Verv...

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...gible form. CHAPTER IV THE PRINCESS DINNER, and a little piano-music and a song closed an evening that was not dull to Patrick in spite of prolonged s... ...nd a fatter for the ravens,’ Patrick joined in softly, as if carrying on a song. ‘Have at us, Mr. O’Donnell! I’m ashamed of my appetite, Miss Adister,... ...ood reader of music. On the whole, he sang pleasantly, particularly French songs. She complimented him, with an emphasis on the French. He said, yes, ... ...acific Islands, but they will soon be snapped up by the European and North American Govern- ments, and a single one of them does not offer space. It w... ...time.’ ‘I have been in America.’ ‘We are not exactly on the pattern of the Americans.’ Philip hinted a bow. He praised the Republican people. ‘Yes, bu... ...ld be as good as his word, and might be expected to appear there while the novelty lasted. CHAPTER XV THE MATTOCK FAMILY THAT EVENING’S REPORT of the ... ...is a love resembling the affection of the stage-box for a set of favourite performers, and Patrick, a Celt who had schooled his wits to observe and me... ...ily. Her own eyes overflowed. The fit of weeping was momentary, April’s, a novelty with her. She accused her silly visions of having softened her. A h...

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...to see it well got up for once, if only by amateurs. Miranda has a capital song by Uncle Bill, made for Francie’s soprano. She cuts you all out, Anna.... ... lay it before the Mouse- trap. Was it printed?” “Lance had enough for the performers struck off. Francie could send some up.” “After all,” said Cheri... ...hat belonged to authorship, “so that there could be any amount of Scottish songs. Prospero is an old Highland chief, who has been set adrift with his ... ...g e “But who were the wreckers?” asked Anna. “Buccaneers, my dear, singing songs out of the ‘Pirate’— schoolmaster, organist, and choir generally. The... ...ll, she said, it was not the spirits, but the tobacco, which the Dutch and American sail- ors were glad enough to exchange for her mother’s commodi- t... ...ld think this was not of the first quality,” said Sir Jasper. “Never mind. Novelty is the charm that one can have only once in one’s life,” said the G... ... Rockquay with the tobacco-shop. She had cho- sen that place on account of American trading-vessels put- ting in there, as well as those of various fo... ...where she was to be left for a year, while Fernan with Marilda visited his American establishments, and on their return would decide whether she would... ...e for me! Love to the bride and all at Vale Leston. There is an old age of novelty about these eastern states, quite disgusting in comparison with the...

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...its rough weather. My bedroom, when I awoke this morning, was full of bird-songs, which is the greatest pleasure in life. Come hither, come hither, co... ...etters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 How well off I am! is the burthen of my songs all day long – drum ist so wohl mir in der welt! and the ugly reality... ...id and per- fectly sung in Adelaide. I have so perfect an idea out of that song! The great Alps, a wonder in the starlight – the river, strong from th... ...uary 1st: this morning I got January 3rd. Into the bargain with Marie, the American girl, who is grace itself, and comes leaping and dancing simply li... ...RS. SITWELL [MENTONE, JANUARY 1874.] … Last night I had a quarrel with the American on poli- tics. It is odd how it irritates you to hear certain poli... ...rain ten to fourteen days’ journey; warranted extreme discomfort. The only American institution which has yet won my respect is the rain. One sees it ... ... Nor you, O Penny Whistler, grudge That I your instrument debase: By worse performers still we judge, And give that fife a second place! Crossed penny... ...t start at trying to un- derstand my profession. O the height and depth of novelty and worth in any art! and O that I am privileged to swim and should...

