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...H. LAWRENCE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Touch and Go by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University.... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Touch and Go by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...te University is an equal opportunity university. 3 DH Lawrence TOUCH AND GO A Play in Three Acts BY D. H. LAWRENCE PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A A... ...t into French for yourself. A People’s Theatre. Since we can’t produce it, let us deduce it. Major premise: the seats are cheap. Minor premiss: the pl... ...the plays are good. Conclusion: A People’s Theatre. How much will you give me for my syllogism? Not a slap in the eye, I hope. We stick to our guns. T... ...ters, white rabbits, bits of fluff, automata and gewgaws. If they do, then let ‘em. Chu Chin Chow for ever! In spite of them all: A People’s Theatre. ... ...d. But then you can’t keep my pound of flesh with your blood—you owe it to me. It is your business to deliver the goods. Deliver it then—with or witho... ...You won’t be allowed to go outside the gates, except at week-ends. They’ll let you go home to your wives on Saturday nights, to stop over Sunday. But ... ...’s got a behind o’ thy own, hasn’t yer? WILLIE. Do you stand there and ask me what about it, and haven’t the sense to alter it? Couldn’t you set up a ...

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...n on which this long-drawn fiction mainly rests was not vividly present to me. The idea, reduced to its essence, is that a of [emendation: of a] young... ...ised that the poet essen- tially can’t be concerned with the act of dying. Let him deal with the sickest of the sick, it is still by the act of living... ...ed by a greater force than any she herself could exert; she had been given me from far back as contesting every inch of the road, as catching at every... ...ui- ties thus preserved for her being matters, however, that I may not now go into, and this even though the fine asso- ciation that shall yet elsewhe... ...and this even though the fine asso- ciation that shall yet elsewhere await me is of a sort, at the best, rather to defy than to encourage exact expres... ...f her story was to consist, as it could so little help doing, of her being let in, as we say, for this, that and the other irre- ducible anxiety, how ... ... my structure was to stand on its feet—any more than it was by letting him go that I was to be left irretrievably lamenting. The who and the what, the... ..., and that while it pretends to make no simple statement it yet never lets go its scheme of clearness. Applications of this scheme are continuous and ... ...ly for that bleeding wound. But what could a penniless girl do with it but let it go? When her father at last appeared she became, as usual, instantly...

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...tself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of our religion, be true and just ideas, faithfully drawn from the divine testim...

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...rth and justify the erroneous idea which prevaileth of judgment to come, He did deliver me from my darkness, and open my eyes to the knowledge and my... ...sire of his personal advent and reign, as it is written in the Holy Scriptures; enabling me to cast aside the traditions upon this subject which I ha... ... to make known that sure conviction to which I had attained. But still my fears withheld me, and I know not how long these unfaithful fears would hav... ... me acquainted with the work which I now offer to The English churches. But here I must go a step or two backwards, and narrate how the o riginal wo... ... it at such a critical time to me. The first thought which occurred was, that it should go forth entire, and not piece- meal, as had been suggested b... ...ernment to perceive that it was the master work of one of his most gifted servants. Now let this book be read as a voice from the Roman Catholic Chur... ... and Basilicus’ Letters of my friend be read as a voice from the Church of England, and let the substance of my discourses for the last year, as give... ...rine is perceived in the diversity of personal character and particular interpretations, let any one if he dare, reject the whole matter as the ravin... ...n, and make war against it! It was the opinion of many friends, that in notes I should go into an explanation of the points in which the text of th...

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... at Boston by Marsh & Capen, but made little or no impression on the public. The motto on the title-page of the original was from Southey: ?Wilt thou go on with me??...

