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...Excerpt: He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher -the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that ?fire-breathing dragon?, hold the Punjab, for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror?s loot....

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...n Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib Gher the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam Zammah, that ‘fi... ...r yonder behind the Museum, in the big blue and white Jadoo Gher–the Magic House, as we name the Masonic Lodge. It would, he said, all come right some... ...g lithe and inconspicuous, he executed commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion. It was intrigue,–of cou... ... am here’–he glanced at the lama’s face–‘to gather knowl edge. Come to my office awhile.’ The old man was trem bling with excitement. The office was... ... and the return of white robed clerks and subordinates from the Government offices. He stared dizzily in all directions, but none looked at him save a... ...t is not good to go about without money. Thou wilt sell many horses to the officers. They are very fine horses, these new ones: I have seen them. Give... ...wur. I might have known that he is like the crocodile– always at the other ford. He has saved me from present ca lamity, but I owe my life to thee.’ ... ...oad bloomful fruit gardens – by way of Aminabad, Sahaigunge, Akrola of the Ford, and little Phulesa–the line of the Siwaliks always to the north, and ... ...s. They were lords of the villages of Aminabad, Sahaigunge, Akrola of the Ford, and little Phulesa, where Kim gave the soulless woman a blessing. But...

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...vertuous Sir Edward Wotton) had engaged me, (which I finished in your owne house) your Honor having dayned to read it, without pitty of my failing, m... ...at noble, hopefull, and much- promising spirit of your beloved brother and house-heire Maister Iohn Harrington: So was he to me in this inextricable ... ...most bounteous Ladie Harrington) have beene still open, & your hospitable house, my retreate in storms, my reliefe in neede, Yea, your hearts ever e... ...e owe a like obedience and subjection to all Kings; for it respects their office: but estimation and affection, we owe it only to their vertue. If t... ...e begunne to parlie, and his men growing negligent and carelesse in their offices and guard, our men did suddenly take the advantage offered them, e... ... when he is going away again.' As for me, I oftentimes forget these vaine offices; as one that endevoureth to abolish all maner of ceremonies in my ... ...aves, rage and storme against the Burly pride and stubborne height of our buildings, so are there above, certaine spirits that envie the rising prosp... ...he same; forsomuch as a well-setled policie may be compared to a frame or building of divers parts joyned together with such a ligament as it is impo... ... selfe, therein I make triall of it, sounding afarre off the depth of the ford, and finding the same over deepe for my reach, I keepe my selfe on th...

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...the wide ocean in an open boat, by order of Fletcher Christian, one of his officers, at this very minute. Another flash of my fire, and ‘Thursday Octo... ...ety for the preservation of his beloved daughters, and earnestly asked the officer if he could devise any method of saving them. On his answering with... ...g great part of the storm, now poured upon deck, where no exertions of the officers could keep them, while their assistance might have been useful. Th... ...is power, for the safety of the desponding crew, he returned to the round house, where, by this time, all the passengers and most of the officers had... ...rror of such a situation. ‘In addition to the company already in the round house, they had admitted three black women and two soldiers’ wives; who, wi... ...al wax candles in pieces, and stuck them up in various parts of the round house, and lighted up all the glass lanthorns he could find, took his seat,... ...ed out, the doors were billed across, the water spout was billed over. The building was shored up to prevent its tumbling into the street; and the ver... ...ing posters showed themselves, as if they were interminable. I thought the building could never even be pulled down, but in one adhesive heap of rotte... ...ght,’ and started after the Cove all down the Waterloo Road, through Stam ford Street, and round to the foot of Blackfriars Bridge, where the Cove ‘c...

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...two walls standing at right angles to each other, or the appearance of the houses on each side of a street, as seen by a person looking down the stree... ... dicular less than a right angle, would seem to him to indi- cate that his houses were all tumbling down together. Ac- cordingly he makes the line of ... ...es were all tumbling down together. Ac- cordingly he makes the line of his houses a horizontal line, and fails of course to produce the effect demande... ...arrival of the fire-engines, morality had devolved wholly on the insurance office. This being the case, he had a right to gratify his taste. He had le... ...hing more than my private opinion of the value of his throat at an annuity office. This little confidential whisper affected him greatly; the very per... ...ve she might drop into the quadrivium must be wickedly missent by the post-office, if it found its way to any king but the king of France. On whatever... ...There is the Bishop of Beauvais, clinging to the shelter of thickets. What building is that which hands so rapid are rais- ing? Is it a martyr’s scaff... ...y called Fi, Fi. A revolution of this same Chinese character did young Ox- ford of that era effect in the constitution of mail-coach soci- ety. It was... ...owledged as a kinsman. About twenty-five years after this, we may take Ox- ford as a good exponent of the national advance. As a mag- nificent body of...