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...nd, and covering the path with their shawls, sung with great energy a wild song, beating time with their hands upon their legs. We threw them some vin... ...with screams of laughter, and we left them redou- bling the noise of their song. One morning the view was singularly clear; the distant mountains bein... ...andered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy gr... ...e shall hereafter see) to an analogous conclusion with regard to the South American ostrich, the females of which are parasitical, if I may so express... ...t from their habits. The Saurophagus sulphuratus is typi- cal of the great American tribe of tyrant-flycatchers. In its structure it closely approache... ...), called by the inhabitants Calandria, is remarkable, from possess- ing a song far superior to that of any other bird in the country: indeed, it is n... ...Bra- zil, nothing struck him more forcibly than the splendour of the South American vegetation con- trasted with that of South Africa, together with t... ...r confounding objects at dif- ferent distances, and likewise partly to the novelty of an unusual degree of fatigue arising from a little exertion, — h... ...o find my enjoyment in tropical scenery had not decreased from the want of novelty, even in the slightest degree. The elements of the scenery are so s...

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...nd finally developed into the University of Pennsylvania; and he founded an “American The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3 Philosophical Society”... ...ned he received a place only second to that of Washington as the champion of American indepen The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 4 dence. He die... ...tton Mather in his church history of that country, entitled Magnalia Christi Americana, as ‘a godly, learned Englishman,” if I remember the words righ... ...ning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters: the other was a sailor’s song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretch... ...ve in endeavouring to procure subscriptions for it, but the proposal being a novelty in America, and at first not well understood, he met with but sma... ...ouse, with which they furnish’d themselves, so that we had at length several performers. Among these, the princi pal was Mr. Kinnersley, an ingenious...

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...hurry when he either read or wrote. A certain appre- hension, arising from novelty, made him write his first exercise at College twice over; but he ne... ...ers, this form of instruction would, in some degree, have the advantage of novelty. A few days before the first of his Es- says came out, there starte... ...nothing new in it. We have had it often before. Nay, we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong: “Is there ever a man in all Scotland From the h... ... and all those who deal in paradoxes, are led away by a childish desire of novelty. When I was a boy, I used always to choose the wrong side of a deba... ...stance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argo- nauts, who were the first sailors.’ He then ca... ...ad never felt it: his love verses were college verses; and he repeated the song ‘Alexis shunn’d his fellow swains,’ &c., in so ludicrous a manner, as ... ...iga- tion, by transmitting to me copies of two letters from Dr. Johnson to American gentlemen. On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in Londo... ...as to the justice and wisdom of the conduct of Great-Britain to- wards the American colonies, while I at the same time requested that he would enable ... ...tled, Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress. He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments...

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...l faut s’amender. Encore vingt ou trente ans de cette vie-ci, et puis nous songerons a nous.” After Moliere comes the artist-enchanter, the master of ... ... and then disparage it as unworthy and indelicate. We laugh at the haughty American nation be- cause it makes the negro clean its boots and then prove... ...ng about our imperial destiny; but our eyes and hearts turn eagerly to the American millionaire. As his hand goes down to his pocket, our fingers go u... ...ighton and the south coast with the Riviera, for the spending money of the American T rusts. What is all this growing love of pag- eantry, this effusi... ...ng is new in these mat- ters except their novelties: for instance, it is a novelty to call Justification by Faith “Wille,” and Justification by Works ... ...ith “Wille,” and Justification by Works “Vorstellung.” The sole use of the novelty is that you and I buy and read Schopenhaur’s treatise on Will and R... .... [shaking his head] The Sierra is no better than Bloomsbury when once the novelty has worn off. Besides, these mountains make you dream of women—of w... ...mp and went his way. Then came the romantic man, the Artist, with his love songs and his paintings and his poems; and with him I had great de- light f... ...y years, and some profit; for I cultivated my senses for his sake; and his songs taught me to hear better, his paintings to see better, and his poems ...

