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...tion and an acuteness in the delineation of character.” FORD MADOX FORD, English novelist, about Bartlett: “...a writer of very considerable merit.... ...the courtesy of the translator, Dr. Ray Rummers, Chairman, Department of English, Baylor University. LEONARDO DA VINCI... ...ours in his cabin where I gave up to his booked walls: volumes in French, English, Italian, Greek, manuscripts in Latin and Hebrew, his literary wor... ...S FROM THE PAST 418 settlements and these may present hazards to any English force. A Spaniard, a Captain Berrio, is entrenched there, along th... ... each generation, across fog hills, across sunny hills, Ital- ian, French, English, Scot. Escape with me: Now at the prow, now in the waist, th... ...ns, corncribs, cabins. Six churches were full, the Odd Fellows’ Hall, the Freemasons’, the Town Council room, the school. I saw men with cloths abou...

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...Excerpt: On Being Found Out? and ?The Notch on the Ax? by William Makepeace Thackeray, from Classic Mystery and Detective Stories -- Old Time English, ed. Julian Hawthowrne....

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...ary Julian Hawthorne, Ed. Classic Mystery and Detective Stories - Old Time English “On Being Found Out” and “The Notch on the Ax” by William Makepeace... ...Makepeace Thackeray, from Classic Mystery and Detective Stories – Old Time English, ed. Julian Hawthowrne is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State... ...Makepeace Thackeray, from Classic Mystery and Detective Stories – Old Time English, ed. Julian Hawthowrne, the Pennsyl- vania State University, Electr... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ry Julian Hawthorne, Ed.* Classic Mystery and Detective Stories - Old Time English William Makepeace Thackeray On Being Found Out AT THE CLOSE (let us... ... has been divulged scarce thrice in three thousand years—the Secret of the Freemasons. Do you know what happens to those uninitiate who learn that sec...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ..................................................... 115 IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS ................................................................ ...es.” His prin- cipal favourites were Virgil’s “Eclogues,” in Latin; and in English, Spencer, Waller, and Dryden—admiring Spencer, we presume, for his ... ...have written ‘The Rape of the Lock,’ and dressed Homer so becomingly in an English coat, should have been so barbarously treated? Let the hand of Denn... ...nd frequent in the mouths of many of the greatest persons: whereas the old English and country phrases of Spenser were either entirely obsolete, or sp... ...And has not Colly still his lord, and whore? His butchers, Henley, 97 his freemasons, Moore? 98 Does not one table Bavius still admit? Still to one b... ...:’ Orator Henley used to declaim to the butch- ers in Newport market. 98 ‘Freemasons, Moore:’ he was of this society, and frequently headed their pro...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...om! And oh! do look at the pictures! Why has that man got on a blue apron? Freemasons! What are Freemasons? Do they work in embroidered blue satin apr... ... birth enabled him to do this much more prettily and less clumsily than an English boy, and Gillian was pleased, though she told him that her brother’... ... That’s the White child, is it not? No doubt it was the Greek blood.’ ‘The English girls were much worse,’ hastily said Gillian, with a flush of alarm... ...a sort of a kind of a home together, though it could not be that.’ Mysie’s English had scarcely improved, whatever her French had done; but Gillian ga... ...peare, as Titania was a name of Diana, and he combined Grecian nymphs with English fair- ies. So Gerald Underwood had to combine the part of Peter Qui...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e song of Fin McCoul,” said the cook, “when he wass going to Norway .” His English was not thick, but all clear-cut, as though it came from a phonogra... ...speech descended on him, and he held forth, half in Gaelic, half in broken English, an hour at a time. He was especially commu- nicative with the boys... ... but a heap older’n your French, Harve. Them French boats are chockfull o’ Freemasons, an’ that’s why.” “ Are you a Freemason, then?” “Looks that way ...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, an... ... problem, As if she deem’d that mystery would ennoble ‘em. She liked the English and the Hebrew tongue, And said there was analogy between ‘em... ...ments lean ‘em, ‘’T is strange — the Hebrew noun which means “I am,” The English always use to govern d—n.” Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 8 S... ... Call me the only virtuous wife in Spain? Were there not also Russians, English, many? The Count Strongstroganoff I put in pain, And Lord M... ...ch was brought to light, And how Alfonso sued for a divorce, Were in the English newspapers, of course. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 37 If yo... ...herefore what I throw off is ideal Lower’d, leaven’d, like a history of freemasons; Which bears the same relation to the real, As Captain P...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...tor, was then in charge of the school, and remembers the lad’s deftness in English composition, and his struggles with mathematics. The following year... ...the Continent, and the Holy Land, partly to superintend the publication of English editions of his works, and partly for recreation. A pronounced feat... ...ness for discussing such matters is pointed out by Hawthorne also, in the ‘English Note Books.’ This habit in- creased as he advanced in years, if pos... ...th them alone; for, in spite of the melodramatic declarations of vari- ous English gentlemen, Melville’s seclusion in his latter years, and in fact th... ...ous ceremony or other, it was very much like seeing a panel 202 Typee of ‘Freemasons’ making secret signs to each other; I saw ev- erything, but coul...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”... ...re arrayed in a pair of richly embroidered clocked stockings, evidently of English manufacture, while from his three-cornered hat depended a long stre... ...ak five of the modern tongues — that is to say, Ger- man, French, Italian, English, and Spanish; by the aid of ancient Greek I learned modern Greek — ... ... the others, so that at the end of six mouths he began to speak Span- ish, English, and German. In strict accordance with the promise The Count of Mo... ...u know the men who are now on Monte Cristo?” “Oh, yes, we sailors are like freemasons, and recognize each other by signs.” “And do you think we have n...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and ... ... of men; and De non apparentibus, et non existentibus eadem est ratio *—in English, “When a woman is not seen to blush, she doth not blush at all.” ... ...ich he frequently bestowed on her own. To say the truth, she had read much English di vinity, and had puzzled more than one of the neighbouring curat... ..., is, when once you are got up, to kick the stool from under you. In plain English, when you have made your fortune by the good offices of a friend, y... ...vice contained in these words: — Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus in English: A burden becomes lightest when it is well borne— which he had... ...ing? There surely is no general sympathy among knaves; nor have they, like freemasons, any common sign of communication. In real ity, it is only beca...

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... 1681). It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious Fraternity of the Rose Cross (Rosicrucians).<strong>NOTE: It was translated into English for the first time in 1690 by E. Foxcroft. This translation became the source for many of the modern attempts to improve the original. The translation presented here is that of E. Foxcroft.</strong>Although the book f...

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... have thought that in an age in which education and its improvement are the subject of more, if not of profounder, study than at any former period of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkable, and which, whatever else it may have done, has proved how much more than is commonly supposed may be taught,...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ubject of more, if not of profounder, study than at any former pe riod of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an ed... ... odious to all per sons of influence, and to the common run of prosperous Englishmen, in that generation than either before or since; and being not o... ...d vocables, being lists of common Greek words, with their signification in English, which he wrote out for me on cards. Of grammar, until some years l... ... great delight 7 John Stuart Mill Langhorne’s translation of Plutarch. In English history, be yond the time at which Hume leaves off, I remember rea... ...plan. We determined to meet once a fortnight from November to June, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, and we had soon a fine list of members, containing, alo...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...men who had no belief in anything, nor desire for anything, but joined the Freemasons merely to associate with the wealthy young Brothers who were inf... ...ets of the order. In the summer of 1809 Pierre returned to Petersburg. Our Freemasons knew from correspondence with those abroad that Bezukhov had obt... ...ht conduce to the advantage of the Masonic cause in Russia. The Petersburg Freemasons all came to see 24 War and Peace – Book Six him, tried to ingra... ...eror him- self were to be present. The grandee’s well-known mansion on the English Quay glit- tered with innumerable lights. Police were stationed at ... ...al to Prince Andrew. 