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... Acrasia a false enchaunteresse, That many errant knights hath foule fordonne: Within a wandring Island, that doth ronne And stray in ... ...rned life to quell, That all on vprore from her settled seat The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell; Seemd that lowde thunder w... ... In which her royall presence is introld; Ne euer shall I rest in house nor hold, Till I that false Acrasia haue wonne; Of whose fo... ...and this their wretched sonne, Whose wofull parents she hath wickedly fordonne. T ell on, faire Sir, said she, that dolefull tale, From... ...aunce Mine auncestry from famous Coradin, Who first to rayse our house to honour did begin. Thus as he spake, lo far away they spyde ... ...ittle barke vnto the shore to draw, And him to ferrie ouer that deepe ford: The merry marriner vnto his word Soone hearkned, and her pa... ...y wise, And set them forth, as well he could deuise. The rest had seuerall offices assind, Some to remoue the scum, as it did rise; Others to beare th... ...rs spoyle, their Cabinets suppresse, Their banket houses burne, their buildings race, And of the fairest late, now made the fowlest place. ...

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...e are the stairs going up in a sort of tunnel to the first-floor. Three bed-rooms in a row there, and three attics in a row above. That isn?t all the house really, but it?s all that one notices--nine windows as you look up from the front garden....

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...-rooms in a row there, and three attics in a row above. That isn’t all the house really, but it’s all that one notices—nine windows as you look up fro... ...s a very big wych-elm—to the left as you look up—leaning a little over the house, and standing on the boundary between the garden and meadow. I quite ... ...how that it isn’t the least what we expected. Why did we settle that their house would be all gables and wiggles, and their garden all gamboge-coloure... ...ir house was in Wickham Place, and fairly quiet, for a lofty promontory of buildings separated it from the main thoroughfare. One had the sense of a b... ...d.” “Not at all, if you’ll just wait till they bring out a parcel from the office. This way.” “My niece is not with you by any chance?” “No; I came ov... ...n’t think what they’re doing with that parcel.” He strode into the booking-office, and called with a new voice: “Hi! hi, you there! Are you going to k... ..., and, what with one thing and the other, it was not handed in at the post-office un- til too late. It was the most terrible morning. Paul disliked me... ...ple is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot af- ford it. As soon as Brahms had grunted himself out, she gave him her card a... ...hink so.” Involuntarily he blushed. He had remembered the scene in his Ox- ford rooms. “You are hiding something,” said Charles. As in- terviews go, h...

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...should be the wife of his young son, and that all the posses- sions of the house should be settled upon the little couple, engaging to provide for the... ...went rolling over together on the floor with a hubbub that brought all the household together, exclaiming and scolding. Madame de Ribaumont’s displeas... ...tely more strict and rigid than themselves. He was never able to leave the house again after his first arrival at Hurst Walwyn, and sank under the col... ... found Osbert, and with him was ascending a narrow spiral leading from the offices—she, unfortunately, the fore- most. As she came to the top, a scuff... ...ent but fragments of soft crumbs soaked in wine or broth—when the inns af- forded any such fare—and rendering speech excessively pain- ful, and at las... ... interests. She hardly spoke, mechanically fulfilled her few 258 Yo n g e offices in the court, and seemed to have turned her entire hope and trust i... ...nced all doubt. ‘ A relation, apparently, of M. de Nid de Merle,’ said the officer on guard, and politely in- vited him to dinner and bed at the castl... ...de logis, a building erected when comfort demanded more space than was af- forded by the old keep, against which one end leant; but still, though incl... ... have to cross, which divided further out into small channels, more easily forded. They thus went along the chord of the arc formed by the shore, and ...

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...LAND DOES A MAN NEED? ....169 A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN?S EGG ....185 THE GODSON ....188 THE REPENTANT SINNER ....206 THE EMPTY DRUM ....209 THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT ....217 TOO DEAR! ....225 ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA ....230 WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS ....236 THREE QUESTIONS ....238...

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...SON ....188 THE REPENTANT SINNER ....206 THE EMPTY DRUM ....209 THE COFFEE HOUSE OF SURAT ....217 TOO DEAR! ....225 ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA ....23... ...ved a young merchant named Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof. He had two shops and a house of his own. Aksyónof was a handsome, fair haired, curly headed fellow... ... Twenty three Tales by Tolstoy : “God Sees the Truth, but Waits” 6 police officer of this district, and I question you be cause the merchant with wh... ...n found with his throat cut. We must search your things.’ They entered the house. The soldiers and the police officer unstrapped Aksyónof’s luggage a... ... search your things.’ They entered the house. The soldiers and the police officer unstrapped Aksyónof’s luggage and searched it. Suddenly the officer... ...a word, and only stammered: ‘I — I don’t know — not mine.’ Then the police officer said, ‘This morning the mer chant was found in bed with his throat... ...ode up and down hills for a long way. Then they reached a river which they forded, and came to a hard road leading across a valley. Zhílin tried to se... ...fell in torrents for a whole hour. All the streams became tur bid. At the ford, the water rose till it was seven feet high, and the current was so st... ...ut went out into the street and round the corner. I’ll just walk round the buildings; who can tell what he’s after?’ And Iván, step ping softly, pass...