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...half-engendered no- tions of profit and pleasure. He dwelt on the world of novelty and amusement to be found among the innumerable islands of the Paci... ...was not long after Captain Patten’s visit that Cap- tain Colquhoun, of the American brig Betsey, touched at the largest of the islands for the purpose... ...1, a Captain Haywood, in the Nereus, visited Tristan. He found there three Americans, who were residing upon the island to prepare sealskins and oil. ... ...ound was traced over, with equal care, in 1822, by Captain Johnson, of the American schooner Henry, and by Captain Morrell in the American schooner Wa... ...any unusual phenomena now—indicated that we were entering upon a region of novelty and wonder. A high range of light gray vapor appeared constantly in... ...never heard excelled in any private circle out of Vienna. The instrumental performers were many and of superior talents. 212 Poe in Five V olumes The... ... where I was; but my own pru- dential views rendered this unnecessary. The songs which I so much admired, and which so confirmed my impression of the ... ... appeared to have been just knocking down some member of the company for a song. Opposite him, and with her back to the door, was a lady of no whit th... ...d English gentleman,” was my grand-uncle Rumgudgeon, but unlike him of the song, he had his weak points. He was a little, pursy, pompous, passionate s...

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...l sense and reason. In European Courts there was vindictive illegality: in American Courts there was raving lunacy. It is not for me to chronicle the ... ...t 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 gardens in Engla... ...or ourselves alive next morning, the newspaper ac- counts of the sentences American Courts were passing on young girls and old men alike for the expre... ...haw witnessed: it had only to take place under circumstances of sufficient novelty and proximity to bring it home almost as sensationally and effectiv... ...cal values were altered. T rivial things gained intensity and stale things novelty. The actor, instead of having to coax his audiences out of the bore... ...appers who could not help squealing in a manner that astonished the oldest performers when the gentleman who had just come in drunk through the window... ...ories of improper females like Potiphar’s wife, and erotic poetry like the Song of Songs, were read aloud; where the sensuous and sentimental music of... ... all! You have made an impression. THE CAPTAIN [gloomily]. Y outh! beauty! novelty! They are badly wanted in this house. I am excessively old. Hesione... ...nging there. As an amateur, you know: half a guinea for expenses and three songs with three encores. He was so pleased with my singing that he asked m...

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... through it! All ye that love the Maypole, lend your voices to the nuptial song of the Lord and Lady of the May!” This wedlock was more serious than m... ...k; knowing well that the country lasses of New England are generally great performers on pipes. Moreover, as will be seen in the course of my story, t... ...ear, till she could distinguish ev- ery soft and dreamy accent of the love songs that died cause- lessly into funeral hymns. She shuddered at the unpr... ...ds. Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly bottle song, and ringing his glass in symphony with the chorus, while his eyes wan... ...ge than General George Washington; and the other principal officers of the American army, such as Gates, Lee, Putnam, Schuyler, Ward and Heath, were r... ...rowed second story projecting over the foundation, as if it frowned at the novelty around it. This old paternal edifice, needy as he was, and though, ...

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...ce from church. Who would take us? No more Mr. Davisons! There was no more novelty, and too much smartness to in- vite self-devotion. So we were drive... ...de day after day of the society of a cripple and an old doll, one constant song of bliss, one dream of bright imaginings. Surely it was an equal- izat... ...and for a sort of popular lecture. Cricket was to succeed the singing, and novelty car- ried the day, but only by the desertion of her scholars did Ra... ...it out. I wish that game was over, or that Grace would let one speak.” But songs and whist both lasted till the evening was ended by Lady T emple comi... ...ossible to read, also the neat writing and thin wavy water-marked paper of American professors and phi- lanthropists in high commendation of his abili... ... was much better for her than staying at home with her, and bringing in no novelty.” “Pray come to me again, dearest! Your stay has been the greatest ... ....” “August 3d, 11 P . M. “Dearest Colin,—The one sound in my ears, the one song in my heart is, ‘Let them give thanks.’ It is as if we had passed from... ...in the sport, leaving Ermine looking down a steep bank at the huge ring of performers, with linked hands, advanc- ing and receding to the measure of a...