61 Tolstoy The men remained at table over their port—English fashion. In the midst of a conversation that was started about Napo... ...essing gown, copying out the original transaction of the Scottish lodge of Freemasons at a table in his low room cloudy with tobacco smoke, when some-...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copy... ...on—why, where can you go that they have not been there before? Is there an English farm—is there an English stream, an English city, or an English cou... ... to recognize in this toast the President’s usual disinterestedness; since English literature could scarcely be re membered in any place, and, certai... ...6 Therefore it is, ladies and gentlemen, that the tree has not its root in English ground from which the yard wand can be made that will measure—the m... ...lly associated with the contentment of the loyal, patient, willing hearted English people, and with the happiness of your Royal Mistress and her fair ... ...th, 1858, about one hundred and fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, in the Freemasons’ Hall. Later in the evening all the seats in the gallery were fi... ...my sake!” Well!—And immediately awaking, you should find yourselves in the Freemasons’ Hall, happily Speeches: Literary and Social 73 arrived at the ... ...hirteenth anniversary festival of the General Theatrical Fund, held at the Freemasons’ T avern, at which Thackeray pre sided, Mr. Dickens made the fo... ...annual Festival of the Newsvendors’ and Provident Institution, held at the Freemasons’ Tavern on the above date. WHEN I HAD THE HONOUR of being ask...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... It may not be generally known that the hand as is called in extra, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, or the London, or the Albion, or otherwise, is not a Wa... ...ed charge for waiters, and no House as commits itself to that eminently Un-English act of more than foolishness and baseness shall be advertised by me... ...(It were bootless to add, that if languages is required to be jabbered and English is not good enough, both families and gentlemen had better go somew... ...o I know, what can I say? I assure you that he calls himself Monsieur The Englishman.” “Pardon. But I think it is impossible,” said Monsieur Mutuel,... ...: “Au second, M. L ’Anglais, Proprietaire.” On the second floor, Mr. The Englishman, man of property. So it stood; nothing could be plainer. Madame...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...sk,” he said, “are you a Mason?” “Y es, I belong to the Brotherhood of the Freemasons,” said the stranger, looking deeper and deeper into Pierre’s eye... ...rre saw from the postmaster’s book. Bazdeev had been one of the best-known Freemasons and Martinists, even in Novikov’s time. For a long while after h... ...y to fulfill that person’s wishes. Do you wish to enter the Brotherhood of Freemasons under my sponsorship?” The cold, austere tone of this man, whom...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ................... 130 LINES SUNG BY DURASTANTI, WHEN SHE TOOK LEA VE OF THE ENGLISH STAGE. ...................... 130 UPON THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH’S HO... ...red to put his name and statue beside those of the acknowledged masters of English poetry. But apart from this, we do think that Lord Carlisle has exa... ...all well-educated men. More pointed sayings of Pope are afloat than of any English poet, except Shakspeare and Young. Indeed, if frequency of quotatio... ...e, with Shakspeare, Young, and Spenser, is one of the four most popular of English poets. In America, too, Lord Carlisle found, he tells us, the most ... ... dignity of F .R.S. 570 Some, deep freemasons, join the silent race, Worthy to fill Pythagoras’s place: Some b... ...t: ‘And has not Colley still his lord and whore, His butchers, Henley, his freemasons, Moore?’ 208 Letter to Mr Pope, p. 46. 209 P . 31. 210 Life, ... ... ‘Gregorian, Gormogon:’ a sort of lay-brothers, slips from the root of the freemasons.—P . W. 446 ‘ Arachne’s subtile line:’ this is one of the most ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e and unfathomable than in the Architect of the Universe recognized by the Freemasons. He felt like a man who after straining his eyes to see into the...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...nd Peace – Book Nine of St. Helena). It naturally seemed to members of the English Parliament that the cause of the war was Napoleon’s ambi- tion; to ... ... could have been no war. Nor could there have been a war had there been no English intrigues and no Duke of Oldenburg, and had Alexander not felt insu... ...ly, both in mind and body, as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An Englishman is self-assured, as being a citizen of the best-orga- nized stat... ... a citizen of the best-orga- nized state in the world, and therefore as an Englishman al- ways knows what he should do and knows that all he does as a... ... so had he not been hindered, first, by his member- ship of the Society of Freemasons to which he was bound by oath and which preached perpetual peace...