... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 ii The Bostonians Chapter 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...erself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don’t know what to make of th... ...y honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don’t know what to make of them all. Well, I am very glad to se... ...e apartment, had lost himself in its pages. He threw it down at the approach of Mrs. Luna, laughed, shook hands with her, and said in answer to her la... ... he liked them—not to think too much, not to feel any responsibility for the government of the world, such as he was sure Miss Chancellor felt. If the... ... look at some of his beautiful things together. A day or two after this, Mr. Henry Burrage left a card at Miss Chancellor’s door, with a note in which... ...han by women, and that if Olive and her friends should get possession of the government they would be worse despots than those who were celebrated in ... ...ity of high walls and guarded gateways), constitutes the great university of Massachusetts. The yard, or college precinct, is traversed by a number of... ...brightly blue. Ransom had heard that the Cape was the Italy, so to speak, of Massachusetts; it had been described to him as the drowsy Cape, the langu...

...sn?t know whether she is or not, and she wouldn?t for the world expose herself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don?t know what to make of them all. Well, I am very glad to see you, at any rate.? These words were spoken with much volubility by a fair, plump, smiling woman who entered a narro...

...Table of Contents: Book First 3 -- Chapter 1, 3 -- Chapter 2, 8 -- Chapter 3, 12 -- Chapter 4, 20 -- Chapter 5, 26 -- Chapter 6, 30 -- Chapter 7, 38 -- Chapter 8, 45 -- Chapter 9, 51 -- Chapter 10, 55 -- Chapter 11, 62 -- Chapter 1...

... The Portrait of a Lady HENRY JAMES 1881 DjVu Editions Copyright c 2001 by Global Language Resources... ...wn as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do—the situation is in itse... ... history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an old English cou... ... name of the gentleman was Caspar Goodwood; he was a straight young man from Boston, who had known Miss Archer for the last twelvemonth and who, think... ...sband picked out?” “I don’t know about a husband, but there’s a young man in Boston—!” Ralph went on; he had no desire to hear about the young man in ... ...a clearer view. He was the son of a proprietor of well known cotton mills in Massachusetts— a gentleman who had accumulated a considerable fortune in ... ...uce was a high—or rather a deep—conservative, and gave no countenance to the government lately established in France. He had no faith in its duration ...

...ew hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some people of course never do--the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implement...

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...James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ... CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The American by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...e ill of them ought to be car- ried home in irons and compelled to live in Boston. (This, for Newman was putting it very vindictively.) Tristram was a... ...essor very strict, and the nephew a man of fifty, with a broken nose and a government clerk- ship of two thousand francs. She threw her old lady over,... ...an, with a strikingly candid physi- ognomy. He was a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and had spiritual charge of a small congregation in an- othe... ...ed by my side. The nearest approach to her was a Unitarian min- ister from Boston, who very soon demanded a separation, for incompatibility of temper....

...a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentle man was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been removed, to the extreme regret of all weak-kneed lovers of the fine arts, but the gentleman in question had taken serene possession of it...