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.... The motto on the title-page of the original was from Southey: “Wilt thou go on with me?” Afterwards, when he had struck into the vein of fiction tha... ... on the title-page of the original was from Southey: “Wilt thou go on with me?” Afterwards, when he had struck into the vein of fiction that came to b... ... at his hand,” replied 10 Fanshawe Dr. Melmoth; “and, if he asked more of me, it should be done with a willing heart. I remember in my youth, when my... ...presents, of the produce of the country, which he has sent both to you and me.” “If the girl were country-bred,” continued the lady, “we might give he... ... you there. Shall we try the adventure now, Ellen?” “Oh no!” she replied. “Let us delay no longer. I fear I must even now abide a rebuke from Mrs. Mel... ...nd joy. CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III “And let the aspiring youth beware of love,— Of the smooth glance beware; for ... ...ation in a sea- port must have given you skill in these matters. But come, let us approach nearer.” They walked towards the angler, accordingly, who s... ...e. Your name has had a wider spread than mine, and, if discovered, it will go hard with you.” 39 Hawthorne “But who would know me now?” asked the gue... ...w must arise from a sense of duty, more than from strong affection. I will go and inform her of her loss. It is late, and I wonder if she be still asl...

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... I. Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.] First Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen: You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? All: Resolved. resolved. First Citizen: First, you know Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the people. All: We know?t, we know?t. Fir...

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...s, and other weapons .] First Citizen : Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen : You are all resolved rathe... ...us is chief enemy to the people. All: We know’t, we know’t. First Citizen: Let us kill him, and we’ll have corn at our own price. Is’t a verdict? Al... ...e’ll have corn at our own price. Is’t a verdict? All: No more talking on’t; let it be done: away, away! Second Citizen : One word, good citizens. F... ...ventory to particularize their abundance; our suf ferance is a gain to them Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods kn... ... all the rest were so! MENENIUS: What work’s, my countrymen, in hand? where go you With bats and clubs? The matter? speak, I pray you. First Citize... ..., if that they— MENENIUS: What then? ‘Fore me, this fellow speaks! What then? what then? First Citizen : Should b... ...er. First Citizen : Ye’re long about it. MENENIUS: Note me this, good friend; Your most grave belly was deliberate, Not rash like... ... being one o’ the lowest, basest, poorest, Of this most wise rebellion, thou go’st foremost: Thou rascal, that art worst in blood to run, Lead’st firs... ...n’s arguing. MENENIUS: This is strange. MARCIUS: Go, get you home, you fragments! [Enter a Messenger...

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...or? amid the fresh rich green. The servant had so far accompanied Paul Overt as to introduce him to this view, after asking him if he wished first to go to his room. The young man declined that privilege, conscious of no disrepair from so short and easy a journey and always liking to take at once a general perceptive possession of a new scene. He stood there a little with ...

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...as to intro- duce him to this view, after asking him if he wished first to go to his room. The young man declined that privi- lege, conscious of no di... ...e laughed and said: “Er—Lady Watermouth told us you were coming; she asked me just to look after you.” Paul Overt thanked him, liking him on the spot,... ...fond of that too—but they’ll all be back in a quarter of an hour. You must let me introduce you to her—she’ll be so glad to know you. I dare say she h... ... of that too—but they’ll all be back in a quarter of an hour. You must let me introduce you to her—she’ll be so glad to know you. I dare say she has r... ...hich she was bedecked. She looked as if she had put on her best clothes to go to church and then had decided they were too good for that and had staye... ...poken de- clared to Mrs. St. George. “At my bidding?” “Didn’t you make him go to church?” “I never made him do anything in my life but once— when I ma... ... to you.” “I should be sorry to give you that trouble. If you were to take me over there—!” the young man murmured. “My dear sir, do you suppose I put... ... the point of going to bed. “Well, you know, I don’t smoke—my wife doesn’t let me,” said St. George, looking for a place to sit down. “It’s very good ... ...looking for a place to sit down. “It’s very good for me -very good for me. Let us take that sofa.” “Do you mean smoking’s good for you?” “No no—her no...

