...ore affected by the death (which I witnessed) of a beautiful bird, viz., a kingfisher, which had been injured by an accident. With my sister Jane’s de... ...r arms, nor little sister 32 Thomas de Quincey to share his trepidations. King and priest, warrior and maiden, philosopher and child, all must walk t... ...h. O mighty and essential solitude, that wast, and art, and art to be, thy kingdom is made perfect in the grave; but even over those that keep watch o... ...had read about jealousy, (and I had read a great deal—viz., “Othello,” and Collins’s “Ode to the Passions,”) I was satisfied that, if again captured, ... ...wo last were the 142 Thomas de Quincey regular fireeaters of the day. Sir Horatio Nelson being al- ready an admiral, was no longer looked to for insu...

...63. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of Potomac: If there is a man by the name of King under sentence to be shot, please suspend execution till further order... ... to identify by, except her own signature, which seems to be “Mrs. Anna S. King.” I could not again find her. If you have a case which you shall thin... ... United States has been brought to a close by the award of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, to whose arbitration the question was referred by the... ... April 17, 1864. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of the Potomac: Private William Collins of Company B, of the Sixty-ninth New Y ork V olunteers, has been co... ...VERNOR SEYMOUR. W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, July 5, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY HORATIO SEYMOUR, Governor of New Y ork, Albany: The President directs me to...

... beautifully, nor more ardently, than that of Johnson’s interview with the King. First we see the plain massive figure of the scholar amid the elegant... ... House. He is intent on his book before the fire. Then the approach of the King, lighted on his way by Mr. Barnard with candles caught from a table; t... ...s Life of Johnson his sudden surprise, his starting up, his dig- nity, the King’s ease with him, their conversa- tion, in which the King courteously d... ...lately the favour of a letter from your brother, with some account of poor Collins, for whom I am much concerned. I have a notion, that by very great ... ...aweful approach to me, somewhat in the man- ner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father’s ghost, ... ...very unusual, it is truly not more forced than Hamlet’s ‘In my mind’s eye, Horatio.’ He persisted much too long, and appeared to Johnson as putting hi...

...rs. ‘I rents a two-pair back, gentlemen, at Mrs. Brown’s, Number 3, Little King William’s-alley, which has lived there this fifteen year, and knows me... ...s and candles, and an almost unlimited allowance of authority in his petty kingdom. He is a tall, thin, bony man; al- ways wears shoes and black cotto... ...ion of the Lord Mayor. The first stone was laid: it was done by a Duke—the King’s brother. Years passed away, and the bridge was opened by the King hi... ...nd brass buttons, lounging behind the stage- box on the O. P. side, is Mr. Horatio St. Julien, alias Jem Larkins. His line is genteel comedy—his fathe... ...orders, sir. ’ ‘D-n the Speaker, sir!’ shouts the intruder. ‘Here, Wilson!—Collins!’ gasps the officer, actually pa- ralysed at this insulting express... ...s. Waters, and Lieutenant Slaughter, in the Tuggses at Ramsgate. CHAPTER V HORATIO SPARKINS ‘INDEED, MY LOVE, he paid Teresa very great attention on t... ...aughter, who was engaged in netting a purse, and looking sentimental. ‘Mr. Horatio Sparkins, ma, ’ replied Miss Marianne, with a sigh. ‘Oh! yes, to be...

...katers, and the great hill, snow-sprinkled, overhead! It was a sight for a king. WEDNESDAY . – I stayed on Duddingston to-day till af- ter nightfall. ... ...air and beard all tangled, and talked as cheerfully as if he had been in a King’s pal- ace, or the great King’s palace of the blue air. He has taught ... ...and the black firs bitten out of the blue sky, was a sight to set before a king. You may imagine what it was to a man who has been eighteen months in ... ...ut not bad at that; and who else can carpenter in England, now that Wilkie Collins is played out? It might be broken for magazine purposes at the end ... ...ro- saic holes: though, O! what fine stuff between whiles. (11) Right with Collins. (12) Right about Pope’s Ode. But what can you give? The dying Chri... ... of work and the states of other people. Woggin sends his love. Letter: TO HORATIO F. BROWN DAVOS, 1881 MY DEAR BROWN. – Here it is, with the mark of ... ..., R. L. STEVENSON. 155 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO HORATIO F. BROWN DAVOS, 1881 MY DEAR BROWN. – I hope, if you get thus far, ... ...vely a spirit, so much honest, kind wisdom into words. R. L. S. Letter: TO HORATIO F. BROWN HOTEL BELVEDERE, DA VOS, SPRING 1881 MY DEAR BROWN, – Nine... ... hammering at a second, for which we have ‘no name’ as yet – not by Wilkie Collins. Tales for Winter Nights. Yes, that, I think, we will call the lot ...

...rs. ‘I rents a two-pair back, gentlemen, at Mrs. Brown’s, Number 3, Little King William’s-alley, which has lived there this fifteen year, and knows me... ...s and candles, and an almost unlimited allowance of authority in his petty kingdom. He is a tall, thin, bony man; al- ways wears shoes and black cotto... ...ion of the Lord Mayor. The first stone was laid: it was done by a Duke—the King’s brother. Years passed away, and the bridge was opened by the King hi... ...nd brass buttons, lounging behind the stage- box on the O. P. side, is Mr. Horatio St. Julien, alias Jem Larkins. His line is genteel comedy—his fathe... ...orders, sir. ’ ‘D-n the Speaker, sir!’ shouts the intruder. ‘Here, Wilson!—Collins!’ gasps the officer, actually pa- ralysed at this insulting express...