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven. In Moscow he felt a... ...nevolent so- cieties, gypsy choirs, schools, subscription dinners, sprees, Freemasons, churches, and books—no one and nothing met with a refusal from ... ...d his waistcoat, of abus- ing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society. For a long time h...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...vlovna. “Y ou are staying the whole evening, I hope?” “And the fete at the English ambassador’s? Today is W ednesday. I must put in an appearance ther... ...e secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of ... ...r. “Oh! Oh!” exclaimed several voices. “Capital!” said Prince Hippolyte in English, and began slapping his knee with the palm of his hand. The vicomte... ...Pierre’s glass while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the o... ...sk,” he said, “are you a Mason?” “Y es, I belong to the Brotherhood of the Freemasons,” said the stranger, looking deeper and deeper into Pierre’s eye... ...rre saw from the postmaster’s book. Bazdeev had been one of the best-known Freemasons and Martinists, even in Novikov’s time. For a long while after h... ...y to fulfill that person’s wishes. Do you wish to enter the Brotherhood of Freemasons un- der my sponsorship?” The cold, austere tone of this man, wh... ...d invol- untarily found himself in a leading position among the Petersburg Freemasons. He arranged dining and funeral lodge meetings, enrolled new mem...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... out through an oaken door to a broad landing on the first floor of an old English country-house. A braid of her hair had fallen forward as if she had... ...ctories, and pollu- tions, and high civilizations of one sort and another, English canal water ain’t fit to sprinkle on a lady, much less for her to d... ...dy as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” “So, or thereabout. Modern English polite society, my na- tive sphere, seems to me as corrupt as consc... ...eapest market and selling its product in the dearest has done much to make Englishmen—what they are.” “The railway comp’nies keeps ‘orspittles for the... ...ere is a por- trait of my father in his masonic insignia. He believed that freemasons generally get on in the world, and as the main object of his lif...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...robation was tumultuous. He gave an imitation of the two negroes in broken English; the roof was rent with applause. From that period we date (with on... ...r maze of streets, courts, lanes, and alleys? Where such a pure mixture of Englishmen and Irishmen, as in this complicated part of London? We boldly a... ...is a remnant of past gentility, a victim to fashion, a hanger-on of an old English family, wear- ing their arms, and, in days of yore, escorted by men... ... to play The Unknown Bandit; how Charley Scarton is to take the part of an English sailor, and fight a broadsword combat with six unknown bandits, at ... ...f Great Queen-street, and persists in carrying you to the very door of the Freemasons’, round which a crowd of people are assembled to witness the ent...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ied Lord Dumbello, the eldest don of the Marquis of Hartletop—than whom no English nobleman was more puissant, if broad acres, many castles, high titl... ...ter very well knew. And even to this day he would sometimes recite to them English poetry, lines after lines, stanzas upon stanzas, in a sweet low mel... ...an was usual. Books in Latin and in French he read with as much ease as in English, and took delight in such as came to him, when he would condescend ... ...nstance they would have committed almost any sin practicable by a board of English magistrates, so great was their faith in him; and she knew that she... ...he county balls were cel- ebrated, and the meeting of the West Barsetshire freemasons was held. That part of the country was, no doubt, very much asha... ...sir, ain’t nothing without a president.’ ‘I suppose not.’ ‘And there’s the Freemasons. They must meet, you know, sir, in course, because of the dootie...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...robation was tumultuous. He gave an imitation of the two negroes in broken English; the roof was rent with applause. From that period we date (with on... ...r maze of streets, courts, lanes, and alleys? Where such a pure mixture of Englishmen and Irishmen, as in this complicated part of London? We boldly a... ...is a remnant of past gentility, a victim to fashion, a hanger-on of an old English family, wear- ing their arms, and, in days of yore, escorted by men... ... to play The Unknown Bandit; how Charley Scarton is to take the part of an English sailor, and fight a broadsword combat with six unknown bandits, at ... ...f Great Queen-street, and persists in carrying you to the very door of the Freemasons’, round which a crowd of people are assembled to witness the ent...