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....................... 161 Rudyard Kipling STALKY & CO. By Rudyard Kipling “Let us now praise famous men”— Men of little showing— For their work conti... ...nly we mustn’t be seen that way for a bit.” “Yes, and where else are we to go?” said Beetle. “You chose that place, too—an’—an’ I wanted to read this ... ...ted Hartopp. ‘T old him that you’d read papers to the Bug- hunters if he’d let you join, Beetle. ‘T old him you liked but- terflies, T urkey. Anyhow, ... ...blowed if I do,” said McT urk, simply, with immense feeling. “Beetle, give me the hammer.” “All right. I’m not proud. Chuck us down that net on top of... ...he law. G. M. Dabney, Col., J.P .,’ an’ all the rest of it. ‘Don’t seem to me that any chap in his senses would trespass here, does it?” “You’ve got t... ...through the furze, and never show up at all,” said the tactician. “Beetle, go ahead and explore. Snf! Snf! Beastly stink of fox somewhere!” On all fou... ... to deny it. Ye do! Your name and number at once, sir. Ye want to speak to me—Eh? Y ou saw my notice-boards? Must have. Don’t attempt to deny it. Ye d... ...pt to deny it. They’re not! I’ll never allow another gun, though. Come and go as ye please. I’ll not see you, and ye needn’t see me. Ye’ve been well b... ...rolled towards the swimming-baths, and presently overtook King. “Oh, don’t let me interrupt you,” he said. “Engaged in scientific pursuits, of course?...

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...ur grace has showne, From time to time, but specially in this, Shall binde me ever to your highnes will, In what Queen Mother or your grace commands. ... ...eligion Might be a meanes to crosse you in your love. CHARLES. Well Madam, let that rest: And now my Lords the mariage rites perfourm’d, We think it g... ...ord. CHARLES. The rest that will not goe (my Lords) may stay: Come Mother, Let us goe to honor this solemnitie. QUEENE MOTHER . Which Ile desolve with... ...his trap, Which he hath pitcht within his deadly toyle. Come my Lords lets go to the Church and pray, That God may still defend the right of France: A... ...every peasant to atchive? That like I best that flyes beyond my reach. Set me to scale the high Peramides, And thereon set the Diadem of Fraunce, Ile ... ...aimed at by many, Yet understoode by none. For this, hath heaven engendred me of earth, For this, the earth sustaines my bodies weight, And with this ... ... end with hers, That I with her may dye and live againe. QUEENE MARGARET . Let not this heavy chaunce my dearest Lord, (For whose effects my soule is ... ...ot be partiall, But slay as many as we can come neer. GUISE. Mountsorrett, go and shoote the ordinance of, That they which have already set the street... ...arch against the rebellious King Navarre: At thy request I am content thou go’st, Although my love to thee can hardly suffer’t, Regarding still the da...

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...st. Enter to him BERNARDO .] BERNARDO: Who’s there? FRANCISCO: Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself. BERNARDO: Long live the king! FRANCISCO... ...ve seen nothing. MARCELLUS: Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy, And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us... ...ill not appear. BERNARDO: Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our sto... ...wo nights seen. HORATIO: Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of this. Hamlet, Act I, scene i 5 BERNARDO: ... ...ks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio. HORATIO: Most like: it harrows me with fear and wonder. BERNARDO: It would be spoke to. MARCELLUS: ... ...some strange eruption to our state. MARCELLUS: Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows, Why this same strict and most observant watch So night... ... Upon his will I seal’d my hard consent: I do beseech you, give him leave to go. KING CLAUDIUS : T ake thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy... ...E : Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet: I pray thee, stay with us; go not to Wittenberg. HAMLET: I shall in all my best obey you, madam. KI... ...t humbly do I take my leave, my lord. LORD POLONIUS : The time invites you; go; your servants tend. LAERTES: Farewell, Ophelia; and remember well Wh...

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...between Kentish women and women of Kent, as a true South-eastern dame will let you know, if it is her fortune to belong to that favoured portion of th... ...mable point in him, as judged by a pair of damsels for whom the mysterious me- tropolis flew with fiery fringes through dark space, in their dreams. I... ...ony displaying humanity at all, that any- thing might be expected of him. “Let’s see what he will do,” thought the farmer in an interval of his wrath;... ...d his character in a fresh light. Of course, if either of the girls was to go, Dahlia was the person. The farmer commenced his usual process of sittin... ...r the occasion. Robert, however, had nothing to say, and seemed willing to let Dahlia depart. The only opponents to the plan were Mrs. Sumfit, a kindl... ...lack, and black gloves, though the day was only antecedent to Sunday. “Let me help you, sir,” she said, and her hands came in contact with his, and we... ...d. “How is my sister?” She had no longer any fear in asking. “Now, you let me through, first,” he replied, imitating an arbitrary juvenile. “You’re as... ... “Made acquaintance with Rhoda, I see,” said the farmer, as they turned to go in. “The ‘darkie lass’ you write of. She’s like a coal nigh a candle. Sh... ...dy’s your master. You can on wi’ your slippers, up wi’ your legs, talk, or go for’ard, counting, twicing, and three-timesing; by George! I should take...