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...is bare feet in a pair of straw slippers, he wandered silently amongst the houses in daylight, almost as dumb as an animal and apparently much more ho... ...hade, breath- ing in the perfume of flowers in the small garden before his house. He fancied that nothing would be 8 An Outcast of the Islands change... ...g & Co. They were a numerous and an unclean crowd, living in ruined bamboo houses, surrounded by neglected com- pounds, on the outskirts of Macassar. ... ...board of his brig. The night was starry and clear; the little custom-house building was shut up, and as the gharry that brought him down disappeared u... ...rly to Mr. Vinck, who had his desk close to the little door of the private office, and march down the warehouse with an im- portant air. Mr. Vinck—ext... ...—where he had been tremulously listening to the loud voices in the private office—and buried his face in the big safe with nervous haste. For the last... ...collection the morning when he met again that fellow coming out of Hudig’s office, and how he was amused at the incongruous visit. And that morning wi... ... Palembang in our boats. I chartered her there, for six months. From young Ford, you know. Belongs to him. He wanted a spell ashore, so I took charge ... ...s to him. He wanted a spell ashore, so I took charge myself. Of course all Ford’s people on board. Strang- ers to me. I had to go to Singapore about t...

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...ds divided empire hold, Where causes be by gifts, not justice tried, Where offices be falsely bought and sold, Needs must the lordship there from virt... ...hose fortunes good with his great acts agree, By his Italian sire, fro the house of Est, Well could he bring his noble pedigree, A German born with ri... ...s their wont in feasts to spend the night, And pass cold days in baths and houses hot. Five thousand late, of which now scantly are The third part lef... ...et us this people kill, The tender infants at their mothers’ breast, Their houses burn, their holy temples fill With bodies slain of those that loved ... ... desire, The suburbs first flat with the earth he plained, And burnt their buildings with devouring fire, Loth was the wretch the Frenchman should hav... ...livered XLV “Be there not one among you all that dare In this your hateful office aught proceed, Till I return from court, nor take you care To reap d... ...de through made by her sword, They pass the stream where she had found the ford. XVI Soon was the prey out of their hands recovered, By step and step ... ... warrant from those sweet offences; Cupid’s deep rivers have their shallow fords, His griefs, bring joys; his losses, recompenses; He breeds the sore,... ...ay, That noble Dudon had while here he lived; But laid on him he would the office shame, Let it suffice, he durst desire the same. 101 Torquato Tasso...

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...rtain of the truth, two physicians and a surgeon were ordered to go to the house and make inspec- tion. This they did; and finding evident tokens of t... ...re, because in the last week in December 1664 another man died in the same house, and of the same distemper. And then we were easy again for about six... ...that, I think it was about the 12th of February, another died in an- other house, but in the same parish and in the same manner. This turned the peopl... ...ority was given to justices of the peace, mayors, bailiffs, and other head-officers to appoint within their several limits examiners, searchers, watch... ...ces infected, and to minister unto them oaths for the performance of their offices. And the same statute did also authorise the giving of other direct... ...g of infection of sickness (if it shall so please Almighty God) that these officers following be ap- pointed, and these orders hereafter duly observed... ...to a narrow way that turns out of the hither end of the town of Bow to Old Ford, avoided any inquiry there, and travelled to Old Ford. The constables ... ...rd this little fraud, they obtained so much favour of the constable at Old Ford as to give them a certificate of their passing from Essex through that... ...oiner, whose name was Richard, and one of their men, who said his name was Ford. Ford. And do you assure us that you are all sound men? Richard. Nay, ...

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...OOD THERE. ........................................................ 99 CHAPTER XI I COME HOME FOR A HOLIDAY TO CASTLEWOOD, AND FIND A SKELETON IN THE HOUSE. 106 CHAPTER XII MY LORD MOHUN COMES AMONG US FOR NO GOOD. ........................................................ 118 CHAPTER XIV WE RIDE AFTER HIM TO LONDON. .............................................................

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...ER XI I COME HOME FOR A HOLIDA Y TO CASTLEWOOD, AND FIND A SKELETON IN THE HOUSE. 106 CHAPTER XII MY LORD MOHUN COMES AMONG US FOR NO GOOD. ............. ...d in the accompanying volume, came to Virginia in the year 1718, built his house of Castlewood, and here permanently settled. After a long stormy life... ...n the French came to this country with Monsieur Rochambeau, not one of his officers was superior to my Henry, and he was not the equal of my poor Geor... ...ng, and was quite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother, that my dea... ...e exciting than his life in this country, which was passed in the tranquil offices of love and duty; and I shall say no more by way of introduction to... ...e Court Gazette and the newspapers which we get thence. There was a German officer of Webb’s, with whom we used to joke, and of whom a story (whereof ... ...ing with the little chapel that faced east- 34 Henry Esmond wards and the buildings stretching from that to the main gate, and with the hall (which l... ...ed long in Esmond’s memory:—the sky bright overhead; the buttresses of the building and the sun-dial cast- ing shadow over the gilt memento mori inscr... ... fawn on the Court favorite and creep up the back-stair as silently as Ox- ford, who supplanted Marlborough, and whom he himself sup- planted. The cra...