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...l, I know. It’s jam — that’s what it is. Forty times I’ve said if you didn’t let that jam alone I’d skin you. Hand me that switch.” The switch hovere... .... Forty times I’ve said if you didn’t let that jam alone I’d skin you. Hand me that switch.” The switch hovered in the air — the peril was desperate ... ...a gentle laugh. “Hang the boy, can’t I never learn anything? Ain’t he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time?... ...a body to know what’s coming? He ‘pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me o... ...y, poor thing, and I ain’t got the heart to lash him, somehow. Every time I let him off, my con science does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my... ...arn’t it?” “Yes’m.” “Powerful warm, warn’t it?” “Yes’m.” “Didn’t you want to go in a swimming, Tom?” A bit of a scare shot through Tom — a touch of un... ...e. He opened his jacket. His shirt collar was securely sewed. “Bother! Well, go ‘long with you. I’d made sure you’d played hookey and been a swimming.... ... Presently they were shoulder to shoulder. Tom said: “Get away from here!” “Go away yourself!” “I won’t.” “I won’t either.” So they stood, each with ... ... The new boy stepped over promptly, and said: “Now you said you’d do it, now let’s see you do it.” “Don’t you crowd me now; you better look out.” “Wel...

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...th time in a year he reflected, “No class to that tin shack. Have to build me a frame garage. But by golly it’s the only thing on the place that isn’t... ...a corner of the nearest regular towel. He was raging, “By golly, here they go and use up all the towels, every doggone one of ‘em, and they use ‘em an... ...y use ‘em and get ‘em all wet and sopping, and never put out a dry one for me—of course, I’m the goat!—and then I want one and—I’m the only person in ... ...nsider there may be others that may want to use the doggone bathroom after me and consider—” He was pitching the chill abominations into the bath- tub... ... the towels? Why, you needn’t wash out the towels. Oh, Georgie, you didn’t go and use the guest-towel, did you?” It is not recorded that he was able t... ...oo. Right here it was—kind of a sharp shoot- ing pain. I—Where’d that dime go to? Why don’t you serve more prunes at breakfast? Of course I eat an app... ...res! I suppose you’re trying to rub in your exalted social position! Well, let me tell you that your revered paternal ancestor, Henry T., doesn’t even... ... settlement-house. I wonder if I could get one of the department-stores to let me put in a welfare- department with a nice rest-room and chintzes and ... ...hick and thin, and that’s why I’m where I am to-day, and—Myra! What do you let the girl chop the toast up into these dinky little chunks for? Can’t ge...

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...ed hands with a kindred genius in its pages. But it was soon made plain to me that to hope for even a moder- ate popularity for Shelton was vain. His ... ...the fact that it has less spirit, less of what we generally understand by “go,” about it than the first, which would be only natural if the first were... ...r. A. J. Duffield’s, it would be in every sense of the word impertinent in me to offer an opinion here. I had not even seen it when the present undert... ... here. I had not even seen it when the present undertaking was proposed to me, and since then I may say vidi tantum, having for obvious reasons resist... ...should be ungratefully pelted by the scoundrels his crazy philanthropy had let loose on society; but to others of a more judicial cast it will be a ma... ... Deep erudition to bestow, Or black Latino’s gift of tongues, No Latin let thy pages show. Ape not philosophy or wit, Lest one who cannot compr... ...oft the random jest Recoils upon the jester’s head. Thy constant labour let it be To earn thyself an honest name, For fooleries preserved in pri... ...ame And prowess rise above all rivalry, Albeit both bereft of wits we go. But, though the Scythian or the Moor to tame Was not thy lot, still ... ...e her, In such hard case your comfort let it be That Sancho was a sorry go-between: A booby he, hard-hearted she, and you no lover. 44 Don Quix...

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... tries to photograph a court scene with his pen; and so I was not willing to let the law chapters in this book go to press without first subjecting th... ... with his pen; and so I was not willing to let the law chapters in this book go to press without first subjecting them to rigid and exhausting revisio... ...he house where that stone that Dante used to sit on six hundred years ago is let into the wall when he let on to be watching them build Giotto’s campa... ..., and those two or three legal chapters are right and straight, now. He told me so himself. Given under my hand this second day of January, 1893, at t... ...ani sena tors and other grandees of this line looking approvingly down upon me, as they used to look down upon Dante, and mutely asking me to adopt t... ...e robed and stately antiques, and it will be a great and satisfying lift for me, that six hundred years will. Mark T wain. CHAPTER 1 Pudd’nhead Wins H... ...and so far were they from considering such reprisals sinful, that they would go to church and shout and pray the loudest and sincerest with their plun... ...ke o’ dat? Dog my cats if it ain’t all I kin do to tell t’ other fum which, let alone his pappy.” She put her cub in Tommy’s elegant cradle and said:... ...at could I do? Yo’ pappy would sell him to somebody, sometime, en den he’d go down de river, sho’, en I couldn’t, couldn’t, couldn’t stan’ it.” She...

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...bly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, ‘Let me see the child, and die.’ The surgeon had been sitting with his face ... ...from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, ‘Let me see the child, and die.’ The surgeon had been sitting with his face turn... ...en of her own, and all on ‘em dead except two, and them in the wurkus with me, she’ll know better than to take on in that way, bless her dear heart! T... ...stooped to take up the child. ‘Poor dear!’ ‘You needn’t mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,’ said the surgeon, putting on his gloves wit... ...have him back into the house. I have come out myself to take him there. So let me see him at once.’ ‘I’ll fetch him directly,’ said Mrs. Mann, leaving... ...etween the beadle on the chair, and the cocked hat on the table. ‘Will you go along with me, Oliver?’ said Mr. Bumble, in a majestic voice. Oliver was... ...aid Mr. Bumble, in a majestic voice. Oliver was about to say that he would go along with any body with great readiness, when, glancing upward, he cau... ... upon his body not to be deeply impressed upon his recollection. ‘Will she go with me?’ inquired poor Oliver. ‘No, she can’t,’ replied Mr. Bumble. ‘Bu... ... to sleep. What a novel illustration of the tender laws of En gland! They let the paupers go to sleep! Poor Oliver! He little thought, as he lay slee...

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... a-weeping. Sir Austin turned the lamp on her pillow, and harshly bade her go to sleep, striding from the room forthwith. He dismissed her with a purs... ...r. A comrade of some description was necessary, for Richard was neither to go to school nor to college. Sir Austin consid- ered that the schools were ... ...ve epithet on Ripton anew, and with increase of emphasis. “You shan’t call me so, then, whether I am or not,” says Ripton, and sucks his lips. This wa... ...I’m tired of knocking you down. I’ll say you’re not a fool, if you’ll give me your hand.” Ripton demurred an instant to consult with honour, who bade ... ...ormed him. “Oh!” Farmer Blaize gave an admonitory flick of the whip. “Just let me clap eye on’t, then.” “Say, please,” interposed Ripton, who was not ... ...d him. “Oh!” Farmer Blaize gave an admonitory flick of the whip. “Just let me clap eye on’t, then.” “Say, please,” interposed Ripton, who was not blin... ...ss. Prob- ably they felt the disgrace of the contortions they were made to go through more than the pain, but the pain was fierce, for the farmer laid... ... disdainfully dark in their chances of fulfilment, “how I wish you’ d have let me notch him, Ricky! I’m a safe shot. I never miss. I should feel quite... ...e without him: these are tricks which no boy of spirit would be guilty of, let him come to any description of mortal grief in consequence. Better so t...

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...he cushions of your armchair, and say to yourself, “Perhaps this may amuse me.” You will read the story of Father Goriot’s secret woes, and, dining th... ...y, Mme. Vauquer herself occupying the least important, while the rest were let to a Mme. Couture, the widow of a commissary-general in the service of ... ...dressed as M. Vautrin. T wo of the four rooms on the third floor were also let—one to an elderly spinster, a Mlle. Michonneau, and the other to a reti... ...from a false position. His eyes, like those of a pitiless judge, seemed to go to the very bottom of all questions, to read all natures, all feelings a... ... reminded him of past do- mestic festivals. “This was my wife’s present to me on the first anniversary of our wedding day,” he said to Mme. Vauquer, a... ... people who were in every way select. If a stranger presented himself, she let him know that M. Goriot, one of the best known and most highly- respect... ...s, Mme. Vauquer was wont to con- fine her attention to events, and did not go very deeply into the causes that brought them about; she likewise prefer... ...re no more. “No more gherkins, no more anchovies; they have made a fool of me!” she said to Sylvie one morning, and they re- turned to the old bill of... ... house, on the third floor, at forty-five francs a month; and he would not go about dressed like a poor man.” No objection could be raised to these in...

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...ls on the Sunday’s dead march, called a walk, round the park, could hardly go by without dropping to a hum in its chatter, and the shot of incurious h... ...he girls, who sped their peep of inquisition before the moment of transit, let it be seen that they had minds occupied with thoughts of their own. Our... ...sman, if a boy fell under the im- putation, was worthy of honour with him, let the fellow but show grip and toughness. He loathed a skulker, and his f... ...was known for any boy who would own to fatigue or confess himself beaten. “Go to bed,” was one of his terrible stings. Matey was good at lessons, too—... ... a nice mouth, ready for a smile at the corners, or so it was before Matey let her see that she was his mark. Now she kept her mouth asleep and her ey... ...come and snatch her; he was her master, and she was a brave girl, ready to go all over the 6 Lord Ormont and His Aminta world with him; had taken to ... ...ladyship to have this printed?” She read the letter, and replied: “Come to me for six days; you shall have the best mount in the county.” An editor de... ...eaks it.” “Can she write?” “I have never had a letter from her.” “You tell me Morsfield admires the woman—would marry her to-morrow, if he could get h... ...I am not.” 36 Lord Ormont and His Aminta “You wouldn’t be ashamed to tell me you were one if you were?” “Not at all.” “You like the Jews?” “Those I k...

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...led ur- gently under the poop deck.... I found my two officers waiting for me near the supper table, in the lighted cuddy. We sat down at once, and a... ... looked at him in surprise. 6 The Secret Sharer “The tugboat skipper told me when he came on board for your letters, sir,” explained the young man. “... ...fully that I—a stranger—was doing something unusual when I directed him to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch. I pro- posed to keep... ...lf till one o’clock or thereabouts. I would get the second mate to relieve me at that hour. “He will turn out the cook and the steward at four,” I con... ...?” “Yes.” I had somehow the impression that he was on the point of letting go the ladder to swim away beyond my ken—mysteri- ous as he came. But, for... ...practically since nine o’clock. The question for me now is whether I am to let go this ladder and go on swimming till I sink from exhaustion, or—to co... ...tically since nine o’clock. The question for me now is whether I am to let go this ladder and go on swimming till I sink from exhaustion, or—to come o... ...that have no business to live at all. He wouldn’t do his duty and wouldn’t let anybody else do theirs. But what’s the good of talking! Y ou know well... ...cs, and broke into the cuddy. And the ship running for her life, touch and go all the time, any minute her last in a sea fit to turn your hair gray on...

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...y St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and... ...low’rs promiscuous shoot; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield! T... ...His faithful dog shall bear him company . Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 7 Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against prov... ...v’nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? pride answers, ‘’Tis for mine: For me kind nature wakes her genial pow’r, Suckles each herb, and spreads out... ...er genial pow’r, Suckles each herb, and spreads out ev’ry flow’r; Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; Fo... ...areous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs, Seas roll to waft me, suns to ... ... matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which f... ...st confusion but in one, not all That system only , but the whole must fall. Let earth unbalanc’d from her orbit fly , Planets and suns run lawless th... ...f truth, in endless error hurl’d: The glory , jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, Go, measure earth, wei...